Tristan’s Newspaper Debut + My New Craft Project
March 4th, 2013 | Author: Alysha
Today may be just any old Monday, but this one is extra special. It’s the fourth day of my running streak (running 4-5 miles a day). Even while training for the Fox Cities Half Marathon, I never ran more than two days in a row. I would always break my runs up with cross-training or weight lifting. I’ve never thought much about running streaks before, but I want to make it a whole week (only 3 more days to go!).
Yesterday something really exciting happened. My nephew Tristan made his Milwaukee Journal Sentinel debut! My Gatherings column was all about throwing a child’s first birthday party. I made Tristan a Cookie Monster cake which he gobbled up with a vengeance. Since this was a mock party for the paper, he’s getting two more birthday parties (one thrown by mom and the other by grandma). What a lucky kid! You can read the article here.
As most of you know, Brenton and I love to get crafty. This fall we made a crate coffee table via Pinterest.
Here’s our new project:
Yes, I’m actually going to try my hand at reupholstering this older-than-the-hills chair. I had to convince my mom to part with it, but she finally agreed. An no, we never sat on this chair. It had a throw on it, so none of us knew it was in this bad of condition. On a positive note, I can’t possibly make it look any worse! See, even Oliver didn’t want to go near it:
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Question: What’s your longest running streak? Have you ever refinished/reupholstered anything?
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Cute cake! Best of luck on the chair, I’d admire your ambition because I’d never have the patience for that.
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Thanks! We’ll see how it goes. As long as you can work a staple gun, it shouldn’t be too bad…but maybe I’m being overly ambitious!
Alysha recently posted..Tristan’s Newspaper Debut + My New Craft Project
I saw the photo of your nephew in the paper and thought to myself, I know who that baby is! Great article!
I have not upholstered anything before and I don’t think I could. Best of luck with that project!
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Haha. If Tristan only knew how famous he is at 1 year :)
Alysha recently posted..Tristan’s Newspaper Debut + My New Craft Project
Aww Tristan is famous! I love the cake, that is adorable! And I’m super impressed with your crafting skills (still obsessed with that table), so I’m excited to see how the chair turns out!
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Me too! I’m thinking it’d be a great weekend project. I definitely need Brenton there so I can freak out at someone when things aren’t going my way!
alysha@shesontherun recently posted..Tristan’s Newspaper Debut + My New Craft Project
I wish I was that crafty! Ugh, I’m hopeless with that type of stuff.
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I didn’t think I was either. Don’t let the fear scare you!
alysha@shesontherun recently posted..Tristan’s Newspaper Debut + My New Craft Project
You are sooo crafty!! My sister reupholstered our dining room chairs once and they looked awesome after she was done. I bet this chair will look fantastic!! :)
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I would love to see that! Have you ever blogged about it?
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Nice job you runner!!! So awesome! Part of me is enjoying the break while waiting for Bails to get old enough to run, but I’m worried about getting back into it. I feel like I’ll be starting over at square one.
That cookie monster cake is the cutest thing ever!!! Next to your sweet nephew of course! :)
Good luck with the chair project!! Reupholstering scares the begeezus out of me!
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I think I started running with Oliver when he was about 6 months old. He was much better at running on the leash than walking!
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Wow–what an ambitious project! We do seat covers all the time, but nothing that big. With that great shape, it will be gorgeous reupholstered.
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I haven’t reupholstered anything before. Do you have any tips!?
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Nice job with the consecutive run days! Keep it up :)
Maybe you’ll have to join Sara B. and I for the South Shore Half Marathon in April. I’m pacing her for a sub-two hour finish!
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I didn’t know there was a South Shore Half. Where have I been?!
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I can never get over how creative you are! I can’t wait to see what you do with the chair.
And, don’t even get me started on how cute your nephew is! Oh my gosh. That picture of him with the cake is a classic!
Thanks, B! I wish I could take credit for my nephew, but that’s all my sister. HAHA!
alysha@shesontherun recently posted..Tristan’s Newspaper Debut + My New Craft Project
I’m so intimidated be reupholstering! But, Chris and I are super thrifty, so I imagine it’s in our future… ;)
Looking forward to project updates!
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