Today is cold. My car was covered in ice and my hands are all crackly. Winter has arrived, I think.
Tuesday was lovely, though.
Author: Staci
Staci blogs about travel at TheVoyageer.com.
Crafty, Baby!
I finished the ribbon chandelier that I wrote about here, and I’m pleased to say it only took me a week to work myself up to getting out the crafting supplies and only a couple of hours to put it together (including some brainstorming, trying different techniques, and running to the store for more ribbon).
I’m also happy that I got it done before the babe turned 1 month old. I really am on fire!! I delivered it to my friend this weekend and it truly was a hit. Now to get her hubs to hang it from the ceiling…
Here’s a quick pic of the finished product. It’s hanging from a light fixture in my house since I have no hooks in my ceilings or anything. They didn’t know the gender of the baby until SHE was born, so most of their stuff is green and yellow–which really isn’t a problem because both of those colors (or the combo of the 3) goes GREAT with pink. I added some dark brown because evidently babies love contrast as their vision develops. Go ahead and gaze away, Allie!!
After taking this pic, I realized that I needed to “finish” the ends of the ribbons, so I cut a quick V in each one–it looks so sweet. No after pic though. I’m really terrible at doing photos for this blog.
Add-on Unit
Ah, man.
Check out this New York Times article on ADU’s, or accessory dwelling units. Instead of an elderly relative moving in, I am envisioning renting a single studio-apartment type of unit to a college student.
Another pipe dream that may come true somewhere down the road. Our backyard (which we affectionately call “the back 40” is huge and it would be so cool to add another unit back there to rent out. A parking spot can be created with alley access, to keep any extra cars off the street. Several homes in our neighborhood have apartments above the garage, set on the back half of the property.
Look, this Denver-based company (got the link from the article) even specializes in this stuff. So awesome!
Of course, a cheaper alternative would be to upgrade a vintage trailer like so:
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