projects and purchases

I'm finally positing my before and after pictures of the dresser I got from my Nana that no one was using and knobs were missing. I still need to give it a final coat of polyurethane. But I really love the way it turned out. I kept the original knobs and added two red ones from Anthropologie. I still need to find the perfect pull for the top though. I used Behr paint; Indian Ocean for the drawers and Scotch Lassie for the frame.

While in Austin for teacher training we hit a couple of great vintage stores! The owl string holder came from Uncommon Objects along with the white letters. The deer planter came from Room Service; we had an identical one that was black and bit smaller that broke during the move so I'm lucky to have found another. The paint by number came from eBay and the other vintage print came from Room Service. I can't wait to start decorating my house, but I need to paint first and rip up carpet (that's my next project!)

Close up of the dresser!

may thrift finds

May is a busy, busy month; as I am sure it is for any normal or abnormal person. I have weddings, end of school, end of a college course, planning vacations, starting a summer job, working on more mint&honey goods and more.

Despite this tornado, I was able to enjoy my Saturday hitting up a favorite thrift store.

I plan on turning this cute little kitchen pot into a pot for some fresh herbs. I'm so pumped about! I hope to fit rosemary, cilantro, mint and basil.

I can't decide whether to save the mushrooms, or give this letter holder a makeover.

What do you think?

Have a merry month, I will be updating with mint&honey goods as they are created.

my recipes

my recipes
Originally uploaded by heather.carr

My recipes now reside in this cute little recipe book I found antique shopping with my dear friend this past Monday. It's so adorable! Now, there is a method to my recipe filing madness.

Baking and Re-Making

I've been out of town for a couple of days on a little trip to celebrate our one year wedding anniversary. So I've been missing my kitchen and being able to and bake. So the day I got back I attempted my version of bread & honey's apricot tartlets. But our supermarket sadly didn't have any apricots in stock, so I turned to peaches. I added a little whip cream and sprinkled cinnamon on top. It was quite tasty.

Another exciting endeavor, well exciting to me, is an art deco chair I found at a local antique store. I didn't even know the store existed and it happens to be just a couple blocks away from where I live. This chair was a steal and I'm thinking yellow. I'm open to suggestions also.