Pottery Barn Crates

The other day, I was checking out Pottery Barn online looking for some inspiration and I came across these.
 

Pottery Barn – 24.00

I love these old crates, not just because they are adorable, but because they remind me of my childhood. We had 4 or 5 of these growing up and used them for everything from magazine storage, Christmas card holder, storing cups, and my favorite was to stand it up on it’s side and use it as a doll house for my strawberry shortcake dolls. I still have a RC crate, so you know after seeing it in Pottery Barn I had to break mine out.





So far, I’ve just got some candles,picture frames, and a vase sitting in mine.


Have you seen this candle at Wal-Mart?? I love them.. They smell like Caramel and Coffee and are only 5.00.

I'm off for a day of swimming with Kim and then we're having game night tonight.

Janna

Relaxing Wall Art

Did you guys watch the Bachelorette? I was hoping she would pick Roberto. They make such a cute couple!

Recently, I’ve been loving old wooden signs that look like they have been beat up and left laying around for years. I had some wood laying around so I decided to try to make my own to hang in our bedroom. 

The stain and distressing isn’t this dark in person.

 

 

 

 

 

Janna

Chicago is… my kind of town

We spent a fun weekend in Chicago sightseeing and going to a Bon Jovi concert. We left early Friday morning and got home a little after two this morning. We have had this trip planned since March and it was so worth the wait, but man am I tired. I took a LOT of pictures (378 to be exact) but I won’t make you look through all of them…

Kim and Brian on the bus taking us to the concert.

 

Chris and me before the concert.

We didn’t know Kid Rock was going to be there, so that was a nice surprise.

 

The view from our seats in the nose bleed section. They were high, but it was still so much fun.

Here comes Bon Jovi!!!

 

 

Kim and Brian enjoying the concert.

 

 

Chris and me.

Kim and me.

 

I love this band! Bon Jovi was the first concert I ever went to. I went with my cousin Deana when we were about 13.

We went to the Field’s Museum and got to see Sue, the largest T-Rex ever found.

This was taken on Navy Pier. Some nice lady took it for us even though Chris had a Cardinal’s shirt on.

Kim and Brian on Navy Pier.

 

I made this collage of some pictures I got of the city.

 

We had such a good time in Chicago and I can’t wait to go back. I need to post some pics of a wall hanging I made…maybe tomorrow.

Janna