Claire's lamp

Finally got Claire's lamp done. It would have been done a long time ago but when I bought the crystal accent's it got lost in our move and I was hoping it would re appear so I wouldn't have to buy more. But sadly it never showed up.

BEFORE

AFTER

I spray painted the lamp shade, wasn't sure how it would turn out or if it would. But I like it, and I like that you can still see some of the pink when the lamp is on. Then I just hot glued the trim to the underside of the shade and it was done!

These have a light pink tint (the other one I had bought was a dark pink crystal)

I'm happy with it and it only cost me about $5.00

This picture is hanging in her room also. She loves wearing my high heels, so one day I thought I would try taking her picture in them. So I am not a professional and trying to get a picture of your 3 year old daughters feet and have it look good was hard. But I think I finally got one. Did some adjusting in photoshop then had it printed at Costco. I love looking at it and most of the time people think I purchased the picture from the store. Nope, that's my little Claire's feet in my high heels.

Laundry Room Complete... okay ALMOST complete

My laundry room is mostly done! A special thanks to my hubby's friend for helping us hang my (steal of a deal) cabinets, because the studs were in some random places on the back wall. I was going to buy some curtains to close off this area but I love walking by it right now, so those will have to wait. I bought some door pulls at Hobby Lobby (still not sure if I love the 4 doors not being the same, but we'll see) $1.50 each!

There will be a shelf that will go across the top of the cabinets and over to the right wall, but that will have to happen hopefully next weekend.
I lined the inside with gray and white polka dot fabric and found some yellow and gray totes on clearance at Lowe's which now hold some tools.
I found this at Goodwill last week and spray painted in white, it now holds my laundry soap. (I love opening that cabinet it smells so good!)
So here's my BEFORE shot
AFTER
I still have a few plans for some decor and a little more storage but I was just so excited to get the cabinets up that I had to share.

more project updates

And here is the mirror I got for $12.00

BEFOREI just used some black craft paint and some small brushes to get down inside all the grooves (there was a lot!) I hung it on the wall above my little table then decided the table top needed to be black too so I painted it black (then later realized it was to bulky for the entry way) So I swapped it out for a thin black bookshelf.

And here it is today!

AFTER

update on projects...

Remember this table from a previous post? Well here it is finished. Sorry it took so long. I love the pop of color in the room, and I was tired of painting everything black. I just used spray paint and I will fill in the name tomorrow if I still have the can.

Laundry room Re-do

My laundry "closet" is horrible and needs some love. I have big plans and hope to be able to accomplish it soon.The wire shelf is so not working for me and when we first moved in the right bi- fold door was broken so I removed it so soon the left one will be coming down
I finally visited my local Habitat for Humanity store in hopes of finding some cabinets to hang up on that back wall. And I scored! I got these two cabinets for $16.00 total. (regular price was $32.00 EACH!)
I will clean, paint, add new hardware, organize, and hang up a new curtains in place of the broken doors
And here's a quick mock up that I did on photoshop (don't judge please) Wall color- gray, then accented with white, some black and yellow. Wish me luck!

Wall decor for boys

I found this darling idea here.

As soon as I saw it, I knew my boys would love it.

It ended up being the gift that the boys made for each other.

My 4 year old painted this canvas black and sprayed it with white paint to make the stars.

I printed out the images and cut them out.  Then I mod podge-ed them on and sprayed it with a final clear coat of spay paint.

My 2 year old loves it!  

Buzz!  Buzz!  That's what I hear every time he looks at it.

I did the same thing on this one.  But I used some red, yellow and white paint to make the laser coming out of the Death Star.

A perfect gift for a Star Wars fan. 
And so easy to make.

Pillowcases and a blanket

I made pillowcases for my boys this Christmas.

They both sleep with their soft blankets laid out on top of their pillows.

So I made them super soft pillow cases!

They LOVE them!

And I made a Buzz Lightyear blanket for my youngest. 

(the oldest already has a Mickey Mouse blanket)

Luggage tags and camera straps

A few more christmas gifts from this past year...

Luggage tags for one of my sisters.  She is going to India in a month. 

And she will be there for 4 whole weeks!

I wanted to make sure she knew that she HAS to come back home!

So I put a little note in her luggage tags.

Camera straps.  

I should have taken a picture with them on the camera... oops!

What to do with your old jeans? Aprons!

I had some old jeans lying around, (let's be honest, who doesn't have old jeans lying around?) so I decided to make myself an apron.  

Yes, I made it in the middle of making Christmas gifts for everyone else.  

Very selfish, I know.  Oh well.

So easy to make.  One pair of jeans will make 2 aprons.  Each leg makes one apron.

I folded and ironed material to make my edging.  But if you found some cute wide ribbon, it would be even easier to put your edging on.

I think I will be making more of these soon.

I made this half apron for my sister. 

She owns a bakery and hopefully she can get some use out of it.

While I was making my apron, my son wanted one too.

So I tried to make it look manly.  It's longer than a normal apron would be and it has boy print around the edges.  He loves it.  (even if he won't look at the camera)

Happy New Year everyone!!