I won....

two giveaways!

The first is a $35 gift card to CSN Stores from Lauren over at 31 DIY !

So much good stuff on the site...now to just figure out what I want.



These are super cute...I think I might need them for my son's room:)

The second giveaway is an amazing fabric bracelet from Anything*Virtuous!

Can't wait to wear it!

Check out their blogs...lots of good inspiration!

Thanks again ladies!

A temporary fix...

I have been dying to re-do the hutch in my "dining room", but the lack of sunshine has made that impossible. My "dining room" consists of one corner of my kitchen...not a room at all, but it is what we have for now.

So while I wait for the sunshine, I covered the windows in a cute vintage fabric.



And of course it is messy inside, and organizing it is my next project!

I also painted my spoon and fork red!

Here they are before:




And here they are after:





My husband thinks they are silly, but my great grandmother had a set when I was younger and I have always wanted my own. They are one of my favorite things in my house!

Linking here and

A tree in my living room

I have always wanted to paint a tree somewhere in my house. I am not brave enough to add color to all of my walls, so most of them stay bare. So when my husband came home with a broken projector from work, I knew my tree was not far off!

The projector got fixed, I found the tree I wanted to paint, and went for it!

I started by patching some holes in the wall and then cleaning it. I don't have any pictures of tracing it out, but this tutorial from Just a Girl explains the whole projector process.

So here is the finished product:

What do you think?

I think I am going to add some black detail and maybe a little bird on one of the branches. Not sure just yet! Oh and the hole under the tree is my dog's cubby in the wall...he needed a spot to hide away from my son!

Linking to:

Upcycled soap bottle tutorial

Here it is...my very first tuuorial! I wasn't planning on making one so soon, but inspiration hit me and I ran with it!

This is a super simple project that anyone can do and results in a great way to fill the water on you iron. I saw a tip in a Handyman magazine that said to re-use old dish soap bottles to fill your iron. I loved the idea but hated the idea of looking at the original label. So I decorated the bottle a little with some paper scraps and Mod Podge!



Here is the super-easy tutorial!

Supplies needed:

Empty dish soap bottle
Water
Mod Podge
Paintbruch to apply glue
Scrapbooking paper scraps
Towel



Step 1:

Aquire your empty soap bottle and thouroughly clean all soap out



Step 2:

Peel off all labels. Don't worry about getting all of the icky sticky stuff off; your decoration will cover it.



Step 3:

Choose your paper scraps, label or whatever you want to decorate your bottle. I chose a vintage bias tape wrapper.



Step 4:

Layer your label on top of coordinating scrapbooking paper to give it more dimension...and it looks cute too!



Step 5:

Apply Mod Podge to your bottle where you would like you decoration to go. Lay the paper down and coat the whole thing in Mod Podge, smoothing it as you go.
Let this dry and apply an additional layer of Mod Podge.



Step 6:

With a clean towel and some water, rub away any excess glue dried on your bottle



Step 6: Fill with clean water and you are done!



And a blurry action shot! Makes filling your iron easy!



So there it it! Sorry about the blurry phots; my camera and I

Recently

Wow, I cannot believe it has been two months since my last blog! Where does the time go? Winter is fast approaching and I am working hard on Christmas projects. There are so many things on my to-make list and I hope I can get them all done!

Here are some things I found recently, some things I have been drooling over and some things I have been thinking about:


I took a trip to California to visit my family in September and found this great vintage fabic at a thrift store. Its so kitsch and so much fun!





It might just be some of my favorite fabric I have ever come across. I found quite a bit, which is good. Ever find only a little bit of great fabric and never want to use it?


I also found these in a thrift store in town. Believe it or not I have been searching for a set like this for a couple of years now.



My great-grandmother had a set similar to it and I remember playing with them when I was a little girl. I haven't decided if I am going to paint/re-finish them yet. What do you think about them in black?


I have been drooling over quilting in general and wishing I had the time to devote to learning how. I plan on taking some classes after Christmas.



Audrie over at Blue is Bleu is a great inspiration to me. Her quilts are so creative and whimsical. I just love her style!


I have been thinking a lot about blogging some tutorials and recipes of things that I have made. I have yet to do it, but I am at least thinking in that direction.

I am also planning on blogging on a more consistent basis. I found these awesome printable Blog Topic Lists through One Pretty Thing. Here is the link to the free download at Vale Design.

Hopefully these will help me get back on track!