Bags Welcome Here

Here is my latest project....a place to hang your hat! Err...someplace to hang your purse, diaper bag, backpack, etc!! I was constantly putting my purse and 2-3 diaper bags in our dining room chairs and hated it. So I found this board at my Grandma's house and decided it needed a home...my home!! Teehee!! I started with the above paint...LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!


Here is the board during placement of all the hooks. I bought them at Walmart for $1.97 each. What a deal.


Yep....that is my hubbs working away....man what a hairy beast!! In case you're curious...no, he doesn't have any back hair!!! hahaha! Anyways, I marked where I wanted them and he screwed them in place.


Then he went to hang it...WHAT AN ORDEAL!! None of my ideas were working. It kept tilting and I knew once it was holding bags it would tilt even more. Luckily we came up with a few different ideas and one finally worked. Three LARGE NAILS throughout this board did the job.


Here it is before I dressed it up!! Woo-doggies!! I likey likey!! It is perfect for what our family needed. Thank goodness for free boards....beat up and all!!


And here she is all purty and stuff!!! I am not sure that the saying is exactly what I envisioned, but everyone that has come through my front door seems to like it! And then I just added some ribbon to fancy it up a little!!!


Welcome home friends....please hang your hat (or bag) and stay a while!!! ;)




Hope you enjoyed this project....I am ecstatic about her beauty and functionality!! Thanks for stopping by!

Breslyn's Birthday Pics

Precious girl!! She was sporting her new Ladybug tutu- thanks Gaga!!


Aunt Juju holding Owen!





Memaw!!


Krys and Ashlee!


Beautiful cupcakes...made by our favorite cake maker!


I LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture!


Presents:


Big girl undies!!



She froze during the Happy Birthday song!! And she wanted nothing to do with her bday cupcake...hmmmm.



Everyone else couldn't get enough yummy cake....check out the look on their faces....yummm!!!




Gaga and B reading one of her new books....I think she got about 20 new books!!


Grandpa and O-o!! How precious!

Family Love

I came to the realization last night at Aidan's baseball game that my children are so very lucky. They not only have parents that are married, but two sets of grandparents as well as two great grandmothers!! And how lucky they are to get to spend time with each one of them on a weekly basis.....just take yesterday....Gaga came by to watch the kids while I took B for her 2year check-up, Papaw brought us milk, then Grandma came and took Finn to get his glasses fixed, then Gaga, Grandpa, Grandma and Papaw all came to Aidan's game....and if that wasn't enough Papaw came back by to work on our lawn mower!! And do not be fooled...not only am I glad that my children get to spend time with family, I am thrilled for myself as well!!! Many days I am just about to pull my hair out when one of the grandparents calls to say they are coming by to get the kids or have them spend the night!! Whoohoo for WONDERFUL GRANDPARENTS!!

My kiddos also get to spend time with our extended family...numerous uncles, aunts and cousins...how incredibly blessed they are!!

Shutters-up!! It's a Mirror!!

Here a few more objects in B's new big girl room!! I got these shutters at Habitat Re-store...an incredible store and a great charitable company! I got a pair for $4. They were a nasty dirty brown color. They had layers of filth on them, so it took quite a while to clean them up before spray painting them.


It was somewhat difficult spray painting every little lip of the shutters, but it was all worth it!! They are beautiful and I love them. They make the perfect addition to her room. She needed a big art piece for this wall, but on a {po' man's} budget!! haha!

Here is a close up of where I sanded it. So easy and so inexpensive!


Another budget friendly (free) item in her room is this great mirror. It belonged to my parents and they gave it to me years ago. I have dragged it from home to home, but it has finally found its forever home!! It fits so perfectly in here...she can stare at herself all day...teehee!!


Please ignore the dirty clothes in the reflection of the mirror!!


And another close up of the details!! I used the same black spray paint as I did on the shutters. Rustoleum Glossy Black. I love how it turned out!!! Okay, I must admit there is something wrong with the mirror though.....even though you can't see it!!! ;) I forgot to paint the bottom....the bottom lip is still brown!! Ugh!!! I didn't realize it until I went to hang it, but at that point I was out of paint, so....it shall remain unpainted for now!!


I think she really loves her room and so do I....black, white and pink....oh, so very cute!!

Happy 2nd Birthday Breslyn

Happy Birthday to my sweet Breslyn, B, my love, princess, stinker, precious daughter. I love you so much. You make us so very proud to be your parents. You are amazing and so very sweet. You are growing so quickly and learning new things every day.....in fact yesterday Daddy and I heard you start to sing your ABC's!! What a big smart girl you are!!

Hugs and kisses to you on your big day!!

Spring Mantle

So here is my VERY boring standard mantle. It has been "dressed" like this ever since we moved in...um, almost 2 years ago! How sad!! So after seeing so many interesting mantle ideas out there in blog world I decided to bring some spring change to my mine!! Here goes:


I started off with this awesome tin star. My Grandma bought it for me at a Senior Citizen Fair a while back. I believe it was around $15.00...what a steal!! It's just been hanging around waiting for a new home, and now it finally has one. I decided to use a beautiful blue on it...and I LOVE IT!!


Here is the magical can of wonderment!! It is the perfect shade...it was semi-expensive (6.99), but soooo worth it!!


Here is the first coat....already BEAUTIFUL!! See the board over in the corner?? It's another fun project I will post soon.


Here is one of the frames I used...cheap, $1 at a yard sale. Sprayed it with a wonderful green spray paint...didn't get a pic of the can, sorry! It is also Krylon. It was not what I expected but I really like the way it turned out!


Ta-da!! I probably should have primed it...but I do like how dark it turned out. Yay!!


And the FINAL PRODUCT!!! I am SOOO happy and honestly quite proud of the way it turned out.


The "sticks" are from Cato's!! Yes, Cato's....if you don't have one of those near you, they are clothing stores. They have started selling very unique and interesting home goods....and it was only $6.99!! Whoop!!


I bought this precious mirror at a local thrift town for $3.99. I love it and it is perfect for this spot.


The apothecary jars are also another fun project I'll post pics on...but if you search the blog world often you can find about a million tutorials on how to make them.


Well, there ya have it...my beautiful, springy, out-of-my-comfort-zone mantle!! I love it and hope you do too!!