Seeds to Herbs Part 1

A few weeks ago, I received a special gift in the mail from my Mom.

This sweet little herb garden kit! I was so excited! I hope to have a large garden when we buy a stick built home and I possibly may get to have a small garden at the home we are living in now. This herb kit will get me started in the right direction.

The kit comes with 8 different herbs. Basil, parsley, chives, cilantro, oregano, dill, thyme, and sage. It also comes with a wooden labeling stick for each herb, a chart that shows what food each herb goes well with and another charting stating some facts about gardening with the herbs - sunlight, etc.

Here are the seeds up close.

I went and bought a rectangular pot, six smaller pots, and potting soil. I planted the seeds and watered them! Now, it's just time to wait. I hope I did everything right. If you have any tips, I'd be willing to hear!!
I love cooking with fresh herbs. So I'm anxious to see how these seeds will do. I'm planning on doing a "part 2" of this to show you when the herbs have grown or are growing! :)

Have a blessed day!

Pay it Forward Challenge - WINNERS! and...a Baby Update!

ANNOUNCING: THE WINNERS!

1. Carol at Carol's Heirloom Collection
2. Molly at Hope for the Hopeless
3. Charee at Held in His Hands

Congratulations Ladies! Remember to host the Pay it Forward Challenge on your blog as well! Also, remember that I have 365 days to send you your gift! Although I'll try not to procrastinate too much! Please email me your mailing addresses at brittany.sweetnothings@gmail.com!


Also my sweet friend Alisha gave birth to a beautiful healthy baby boy, Silas, Sunday afternoon at 3:38pm! He had to be delivered via c-section due to his umbilical cord being wrapped around his shoulder...with each contraction, his oxygen count was going down. They got him out and he was just perfect! Baby, Momma and Dad are doing great! Mom is tired and sore but she is glowing! I will share pictures tomorrow!

Have a blessed day!

Completion!

I'm so excited to share the pictures of our finished cabinet to you! I feel like it adds a very special touch to our home! I'm not sure if what I have displayed in the cabinet is going to stay that way, but I like how it looks for now. I really like how the white pieces stand out against the red. What do you think?

Here's a view of it with our orchid picture and set table. We were having our friends over for dinner. I made chicken tortilla soup, yum! I'll share the recipe soon! Notice that the sconce is a little close to the cabinet. I'm planning on moving that.

And finally, the view when you walk through the front door. We decided to paint an accent wall the same red color. I think it really ties everything in very nicely.

Thank you so much for all your advice on the colors. Now, I'm thinking about getting something to place on top of the cabinet. What do you think? A sign, a vase? Any ideas? Do you think it would be better to just leave it empty up there? Just so you know, I do not like clutter or too many things in one spot. So, lets keep it simple!

Have a blessed day!

Progress...

We're almost done with our corner cabinet!


My husband spent time on Sunday fixing up the cabinet, sanding, and priming it for paint. While he was doing this, I painted one of the walls in our house red. I love how it turned out and will share it when I share the final pictures of our cabinet!
Monday, Mackenzie put two layers of the red paint on the cabinet for me and then I painted the last layer and worked on the doors. Above is a picture of the finished cabinet...just needs the doors.

Do you see that paint dripping on the glass? That was the result of a very bad decision we made. You see, Monday afternoon was very sunny and allowed us to complete the cabinet with out any problems of drying. However, when I went to paint the doors, it had cooled down and they did not dry as quickly. We made the decision to leave them out overnight because it wasn't supposed to rain. However, we didn't consider the dew. Because the doors weren't dried all the way, the wet dew caused the paint to drip down the doors.

Today, I had to sand the doors down and completely repaint them. Do not leave your freshly painted furniture outside, overnight!

Lessons learned, I guess.

We'll be waiting about a week before we put anything in the cabinet so that the paint can fully cure. After that I will share with you our finished cabinet!

Have a blessed day!

Thank You!

Thank you, thank you, thank you for your help!

You ladies are awesome! I got so many wonderful ideas from you!

After much consideration, we decided that we are going to go with a deep red. I'm really excited about it and feel that it will really give us that splash of color that we've been wanting more of in our house! I can't wait to get started!

Here are two examples of red cabinets that I found on the web:



And, do you remember this picture?



This is to the right of our cabinet and we're going to match the red paint to this color. The picture doesn't show it in it's best but I know it will look great!

Thank you again for all your help! I'm sorry I haven't had a chance to get back to all of you yet but I will try to tonight!

I need your help!

I'm sending out an S.O.S. to you today!

Recently, I've asked my husband to build me a corner hutch/shelf for our kitchen and dining area. I wanted it to add more storage and to display our nice dishes, etc.

He was planning on building the shelf, until he actually found one at a local furniture recycling place in town. All it needs is a little TLC.

The nice thing about it is that the area is pretty small, but the hutch fit perfectly in the corner. We'll just have to raise the curtain rod a bit.

Here's where you come in...I have no idea what color to paint it!

First I thought black, and then my hubby reminded me that we already have a lot of black furniture in our house. Our dining table is black. Then I thought, well, maybe white. We have a lot of white though because our kitchen cabinets are white.

So, should I stick with black or white? Should I paint it the same color as the wall so it looks built in? Should I paint it a different color? I've never stained anything before, but should I stain it a darker color?

All I know, is that I want to change the hardware on it and paint/stain it another color than it is right now. So please, send me your suggestions! (And please forgive the messy table and tile in the boxes...we're in the process of remodeling our bathroom)

Thanks so much ladies, I really appreciate it!

Have a wonderful Thursday!