Hello everyone!
Tiki and I are so glad you stopped in at my blog. *Sit*, *Stay* and have fun! If you are here to participate in "Gilby's Makeover Walk" blog hop, then welcome! *Shake* good :) If you just happened by and would like to start from the beginning then you need to stroll on over and check out Wendy and Gilby's fabulous blog with it's adorable new look. That is where you begin. Just click on the picture below and it will take you there!
If you are already on the walk then *Good Blogger*, Yay!! I'm glad you are here :) Ok, are the doggy commands too much ? Hehehe...just trying to get into the spirit of the walk! Tiki got dressed up for the occasion, hope you like her pretty bow!
I loved the theme of this "makeover" walk because it made me start thinking of a project I have been putting off for....about....uuuummmm.....7 years now! :O Yep, I am quite the procrastinator, especially for big projects and this is one of them.
About 8 years ago, my husband and I embarked on a journey to create a true home for our family. Everyone thought we were nuts and honestly, at times, we thought we were nuts too.
We took a house that was built in 1906 and that had not been lived in for almost 40 years, removed the entire roof, cut it in half and moved it to our land in the country. As you can see in the top photo, IT WAS A MESS! I won't bore you will all the details but I will say that this picture actually makes it look pretty good compared to what it really looked like. It took me, my husband and both of our fathers 14 months to renovate this house and now, 7 years later it has become our home. I hope you enjoy my makeover project because honestly, the house needed it. After the pictures and description you will find more info about the Doggie Walk so scroll on down!
For this project I used only white paper and the Country Carnival Imagine cartridge and a few pop dots here and there. I have been wanting to use this one for a while. It is not really my aesthetic but I think it goes well with the vintage feel of the house. I plan on using Vintage Damask and Vintage Papers in this new album I will be creating that will record the entire process of the renovation. It's quite a story and I will be sharing it here as I slowly work on it between other projects.
This is what the house looked like as it sat in the little town we moved it from. This pic was taken about two years before we moved the house. It got a lot worse looking in those two years.
There was an antique climbing rose bush that grew in front of the long wrap around porch when this house sat in town and the house mover was kind enough to dig it up with a huge root ball and set it aside so it could be planted along side the house in it's new home in the country but over night someone stole it right off the sidewalk! The nerve of some people......anyway, I thought the roses on this cartridge were nice and paid homage to the beautiful roses that once were in front of the house. I now have 5 rose bushes beside the house :)
Here is the house after we finished. What a change huh? This was about 3 years after we moved in since we had grass! Before then there was nothing but dirt and cactus! We are really proud of our home and even the cactus and mesquite that surround it.
The house cut came from the Handy Man Lite cartridge, which was a perfect cartridge to buy for a house renovation project. I plan to use it a lot also. I used Crystal Glaze and Stickles to make the door look like the door on our house. These letters were cut with all the layers but the ones on top were cut as one layer.
I hope you enjoyed the project and are inspired to make over something. I would think long and hard before you choose a house to make over! Ever since, we have said if we had it to do all over again, we would build from the ground up! But there is no fear of that, I'm not moving.....ever!!!! :)
Now more Doggie Walk info and by the way, Tiki, my sweet Llaso just HAD to be a part of it when she found out Gilby and Princess Penelope got to play too! There may be other sweet pups along the way also. I wanted you to know that as you are frolicking through all the blogs on the walk, that for every comment you leave (there can be 16 total, one on each blog) then you are entered to win one of the puppy treats listed below. That's 16 chances to win!!!! There will be 7 winners, now how awesome is that!??? I would love for you to become a follower and then leave a comment and a way to get in touch, good luck and have a howling good time!
Tiki has been drooling over all the Puppy Treats and incredible sponsors for this walk. Check them out!
VK Design Co. Blog Button (our Very own Veronica)
Buggaboo Stamps 7 Digi Stamps of Winners Choice
Jen's Digi Stamps 5 Digi Stamps of Winners Choice
Cutting Cafe' 3 SVG Files of Winners Choice
My Creative Time Stamp Set (All Around Christmas)
My Pink Stamper Stamp Set (Punnylicious)
Peechy Keen Stamps 2 Stamp Sets (Brand new Happy Go Lucky Dog Face Assortment & the same set but in the 1 1/8" size)
Our Craft Lounge Stamp Set (Pretty and Pampered)
Pink By Design $15 Gift Certificate to Her Store
Gilbyscraftster 3 Cricut Cartridges The Limited Winter Collection, Cricut Color Markers,
"Tarte" Clay Mascara (love) I know silly huh? It is a "Makeover" Hop though lol
Sooooo, thanks for stopping by, now go *fetch* some more inspiration and have fun!
Here is the line up and it's a good one!
