Bricking the Underside of Our Bar

When we moved into this house it was sad! It needed a LOT of love! The color in the living room was an adobe color, very depressing and made it seem small. 

I painted it a grey, which brightened it up, but then underneath the bar that connects the kitchen to the living room just felt bland and like something was missing. 

Browsing through Pinterest one day I saw how someone took these bricks and plastered them to the side of the tub. I searched these bricks online and found AirStone, which I believe is only available at Lowe's. They run about 50 bucks a box (we used 4 boxes to cover both sides of the under wall) and only one bucket of plaster (which is sold right next to the box of stones and is already ready to use).

After doing the first wall, I learned a few things... 

• Don't be scared to put a lot of plaster, the more the better.
• Make sure to have a small bucket full of warm water and a roll of paper towels.
• For easier clean up, wipe away any white plaster on the outside of the bricks while it's wet. (It's 10 times harder to clean after it dries)

This is the under bar afterwards (we did go back and cut bricks to make it reach all the way up).

I am currently working on putting the bricks around our fireplace to make them match. Unfortunately, we are waiting for Lowe's to get a new order to finish.

100th Day of School Shirt

If you're like me and have boys, then you know just how difficult finding things that revolve around boys is. Everything is hearts and flowers, or pink and sparkly. 
After tons of thinking I came up with Lego (Fun Fact: Lego is spelled this way for both singular and plural), what kid doesn't love Lego? Anyways. My sons birthday just happened to fall on the 100th day, so I was going to be clever... I made a huge Lego Man in the center of the shirt that read Birthday Boy and then I started drawing 100 loose Lego pieces all over... then came the news... due to "Bad Weather" and missing a few days of school they had to push back the day they were celebrating. Which guess what that meant? The shirt I made was no longer wearable and I had to start ALL OVER again and with only 2 days to come up with something new! *sigh*

 

As I was pushing my youngest on the swing that day, spacing into lala land, I notice his shirt is covered in pirates. LIGHTBULB! 

That night I drew a Pirate Ship onto his shirt and then 

100 fish underneath this ship. 

This is my outcome ---------->

My son was thrilled, all that hard work was worth seeing that big smile come across his face and his eyes light up!