tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85792931012746489982024-02-07T06:17:32.680-06:00Ginny's Artbeing creative is what i do ;)G's_arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877505322888671158noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8579293101274648998.post-66371664515748479592013-09-18T20:41:00.003-05:002013-09-18T20:43:34.960-05:00Bathroom Progress<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Hello all! Isn’t this weather scary? I never noticed how
scary a thunderstorm is when you have giant windows. I swear, at one point I
thought the lightning was going to come through the window and strike me. </div>
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Anywho…I’m back with photos of my bathroom. We’re still very
much in progress, but we did manage to find some decorations that matched the
mood board. I’m still fighting with Mike about the “girly canvas”, but I’m
pretty sure I’m going to win this battle. Mainly because it really makes the
bathroom pop with just the right amount of <i>glamour</i>. </div>
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Please disregard my terrible photography skills. There isn’t
a window in the bathroom, so we don’t have any natural light. I’m still
learning how to use my camera and I have no idea how to white balance it. Blah.
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Here’s a peek of our blue little bathroom. We pretty much found everything at Marshalls. The shower curtain was $15, the adorable towels were on clearance for $5 each (score!!!), the soap/lotion dish was $8, and the candle was from Kohls and was $15.</div>
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Not pictured: mason jars - which I got from Michael's Crafts. The are currently doing a wonderful job at holding our qtips, cotton balls and razors. </div>
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So the bathroom needed some paint touch ups due to the spackling/patching. I asked our landlord if he had the paint. He told me he did and gave me a bucket of blue paint. I told Mike to touch up a spot on the wall while I was at work. Well ladies and gentlemen...I come home to a huge blotch of paint on the wall. You can see in the photo where Mike was supposed to paint, and he decided to paint a huge square! Needless to say our landlord gave us the wrong paint. </div>
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We went back and asked him for another can of blue paint. He gave us another one that was darker than the first. And look where Mike painted it!!! Instead of painting it on the large blue square he already painted, he decided to make another little section of the wrong paint. Hahaha...I died laughing. He is so funny.</div>
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Our landlord finally told us he didn't have the paint anymore for the bathroom. Insert sad face here! Well we just had to make do. We went to Lowes and picked up a whole bunch of paint swatches. I picked up the closest ones and taped them up. We stared at the swatches for maybe an hour and picked the one that we felt looked exactly like our paint. We chose Honesty by Olympic paint.<br />
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I was a bit nervous when Mike started painting because it looked too light, but as soon as it dried it was as if nothing was ever there. Problem solving is pretty much what we do. Whoop whoop! Hope you like the bathroom!<br />
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Our bathroom has been gorgeous since day one. I thank my
lucky stars everyday because there is nothing worse then an <i>ugly</i> bathroom. The
first thing our landlord told us about the bathroom was that the toilet was
$700. My eyeballs just about popped out of my skull. I’ve never had the honor
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The bathroom is a very serene light blue. We also have
<b>SUBWAY TILES</b>. Mike didn’t know what I was talking about, but all my interior
lovers will know what that is and how great it is to have it. It looks so fresh
and trendy. I fell in love the second I saw them. </div>
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My first thought for this bathroom was to have it be super glamorous.
I had a major reality check when Mike reminded me he also lives here. Blah. He
totally ruined my design ideas, but hey, this is what marriage is all about
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So, I made a little mood board. He has agreed to it so far,
but the girly painting might need some convincing. Check it out, and I’ll post
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After taking the longest hiatus in blogger history, I’m back
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Lots has happened since the last time I’ve really blogged.
I’ve gotten <a href="http://ginnyart.blogspot.com/2011/12/he-proposed.html">engaged</a> to the love of my life, been planning a wedding, and now,
finally moved out to be on our own. After months of looking for rentals we were
finally ready to give up and live in my garden basement forever, but the rent
Gods looked upon us and opened our baby up. We found the most adorable 2-bedroom
apartment in the coolest neighborhood. To say we got lucky is an
understatement. Our landlord is amazing, our neighbors seem cool, we have a
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A few things that were on our “must have” list were open
layout, separate dining room and nice kitchen. We love to entertain so I was
really hoping we would find a place that was open and airy. This place
absolutely has the layout we were looking for. It has huge windows so we get a
lot of natural light (that’s my favorite feature of this place). We have a
dining room, but since its an open concept, it flows into the living room and
the kitchen. Speaking of the kitchen, that’s what sold my fiancé on this place.
