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Unskinny Boppy
unskinnyboppy.blogspot.com
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Unskinny Boppy offers traditional southern interior design, pretty pictures, backyard gardening and creative DIY ideas peppered with random posts about life and raising a precocious little boy on three acres in Alabama.
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Excuse me while I Seek The Treasure

My blogging has always had an ebb and flow to it that is never consistent. Ive never been a scheduled post kind of girl. There are times when I have very little to say, and times when I pump out the ...

6 days ago

On Yardsaling and Being Recognized

Ive found a few items recently at yard sales that I thought Id link up over at Rhodas Thrifty Treasures party this weekend. Since its Memorial Day Weekend, let me first share this big beauty-- an Ame...

26 may 12

My Everblooming Original Door Bucket

One evening last month I clicked over to check out what was happening at one of my favorite DIY blogs- Inspired By Charm. My jaw nearly hit the floor during that random reading session when I saw tha...

15 may 12

The Beautification Award goes to...

... my awesome friend Allison at HalfofVAMH for creating my gorgeous new blog header and logo! I LOVE IT! Thanks SO much, Allison! I spent some time over the weekend rearranging a few things here on ...

10 may 12

Shooting the Moon

There is an incredible super moon out tonight. Have you seen it? Here it is from my yard in central Alabama at about 9:45 tonight.How awesome is that?I was able to take this amazing picture with my C...

06 may 12

Assorted Beach Treasures

Living in Alabama its just a hop, skip and a jump down to the emerald waters of the Gulf of Mexico. When I say "Im at the beach!" I mean that Im somewhere along the sugar white sands known as...

03 may 12 1 person likes this

Houston, we have countertops.

My awesome, incredible, wonderful and very much appreciated husband got something marked off the to-do list that Im very excited to share with yall! Countertops are IN in the basement! Now when you w...

30 apr 12

Distress and Destress: The Joy of Painting Furniture

Wow, what a week it has been. TGIF, my peeps. Life has been so overwhelming lately that on a whim I ordered myself 10 hours of The Joy of Painting series by Bob Ross from Amazon last week. viaThat ma...

27 apr 12

Very Pinteresting: Homemade Jewelry Cleaner Recipe vs Wrights Silver Cream

I have these little silver vases that I gave to all my bridesmaids at my wedding. I bought a set for myself while I was at it. I love these cute vases in different shapes, but over the years they are...

15 apr 12

Help! My flickr photos are no longer pinterest friendly. *UPDATED*

****************************** ****************************** **************************UPDA TED 4.10.12: I got an answer from Ross at Flickr (Thanks Ross!): "We think the problem is caused by optin...

09 apr 12

Parading my Home

Today I have the pleasure of linking up with my friend Karen of Karen at Home for her Parade of Homes tour. Karen has a newborn baby at home, so while shes maternity leaving she asked a few folks to ...

04 apr 12

Recreating Pottery Barn Style Without Buying A Thing From Pottery Barn: My Rustic Home Office Revea...

One of the biggest projects on my 2012 Diyables and Would-Be-Niceables list was giving my home office a big facelift. Since we moved in this house its been this big giant vanilla room that was so bor...

02 apr 12 1 person likes this

Featured Friend: Natalies Nursery

Remember back in January when I went down to New Orleans to surprise my girl Natalie along with four other of our friends and decorate her nursery and paint stripes on the wall except we wound up on ...

27 mar 12

Where the children play on the shore each day and all are safe within

Ive been MIA lately. I have just two words as my excuse--Spring Break. Weve just returned from five glorious days of 73 degree sunny perfection on the Gulf coast in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. This tr...

21 mar 12

How to Replace a Sconce Light for Something Much Cooler.

There is a healthy dose of fear and/or respect that surrounds DIY light fixture installation. I feel that the fear of all things electrical keeps a lot of folks tolerating the same old builder grade ...

13 mar 12

Kid Friendly Vacation Ideas: Chattanooga, TN

So I just realized that Spring Break is like, weeks away. I havent even written about last years Spring Break yet and its almost time for the next one. Way to go, me. I have been meaning to start a t...

26 feb 12

My Birmingham and My Basement

Last weekend we took Garrett to see the Discover the Dinosaurs exhibit in downtown Birmingham. We also took a gander around the Home and Garden show at the BJCC. It was pouring rain when we left so w...

24 feb 12

The Lazy Girls Timesaving Tips For Painting Wall Stripes

After seeing my friend Dustys striped half bath and the stripes that my friend Allison painted in her foyer, then all of us painting stripes on the wall in Natalie’s nursery and THEN drooling over al...

20 feb 12

Valentimes.

Garrett wrote out his Valentines cards himself this year. Here is the one he made for his Granddaddy. If you look really closely you can see all the letters in his name, plus all the letters in "...

14 feb 12

Home Office Inspirations

Im feeling the itch. You know the one Im talking about. The one that makes you want to go grab a can of paint and start slapping it all over every piece of furniture and object that will sit still in...

14 feb 12

My old wooden window shadowbox

Aka my most prized possession.My husband made this antique wooden window shadowbox for me as a wedding gift when we got married in 2004. We had seen a similar idea at a craft fair and I totally fell ...

12 feb 12

Garretts Blast Off: A Rocket Ship Themed Birthday Party

Garrett turned four years old on February 1st. We celebrated with rocket ship themed party on Super Bowl Sunday, the 5th. Im SO excited to show yall all the details of this fun party theme. We had ab...

08 feb 12

New Favorite: Peachy Keen Designs

I just returned home from a girls weekend in New Orleans where we surprised my friend Natalie with a baby shower for her 2nd little who is about 29 weeks baked. Five of us descended upon her house- t...

24 jan 12

Better Than Mommas Pancake Breakfast

Disclaimer: This is not a blog entry about pancakes. Last week we had dinner with my parents at Cracker Barrel. What can I say? Im a sucker for Fish Fry Fridays and Garrett likes the peg game. Its a ...

13 jan 12

The DIYables and the Would-Be-Niceable s: my 2012 home goals

Ill admit it. 2012 isnt shaping up to be my most productive year ever. If these first 10 days are any indication of the rest of the year, Im not going to get JACK done around here this year. Ive bare...

11 jan 12

A Shrektacular New Year

Happy New Year! Hope your first weekend of 2012 was a goodun. Did you make any resolutions? Here is my official 2012 resolution list:Clean off the millions of photos on my camera cardsGet all my phot...

04 jan 12

2011 Year in Decorating Review

Last year I had so much fun going through all of my design projects for the 2010 Year in Home Review to link up over at Rhodas Southern Hospitality Blog. When I heard she was doing it again this year...

28 dec 11

Christmas Eve Brunch and other 2011 Holiday Highlights

Christmas is all packed away at my house, thanks to my husband cracking the whip on me this afternoon to get it all done. No, not really a whip. He just started cleaning up while I was sitting around...

27 dec 11

We Wish You a Merry Christmas and a Poopy New Year

In case you arent on my Christmas card list, here is the beautiful card that my incredible friend Allison at VAMH designed for me this year. Thanks SO much Allison! I love it.So, is everyone ready fo...

23 dec 11

I Make Them Good Wreaths Go Bad

Yall know that song, right? My grammar isnt really that bad in case you dont. So, do you ever think you have a great craft project idea but then completely fail in the execution? Back when I was on m...

22 dec 11

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