Weekend Update

Excuse me for not having a before pic.  

My door used to be white

I changed it to black.

Thoughts?

I absolutely LOVE it.  I am so happy with this project!!!!

Next up: my night tables.

BEFORE:

Starting the process:

 Here they are side by side...before/after

 A closer look

I wanted a change, my furniture is dark and I wanted a pop of color

 It make take me a little getting used to, but I think I can live with it. I am also putting in new drapes. I went out and purchased the fabric, my awesome mom is going to sew them for me and then I can reveal them to you.

 Another shot....I think I may sand them to give them a little of a worn out look....I'll will keep you posted!!

What did you do this weekend?

Happy Friday!!!!

Hey ya'll - how's it going!!!!?????  I've been good. The girls have been home because of the winter recess and we've been having a good time!!!!

Here is Amanda's 1st time on the ice

 Taking a much needed break

 @ the movies just finished watching Gnomeo n Juliet

 Check out my lil' girl sporting a gumball necklace made by yours truly (got the deets from One Charming Party)

And last but not least is something I picked up at a second hand store....

Looks like some sort of shelf...well I removed all those little shelves and I will show you next week what I'm up to!!!

Happy Crafting!

Spring-like weather

makes me sooo happy!!!! I feel like spring cleaning...really I do!!!! All this spring-fever makes me want to change my winterized home into a spring time one...that means redecorating.! woo hoo. I'll make any excuse to do that!!!! In with the fresh colors and out with the darks!!! yay....I'm thinking I need new curtains in my dining room, a need to change some frames around, add some art to some plain walls and just liven things up a little...I know I'm getting ahead of myself...but warm weather makes me happy!!!!

Enjoy it because tomorrow we're back to normal weather...

Great Day!

Today was a great day, I am about to watch the movie Town and tomorrow will be another great day!
 HOPEFULLY!!!!!! LOL Anyways I don't know why but I love Tuesdays! I have no idea why but I just do!!!! Weird but funny at the same time! So, comment me on what your favorite day of the week is!

P.S.  Saturday and Sunday doesn't count!!!

                           TTYL

Love is in the air...

Happy Valentine's Day!!!! Hope you share your love day with the ones you love...I know I am!!! 

My Loves

Baby Shower Part 2 - The Party!!!

So here we are, day of party, time to make this:

 and this...(all these goodies)

 we're getting there...

 Into this...check out the baby dresses (courtesy of Eighteen25, saw it on their DIY) Do you like the added touches of pink and white on the flower balls? Oh how I love thee..

 Here is the table...isn't it lovely?  We draped some of the fabric and put some poofs hanging overhead and to hold the fabric in place, the banner behind and we got a canvas so people can leave a message for the baby...

 close up of the cake

 We got a cute little piggy 

 Here is a closer look of the canvas...

 The entire table set up...whoops is that vase missing a flower balls...oh boy...I'm glad we had time to look everything over!

 What is this? Balloons and still NO flower ball...come on where are my helpers!!

this picture is kind of blurry...sorry my daughter was taking these on my phone

 much better

 Tell me they don't look adorable!!!

 ooohhh oohhhh I forgot to tell ya that we made baby rattles from baby cupcakes, something else I saw on the net...don't you think they look way too cute!!

 Close up :o)

 chocolate flowers in their own individual bags

Pretzels and chocolate covered oreos, made by my sweet friend, Bia of Pretzel Delights.  These were oh so yummy!!!!  

 Our dessert table

 a closer look...oh gosh, another mishap, that baby frame still doesn't have it's insert...

 The entry table

we decided to add jewels to the tree

Hope you enjoyed the pics of the party, I didn't have many pictures, these were all on my phone. And I've been having trouble uploading all the other pics my sister took.  But at least you get to see the party, the final result.  

Hope you have an easy labor and speedy delivery!!!! Congratulations!!!! 

Centerpiece Finale

Finally I get to finish what I started...sorry for the delay!!!! Okay this is exactly what we ended up as in the styling for the centerpieces:

 It was hard to decide if we wanted the (dyed purple) rice only in the bottom

 or in the middle...

They are side by side here to see which one we liked best...

 The vases needed to be centralized...I thought a charger - hey I was working with what I had!!!

 Quick sneak peek at my first Diaper Cake....awwwww, I love it too!!! 

WHAT IN THE WORLD...is that xmas decor!!!! tsk tsk

 And finally this is what we I ALL agreed on...nice touch huh? do you like the birdie in the frame? he gets a close up...hold on...

check out my diet coke...nope not a can cuz this girl has been working OT and I don't have time to be going in and out the fridge!!!

 Here's the close up....frame was painted, fabric applied and these little birdies were a pack of 24 @ the dollar section at Target...luv me some Target

Did I mention we were baking for the dessert table? No, well here's my little BABY cupcakes...they are chocolate cuz it's all I had...so it was just practice anyways...

 Cute huh

 You like that little chocolate flower? I know super duper cute

 Okay so these baby cupcakes weren't just going to be displayed by themselves, they were going in a baby jar, awwwwwww, so it'll look like a baby bottle....say it looks like a baby bottle...I know!!! the purple hearts are not edible but we did exchange them for m&ms the day of, cuz that way when you grabbed your baby bottle...it was all edible...well that is except the bottle, silly!!!

 Another shot cuz you know I loved them

 More buffet treats, marshmellow tree...okay Dollar Tree is the bomb, they already have their Easter stuff out, YIKES, easter....any hoot, I grabbed these lilac trees...they are for hanging eggs (so they say) for me they are working as my marshmellow tree (for this party)

 coming together nicely

 I made a banner, it's not fancy but it's cute and sweet...

 A close up (frame from Target Dollar Section - SCORE)

 Wishing Tree tags...added a rhinestone to make it pop

 The tree...with a tag...and yes, I added some of the those cute little birdies to perch on the branches...

 A whole lot of tags that my very helpful daughter cut for me (well the cricut did the cutting) but she handled this entire project!!!

 And so the conclusion to this story is this, we ended up doing paper crepe roses instead of poofs, yea I know tons of hard work, blah blah blah...now tell me how GORGEOUS does this look. I love poofs, but come on....???? gorgeous, I have to thank House of Smith's for this idea, I saw her post on these beauties a long time ago, and finally did one and I'm soooooo glad I did cuz I just loved it!!!!!

 HHHMMMMM, hello GORGEOUS!!!!

 And that's the end folks.  I will post party pics, the FINAL party pics, soon. Maybe today, maybe tomorrow...Hope you enjoyed it!!! 

Toodles