So, for those of you who don't know, my parents recently purchased a commercial building (the one that my mom currently works in). So, there's a lot that goes into it, like cleaning, upgrading the suites so new tenants won't have to be in an antiquated, dark, gross, office and beautifying the building. So, I took it on as a challenge to do some DIY beautification (obviously, I'm no electrician, so I can't do much wiring and what not... I'm also fairly short, so I can't really reach much :( ). I guess DIYing everything saves some money too, but I feel like it's something I can enjoy since I'm, afterall, an artist.

Anyway, part one of the beautifucation process started at my house... I decided to plant some herbs so I bought a MakersKit herb garden kit and started planting..

Then, I got a few sunflower seeds and forget me not seeds and started planting away at the office...

Then, after an Ikea & Home Depot run yesterday, I decided to transplant my sunflowers and forget me nots since the sunflowers were about 5 inches tall and their roots were coming out of the bottom of the pot... Here's what they look like in their little pots now.

I also bought a money tree and potted that... I also have this elephant tree, but I don't have a pot big enough for it yet...

Like I said, I went on a Home Depot run, and I decied to buy Basil & Cilantro starter plants because, well, I'm really impatient and my Makers Kit plants are taking too long to grow (they've sprouted, but they're not big enough for me to eat yet :( ). Well, I mean it's only been 3 weeks, but still... I guess I'm not cut out for being a farmer!

Enough about plants... I've decided to DIY the cabinets in the restrooms here at the office tomorrow, so it will be sanding, sanding, sanding, & staining the cabinets!

After that, I'm not sure what my next project will be... maybe building a planter box for my makers kit herbs? who knows...

For those of you who don't know, I finished up finals and my last classes at UCI and I moved back to the Bay Area. It's been an exciting journey to say the least -- I quit my job at the gym & started a new one, added more cards to Modern Mouse and I've been starting more and more projects to keep me busy since this is the first time in my life where I'm not in school and stuck behind a text book (well, for 2 more months at least... heh, I must be addicted to school).

I definitely do miss everyone in SoCal and I miss the food... a lot, but all in all, I'm enjoying spending time with my parents, dog, and doing a lot of DIY stuff. I'll write another blog post to tell you what I'm doing with that.

Here's a little picture recap of what I've been doing up here for the past few weeks: