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

:)

Pinterest!

My new and most brilliant thing to do.... 

pinterest.com 

Check it out! You'll LOVE me for it! ;D

Summertime and the Living is Easy Treasury

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My Converse Gift Tags featured in a "Hooray Tennis' treasury...

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by: hookyarnandtinker

My Celebrate Wedding Invites featured in Chic Black Wedding Treasury

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Thrift Store Scores!

Today I made a trip to a favorite shopping spot of mine since junior high - my town's local thrift store. I scored very big on these wonderful Eddie Bauer mid calf high heel cowboy like boots! The best part is that they had never been worn, oh, and that I got em' for $2.00!!! :O SA-WEET!

I also scored this new maroon corduroy jacket, $2, to make a nice match with the boots!

It was a fab day for finds!! :)

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!

A Score on Costumes!

A friend of mine was kind enough to tell me that her mother-in-law (whom is a drama teacher at a local high school) was selling old costumes for way cheap. So not really knowing what I was gonna find went with my friend to check it out, and I must say I was overwhelmed at first, but then I ended up leaving with 2 bags and a box of stuff! All for what she was gonna sell me for $3 - I gave her $8. SCORE! In that wonderful pile of stuff, I added a few items to my wardrobe - a very cute 70's inspired jumper dress, a great pair of knee high boots, 2 aprons and a newspaper boy hat for my son! I scored on a vintage wedding dress that needs some extra TLC and I am in hopes one day I can sell it to a beautiful bride to be.

As far as the rest of the stuff, I have many Halloweens taken care of! :) (and for Nick too)
- Cow Girl
- Penguin
- King & Queen cards
- Bunny
- Fred Flintstone (can easily make a Wilma)
- Flappers
- Where the Wild Things Are (for Sam)

Found great items and it was lots of Fun - Thanks Myr! :)

A Rather Big Moth & a Lilac Tree

Fun Things & Catch Up!

I know, I know I haven't been on point with my blogs, BUT, I can say that my DIY Wedding is going fairly well and we have 20 days until the big day! I am so happy that we are getting our vows blessed and having a celebration - after being married for almost 3 years civily, I am excited to do it again, just bigger and more personal and spiritual! After the wedding I will post my DIY wedding - can't wait to show you! So this is the last you will see of me until after the wedding, you may see me everyday after that, I have been collecting/doing so many things to post! :)

To add to this post I wanted to show you some neat and fun ideas that some creative people have done - now what would the world be without us creative people?! ;) ENJOY & See You Soon!

A Carved Tire! :O

A Crocheted Smart Car Cover - hehe! Only in Rome!

The AMAZING things you can do with CARDBOARD! :O

Just mouth opening & awing ideas for you to look at! Awesome right!? :)

Dog Bisuits, Homemade Cheese, Paper Dollhouse & a Pipe Lamp

Another installment of great ideas...

Homemade Doggie Cookies made with love :)

A very cool idea for your leaky pipes - I myself love the top right one.

Lovin the little girly things - Check out this purchasable printable Paper Dollhouse pdf.

Yummmm - need I say more! CHEESE!! This kit would be perfect 

for my Nick, 10 batches worth!

You can purchase it here! I LOVE Etsy! :)

It has been a while....

Hello, hello blogging world! I have been very busy with my DIY wedding stuff, baby showers and overall summer fun! I hope your summer got off to a wonderful start as well :) Today I wanted to share with you these great ideas I found - I'm sure you'll think they are pretty cool too. I have lots to share on my own stuff, so keep a look out for those. Today I am up in my ears with the wedding, so hopefully tomorrow I can start posting "my" stuff! :) Have a great day & enjoy this post...

A Children's Book themed Baby Shower... smart & cute!

Ok clever woman! Twister Raincoat! Brillant & Fun!

Nick will make this for me pronto - yea maybe not,

but how much do i LOVE this chicken coop? VERY MUCH SO!

AWESOME!

This person has a lot of time or is just ambitious!

Popsicle Sticks Guitar?! Creative & Awesome!

Such great stuff out there, right?

:)

A Mother's Day Gift for my Mom

I know this is late but, I wanted to show you the cute soap I spotted on Etsy at 'Mollycoddle Soap'. My mom loves the marshmallow sno-ball cakes and so I got her pink & white sno-ball marshmallow soaps! Super cute and they smell wonderful! :)

What Great Ideas!!

Check out these great ideas I found...

a fabric flower ring - what great gifts for little girls, 

especially in birthday grab bags!

a super cute ruffle tote 

- the endless fabric possibilities!

of COURSE I'm making these great reversible bags!

I have some graduates coming up!

a handmade teddy bear! 

what a great baby shower gift! 

vinyl bookends!! :O brilliant! 

These are gonna look fab in my office!

Now I just need to get to some garage sales!

Hope you like all these wonderful, great ideas!! 

I know I do and Oui, Oui I will be busy!

;)

Mmmmm.... Ideas, Ideas!

ok, so I gathered a few great ideas this weekend - you should find these fun! :)

a felt stitched alphabet book for the little ones!!

LOVE IT! Once I have time - this would be great for Sam!

Homemade Poptarts! Heck Ya! mmmmm...

Mod Podged Hand Tree Art - very cute to 

make with the little ones!

:)