In Progress Functional Gallery Wall

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The wall above my desk has been slowly coming together.

  It's transforming into a functional gallery wall that I can easily add more to when I find items I like.

The wire basket over the printer holds paper and labels within close reach.  The chalkboard is ready and waiting when I need to jot myself a note.

  Do you remember when I picked up this metal thingy at Midland Antiques?  Little laundry clips and magnets make it easy for me to save and change whatever is speaking to me at the moment.

This morning, I heard a song called "I Was Here"  from Beyonce that I had never heard before and this song is what is speaking to me today.  I made a little printable to clip up on my screen to remind me to be "here" for my family today.  Sometimes it's easy for me to get caught up on blogs, Pinterest, Facebook...whatever else.  It's good for me to have a visual reminder that I can mean something to my kids lives today.

 

I wanna leave my footprints on the sands of time
Know there was something that, meant something that I left behind
When I leave this world, I'll leave no regrets
Leave something to remember, so they won't forget

I was here
I lived, I loved
I was here
I did, I've done everything that I wanted
And it was more than I thought it would be
I will leave my mark so everyone will know
I was here

I want to say I lived each day, until I died
And know that I meant something in, somebody's life
The hearts I have touched, will be the proof that I leave
That I made a difference, and this world will see

 

Friday Fun

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This week Evie has been doing a little music program everyday at church so McKinley and I have been hanging out.  Today we ventured to the neatest antique mall in town.  It's in a huge old warehouse which they pretty much left untouched before they opened the antique mall.

Thanks to American Pickers and Barry from Storage Wars...my kids think antiques are cool!  McKinley and I scoured all the items, looking them over and talking about them.  I only ended up getting a $10 screen that I am hoping to put in my workroom.  I can clip pictures on it and it's also magnetic.  I had envisioned a crib spring mattress or something more "wiry" like that, but wanted something smaller.

We also hit Edwards drive-in restaurant.  It's been featured on Man Vs. Food and they have huge tenderloin sandwiches, root beer floats, and fried mushrooms...YUM!

Design Boards?

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I love looking at design boards from others...but wow, I tried making one a few month's ago and they are harder than they look!

  I wanted to see how some of my ideas for the front workroom would look all together.  Here is my first feeble attempt at a design board...

In other news, we took the first of two trips to Ikea yesterday to get some of the furniture that we need for the house.

Of course, I didn't have my real camera, but here are a few awful phone pictures! 

I am inspired by the colors of these boxes.  The cardboard tan for the walls and the raspberry pink boxes I will buy for somewhere else in the room.  Hopefully, to put on the Expedit desk thingy...but I haven't made a final decision on purchasing that yet.

My kids scarfing down the meatballs and ribs...note the many used napkins!  They made quite the mess.