Chalk baord hevan!

If You know me at all, you know I love, love, love  chalkboards! I love making them, giving them away, and making more, hahaha. My house is full of them. If there is a possibility that something can be turned into a chalkboard you better believe I'm doing it!

With that said...I found a new site I wanted to share, You may know about it.

Chalkydoodles

They also carry a lg assortment of oil cloth items, which I also love.

That's all...

Have a blessed weekend and happy 4th!

Mr. Man party

So This party was like months ago, but it was so cute I just had to share! 

I helped a friend with her son's first birthday. 

 Here's my Madie, with the mustache straws I made

 These were so much fun

 So many cupcakes!

I love Mr. man parties!

Name wall art

I've been growing bored with my daughters room.

It needed a change and fast. Every Spring I try to add a little something new to every room in the house. Just to encourage change and the newness of Spring without spending a lot of money.

So I decided to cover their name art with new scrapbook paper.

I just traced the old letters, this was done in the wee hours of the morning when everyone was still asleep. So I had my giant craft light on.

All cut out

Then I slapped on some modge podge

Finished product!
Simple...

 Makenna's wall

Madison's wall

The colors worked well with the color of the wall, even though you can't tell from the picture that the wall is a light lime green. I love pink and green! 

Antique furniture refurbished

I was blessed with this beautiful pink antique love seat a few months ago and I love it! I knew just where to put the old girl. She had been well taken care of, to my surprise it didn't smell of cat fur or smoke. It was just sitting in someone garage. 

I knew it would go perfectly in my craft room where I needed a place to sit and sew or read a good book ( lol, like I ever have time to do that!) or let my creative juices flow and plan my next projects.

I just had to change one thing...

 the wood was a little too dark to go with my vision for my craft room

So I fixed that!

Bin Primer!

Here is My beautiful love seat, I finished it with antique white.

 

I had these random pillows around so I used them. I want to cover them soon.

 I love sitting and hand stitching things, it's so relaxing.

And My newest hobby, Tea time! I can't help it if I Love Jane Austen Movies. It's such a wonderful invention, hahaha! 

I put Makenna down for a nap and Madie does some silent reading, then I grab my tea pot and a small treat.

I just sit and think, read, rest, pray, plan, rest, etc.

It's amazing!

Thank you England and Jane Austen!

I'm linked here!

I heart the Good Will!

I did It!!! I found it! It was just sitting there and I almost passed it by. I think I heard music in my head when i saw it! I know I uttered some kind of nonsense to myself  (which was unconsciously done) and then I grabbed it! 

Isn't it beautiful... My friend Ali over at My Third true love 
Found one at a flea market and I thought " Well since I never go to flea markets I probably won't find one " Very negative! I must have been having a bad day, hehehe...

Well I found this beautiful Three tiered platter at the goodwill, you know the new one I was raving about the other day.

I know It's not really silver but who cares? I love it!

 I picked up this tray too, well let's just say it's not my style.
I WILL be painting it soon. Not sure what color yet, I think it'll look great on my coffee table.

My new favorite pastime

My new favorite pastime is roadkill rescues! 
Beckie over at infarrenty creative got me started, She's my roadkill hero! hahaha...
Really she is so creative and has a great eye. Most people will see a piece of junk on the side of the road and pass right by. A road killer will see a project! 
Anyhoo you should really check out her blog she has some inspiring project.


It's funny I use to wish I had tons of money to blow on furniture, now I just take solid older furniture that someone threw out and make it beautiful!
Thanks Beckie!


So This is My first trash to treasure project, enjoy!

So my Husband brought this home for me, It was getting dumped and he called to see if I wanted it. Isn't He amazing... I love that man! He knows me so well, my hero! 

It was in really good condition, nice light wood.

I decided to use bin primer and then bulls eye red, the red was kinda bright but I planed on using a glaze to tone it down. .

It was a little dirty, but a little elbow grease never hurt anyone.

So after some minimal sanding, two coats of primer and three coats of bulls eye red paint here is my beautiful "new to me" bookcase! 

 

 I love the way this little set up looks!

 I made these lanterns out of coffee and soup cans.

 So earlier I said I was going to use a glaze, well I lied. Hahaha, I did distress it a bit, then I just used some brown paint I had, a dry paint brush and a damp rag.

I would paint some brown over a spot then wipe with the rag. It's not perfect but I like it

it looks really good in all the little groves


ahhhh... I feel so accomplished