Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn...

Oh boy.  Summer is usually my favorite season-just not this year.  I laugh now to see an old copy of InStyle magazine in the bathroom with the headline: "Your Best Summer!"

Should have clued me in to have picked up the magazine at PHX returning home from my grandfather's funeral- not off to a good start.  But after my family of three makes it to the emergency room four times this summer, I think it's safe to say this one was not my best.

So HELLO Autumn!  Thank goodness you have arrived.  I was about lose it.

With the fresh start of a new season, I feel the need to begin again-specifically back to blogging and getting my projects completed.  Now where'd I leave off?

Oh yeah, my closet.  A post will be arriving soon to show off the completion (almost).  I asked my husband last night what he thought of me blogging, and he said it looked like I needed to concentrate more on my projects-less on getting a blog together-and I think he's right.  I noticed during the Pinterest Challenge I was more busy trying to write the final blog post, when where I should have been was with him working on the closet project.  As the blog was finished and posted, I realized my mistake.  I guess that maybe is why I haven't posted anything since.

But I want that to all change and I've got a plan.  I will set longer deadlines for myself, to give ample time to complete projects.  I will limit my projects to one large one a season, with maybe a handful of quick ones throughout.  I will not work on writing the post until the project has been completed.  

What I decided to work on first -my large project- is not another @em_henderson challenge (although this does sound like fun), is a bookshelf for my son's room.  I've wanted to make one for some time now.  I thought maybe I'd go to the home improvement store and buy some plywood and brackets to start, but then I saw this blog post by The Thriftress:

She used her old laundry room cabinets and repurposed them by adding legs and molding around the top edge.  We scored some old kitchen cabinets from my father-in-law, and they have been taking up valuable space in the garage for way too long.  My husband already used what he wanted and was just going to haul away the leftovers.  So tomorrow I'm planning on going to check and see if I can turn them in a child's bookshelf.  We will soon see if they'll even work (keeping my fingers crossed!).

Another project I had in mind involves cut outs.  Our walls are in desperate need of artwork and I got inspired by the cover piece to the AIASF event booklet I've been carrying around with me in my purse:

I'm pretty sure this one was made with a high-tech laser cutter tool.  I'd love to do the same San Francisco map as this one, but that is just too much for lazy me.  But see the Ferry Building sketch in the background of the cover?  I think that is much more attainable.  Plus, I ate there for lunch today so it was meant to be!

Alright Blogland, as if anyone other than myself will read this, I'm back.  Bring it on Autumn!