Hello...Is it me your looking for?

I can't believe its been so long since I've posted.  I definitely didn't plan to go on hiatus for this long.  I blame the iPad.  And the Peanut.  But no one's pointing fingers.

These last few months have been like no other time in my life.  Its been the perfect storm of teenage hormones, crazy job overload and potential move mayhem.  I was contemplating a move to Atlanta this summer, but as life would have it, we are staying in Charlotte.

Which is great for us because its afforded me the opportunity to pursue some things that I had put on the back burner in anticipation of leaving.

More to come on that, I can't wait to share!!

On another note, you may have noticed the updated my header a few months ago to change the spelling from "Chyc" to "Chic".  Funny story, I hate words purposely misspelled.  And I purposely misspelled my blog name.  Don't ask.  I still can't understand why I did that.

I've also recently purchased my domain.  You may or may not notice, but it should now redirect you to www.superchicblog.com.

Oh and I'm on Vine (SuperChic).  Despite what my videos depict, I swear I have more than cats in my life.

Now that I have a final resolution to my proposed move, its back to business.  

Check out my friend's new blog, Lot 47.  She's featuring my work in her dining room/entry.  I've shared pics on the blog but these are the final styled pics.

Pop Up, Son!

Just popping offin...life has been so busy lately.

Truth is, I went legit.

I got a full time gig.

Baby's gotta eat...and boy, can he eat.

My babes is growing up.

He's playing on his junior high middle school football team.

I've been working on a few projects around the house.

Sometimes you can get a sneak peek if you follow me on instagram:  superchyc

I'm hoping now that I have a routine I can start getting my groove back and start posting about what I've been working on.

For now, I wanted to let you know about an upcoming pop up shop I will be vending at.

If you are local, stop by!

Deets:

December 8th

10am - 5 pm

The Fillmore inside the NC Music Factory

I'll be selling furniture and home decor.

Come and check me out!

And bring your pickup trucks.  I got the good stuff. 

Guest Post

You can catch me over at My Best Friend Craig, sharing some of my favorite CL finds.

Click the picture to follow the link.

{recycle renaissance} Desk Redo

As promised, I'm sharing some details from my Mom Cave.

First up, my desk.  My idea of what I wanted has been all over the place.

When I first started clearing the space for my office, you'll remember I had this desk.

But I just wasn't feeling it.

I toyed with the idea of a glass or mirrored desk.

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And although I like the clean lines of the expedit and parson desks, I already had one the would serve as my art desk.

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I found myself going back to pictures like these...

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So when I saw this...I knew it was perfect for what I had in mind.

 And for $35 off Craigslist, the price sealed the deal.

 I chose Terra Rosa by Martha Stewart and decided to paint a gold stripe down the center to give it a little twist of the unexpected.

 I also replaced the old dated hardware with two different styles I purchased from here.

I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

{recycle renaissance} Mom Cave Revealed

I'm glad to be able to show you what I've been working on lately.

I've mentioned my plans for our spare bedroom.  I wanted a home office and place to store all of my art supplies.  You can click here to see when I "broke ground", which was almost a year ago.

In planning out the space, I wanted to go a little more playful with color and incorporate some chinoiserie, which I love but haven't dabbled in yet in my design so far.

Here's what I've come up with...

I'll be sharing a breakdown of the room later this week.

Peeping Tom

I'm giving sneak peeks on Instagram of my latest project thats been

absorbing some of my time.

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Get It Together

Apparently I'm not doing so well with this...

I've gotten so caught up with life.

And have not quite been inspired to post.

I've taken a brief gig and its been hard to balance the 40 hours with everything else.

Plus its summer...which means the Peanut is home full-time.

And its hot as all get out.  

Kind of fries my brain.

Makes me want to sit around like this sometimes...

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I've got a few projects that are taking me a long long time to complete.  

Like this stencil for my office.

First I drew it out.

 Then I taped to a piece of glass and laid my stencil film on top...

and began cutting it out with my heating tool...

 You can see how it melted the edges and got a little glumpy.

So I decided to go for round 2 using an exacto knife.

But those lines didn't come out straight.

So I bought the stencil.

And I've been working on it on and off for a few weeks.  But I plan to knock it out by next week.

Actually, I have to.  But I can't tell you why just yet.

Stay tuned.

For reals.

I won't go missing again.

Promise.

Love ya!!

Mean it!