So, tomorrow morning is the big day!! My sister is being induced in the morning. I am so excited I probably won't sleep a wink tonight!! I am just praying for a safe labor & delivery & a healthy baby :) I will be awful busy holding my brand new niece, so if you don't see a post from me in a few days, don't give up on me!! I will definitely be back :)
Until next time,
Sara
Monday, December 5, 2011
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Perfect for the Princess ♥♥
A while back I had showed you my sister's baby room BEFORE and AFTER photos. Well, it has been months and we have been working away on it. This nursery has come a long way & is so precious now I wanted to show you the final AFTER shots.
She rents a little apartment & this room was awful before. I love it now ♥♥
The light fixture she got for free. It was an old shiny brass one, but we turned it into a chandelier like the one I made for my daughter's room. We painted it pink & added strands of pearls.
My sis & I put this changing table & the crib together by ourselves. We were sure proud :)
Baby girl's name. Decorated by me, my daughter & my sister.
We sat in this little rocking chair as kids. My mom repainted it & my aunt made new cushions.
Darling dresser bought by a friend & painted by baby's mommy, daddy & grandma. It has the original glass handles!!
Vinyl saying I added to her mirror.
A shelf with the bouquet I made for the shower.
Glider & Ottoman bought by my mom. This will be a great corner for rocking & reading to the baby.
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas!!
I have been so busy this weekend scrapbooking, I am just getting around to posting about the latest Christmas project I completed. I went to a Crop (scrapbook party) on Friday from 6pm until Midnight & I got quite a bit done in my kids' albums. My sister came too (even though she is 9 months pregnant & expecting baby any day now). I also brought my kids with me. When it doesn't work out with my husband's work schedule for me to go I used to just stay home and miss scrapbooking....well, not anymore!! I pack those poor kids up, along with snacks, my laptop, dvds, books, pillows & blankets, and they come with me!! They are old enough now, that they really keep themselves entertained. AWESOME :) Anyway, when I get on a roll scrapbooking, midnight comes way too fast!! So, my sister and I decided we would scrapbook again Saturday at my house. She come over about 10:30 Saturday morning & we finally called it a day around 10pm. Yes, we are crazy, and no, I do not neglect my kids!! ;) I do take breaks and feed them throughout the day!! hahaha
Enough rambling!! Here it its!!!!
Enough rambling!! Here it its!!!!
My favorite Christmas project so far :)
This is what I bought the paints & stencils for on my shopping trip.
Those old cabinet doors are sure coming in handy!!!!
Here is where I found my inspiration for this project. I love her blog!!
I would love to post some photos of my scrapbook pages, I just wish I knew a good way to get good pictures of them, without glare & such. If you have any advice for me I would sure like to hear it!!!!
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Reindeer Names
I finally got to work on the Christmas project I bought supplies for on Monday. I bought a polka dot stencil from Hobby Lobby on clearance for $1.79 & one of the little acrylic paints I bought is Pearl Finish. The acrylic paints were 30% off when I went, so supplies for this project were CHEAP CHEAP :)
I used an old cabinet door that we took out of our kitchen years ago when we needed to make room for a dishwasher. It had kind of a shiny finish to it, so I primed it with a gallon of primer I had in the basement. The red paint I used is the same red paint I used on my shutter. I only did one coat of red so that the white primer showed through a little bit. For The reindeer names I typed them up in word in a font & size I liked & printed them out. I used a tracing transfer method I had read about online somewhere to get the names onto my board. Heavily trace the backside of the names 1st, then flip it over and heavily trace the front of the names on the board where you want them. It worked well & gave it the look I was going for. I finished up by adding a coat of my acrylic pearl paint. I also used the pearl paint for my polka dots.
I used an old cabinet door that we took out of our kitchen years ago when we needed to make room for a dishwasher. It had kind of a shiny finish to it, so I primed it with a gallon of primer I had in the basement. The red paint I used is the same red paint I used on my shutter. I only did one coat of red so that the white primer showed through a little bit. For The reindeer names I typed them up in word in a font & size I liked & printed them out. I used a tracing transfer method I had read about online somewhere to get the names onto my board. Heavily trace the backside of the names 1st, then flip it over and heavily trace the front of the names on the board where you want them. It worked well & gave it the look I was going for. I finished up by adding a coat of my acrylic pearl paint. I also used the pearl paint for my polka dots.
It still needed a little something, so I added the raffia bow.
I also roughed up the edges a bit.
This little cutie is now in my dining room. It needed some Christmas cheer!!
Found my inspiration here at Tattered & Inked.
Found my inspiration here at Tattered & Inked.
How are your Christmas projects going??
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Monday, November 28, 2011
My Rescued Tree
I had such a fun day today....I went to the doctor with my younger sister who is 9 months pregnant. I am so darn excited to be an aunt again!! No progress since last week, but we should for sure have a new baby by the 13th of December. So, anyway, while we were in town we thought we better do some shopping. I did Black Friday shop, but that was more like running a marathon than retail therapy if you ask me ;) We hit JCPenney's, JoAnn's, Carlos O' Kelley's (oh wait, that's not shopping), Claire's, Payless, Hobby Lobby & Goodwill. Now that I name all the places we were it seems like a lot, but we were bummed because we were on a limited amount of time and didn't get to stop EVERYWHERE we wanted. Like Big Lots, Target or Kohl's!! I looked at Hobby Lobby & JoAnn's for the Martha Stewart stencils & paints I have been seeing people use on blogs, but couldn't find them anywhere, so I settled for some non-Martha Stewart paint & stencils for a future Christmas project I can't wait to get started on :)
On to my rescued tree:
On to my rescued tree:
Isn't it darling!?!?
When I found this sweet little tree at the dump it had non-working lights on it & no base. I cut the old lights off & added a new strand of 50 white lights & made a base out of styrofoam. I covered the base with a scrap of burlap tied on with some jute twine & wa-lah!! A cute little tree was born!!
And I cut a strip of burlap for a bow on top!!
The front of the December Ballard Designs magazine has a tree like this on the cover :)
The front of the December Ballard Designs magazine has a tree like this on the cover :)
Keep checking back for more Christmas posts!!!!
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Saturday, November 26, 2011
You Take My Breath Away.......
We put our Christmas tree up on Tuesday & the kids and I spent the whole day Wednesday decorating the rest of the house. We had company coming to stay with us, so we were busy!! I hope everyone out there had a wonderful Thanksgiving. My family and I spent this holiday & weekend with family & our very good friends from Nebraska. We had such a good time eating, shopping & catching up!! I miss them already....back to reality and blogging of course ;)
Like so many other people out there, I am totally inspired by Pinterest....I love it when I see something and am able to re-create it using what I have. This is one of those times when I stumbled upon something & just happened to have exactly what I needed in my garage & basement. THAT makes me soooooo happy!! You can see my inspiration photo here if you would like :) But, here is my version:
Like so many other people out there, I am totally inspired by Pinterest....I love it when I see something and am able to re-create it using what I have. This is one of those times when I stumbled upon something & just happened to have exactly what I needed in my garage & basement. THAT makes me soooooo happy!! You can see my inspiration photo here if you would like :) But, here is my version:
Breathtakingly Beautiful
To truly be able to appreciate the beauty of this mirror I think you need to see the BEFORE shots.
From the dump
Battered & broken
Covered in stickers
YUCK!!
I scraped off all the stickers with a razor blade & cleaned it up. The mirror frame was falling apart so my husband helped me wood glue it back together. I spray painted it & reassembled it. I wanted this done so bad I had to spray paint and then bring it inside to dry since it was too cold for my paint to dry outside.
This is the same color I used on my cabinet door project.
The details.....
I had the tree, so just had my daughter help me make a paper chain out of some old thrift store sheet music.
AFTER
Another easy project with no money out of my pocket!!
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Cookie Cutter Christmas Tree
I have been so excited this year anticipating Christmas time....I don't know what it is, but I can hardly contain myself!! My husband has his mind made up that the tree does not go up until AFTER Thanksgiving. I don't like to overshadow Thanksgiving with Christmas by any means, but in my mind, having the Christmas tree up during Thanksgiving could only make it a more joyful holiday ;) Who's with me here!!?? Anyway, to keep peace in my household I agreed, we wait on the tree. But, one little eensy weensy tree on the kitchen table couldn't hurt could it??
This sad little tree was at the thrift store & I snatched it up. It needed a new look.
I removed the red bow & hung cookie cutters with some jute twine.
I {love} cookie cutters
Star cookie cutter tree topper ;)
It was still missing something.....
Ahhhhhhh, lights!! Much better!!
I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!
More Christmas posts to come........
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