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Dresser and table redo

I have a small dresser and table in my office that I use to store craft supplies and display gifts and art that I have bought at various places.  For a long time, I've been wanting to change them from the pale pink they were painted to a teal/turquoisey color which better matches my house and is my favorite color. 

Before:

They were kind of beat of and scraped from several years of use...

(I forgot to take pics of the table!)

After:

I may need to get a new lampshade now....

Here's some of the things on the table.  The bottles on the left were gifts from Barbe a few years ago and the large brown bottle and and altered powder tin were purchases from Maija. 

I used Behr Carribbean Green and it's a beautiful deep teal color. 

I have these curtains from Pier 1 in the room (the curtains are actually much more green than blue in person) and it all matches beautifully.  Now if I could only clean up some of my craft supply clutter....

I love how both things turned out!  Just a simple, quick change and the room feels so much different.

Muir Woods

I went with the honey to Muir Woods recently.  I still can't believe I had never been there!  We had actually tried to go several times during the summer, but it was always too crowded so we couldn't get in.  The great thing about Muir Woods is that it's close to San Francisco, but it's almost too close as it gets incredibly crowded. At any rate, we finally made it there and had a great morning walking around.

I liked how new growth was growing from a fallen tree.  Similar trees were all over the park




We went over to Pelican Inn for lunch, an adorable recreated English Inn and Tavern.

It was beautiful, so we ate on the lawn.  While we were eating, I noticed something moving across the blanket from the corner of my eye and it was a baby snake!  It moved too fast to get a picture, unfortunately.  I was very surprised to see a snake!

The Inn has lots of historical ephemera inside

From then, it was on to Muir Beach.  It was incredibly windy, so we ended up not staying long, but it was very pretty and hopefully we can go back on a better day.

A beautiful day!

Day of the Dead

Remembering my grandparents on this Day of the Dead...  I wish I had had the opportunity to grow up with my my grandparents, but sadly three of them died before I was born and my one grandmother lived too far to see very often.  At least I have photos of both of their wedding days.

1. calaveritas, 2. day of the dead decoration, 3. Day-of-the-Dead Bread, 4. Dia de los muertos decoration, 5. marigolds and sugar skulls, 6. Day of the Dead Mosaic by Juan is Dead, 7. Day of the Dead, 8. Day of the Dead Owls Wedding Cake Topper, 9. IMG_0468 Decorated Skulls