Celebrating One Year with a GIVEAWAY!!!!!

***GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED***

Wow, how time can fly by when you don't notice. 

We have had a few crazy weeks around my house.

I can't believe my blog hit one year last week!!

So I have decided to say thanks by giving something away.

I sat down and made me a bunch of glass tile pendents.......can you tell I got a little carried away?!!!?

Just a little :)

I appreciate all of you so much that I am letting YOU PICK the pendent that you want to win. 

**PLUS I will include one glass tile and one bail so you can make another one at home.  yipppee!

How to enter:

1 entry : leave me some love by leaving me a comment. 

make sure to tell me what # of pendent you would want to win in the picture below and a

way to get a hold of you if you win.

2 enteries : Become a follower or remind me that you are one :)

3 entries : post about this giveaway on your blog or on facebook and leave me the link

Make sure to leave a seperate comment for each entry!

(This is for the pendent only, no chain)

GOOD LUCK!!!

Giveaway will end Friday April 2nd at 10pm 

Plastic egg garland and other easter ideas

Make this colorful and fun easter egg garland using

plastic easter eggs.

click here for how I did it.

Make these egg invitations for your easter dinner.

Click here for my step by step instructions.

Click here for all the details on my Easter dinner party, including how to decorate a fun table to

a dinner spread including ham and other yummy fixings.

Interchangeable Vinyl "Easter Basket" bag

So I bought this kit a year ago.....planning on using it for a trick or treat bag but I never got around to doing it.  So I decided to make it into a Easter Basket Bag for my daughter to use this year for an easter egg hunt.

The great thing about this project is the ribbon and paper can be changed so you can make this for any birthday or holiday....or use it as a tote.....whatever you want.  You just untie the ribbon and handles and slip out your paper and replace it with something different, that simple!

Now, I bought my kit from my local scrapbooking store but they have posted

instructions that you can down load for free off  their website so you can make your own.

I totally recommend this project! 

Easy Paper Butterfly Mobile

I made this butterfly mobile for my kids room. 

This was a fabulous way to use up a bunch of scrap paper that I have been holding onto for a while. 

I found this great idea HERE

easy Last minute MINT BROWNIES

HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY!!

here is what I whipped up last minute this afternoon for a sweet treat for my family after dinner tonight:

1 pk of brownies....cook as directed

mint frosting: (from cooks.com)

1 1/2 cup confectioners sugar

2 TB milk

1 tsp shortening

1/2 tsp pure mint or peppermint extract

3 drops of green food coloring

once the brownies cool completely, top with frosting and

drizzle with some chocolate syrup for a fun look.

Easy Treat!!

Framed Wedding Anniversary Gift

After 5 years I finally got around to doing something with our wedding announcement.

I printed our own announcements....for our wedding..... on vellum - That alone made it hard to display it without seeing any kind of adhesive.

This is my first time using a floating picture frame.....

Oh my, I love it.

We will celebrate our 5th anniversary in a few weeks so this was a great reason to get it done and a great gift

to him....and me :)

Play Spice Containers for the kids

I took a package of wooden spools and made them into spice containers

for the PLAY KITCHEN I just made for our kids.

I glued a wooden circle to the top of the spool to hide the whole, painted each spool in a different color, let them dry then glued a button to the top.  I then used a sharpie to write the names of different spices.

This is were I got the idea to use wooden spools.

Play Kitchen.....Bookcase revamp Part 7 of 7 the finished kitchen!

Here is The Finished Kitchen!!!

The before:

And After:

**You can click HERE**

for parts 1 - 7 to see

 how we turned a bookcase into this Play Kitchen.

Bookcase Revamp.....Play Kitchen part 6 of 7

Play Kitchen part 6

Spice Rack, Mirror, Kitchen rules 

ok, ok here is a closer look at the finished kitchen! 

Mirror: $1.00 at the thrift store

Kitchen Rule sign: $0.50 at the thrift store brand new!

Spice rack: $2.00 at the thrift store (I spray painted it yellow)

**Click HERE for parts 1-7**

Bookcase Revamp.....PLAY KITCHEN part 5 of 7

Play Kitchen part 5

Burners, sink and knobs

Besides the finished kitchen, this is one of my favorite parts about the kitchen. 

 I am so pleased with how these parts turned out.

The burners:

 coasters found at the thrift store (6 for $1.50)

And knobs: ($1.00 each at Michaels)

The sink:

($1 store bowl, faucet is plumbing stuff from Lowes $3.00)

Here is the before and after of the coaters I found at the thrift store.  I am still in awe about just how perfect they were for the burners.  All I did was paint the circles to look like coils.  Then I glued them down with E600 to the shelf.  The knobs were perfect also, they came with all the hardware and they even turn!! 

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 :)

**Click HERE**

for parts 1-7

Bookcase Revamp....Play Kitchen part 4 of 7

Play Kitchen Part 4 :

Oven and Curtain

The shelf just under the sink is now the oven.

I made a curtain for the kitchen...... I could not decided between two different fabrics so I used both and made it reversible so the kitchen can have two different looks. 

Fabric : $3     Tention rod : $2

smaller cake pans and oven pans : found at the thrift store : $0.50 a piece

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 :)

**Click HERE**

for parts 1-7