[ Homey Updates ]

by Princess Hotcakes on March 4, 2012

This story starts with Craigs List aka CL.
I try really hard not to go no CL.
The furniture section is SO dangerous  for me!

I hold back on furniture shopping until I have money on hand and an item in mind.
Lately, I’ve been in the market for a set of lamps.
The downstairs formal living room is really poorly lit in the evenings.

I found this set of vintage lamps for $25!
Can you believe it?!

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It took a while to decide what color to paint the bases.
We ultimately decided on chrome.
There are just so many colors in the art piece behind the lamps that we didn’t want to compete.

We were planning a trip to Home Depot to pick up a kit to fix the upstairs bathroom.
So we picked up a couple cans of spray paint.

Foil is the best way to cover odd shapes when prepping to paint.

Primer.

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Chrome spray paint.

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Voila!
So awesome to bask in their glowy goodness.

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Another exciting addition to our home?
Dual flushing toilets!!

Seriously. You can pick up a kit at Home Depot for $20!
Easy. Peasy.

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Marko loves using it!

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Umm, I think it’s funny I’ll have to explain this to guests…

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That’s all!
Good night!!

XO, Rochelle

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[ Marko Gruvin’ ]

by Princess Hotcakes on February 28, 2012

About a month or so ago…
We were in Downtown Portland killing some time while we waited for our car to be fixed.
We stumbled upon this record player which you can buy here.
And we bought it.

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We have been enjoying watching Marko develop a musical interest.
It first started when we got the Xbox Kinect.
It took him a while to decide dancing was fun.
Then came DJ Hero.
Where we noticed him moving, unprompted to they rhythm of the music.
And finally,  Rock Band.
He loves the drums.

We want to support him in this naturally developing process.
A record player seems the best solution.
What better way to cultivate a musical foundation?
He loves it!

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Our first two records…

 

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I was a wee bit sneaky and captured this video of Marko dancing freestyle!!

It is SO much fun to be a part of his life.

XO, Rochelle

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[ Red ]

February 26, 2012

It’s been a year since I’ve had my haircut by my darling hairstylist Nichole at London Influence. She cut and colored my hair last year just prior to our Wedding… and then life got busy… Needless to say, I was SO stoked to get back in her chair. I have been craving change and at [...]

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[ Love Abounds ]

February 25, 2012

Did you make the most of your Valentines Day? I sure did.  Sure, some could say it’s contrived romanticism. But that’s not in my heart. SO, I did a few things to demonstrate my love and appreciation for Ivan… First, I had the unique opportunity to participate in a Boudoir Photo Session with Jenifer of [...]

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[ Beach House Getaway! ]

February 13, 2012

I’m back in the blogging arena… Coming at you with events that happened a month ago! Ha. We drove West and spent a weekend with our besties on the Oregon Coast! Three couples and a set of twins in a sweet beach house. We enjoyed catching up with one another and noshing on fantastic food [...]

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[ Tattooed Princess ]

November 19, 2011

This post requires we revisit 2010 which was a pretty big deal to me. You see, it was my first experience being tattooed at a Tattoo Convention. I absolutely loved it. There’s nothing more amazing than being surrounded by an artistic and creative community while getting tattooed. While sitting there tons of people with different [...]

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[ Sausage Festival ]

November 18, 2011

Ivan took me to this year’s 77th Annual Verboort Sausage & Kraut Dinner. The Verboort Sausage dinner is hosted by a small but amazing community every year on the first Saturday of November. The whole community pitches in to prepare every detail of the meal. The funds from the day go to support the parish [...]

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[ Horrifically Awesome Halloween ]

November 7, 2011

Halloween weekend was THE BEST! We had such a great time together. Marko had an awesome General Grievous costume. Ivan and I had a great time as the Proud Parents. Pumpkin carving had a new spin this year. Instead of carving we drilled out holes! Marko loved it! And then we filled them with dry [...]

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[ Pumpkin Harvesting ]

October 21, 2011

The last three months of the year are jam packed full of my favorite holidays! I am soo excited for Halloween this year. We’ll have Marko over the Halloween weekend and we fully intend on filling it with ghoulish and spooky awesomeness. I have always loved Halloween. Growing up I LOVED carving pumpkins! The sad [...]

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[ Words to Live By ]

October 5, 2011

Inspiring. Motivating. True. “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t [...]

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