Just keep swimming...

There is something so awesome about having friends over and being able to entertain. We had a great group of friends over last night (I'm still cleaning up all the fun we had!). Having everyone over really made my husband and I appreciate everything that we have. Amazing friends, health, happiness, a good home...

As I look back on the past two years, it has been quite a ride. I remember when Hurricane Ike hit and we lost power for 3 weeks. Then the stock market crashed, and I had to go help my parents with some things for three months. In the middle of all of that, my husband got a new job and I put him on a plane to Asia while I packed up our home, and tried to sell just about everything we owned. Etsy fell by the wayside as I put our entire life in a self-storage unit. I wasn't sure where we were going to live, how reliable our internet connection would be, if I'd have space to make work, if I could get supplies... the list goes on.

But with a dash of optimism mixed with lots of fact finding and hard work, I've got BS Art Studio up and running again. Life. Is. Good.

Are your walls hung?

So, one of my husband's biggest gripes about marrying an artist is that our walls are always bare. Whoops. In our old house, we literally had huge paintings on the floor lying against the wall for storage, but nothing on the wall hanging! He has been gone on an business trip, so I took the liberty of transforming one normally blah wall into something fab! All it took was six Mixers and a couple of frames. A huge blank wall has been turned into something fun and funky :). And yes, my wall is a distinct shade of spa green/mint ice cream. Our apartment came furnished, and 1 gallon of paint costs $80!

Anyways, here are the pics: