Bookcase Revamp.....Play Kitchen PART 3 of 7

Play Kitchen Part 3:

Pantry Rack, Pan Hooks and Broom

Pantry Rack : $1.00 at the thrift store    Pan Hooks : found in my husbands tool box

dust pan and broom : $2.00 at Ikea

(The pan set was a Christmas gift from Grandma and Grandpa but they are from Ikea)

I just love how perfect this rack was to fit some of the play food. 

This way it can be changed out depending on what gets used first or what gets made for dinner :)

The kitchen is finished!!! My goal was to find and use as many things at the thrift store as I could. I am soooo pleased with it. I have broken it down into 7 parts to show you some fun and easy things you can do to make your own play kitchen. Once you have found the piece of furniture you want to use (nightstand, bookcase, entertainment center) it comes together pretty fast. Just keep your eyes open for little things that will work....that was the most time comsuming part :)

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Bookcase Revamp......Play Kitchen PART 2 of 7

Play Kitchen Part 2:

Magnet board, Recipe Holder and Hooks

Small used Bookcase : $20

Magnet board : Old pan $0.50   Recipe Holder : $1.00 

(found at a thrift store)

 Hooks : Ikea $2.00

I made some hot pads from left over fabric from the curtain. 

I also made some fruit magnets out of scrap paper, wooden circles and diamond glaze.

The kitchen is finished!!!  My goal was to find and use as many things at the thrift store as I could.  I am soooo pleased with it.  I have broken it down into 7 parts to show you some fun and easy things you can do to make your own play kitchen.  Once you have found the piece of furniture you want to use (nightstand, bookcase, entertainment center)  it comes together pretty fast.  Just keep your eyes open for little things that will work....that was the most time consuming part :)

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reupholster Fisher Price furniture

Do any of you have any of the old school Fisher Price toys laying around?  I was so lucky to have acquried these beauties from my older sister...(thanks Jen!).....me and my siblings played with these all growing up. 

And as you can tell we really put them through the war!  This is what they looked like

Before : 

And here is the After :

So much better!!

All I did was scrape out the old foam stuff with a kitchen knife, cut out rectangles from felt scraps and hot glued them onto the furniture.  And this house is the other beauty I found at the thrift store for $3.00.  It was just the right size to fit the older Fisher Price toys....... perfect!!

I plan to continue passing down these toys, they just don't make them like this anymore.

Bookcase Revamp....part 1

Stay tuned...........

We are busy turning this bookcase into a play kitchen........

and I am not the only one who is excited about it !!!

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Have a great weekend everyone :)

Fabulous apron for your little girl

I made this apron for my daughter who LOVES to help in the kitchen! 

Find the fabulous tutorial HERE

wishing it where SUMMER! .....recipes

Ok, I felt a  lot little depressed yesturday.  I looked outside and there was another 4 inches of snow in my front yard.....REALLY, I am so done with cold weather!  I am craving warmer weather. My current pregnancy has not helped that situation much due to any time of day morning sickness and cabin fever but I can wish right.  It reminded me to post a few of the things I have made latley, just a few things I hope will bring summer sooner :) 

This salad: click here for the recipe

HEAVEN!  I recommend you try it immediatley!! Don't wait until summer

Grill up some zucchini with olive oil, garlic salt, salt and pepper.  Once it's browned sprinkle a little bit of parmesan cheese on top.

Tin foiled dinners.....with out the camp fire. Use everything that you would put in a normal tin foiled dinner.  Potatoes, carrots, zucchini, corn, bacon (I recommend you cook this before hand), onion, garlic and meat balls (I do meatballs so the meat cooks faster)  Then just line your cake pan with the foil, spray with pam and season with things you like then cover and cook.  I did mine at 375* for 45 minutes or until your meat, potatoes and carrots are cooked through.

I hope these dinners will scare away any more snow! 

Make sure to check out my other recipes for other dinner ideas.

Have a great "lovie" weekend everyone!

I am off to go deliver THIS to my husband at work..... I am soooo excited to give it to him  :)

Heart shaped chocolate chip cookies plus a little kiss

Here is a fun idea for a grandpa or grandma this Valentine's Day

i hope they aren't looking at this yet :)

I made some chocolate molds for the first time.  They were fun to do.

Nothin' better then a little kiss right?

Then I took one of my families favorite recipes and decided to have a little fun with it.

I used a heart cookie cutter to make these treats even more yummy.

**** the extra cookie inbetween each heart can be put in a tight container and put into the freezer to be added to ice cream later on or warmed up later for a small treat.

Don't you wish you were my daughters grandparents this year for Valentine's Day?

I wrapped up each treat in a small bag and then boxed them up in a cute little box for each

grandma and grandpa.  She will decorate her own valentine's to go with them.

For more Valentine's Day ideas go

Here

Here

and Here

2 Valentine's Day tins and a card

I turned this little tin into a fun little gift for my husband. 

 Perfect for holding gum and he can keep it on his desk at work.

tin = $0.50 @ Roberts or Michaels

gum = $1.50

I painted this heart box and I will fill it with a fun

little treat for my toddler

heart box = $0.50 @ Walmart

Make a sweet love tree card

for more Valentine's Day ideas go

Here

Here

and Here

Repurpose envelopes into a mini pocket album

I made this mini pocket album using 5x5 envelopes that I had laying around and binded them using a piece of scrap cardboard and ribbon.  This was really fun to make for a family friend who was baptized over the weekend as a gift and a way for her to remember that day. 

The best part about this are the pockets, so she can add pictures or write something about her special day.

How to make:

Take the sealed side of the envelopes(the bottom) and punch your holes, do the same with your cover and bind it anyway you want. (ribbon, rings, you could even sew it) Then take the opened part of the envelope and fold the flap inside the envlelope for added strength.  There is your pocket!!  I made little paper inserts with tabs so she would have a place to add pictures or write her feelings about her special day.  For the first page I used her invitation so she could keep that as a memory.  See simple and fun. 

For this album I used the pages to spell baptism and put a small saying to go with the letter.  This would also work for birthdays, just spell the name of the person with fun reasons why you love or like them using the letter.  There are many ways to make these for all sorts of events or holidays so before you throw away that envelope, look what you could make with it!

What to do with that letter E

I found this letter E at the thrift store for $1.00 and gasped......WHY?  Because a letter like this is one of those popular letters that you never find in the discount bin :)  So I bought it for my daughter since her name starts with E and turned it into this:

scrapbook paper, mod podge, ribbon, buttons and felt never looked so cute!

Raspberry Slush and Raspberry Chocolate Cake

Thank you SUMMER for asking me to post the recipe to these yummy and very simple treats that you can make up for your honey, your family.....or keep them all to yourself for Valentines Day :)

Raspberry Slush :  Sprite and rasperry sherbet

**put both in a blender and mix it up.  You can add more sherbet if you want it thicker, or add more sprite if you want it thinner.  Simple and easy.

Raspberry Chocolate Cake:  one devils food cake mix or chocolate cake mix, one small jar of raspberry jam/perserves from the peanut butter aisle at the grocery store, chocolate frosting and sprinkles

**Cook cake according to box (I cooked two 8" round cakes), let them cool completely.  When cooled, place one cake on your pan, poke wholes into the cake so the jam will soke into the cake.  Put a good amount of jam in the middle and all the way to the edge.  Then lay the other cake round on top and frost the whole cake with your frosting.  Then decorate.

For additional cake help and step by step pictures you can click HERE

Framed Fabric Handprints

We all know that our kids hands can be very busy and hard to get a hold of sometimes. 

And they grow up so fast so why not make something using their hands that you and them can enjoy for years to come. 

This is what I did with my almost 3 year old daughters hands and I love how it turned out.

Made from fabric and framed in a shawdow box it sure makes for a cute shelf on her bookcase!