Fall gourd decor

I shared last week that I did a DIY craft project with my gourds from my 2011 garden harvest. They have been drying and curing for over a year and I’ve made a few projects with them including these DIY birdhouses.

I started with this lineup in my backyard shed: gourds, cardboard & spray paint.

The Rust-oleum paint I used  (gold, bronze and slate) left a hammered finish which I love.

While I took a break to let the gourds dry, Ronny managed to steal the camera and snuck up on me as I finished up the last coat. Creeper! What is really funny is that I didn’t know about this picture until I was taking these photos off of my camera. :)

When they were all dry, I incorporated them in my china hutch and centerpiece.

I got the plate from a HomeGoods store when I was visiting my sister in Olathe.

What do you think about my placemats? They were our 3rd – leather – wedding anniversary gift from my parents. Love ‘em, thanks Mom & Dad!

The extra gourds that I spray painted may have shown up in other areas around the house. I decorated right before leaving for a work trip and Ronny called to tell me that gourds were poppin’ up everywhere!

I love fall decorations.

3-whole-years

Every time Lady Gaga’s “Nebraska” song plays and she says “6-whole-years”, Ronny and I sing in unison and fill in the blank, “___-whole-years”. It used to be 2, or sometimes 6 for the years we’ve been together in total.
But today is 3-whole-years. Because three years ago I got to marry a wonderful man!

I love this picture from our wedding day. Obviously there is a lot going on in the picture…everyone is enamored by the stretch-Hummer limo with the K-State flags, Russell is still figuring out his crutches, there are people talking everywhere, Ron is pointing at something – but Ronny and I are just too in love to know that anything else was ever going on. I hope we’re always like this!
Happy Anniversary, babe! I look forward to the day when we can say, “65-whole-years” like your grandparents did this year. Love you unconditionally. (Ok, I’ll stop being gushy!)

Anniversaries:
2 years
1st year

2 years

Wow – two years have gone by since Ronny and I were married!

To celebrate, we decided to check out a new winery near Seward/Lincoln, called Prime Country Winery. Since it was during the Husker game, there was no one there. Planned that perfect! So we got the place to ourselves to chat with the winemaker and enjoy some good vino.

Instead of buying gifts for each other, we purchased a new camera. I love the DSLR that I use at work, but didn’t want to invest that much into a camera, so we went with this little number:

It has some of the features  of a DSLR, but is compact!

Happy Anniversary, babe and here’s to many more!