mustache anyone?

i hope everyone had a happy easter weekend. husband and i had a lazy morning. he woke up early to watch perry roubaix, i slept in, and then we enjoyed a lazy morning on the couch with coffee and easter eggs. i also had a nice long walk in the sun, while husband went for a bike ride. we then had a delicious meal at a friends house up in park city. happy easter for sure!  

now, let's talk about the mustache... i'm not sure what the obsession is with facial hair these days, but i like it. i don't really want to see husband with a mustache, but the fake variety is just lovely. 

husband did try a faint mustache out for a little while, but i felt like he looked like a lumberjack with his red 'stache. i wish i had a photo of it! 

i took more inspiration from pinterest to paint myself some mustache mugs. remember these mugs that i painted a while back? i had two extra plain old boring white mugs, and decided to do something different with them. 

step by step:

1. clean your mugs with soap and water and let dry

2. free hand any mustache you desire with the pebeo paint in black (found at most craft stores)

3. let dry for 24 hours 

4. bake your mugs at 350 degrees F for 30-45 minutes (let sit in the oven until cool)

5. enjoy your new morning mustache!

love, kbn

easter decor

i thought our little apartment needed a little easter cheer. i found on pinterest {surprise, surprise}, some easter egg decor made out of paint chips. they are free to make and super easy, right up my alley! 

husband and i were at lowes picking up some spray paint for our scooter makeover {a post on that to come}, so i picked up some paint chips in various colors to create some easter eggs while we were there.

i drew an egg shape on the back of a paint chip and cut it out. i then used it as a guide to trace the shape onto all the other paint chips. i decided to leave the white line in various shapes on each egg to add a bit of a pattern. 

i couldn't find any clear fishing line to hang these eggs up, but i did have some pink thread that i figured wouldn't get used otherwise to "sew" onto each egg.

i hung them on a bare wall to take some photos, then decided to give them a home up in our kitchen window above the sink. it was the perfect quick project to do, that i won't feel bad taking back down in a week.

more to come soon on our big scooter re-do... it was pink, like pepto bismol pink, and although some people might like pink vehicles, we were not too enthusiastic about cruising around town on a barbie pink scooter. i will give all the juicy details and tips on how to paint a scooter {or anything plastic for that matter} in my next post. 

happy easter week everyone!

some of the first signs of spring outside of our apartment.