Dollar Store Ugliness to Girl Room Cuteness!

 Just a quick and easy project this morning!

Took a stroll through Honk's Dollar Store the other day.

(yes, that is really the name of the store)

Found these metal butterflies, that I think are meant for the garden.

For a dollar each I thought a little bit of spray paint could go a long way!
I envisioned them being super cute hung in my daughters room.

I WAS RIGHT!!

Don't they look cute!

I kind of just want to stock up and keep some on hand.

You never know when you may need some cute butterflies.

End Table Before & After

I love to just browse the DI every couple of weeks.  You never know what you might find there that you can't live without!

Found this diamond in the rough at the DI and I knew I couldn't live without it!

 You know my love affair with spray paint.  I thought if I spruced this table up it would look gorgeous in my living room.  The question was, what color?  I thought about orange, then blue.  I thought about all white.

 After asking for some opinions on FB, this is what I came up with!

I LOVE IT!

 I sanded and spray painted the bottom white.  Then I sanded and stained the top with a dark walnut stain that I use on everything.

Isn't she pretty?  I'm still flirting with the idea of either distressing the bottom, or using a glaze.  But for now I am pleased!

My Pallet Coffee Table

 I'm sure you've been seeing all the great things people are doing with pallets lately.   

Theatre Seating

Patio Furniture

Porch Swing

End Tables

and of course, Coffee Tables!

  These are what I'm currently obsessed with.  We haven't had a coffee table for years.  For some time, we just thought it took up too much room.  We wanted the space to play with our baby and not worry about her hitting her head on the corner.  Then as she got older, I couldn't quite find one that I liked or could afford.

And then I saw this lovely thing!

Isn't she gorgeous?

But I wanted her for my living room.

So the search for pallets began.  I couldn't figure out where everyone was picking up these pallets.  I looked high and low, behind businesses.  I finally found a couple hidden spots, but did you know that no two pallets are the same?  Grrrr.  So to make a long story short, I went with just one nice pallet.

And this is the lovely lady I ended up with.

I could go on and on about my issues with the sanding, staining, sanding it down again and of course staining it again but I'll just move on.

So here she sits in my living room in all her glory.  I'm loving it!

Born On The 4th Of July!

I'm so excited for Independence Day this year! I've seen so many cute things in the blogospehere and found a few things I had to make.
Starting with this beadboard flag.


Isn't it AWESOME!
Thank you Brown Paper Packages.

And I couldn't resist making a patriotic monogram! The only thing I ran out of time for was my "freedom" banner. Maybe next year!

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day!
This is my awesome hubby making dinner in his mother's apron. Ahhh, isn't he cute!

I made this for my mother in law. She had mentioned before that she needed something to hang some of her jewelry on. I should have taken pics along the way in making it, but coulda woulda shoulda. I took a thin light weight board, adhered some batting and covered it in fabric. The hooks were a little harder to get on, but I made it work.
I only put a few hooks on, but if she needs more I can add more.

EAT . . . again

Remember these? For some reason they never seemed to work for me. I didn't even bother putting them up when we moved.

Now that I know what I want to do in our kitchen, I fixed them. So this is take 2. Nothing fancy, but much more appealing for me!

Name That Sign!

This beast is the reason I need one of those super duper Cricuts. All the time I would have saved if I could cut on a 12x24 mat. I drool everytime I see one on sale.

So I have no desire to do another one of these any time soon, but none the less, I'm okay with how this turned out. It will make a nice wedding gift for my BIL's friend.

Spread Some Love

Just a little V-Day prettiness.

I've seen these coffee filter wreaths all over blogland. I love them and wanted one to hang for different occasions. I didn't want to spend the money on a foam wreath so I used a box.I must have set my sights too high, because my wreath took a lot more filters than had been described. But I wanted it big so i did my best to fill it in.

This is the end product. I love it. i think I'm going to add some color to it for v-day, but I have some ideas on how to change it out for St. Patty's next month too.

XOXO

I love blocks, they're so versatile. They can say whatever you want and be placed just about anywhere in your own personal style.

I got together with a girlfriend the other day and built up my muscles sanding all the blocks down. She was making a set of 3, I made a set of 4 for a friend and a set of 4 for me. FUN FUN!

The first set I made a for a friend. I put LOVE on one side and XOXO on the other, so she could display what she chose.

I had too many LOVE valentine decor, so I made mine the XOXO. I'm thinking I'll add KISS to the reverse side for next year.

Our Room Needs Help

My master bedroom always seems to be at the bottom of the totem pole as far as decorating. The last time I loved my bedroom was right before Sadie was born. about 3 or 4 days before I was due, I suddenly had the urge to completley re-do my room. At 9 months preggers I decided I would paint the entire room. This was followed by hanging up some art, wall shelves and re-arranging all the furniture. My dear husband thought I was crazy. We've lived in a couple different homes since then, and I've changed the color scheme since then. I wanted our room to be about us, me and Aaron, so I wanted to add some things that were just us.



I saw something like this on etsy.com. I think it was a silver key chain, but I loved the idea. Your anniversery date was highlighted by a heart. I just went to my trust MS Word program and spit one out, printed it on some nice paper and I was done!

With some nice matting, I hung it with our engagement and wedding pics.

Man I use to look good. I wonder if I will ever be that skinny again?

Orange-Ya Glad I Finished This Project!

I started this project almost a year ago and put it aside. Then of course it got packed up and hauled to Utah, and recently I pulled it out and did something with it.

I used some really orange spray paint...

and some glaze...

See what I mean by REALLY orange? EEEK!

This is what I got!

I used some frames and matting I already had and walah!

I know what you're thinking, the gold and glass frame does NOT go, but I haven't had time to take the photos out and put them in another frame. That's another project for another day!