OMG...Such a fun giveaway!

Ok...so if you already have a Silhouette machine you are in an ELITE group....E-L-I-T-E group I tell ya!!!!! I want one so badly I can taste it!!!! I cannot imagine the hours I could spend playing with one....sigh***

Well if you haven't heard THRIFTYDECORCHICK is giving one away....AHHHHHHH! Visit here for all the deets....



Fingers are crossed that I will win this....if not me than maybe you will!!!!!!!

Firecrackers in the U.S.A

I love the 4th of July...I love fireworks...I love decorating with simple things turned into more...and I love using my scrapping stash.

I used packages of lifesavers, scrapbook paper, scraps of ribbons, some O-L-D scrapping embellishments and thick white acrylic paint on a chipboard star, and the end of the lifesavers box ( I bought the jumbo box of them at Sam's) and created a cute lil box of lifesavers to set on my entryway buffet...




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Coffee Love

So we drink a lot of coffee around this house. In fact we have started buying our coffee in bulk at our local Sam's. Now my hubby is finally {after 11 years of wedded bliss} learning to ask me if I can do something with what he would otherwise consider garbage...BEFORE tossing it out! In comes the following storage idea

I had an empty small coffee container that had been sitting around just waiting for me to do something with it. When we finished one of the larger containers Mr. Wonderful asked if I could work some magic on the {oversized} empty container. Absolutely!!!!

This is what I started with:

Plus 1 small container {not pictured}

After spray painting the containers with some left over black paint and allowing them to dry I decided to gussy them up!

I hot glued some grossgrain ribbon around the top edge, added a cutesy lil bow, and cut out a circle of patterned paper to mod podge on the lids. Then I created cute little labels and mod podged them onto a scrap of patterned paper...add a couple of dots of hot glue and viola...nice size storage containers for my {still designing it in my head} craft room...

This is the final product:

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Holy "Want To Do"List Batman!!!

There are so many ideas floating around the blogaspehere and in my head...

I am sooo visual, and I need a list that I can go back to (time and time again...)

So here are a few things that I want to try...either exactly like I see them or add my own spin to them...

1. Cabinet redo @ Creating Balance

2. Burlap Valances @ Tatertots and Jello

3. Replicate some {BLUE} Mason Jars @ Bridal Buzz

4. Terra Cotta Coasters @ Sweet Charli

Playing with My D60

I have always wanted to take photographs that make people stop and say, "Oh wow! Look at that!" Now I am nowhere close to that just yet, but I am working on it...and I have to say that it is one of the most gratifying things to "work" on...here are a few shots from this weekend with my son {Seth} and my adorable niece {Brylon}. Chloe was still gone to church camp, so she missed out...but I will be capturing her soon...

Also learning how to use my CS4...endless possibilities...

Whoooo ....birth announcement

My baby sister's best friend {since before kindergarten} and her husband just welcomed their first baby into the world on Wednesday. A sweet little boy...I decided I wanted to make something for them as a keepsake...his nursery is decorated in owls, so this should fit in perfectly.

To make this sweet lil project I used:

a 7" x 7" board {cut by my local Lowe's}

regular ol'wire

scrapbook paper

mod podge

emery board

bulldog clip

E6000

cricut machine

jute rope

ink pad/acrylic paint

After getting my board cut, I traced the paper to fit the front of it, mod podged the sweet lil owl paper on and let it dry. Then I drilled two holes at the top and added my wire. I like the look of rough edges so I used an emery board and filed all around the paper. Then I painted the edges of the board. Next I used my cricut to cut out his lil name and adhered it with more modpodge; then I printed out his stats and modpodged them on. Using E6000 I attached the bulldog clip and add a little jute bow. Finally I took my black ink pad to add just a little more distressing...I love how it turned out and can't wait to see lil Grant's picture in it... {the pic is of my son...}

linking up to these blog parties:

nightowl crafting

tater tots & jello

fun to craft

making the world cuter

Time For Some Rules...

Ok...so I know that you have probably all seen these sweet "family rules" canvas projects. They are all over blogland, but I have not had the time until just this past weekend to work on one for myself. So... I decided that I didn't really want mine on canvas, but that I would try mine on some boards that I had (read my hubby) already cut. I was first inspired by this post, and then by this post, so then I started playing around .... and here is my finished "family rules" board...I am really pleased with how it turned out :)

1. One board...mine is (roughly) a 12 x24

2. Fun patterned paper. (I cut mine in different sized strips)

3. mod podge :)

4. I used a paint pen and eyeball some fun fonts to write my rules...

5. I then added a fun lil fabric rosette

6. Drilled two holes at the top and added some regular ol' wire...tada!!!

Linking to these parties....

the girl creative

these creative juices

lucky star lane

todays creative blog

night owl crafting

all thingz related

the shabby nest

someday crafts

creations by Kara

simpsonized crafts

Sew Much Ado

Somewhat Simple

Pony Tails and Fish Scales

Under the Table and Dreaming

Fingerprints on the Fridge

Tater Tots & Jello

Fun to Craft