He’s quite the chef, so when he saw stainless steel appliances, granite
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Needless to say, we totally took the apartment. We’ve now
been living here for 3 weeks and absolutely love it. Little by little we will
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</span>Here’s a few a pictures I snapped the day we saw it. It’s changed a bit
since then, can’t wait to show you all!</div>
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G's_arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877505322888671158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8579293101274648998.post-48571366526972625932012-01-19T23:04:00.000-06:002012-01-19T23:04:39.564-06:00Got Contact Paper?<div style="text-align: center;">Look what I did with a scrap of black contact paper.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">My toilet suddenly looks so dapper :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>G's_arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877505322888671158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8579293101274648998.post-33862597591365073202011-12-31T01:44:00.000-06:002011-12-31T01:44:59.056-06:00He proposed!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3fHOoY2i0bOtRQLcGiisnNL-Dx1IKknQVz-etVUfixByLJCVZxCa2PXVAm078hKaCU_KJat9On3k5ldPM8RSQNLKh5sBFzPFKx2vTgaWeCkLQ02plvi6yG7glvTjyRswM_6t4QxeeCUM_/s1600/16_edited.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3fHOoY2i0bOtRQLcGiisnNL-Dx1IKknQVz-etVUfixByLJCVZxCa2PXVAm078hKaCU_KJat9On3k5ldPM8RSQNLKh5sBFzPFKx2vTgaWeCkLQ02plvi6yG7glvTjyRswM_6t4QxeeCUM_/s320/16_edited.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222;"><em style="color: black; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">I have a fiancé now. Even typing that word makes my heart flutter :)</span></em></span></div>G's_arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877505322888671158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8579293101274648998.post-87767804622433965842011-12-18T22:20:00.000-06:002011-12-18T22:20:55.665-06:00Christmas solar system<div style="text-align: center;">I made my own little Christmas solar system mobile :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I rigged this mobile with two wooden sticks, wire thread, clear string and glittered ornaments. I hung it where my birdcage lived. It brings festive thoughts into my little place. Every time I see it hanging there, I smile.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I like it so much, I might keep it up until the new year :)</div>G's_arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877505322888671158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8579293101274648998.post-65744841253217890432011-12-01T20:13:00.000-06:002011-12-01T20:13:21.369-06:00Faux apartment doors<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">I’m back and totally ready for action! You know why? Because I just bought this baby!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOEutc8yPGr3a9n6R4tH6hcSwTRjAzRPi-MF50MD4CHFsxJl_a8gU6gDXx1J6YHzeK7o8GXaXlq452wX32Kw0jKi03_GTUUbWtidEiV-BB2QEAyjH8De40ppDDlqco_UVZ2EfhbOzgp27n/s1600/13774068.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOEutc8yPGr3a9n6R4tH6hcSwTRjAzRPi-MF50MD4CHFsxJl_a8gU6gDXx1J6YHzeK7o8GXaXlq452wX32Kw0jKi03_GTUUbWtidEiV-BB2QEAyjH8De40ppDDlqco_UVZ2EfhbOzgp27n/s320/13774068.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Oh yeah, I bought a new <a href="http://www.target.com/p/Nikon-L105-12-1-MP-Digital-Camera-with-15x-Optical-Zoom-Black/-/A-13774068">camera</a> and I’m LOVING IT! I never really liked how my old point & shoot took photos. It always looked so….yellow. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I’m sure this one will take cleaner & crisper pictures (hopefully, but bare with me while I learn how to use it.)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b>1. I made some apartment doors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">I was reading this awesome DIY magazine, and this lady made her basement bathroom door look like an apartment door. It was such a great idea...I just <i>had</i> to do it. I went to Lowes, picked a cute sunny shade of yellow and picked up some great modern silver address numbers. I chose 16, it’s my favorite number.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">I went home, painted and installed the numbers. It looked SO COOL.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaQEBywz2DgV6oKn83PfMobDo5tLDswiIhjDP4oJAJAUnE4FawYq-ZAYp3X9HSqK-UcKdivXZ9RTQtKqRa7U55iWy9nKHxtcJ363YsOEx6A2bM58Qm86N2TB4FlBBQZdEgTFhErJ1fPi-Z/s1600/DSCN0115.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaQEBywz2DgV6oKn83PfMobDo5tLDswiIhjDP4oJAJAUnE4FawYq-ZAYp3X9HSqK-UcKdivXZ9RTQtKqRa7U55iWy9nKHxtcJ363YsOEx6A2bM58Qm86N2TB4FlBBQZdEgTFhErJ1fPi-Z/s320/DSCN0115.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">But in my mind, I felt like I wasn’t really finished, because now the corner of the room was bare white. So, I painted my bedroom and closet door the same color.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">I took a few steps back…and was like “CRAP…this is way to much yellow!” I had to think of a way to balance that out. So I sat there and stared at the corner of the room. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Stripes popped into my head. And what color goes best with yellow? If you guessed gray, you’re obviously a color expert ;)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">(See that white stripe going down the yellow door? I'm trying to tone down the brightness. I also added a 14 to my bedroom door.)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">So this is how it turned out, and I LOVE IT. I decided to take down the shelves that used to be above the chair. I replaced it with a canvas, but wasn't really sure what to put on it. So of course...I drew a heart. Don't judge me. I used the gold color I used for my <a href="http://ginnyart.blogspot.com/2011/04/dining-room-reveal.html">dining room</a> wall stencil. See how I'm trying to tie everything together? I also wanted to throw some pink in the mix, so I framed some of my <a href="http://ginnyart.blogspot.com/2011/01/black-white-photography.html">black & white</a> photography and hung them up.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All in all, I have to say I'm GLAD my patterns aren't clashing. They actually look pretty cool together. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love my artsy apartment :)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just look at the awesome 80's prom/bridesmaid dress I transformed into my Toddler's pageant dress :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and look at my hot momma! haha</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> Everyone (but the bumble bee, slacker) made their costume.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Group Pic :)</div>G's_arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877505322888671158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8579293101274648998.post-78536098906130614172011-10-19T11:39:00.000-05:002011-10-19T11:39:11.420-05:00My dream doll houseAre you ready for the little girl inside of you to scream?<br />
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Check out this Tiny Victorian Cottage...seriously? How <strong><u>gorgeous</u></strong> is this??<br />
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This is a real life doll house that you can only get to by walking across the rocks in the stream..*sigh* I love it.<br />
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<strong><em>“Sandra Foster turned a Catskills hunting cabin into the romantic Victorian cottage she had always wanted, using vintage columns, flooring and wavy glass windows, and doing the carpentry herself.”</em></strong><br />
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To read all about it click <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/06/23/garden/20100624-chic-slideshow.html">here</a>.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">My boyfriends father had these pumpkins he drew on that he was going to throw out, so of course I took them :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I wanted them to look chic, so I gave them a glamorous makeover. Voila! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I swear, you can never go wrong with a little black and white paint...and glitter spray! :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm loving them now and am proudly displaying them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's another quick $2 halloween decor tip.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Black construction paper = invasion of the flying bats!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">All I did was google "bat stencil" and printed out the first bat I saw and cut the heck out of them. My hand was a little sore but look how cute it looks. Very worth it for $2 :)</div>G's_arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877505322888671158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8579293101274648998.post-68548220943562836362011-09-30T11:05:00.002-05:002011-09-30T11:05:37.939-05:00Please help me by voting for my t-shirt! :) Please!<a href="http://www.threadless.com/submission/373823/Safety_Dance?streetteam=ginnyart" title="Safety Dance - Threadless T-shirts, Nude No More"><img alt="Safety Dance - Threadless T-shirts, Nude No More" border="0" height="119" src="http://www.threadless.com/subbanner/373823/banner1.png" width="220" /></a>G's_arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877505322888671158noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8579293101274648998.post-23436021588954065872011-09-22T14:32:00.000-05:002011-09-22T14:32:46.799-05:00Coaster Redo<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Who doesn’t love key silhouettes? Am I right or am I right, can I get a </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">“<b><i>what, what!</i></b>”? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Assuming you guys just totally gave me a “<b><i>what, what</i></b>!”, I’m going to show you what I put key silhouettes on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDWQwWsinheks5brUQgLxZK-LglEb5UGrT1n49Iq555mbBDPXV7Q50w5ayxIFM13I68eqiFgFb3gKeoVqFCLG5jdRmPicO1Btoapc2xVF5sK7zDb_W1DARI5YGPEicQOC1ThCryIMjGP_T/s1600/before+coaster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDWQwWsinheks5brUQgLxZK-LglEb5UGrT1n49Iq555mbBDPXV7Q50w5ayxIFM13I68eqiFgFb3gKeoVqFCLG5jdRmPicO1Btoapc2xVF5sK7zDb_W1DARI5YGPEicQOC1ThCryIMjGP_T/s320/before+coaster.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">I had some boring cork coasters that needed to be freshened up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Silhouettes are all the rage now, so I thought it would be a cute girly touch. One fat black sharpie and 10 minutes later, they turned into this.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Do you have a million wine bottles that you have sitting on your countertop just waiting to be recycled? I do, but since I’m lazy and have yet to make a recycling bin I just have them there…staring at me. