transforming the so-so

with all this moving and changing and cleaning out, i put my creative cap on and decided to enjoy these last few weeks in our home, and turn our house into a work studio! one of the things that i love about moving, is that it gives you the opportunity to re{design} starting from a clean slate. our house in CO = clean slate. And some of the pieces of furniture we have, I love and am keeping, but feel they needed just a bit of an updated look.. i'll post some before and after pics of the chair, but i couldn't wait to show it's final outcome. can't wait to find a good spot for this beauty.. i'm pretty pleased with the results.

one of my other favorite pieces that i transformed was the beautiful dresser that i happened to have in the guest bedroom of our home. i knew it wasn't going to be coming with us to CO, so I decided to give it a new look and sell it to someone that will enjoy it! turns out, i sold my first piece this afternoon.

this weekend, i took a break from sanding in the heat and blake and i got to attend a going away party held in our honor {and the pacillo's honor} over at sean and laura g's house. it was a perfect way to say goodbye and close the door on our "nearly newly-wed's" small group. we will love and miss them all dearly.



all the men from L-R: Trent, John,  Blake, Nick, and Sean



 

girls L-R: Candice, Lauren, Elizabeth, Me, Cori, Laura

b and i feel some incredibly blessed that cori and john aren't just going away too, they're also moving to Colorado, just a mere 15 minutes down the road. we're looking forward to having some familiar faces to spend time with and grow together as southern folk in a foreign {hippie} land.

and lastly, there was another little going away lunch held in my honor :) or at least i like to think so, with all of my high school girls. jillian and i have been leading a small group of some of the most amazing girls for awhile now. i remember when they were just freshman, and starting next month, will already be juniors! yesh! we've come a long way together. i love them all dearly...leaving such sweet people makes me have to press into the Lord even harder and remember He always has our best interests at heart! He always has what's best for me, no matter where that may be.. We're going to Colorado, because it's where we're being called. I have to remember that there is another season awaiting us in CO.

i will miss them though..

AND HERE'S TO THE START OF NEW TRANSFORMATIONS, NEW LIFE, NEW CLIMATE, NEW CULTURE, AND NEW SEASONS!

{me and cori, my moving buddy}