I used to be crafty I tell you!

Really uuber crafty!

Like, Wow!-Did-you-make-that?-Yes-I-did because-I'm-a-crafty-kinda-of-gal crafty.

Then I rediscover my camera, and my hot glue gun took a back seat ISOs and aperture values. Seasons change I tell ya.

But as occasionally happens my craftiness briefly resurfaced when I was working on the little girl's room up at the cabin.

It occurred to me that I have very few photos of my bedroom from when I was a child. But I have tons of memories of being in that room. It made me wonder if my memories were accurate and if they really matched what the space looked like. 'Cause memories are pretty undependable that way.

So in attempts to preserve for Tess and Mimi, I took some pics of their room here at Little Cabin in the Woods.

My hot glue gun got dusted off when I made these letter first to spell out "Sweet Dreams" from the oaks that are on our property.

The idea for these bookshelves was my idea, or rather straight from Pinterest, but Papa did all the work. They're made from old pallets that we attempted to procure from under the cover of night from the back of Home Depot, but then a night worker came and asked us what we were doing and so we asked and really we should have asked from the very beginning! got from the back of Home Depot.

Men that are handy are hot by the way. I would know.

These little framed pictures are actually the covers to the Sunday school bible studies from Tess & Mimi's Grandpa when he was their age. Stuff that means something and has some family history behind it makes my heart sing every time I walk in the room!

If you've been following this crazy blog a while, you might remember Arfie pictured above. He's Mimi beloved. He's still hanging around although I'm not sure he can handle too many more rounds with the washing machine. And above that are Candle and Randell. They are Tess's beloveds. It used to be just Candle for years, and then Candle got lost and suddenly, about 6 months later he was found 200 miles away at Grammy's house. He took a long walk you see and got lost. Lucky for us he recognized Grammy's house from pictures, knocked on Grammy's door, and she bathed and fed him before returning him to Tess looking practically brand new. Coincidentally right on Tess's birthday! *wink wink* Then about a year later, wouldn't you know it, Candle's long-lost, identical twin brother popped up (and here we didn't even know he had a twin brother!) looking pretty shabby, but that's understandable because he explained he lived on his own for a while and times were tough. It you're catching my drift here...

Thus the story of Candle and Randell.

Just in case you wanted to know about the drama that plays out around here.

I'm sure you did... right?
ps-The dark dresser in between the two beds was mine when I was a little. I want to paint it, but something keeps stopping me. Maybe if I had the right color I'd just do it! Any suggestions?
pps-still registering for the Manual 'n More class if you'd like to learn to use your camera! Click here for info!
ppps-Could you please ignore the fact that I cannot find the second dust ruffle for the other bed? The bad part is I don't even remember taking it off!