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Then a crazy idea popped into my head. Why don’t I spray paint them black to make a cool table centerpiece? I had this awesome vision in my head that 100% didn’t translate into real life. Upset that I just wasted a whole can of black spray paint I opted to do something a little different to them. I made them into Halloween décor!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">This is a really inexpensive way to dress up your home for Halloween. I drew on some spooky stuff using some white out. I really like them now. And of course, they were FREE <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">à</span></span> my favorite word. Lol.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">For scarier results, just add a floating head. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><!--EndFragment-->G's_arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877505322888671158noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8579293101274648998.post-45316828118401121852011-09-18T23:36:00.002-05:002011-09-18T23:39:50.973-05:00Taylor Swift T!<div style="text-align: center;">Everyone knows I'm a hugeeeeee Taylor Swift fan. My boyfriend bought me tickets to go to her concert and I wanted to wear something awesome, so obviously I wanted to design a t-shirt :) I've always loved the <a href="http://www.jesusismyhomeboy.com/">Jesus is my homeboy shirts</a>, so I made a play off that shirt. And so the "Taylor Swift is my homegirl" t-shirt was born. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I wore it to her concert, and got a lot of stares and pointing from teen girls. I don't know if they were making fun of me or actually liked my shirt. I'm going to stick with the latter lol ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I posted my tshirt on my facebook page with the tagline "Some might say this is blasphemy, but I call it being a Super Fan." Turns out two of my grammar school friends wanted to buy the shirt! I made them but thought I should present it to them in a cute way. This is how I gave it to them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I hope they are enjoying their Taylor T's! </div>G's_arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877505322888671158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8579293101274648998.post-65869445608116371562011-08-24T22:15:00.001-05:002011-10-06T15:16:33.366-05:00alley art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A couple weeks ago I found this painting in my boyfriends alley. Sure, it's not the most attractive painting ever, but I was loving the frame. It looks and feels rich to me. So I grabbed it and put it in my work dungeon. Well I finally had time to re-do it and this is what I came up with.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I painting it all white and kept it simple with peace & heart graphics. It was strictly black and white, but it was Mike's idea to fill in the heart with spray paint to give that cool effect.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He also contributed the perfect name: "My heart bleeds for peace".<br />
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*Post Update*<br />
I was just informed this is the Mercedes logo....whoops!<br />
I'll fix it and repost soon ;) </div>G's_arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877505322888671158noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8579293101274648998.post-46775843713916155532011-08-24T21:56:00.000-05:002011-08-24T21:56:25.023-05:00kitchen decor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I thought I would post some of the pictures I took of the whole desk process seen <a href="http://ginnyart.blogspot.com/2011/08/butcher-block-counter-top-love.html">here</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Us posing happily with the new bare countertop :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And now for the after pictures!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I added a <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/50072645">Bygel</a> rail to hang my cooking utensils, switched out my light bookshelf for a darker one to match the counter top and hung my adorable oven mitt.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now it will be easier to cook, if I ever decide to ;)</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I found this shopping list, and it matches the kitchen perfectly.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mike bought me this oven mitt. I think he's trying to tell me something :D</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for taking a tour of my kitchen!</div>G's_arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877505322888671158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8579293101274648998.post-76230718670667013262011-08-24T11:57:00.001-05:002011-08-24T11:59:39.214-05:00breast cancer t-shirt designThis is another quick little graphic design update. I was hired by one of my good friends to design a t-shirt for her breast cancer fundraiser bar crawl. I happily accepted and came up with this little design.<br />
