Valentine's Day 2012

It started with this bag design I was inspired from on Pinterest ----> HERE

Treats for the lil' babe.

My homemade card to the Love.

I was also inspired on Pinterest to do the '10 things I love about you' jar ---> HERE

Homemade Gummy (Jello-Jiggler like) Fruit Snacks

see recipe ---> HERE

Heart Pizza - of course!

Red Velvet Cake w/ White Chocolate Frosting!!

I always have to have Red Velvet on V-day! It's tradition!

This first started as a roll which I messed up, so I then

sliced them in long pieces and piled them layer by layer

with the frosting & tada - a layered cake of sorts!

Another lovely pinned recipe ----> HERE

Hope you all had a lovely Valentine's Day!!

:)

40th Gag Gift

My friends husband turned 40 recently and she made him a surprise party. After looking for inspiration all over the web - I finally made my own....

Filled it with his favorite candy...

I designed this Acid Wash label to monument the 80's.

the saying that goes with the roll...

It was fun to make & he loved it! :)

Advent Calendar

I finally went ahead and made an Advent Calendar - one that I will use every year, maybe change some activities which this year include 'Visit Santa', 'Make Cookies' and 'Go Sledding' just to name a few. I used cardboard from a box for the back, designed my graphics in photoshop & printed them out on linen paper, glued the bottom and sides down, cut out small cards for the activities, punch holed them and tied with yarn for easy lift from their places. I glued a ribbon to the back for easy hanging. Oh and I hand drew Baby Jesus and wrote Merry Christmas for the 25th. TADA! It'll get pulled out every year for Dec 1st! :) Have you made an Advent Calendar?

Halloween 2011

spiders...

Foot Ghost :)

Bat Pumpkin

Boo Pumpkin

Halloween Party Treat Bags

Hope you had a FuN & SaFe HaLLoWeeN!! :)

Before & After: 70's Sewing Bench

I collected this old 70's sewing bench from my parents basement. Although it looked horrible it was still very sturdy. It just needed a makeover. I painted a prime coat along with 3 coats of semi-gloss. I replaced the padding and fabric to unveil my new favorite piece of furniture with great storage.... Tada!

BEFORE

AFTER

:)

Clothes Pin Dress - Easy DIY!

I recently made a very cute Clothes Pin Dress getting the inspiration from the one my mother had. After tracing, cutting, sewing etc..which is the long way in this circumstance. I figured a short way to do it especially if you don't have an inspiration to follow physically. First go to the thrift store and buy a baby girl dress for $.25 cents, turn it inside out, sew the bottom, turn it inside out again and tada you've got yourself a very Cute, Easy DIY Clothes Pin Storage Dress! :)

the inspiration...

long way...

the $.25 cent baby girl dress before

the dress after - the short way :)

They both turned out really cute! Fun, Fun!

Before & After Letter Box

I took this wonderful old letterbox and gave it new life with a couple coats of cream colored paint and Mod-Podged cute gift tags I purchased from PaperDozen on Etsy. Looks great against my newly painted yellow kitchen! :)

Hooded Towels

I wanted to share these cute towels I made for my son, nieces and nephews this past Christmas. I used regular towels with hand towels for the hood and scrap fabric for the appliques! They are a great size and will be in use for a while! :) Great for the lake & beach this summer!!

Homemade Gifts....

I made this wonderful PINK neck warmer for a very good friend of mine for Christmas and made Sam this cute tie from a mans upcycled tie. :)

2010 Craft Fair Ornament Picks

I am playing catch up with my blogs...

This past November I attended the annual craft fair in my town. Every year, I always purchase 2 ornaments, I don't want to overdue it, which can easily be done. The can top snowman is such a great idea, I plan on saving some tops, painting them and attaching them to gifts next Christmas. The tractor ornament is for Sam's 3rd Christmas - they had ran out of green... 

Great craft ideas to store away for next Christmas! :)

Entertainment Center into Sam's Play Kitchen!

Talk about a fun project! My husband and I put our heads together and with the inspiration of some we've seen on the net, we came up with this GREAT PLAY KITCHEN from an old entertainment center!! Our goal was to make this for Sam for Christmas and it turned out wonderful!

First it was to find an entertainment center!  After posting a request on facebook, a couple friends let us have the one that was chillen in their garage for a year. When we picked it up, I was happy to see it was black, that equalled, 'No Painting!' :) It needed some TLC, so after we did some re-enforcements on it, it was a good base to start with!

Second, we planned it all out - down to the food! 

And, this is what came of it....

The Stove Top swirls were done with permanent marker.

We spray painted the Stove, Oven & Fridge Door Silver.

We painted the Oven knobs black and Sink knobs red & blue.

The Faucet was made from wood, and the oven window was

the plastic cover from the pan that serves as the Sink!

Found food images online and printed them out,

modge-podged them onto cut out blocks of wood

on both sides.

Made Pizza Toppings from a wooden dowel

and cookies from wooden door knobs.

The final Cookies!

The Final Pizza! 

We replaced the real cutter blade with a wooden one.

Cut out cardboard pizza pan!

Eggs made out of felt and yellow marker.

At Easter I'll get some eggs and put the yolks in them.

Sandwiches! 

Bread, Cheese, Ham, Turkey & Tomatoes made from wood.

The FINAL Kitchen!! :D

Freezer & Fridge, which are now filled with

more baskets of great quality plastic food we purchased 

from Walmart for $5/each!

Storage view, Part 1!

Storage view, Part 2!

Our Little Chef!

Just like Dadda, Chef Coat & All!

Makin Pizza!

Tada! :D

We got a lot of the utensils and pots from my parents basement, thrift store & dollar stores. The whole thing cost us about $40-50 dollars! Well worth it! I hope this will be a family heirloom, something to pass down! :) I think the fabric I chose fits it well, adding fun color to the 'modern' black and stainless steel. There is a framed winter scene that can be switched out per season and a coat hanger for the pot rack! Here are some of our inspirations that we used and others I have come across since making the kitchen. Cupkateer Blog, Vintage Songbird Blog, Sutton Grace Blog, & Design Dazzle Blog!

ENJOY!