Say Goodbye to Taco

Taco's owner just called Terri (she had signs up for a week!) and said that the dog was theirs. His real name is Bear, but to me he will always be Taco Maurice. So we will be parting today:(

And Taco Makes Three...

Meet Taco! He is a chaweenie (half dauchsund/half chihuaha) puppy. Terri (Forsyth) and Joe found him and wondered if we would be interested, or could help find him a home. My manager at work was kind of wanting a new dog but she is leaving for vacation today for 6 days. So...being the dog freak that I am I offered to keep him until she got back and decided whether or not they wanted him afterall. I have a feeling it may be too late in 6 days because he is quite cute, Brother and Jackson really like him and he had Chris at hello. Is it a bad sign that I already gave him a middle name? Taco Maurice Rossetto- if your wondering. Are we crazy for adding a third puppy 2 weeks before we move?

The Big Reveal!

I finished redoing my yard sale finds (with Emily's guidance) and I'm very pleased with the outcome! I used the same gold and rust colors to redo some other furniture we had and it looks really good- just don't have pics of those. The gold hutch will be a spice/oil rack in the kitchen. I painted a rolling breakfast cart we already had to match-very cute! The tall rust colored cabinet will be used for clothes in our bedroom- I had a little mini cabinet in the bedroom for jewelry/vanity stuff and I painted it the same color. The mirror will be hung in the dining area (it matches our dining set and buffet).

BEFORE and AFTER

P.S. EMILY WHITE- my computer crashes again evertime I try to look at your blog. I don't know what kind of fancy changes you have made but our computer doesn't like them!

Let's Try This Again!

This is our new house! We just had our offer accepted and we are signing into a 30-day escrow tomorrow (this time it is a nice couple being transferred to Texas for work-not a forclosure or short sell, so no issues hopefully!). The house is in Campus Park neighborhood and all the neighbors, and their houses, look very nice (I have driven through and snooped a lot). It is a very cute, 3 bed 2 bath with a lot of charm. The front has a closed in courtyard covered in jasmine. The backyard is amazing, like 4000 sq feet with a patio and a yard full of fruit trees, gardens, walkways, huge oak and pine trees and a fish pond. We are very excited and I will put more pics up when we start moving in!

BUMMER!!!!

So I just got a call from our Realtor and the seller of the house we were trying to get has come up with some money and is going to stay in their home. It doesn't seem fair that they can just change their mind after accepting our offer and taking the deposit, but they can and we will be reimbursed. We are really dissappointed because it just felt so right and we were so excited, but oh well. I am honestly a little happy for the lady who lives there (she is going through a divorce and has two young boys-we found out) and I imagine she is really happy to not have to be forced out of her home. It still sucks pretty bad for us, though! Our Realtor felt so awful and is anxious to get us back out and show some new listings so I'll keep everyone posted.

www.rossetto-art.com

I have updated my art website and it is finished for the time being. I intended for the site to serve as an easy way to advertise my work and store my portfolio. The main purpose of it, of course, is to solicit more work. So...please check it out and give me feedback: Is it slow to load? Are the images clear? Is it easy to navigate? Do the Header and Style/Colors work? Should I even include the "Figurative/Realistic" or "Graphic Design" galleries (these are more personal/silly stuff)?

With summer coming soon, I am hoping to suppliment my income with a lot of art commissions (as I won't be substitute teaching). My business relies mainly on word of mouth (mostly because I am too lazy and shy to really invest in any advertising tactics) so if any of you out there have friends or colleages looking for custom artwork, please refer them to me! Thanks!!!

Others' Trash is Now My Treasure!

Mom and I went yard selling this morning and I think I really hit the jackpot. I have been excitedly looking for furniture and decorative things for our future home (still waiting to hear from the bank negotiater handling the seller's short-sale process). My aesthetic is sort of "old world", Mediterranean-Tuscan, rustic (reds, yellows, olive greens, black). We found a lot of nice pieces ; I want to paint them to go along with my existing style and color pallete. I am hoping my sister Emily's offer to work her painting/decorating magic when she visits is still on the table; wink wink Em- hope these pics get your juices flowin!

This will probably go in the dining area. I would probably paint it a bronze/dark brown or a deep red/orange. Our dining set is distressed black, but I don't want everything too matchy. The tag for the original price of the cabinet is in the pic above...I got it for $40!

$5 for this cute display cabinet. I have no idea where I will put this (it's fairly big). If there is room I thought it would look so cute in the kitchen holding spices, cookbooks, etc. I want to paint it a rusty red or yellow.

I got this big, heavy dresser mirror for $35 and want to paint it distressed black to match my buffet and dining set we already own. I though it would look good (like they went together) on top of the buffet.

I got these gorgeous candle holders, the basket with leather straps, as well as some books, picture frames, a small clock, and a really cute wall hanging rack (like for hats or towels or anything) for $25 all together.

So my total was about $100 and I am very excited to work on these and make them my own treasures!