The sweetest gift...

This year Tony (and Leila) spoiled me on Christmas.  Tony and I have never been big gift givers - we've always rather save the money, or spend it on Leila (and before her, on others.) but this year they spoiled me way too much.  I got a handful of fun things that I've been wanting, but my sweetest and most favorite gift was Tony sprucing up my jewelry area.

One day about a month back, after being out there for about four hours straight Tony came out with some water and started rubbing my shoulders and I (crankily) said "it's so ugly and boring out here!" and left it at that.  Nothing else was said. 

Well, after I closed my etsy shop Tony asked if I had any pending orders, and when I said no he told me he needed me to stay out of the garage for a few days.

When I was allowed back in, here's what I found.  {Here is before}

After:

{p.s. - that gorgeous print is by Hope Ink}

Not only did he paint, clean, and add new shelving - he went to a craft store to get glittery letters and flowers!

He made a shelf just for my glitter collection*

bought me "those jars you love so much" to put whatever my heart desires in:

hung my had-to-have-it $2 clearance birdcage:

organized my tools:

and got me a cork board and dry erase board for ideas!

I know I've bragged about him before, but this sweet, heart-felt gift is one of the nicest things he's ever done!  (And he's done a lot of nice things!)  I know bright turquoise and pink might not be a lot of people's style, but it's mine and I love it!

Thanks, babe!

*speaking of glitter - my dad thinks it's crazy that anyone over five years old would have a bunch of glitter.  If you're over five, do you still like glitter?  Please let me know and prove my dad wrong! ; )