So I have been blogging for exactly one year! Yeah me! Thanks for following!!

It all started this time last year when I started getting quite serious about redesigning our lovely home and needed a place to keep record of the things I was doing, colours I was using and what things looked like “before” my handiwork and “after” my handiwork! So I started this fun blog as a means to document my “all things home” life – a new passion I discovered upon  finally living in my very own home, with the supportive and loving Mr.Speed – how exciting eh?

This blog also got started at the same time I was I embarking on year two of my teaching program at UVIC so the free time was way less plentiful at times over 2010 as school and teaching practicums took a higher priority in my life, with good reason because now I am a full-fledged BC certified k-12 (adult) teacher and very excited to be able to say that, with great confidence! Don’t worry, this blog is not going to turn into my new, obnoxious teacher blog – I will definitely be keeping those worlds as separate as possible and will definitely have a teaching blog in the near future! Look out world :)

So to celebrate this one year anniversary I thought I would share with you a few of the finds I found on my recent trip to Portland, OR over the holidays – it was an interesting family holiday, but more importantly a well deserved break of routine and healthy change of scenery for me. I really took advantage of vintage/recycled/sale shopping in the heartland of Oregon (no sales tax too!) and here are some of my finds:

An assortment of lovelies!

I am not sure how well you can see each of the items, but this was my display after one day of intense value shopping at: Hippo Hardware (Portland): hippo hardware

Rejuvenation Hardware (Portland): rejuvenation hardware

Goodwill mega store – Portland: goodwill

Was so excited to take a picture of all my finds and also show my grandfather, who was almost as equally excited for me! He paid me the greatest compliment ever – he said “you have your grandmother’s style” :)

Enjoy!

Turning old into new, with love!

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