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</div>I design stuff all the time, but this is the 1st time (well 2nd time if you count the t-shirt art contest in high school) that something has been made into an actual shirt. It felt awesome seeing everyone in their pink shirts. I'll never forget that feeling :)<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">Back on June 22<sup>nd</sup> when I was feeling all sorts of optimistic I made a <a href="http://ginnyart.blogspot.com/2011/06/i-never-finish-anyth.html"><span style="color: blue;">to-do</span> </a> list…<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">to do</i>. Unfortunately, I didn’t really finish it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My boyfriend’s bedroom is still in limbo. He still has paper work everywhere and that hideous thing of a desk in there. I won’t touch it until he fixes that problem lol. My 2<sup>nd</sup> bedroom turned closet/office is pretty much done. I painted the wall black, cleaned it up and fixed my art corner. I should probably take some pictures of it, huh? </div><div class="MsoNormal">I didn’t turn my coffee table into a bench, I tried to sell it in a garage sale but to my surprise no one took it. It doesn’t have 1 scratch on it; I really thought it was going to be one of the first things I sold. I also didn’t paint my paint can planters. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>*sigh*</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">BUT I did get to do something else that wasn’t even on my list.</div><div class="MsoNormal">1. I painted the concrete exterior blocks in the front. Nice and white, looks nice and brighter. I still have some parts to finish…I think I’ll do it on the weekend.</div><div class="MsoNormal">2. I added another cabinet to my <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://ginnyart.blogspot.com/2011/01/my-tiny-garden-apartment.html">kitchen</a></span>. I had a gap there before and had a wire bookcase holding my plates (pics seen <a href="http://ginnyart.blogspot.com/2011/01/my-tiny-garden-apartment.html">here</a>). I never really liked how it looked, but I stayed with that for so long because 1. I didn’t want to buy another cabinet 2. I didn’t know how to install another cabinet.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">But guess what? My bestie for life, Jennifer gave me a $50 gift card to my favorite store Lowes, so I used it towards the purchase. It actually looks and feels like a complete kitchen now. </div><div class="MsoNormal">Everything was fine and dandy until I realized that the cabinets didn’t match up. My kitchen floor is 100% uneven so that’s how my cabinets were going to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, my heart ached for a minute or so, but then I thought, “who cares?” Who cares if my cabinets aren’t completely straight?? I don’t, just as long as I have something there right?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I painted my unfinished cabinet to match its counterpart and it looks lovely. But once again, I ran into a bump on the road. The base cabinet is only 30 inches wide, and the countertop I needed doesn’t sell that size. They don’t even sell anything close to it!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But as usual Ikea saved the day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of having the same countertop, why not add some butcher block? </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I know what you’re thinking, “why is she mixing tops?” but I know it will work! Last Sunday I helped out at an Open House for a million dollar home. The homeowner had a butcher-block countertop next to her oven where she said it was easier to prepare meals. That way, she didn’t have to ruin her granite countertops. It’s genius if you think about it.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I found <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10146525">LAGAN</a></span> at Ikea, it’s the very cheap version of their butcher block, and at $39 it’s the perfect price for me :). The best part is, it can be cut and sanded down. It’s like music to my ears.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Well I went to lowes to buy the butcher block and guess what? They were <b>SOLD OUT</b> of it!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was heartbroken until my shopping angel boyfriend spotted out a pine wooden <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80071164">desktop</a>. It was $40 and beautiful. I took it in a heart beat!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I went home, cut it down with my boo (which was quite the experience). Side note: NEVER saw anything indoors, the dust literally took over my entire apartment and it took a couple hours to get the woodshop class smell out of it. Blah! But I learned better and decided to stain the block outside. Yes, I stained it a beautiful dark walnut brown. It’s gorgeoussss! !</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I brought it inside, set it up and you know what? I like it. It looks funky at first but then you warm up to it. Plus I’ve never been one to be cookie cutter so what would you expect from me? ;) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Full beautiful pics will be up soon. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Until then, look at my awesome cell phone pictures :P</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's fits! Well, kinda :P</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had a whoopsie while sawing, but this wood filler is AWESOME! </div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Hey, it's better than what I had before! ;)</div><!--EndFragment-->G's_arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877505322888671158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8579293101274648998.post-730776127007771252011-06-25T02:02:00.000-05:002011-06-25T02:02:08.028-05:00rosette pillow tutorial<!--StartFragment--> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">I’ve never been able to spend more than $10 on a throw pillow. Call me crazy, but spending anything over $10 for something that is going to get squished and tossed around all the time just doesn’t seem right to me. Plus, throw pillows have always been ugly to me, same old boring colors and patterns </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">until I saw this.