I have fallen in love again...

...i wasn't lookin' for a new love... i was just lookin' for new patio furniture... that's how the best love happens they say, you know, when you aren't even lookin' for it...  i could give you all the details but it really isn't that exciting... i will tell you that Michael is pretty happy about it... my new love saved him a few dollars and kept me busy most of the past weekend which freed up his time to go golfing with the boys... i have to say though that after i was finished with my new love i was super exhausted... i was up late two nights in a row... the neighbors probably think me crazy... i tried out my new love in the front yard... oh the positions they found in me, whew, i didn't know my body could still bend like that... and boy was i hurtin' the next day...

my new love is very inspiring and diverse... durable and easy... and sooo much fun... what we created together this weekend was so fulfilling and i can hardly wait to do it again... i am thinking sometime after Easter... i have to wait until then in order to find a few new things for us to work our magic on... we are just so good together...

i should probably introduce you... my new found love is Krylon spray paint... my goodness, now you didn't think i meant anything else did you?  For shame...  now let's get back on track and let me show you what i did this weekend... 

I started with what looked like this...

and when i was finished i had this....

i couldn't stop with the patio furniture...

i found this table in the basement...

i was so excited that i didn't get a "before" picture...

and it didn't stop there either... i took the outside light fixtures down and sprayed them with the "hammered" look spray paint... so cool... but i have to admit that was a chore and i won't be doing it again...

as you can see in the pics i made new cushion covers also (i cheated with the pillows, i bought them at Target)... and the cute little tablecloth on the table... i made that too... see i told you it was inspiring...

my porch is so inviting that i finally met one of the neighbors... she came over and sat for awhile on my "new" furniture... she wanted to "introduce" herself... however i think she came to support my new love... she mentioned her rain barrel was peeling and needed a new coat of paint...

"Oh, Krylon... my love! Let's take a walk next door!"