Pallet Wall Update

Are you sick of the damn pallet wall yet? Honestly. Be honest. I am.

Okay, so maybe I really am a little sick of the pallet wall, but the reason I wanted it was to hang cool stuff on it. We tried the wallpaper on one side. blah. We have painted the slats black. bleh. And here we are... with our latest... da da da daaaaa......

Bam.

And then the other side....


BAM!

And then a few angles.....

Flea Market Finds

This is a delayed post, but the weekend before last, the Hubs and I rolled out of bed at the waking hours of 8am to hit up the Alameda Flea Market. We were on the hunt to find wall art for the Pallet Wall. I have been a little "over" the pallet wall and the only reason I really wanted it was because I wanted to hang cool stuff on it. We did attempt to wall paper one side of it. I intended to post on this project, but never really loved the wallpaper- so it came down. It is much better without the wall paper and we are back to getting sunlight in through the slats. Here is one of the pics (for reference):









So here are some interesting finds we will add to the wall. First is an etching we really both like. Not sure exactly how it's relevant to anything else in our house accept for our appreciation for Napoleon Dynamite. We think it might be a Liger. We have ordered some custom matting and bought a big frame. I will post an updated pic someday in the next couple weeks.

I know that antlers are "sooooo 2009", but I am so happy to have them in our home. Someday they will live on a pretty bookcase. 6 dolla, make you holla.



Here are some prints in old frames that we are contemplating hanging on thick ribbon or twine?


Okay, I will admit, this one is super random... and I am not loving the color of the frame, but it's a kinda interesting accent piece. Its an old parking meter in a shadow box.


Last but not least, I scooped up this gold dipped leaf and added it to the necklace I was wearing. I think it will live there now permanently. I love it.

Marcencol

Some serious right brain at it's best.... check it out. ....

About Marwencol.

Can I "do" Burning Man?

So whenever people ask me when I am going to have a baby, I tell them.. "after we go to Turkey, Tailand, and Burning Man." In the back of my head I have always thought that planning a trip to Turkey (which is 7500 miles away and approx 20 hours of travel time) seems more tangible than going to Burning Man (which is less than 400 miles and about 5 hours of driving time) away.
It has always seemed so much bigger than me and am I really creative enough? Could I even survive in a place where you can't spit out your toothpaste water on the ground? Could I really go #2 in a liter box in order to escape port-o-potties? And let's not dismiss the serious inadequacies: I don't know how to walk on stilts, I don't have a crew of friends to dress in fuzzy bunny costumes with, I don't know if my husband will approve of me wearing faux fur legwarmers these days, and I don't think we have enough time to make a paper mache shark monster to fit on a bike.



However... it is really starting to feel like this might actually be able to happen for me this year. Considering the fact that I actually thought up the liter box idea myself gives me hope that maybe I CAN do this! I really want to go to experience the crazy magic of it all. And, hey... I am going to be 30 years old ( omg! after I am 30, I will be too old to use o.m.g. anymore) Nothing rings bringing in your 30s like a little house dancing. Am I right? Or am I right?I am working on a survivalist to-do list now. Bikes, Tarps, art suppliers, etc. Maybe I try out some Hobo dinners sooner than later.

Will update on how the fuzzy bunny costumes come along. I think I need to blog about a DIY project soon.....


UPDATE: I CAN AND I AM "Doing This!"