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">This rosette <a href="http://www.target.com/DwellStudio-Target-Yellow-Rosettes-Decorative/dp/B002W8TOEQ/ref=sc_ri_2?ie=UTF8&node=12956391">pillow</a> is absolutely <b><u>GORGEOUS</u></b>! The color, style and texture of this pillow was lovely, but the price was ridiculous! I <i>was/am</i> not paying $25 for 1 pillow! I technically would have to spend $50 in total because, who only buys 1 pillow? </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Needless to say, I was just not feeling that price. =/</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Months went by and every time I would go to Target, I would find myself wandering into the furniture department looking for that beautiful pillow. It was always there, waiting for me like mans best friend…but I still didn’t want to spend the mula. So I left Target every single time with a little less of my soul. (Yes, I’m dramatic lol)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">So I thought and I thought and said <u>WHY DON’T I JUST MAKE ONE</u>?!? And so I did. :)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">When I first bought my couch it came with 2 standard pillows. The design was not my style so I made pillowcases out of that yellow material I seem to use in every project lol. The pillows stayed plain for 10 months until I got the idea to add little rosettes to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">The first thing I did was cut strips of yellow material. I did 6” long by 2” wide and added a drop of hot glue on some felt. I attached the yellow material and twirled it into a flower shape. I kept adding hot glue as I went to hold it down and kept twirling until I ran out of material. I let it set for a few minutes, then cut the flower from the felt. I did this 7 or 8 times and added them to the pillows.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><!--EndFragment-->G's_arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877505322888671158noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8579293101274648998.post-35559914547592833242011-06-22T15:26:00.000-05:002011-06-22T15:26:43.280-05:00i never finish anyth<div style="text-align: center;">Do you ever feel like your brain is going at 100 mph? That’s how I feel all the freakin’ time, seriously. I just have so many ideas and not enough hours in the day (and money in the bank, haha) to do them all. Looking back at my blog, I’ve noticed that I leave a lot of my projects un-finished. For instance, my refrigerator...I was supposed to have a <a href="http://ginnyart.blogspot.com/2011/04/black-white-kitchen.html">chalkboard surface refrigerator</a> but ended up dumping that idea to cover it in black contact paper. That tiny change made the biggest difference ever! People think we bought a new fridge! I never finished re-shooting the kitchen, I gotta get on that to show you just how amazing it looks now.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://ginnyart.blogspot.com/2011/02/boyfriend-bedroom-part-1.html">My boyfriend’s bedroom</a>, but this one is not my fault. He has yet to clean out his million shoe boxes full of junk paper. I refuse to do anything in that bedroom until that situation is taken care of. But really all we have to do is hang picture frames back up and throw out that hideous desk. I asked him if he wanted me to paint his dressers with some cool design but I didn’t get a definite yes or no on that one. Sooo stay tuned for that project to be finished.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I recently started to mess around with my <a href="http://ginnyart.blogspot.com/2011/01/cleaning-out-my-closet.html">2nd bedroom turned closet/office</a>. I realized after I graduated that I never used my “office”. So, to get more out of my closet I took out the desk and moved in this purple kitchen cabinet-turned bookcase that you can see <a href="http://ginnyart.blogspot.com/2011/01/my-dance-floor.html">here</a> holding up my tv and use it as my craft station instead. I re-used the whole black and white scheme that I did in my kitchen and painted one wall black. I’m trying to go for a glamorous/forever21 vibe with this closet and so far so good. But I still want to add a faux roman shade, get a sheepskin rug and somehow fit this chair into the mix. Pictures will be up soon (I hope haha)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But now that’s its summer, I want to leave these projects in limbo and throw myself into updating the front porch, backyard deck, and my back entryway. Once again I have 801,164,126 ideas that I hope to get done before summer is over. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here’s my list.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1. Turn my <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00095036">lack coffee table</a> into an outdoor bench.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">When I moved this table out of the way to <a href="http://ginnyart.blogspot.com/2011/01/my-dance-floor.html">lay down tiles</a>, I really loved the open feel it gave my living room. So I said “so long” to my table and kept it in my closet for months. I didn’t want to throw it out though, it’s still brand new looking thanks to me being extremely anal and making people use coasters and placemats lol, but no one wanted it either. I moved it into my kitchen when I started re-doing my closet and happened to sit down on it. It’s extremely sturdy, and so a light bulb went off giving me the idea to make it into a bench. But it wasn’t until I started thinking about the front porch when I got the idea to make an outdoor seating area and put it there. I do have to buy some sealer and paint it to make sure I don’t get water damage. But there’s idea #1.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">2. Paint my back door black.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, I wanted it red before, like my <a href="http://ginnyart.blogspot.com/2011/03/bright-red.html">front door</a> but I didn’t think it would match my awesome security door. I’ll pick up some black exterior paint soon. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">3. Paint can planters. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I saw this on another blog and it looks AWESOME, plus with all the paint jobs I do I have plentyyyyyyyyyyy of empty paint cans. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">That’s all I can think of for now, until then I’m thinking this should be my slogan.</div><br />
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</div><div align="center">Please? :)</div>G's_arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877505322888671158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8579293101274648998.post-71231072821943635972011-06-14T21:28:00.001-05:002011-06-14T21:29:15.987-05:00ribbon wedding bouquet<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">I just loveeee weddings!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Sorry I haven’t been blogging but I’ve been super busy in my friends wedding. She’s actually getting married this Saturday so I thought I would fit one little post in my crazy schedule. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Last month she had a Surprise Bridal Shower where she received a zillion gifts. The room was drowning in gift-wrap and purple ribbons…I mean, it was everywhere! So the bridesmaids grabbed all the ribbons and kept them on the side. I took them home and made a ribbon bouquet for her to hold on her Wedding Rehearsal day, which was today.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">You can see that I not only used the purple ribbons but also the big gift bows too. I then took the stem part off another fake bouquet, bent it in half and stuck that into the foam ball and taped it with the flower tape to stay secure. For the “leaf” parts I used the curly ribbons to finish it off.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">She finally got to hold it today, and she looked great with it ;)</div>G's_arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877505322888671158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8579293101274648998.post-25617734235581717542011-05-22T16:56:00.004-05:002011-08-25T12:57:40.874-05:00my graduation!<div style="text-align: center;">I did it! I graduated last Sunday and it was GREAT! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I feel like such a grown up now ;) But I wanted to show you a couple pics of my day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My and my beautiful mommy <3</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Me & my grandparent's in our newly decorated <a href="http://ginnyart.blogspot.com/2011/04/black-white-kitchen.html">black & white kitchen</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Look what I did to my cap! :) I did this so she could spot me our quicker in the crowd of enormously tall people that go to Columbia. (I'm only 5'0, and everyone else if 5'6" and above lol)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Right after I got my diploma :) (See what I mean about the tall people?? haha)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love this photo! I might turn it into a canvas..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I got some pretty awesome presents from my peeps!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got a bunch of sweet cards that totally made me tear up. I love everyone that got me one!!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Flowers from : Mike, Andrea, Jennifer, Melanie & Diana </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Balloons from Gaby & Mari and Jennifer</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This card came all the way from <b><u>California</u></b> from one of my famous friends. If you watch Glee, I'm sure you've seen her ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This 2011 Grad frame & jewelry box came from my cousin-in-law Melanie. She knows I'm all about <a href="http://ginnyart.blogspot.com/2011/05/baby-onesies.html">custom things</a> so I absolutely lovedddddd this gift! She even surprised me by sneaking it into my apartment when I wasn't home lol. I might make the whole 2011 frame with pix of me & her ;) She is the Serena to my Blair. <3</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's another totally amazing gift that my friend Andrea & her husband Tonio got me. Tonio's cousin made this custom art on a wooden paint pallet. Isn't this awesome? And what makes it even cooler is they used the quote I had on my <a href="http://ginnyart.blogspot.com/2011/04/graduating-soon.html">graduation invitation</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>G's_arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877505322888671158noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8579293101274648998.post-81308281131432597172011-05-22T15:48:00.001-05:002011-05-22T15:50:53.322-05:00antelope video update<div style="text-align: center;">Hey guys! I thought instead of writing a huge post I would be lazy and make a video :) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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