2016 in Review

Hello and Happy New Year and all the best to all of you!!! Another year has gone by 

so fast and here we are in 2017.

We still have family over from Germany, so it's been a little slow on my blog 

and I am wayyyyy behind on catching up on reading everybody else's  blogs.

I typed up this quick post last night with a look back of my top posts from 2016. This might
give you a chance to catch up on some posts you might have missed during the year.

DIY Christmas Moss Stars For The Front Porch

Hello Sweets, I want to share these cute mossy stars I made last weekend with you guys.
Inspiration STRUCK and I had a vision of a Christmas front porch with mossy stars 
this year. I came up with an easy and inexpensive way to make them and I am so
glad I did, cuz I luv them!!! 

Project Challenge: Reclaimed Wood

Hello friends, it's been a while since our last project challenge. We all needed to take a summer break, but here we are, back again!!!! This months project is "RECLAIMED WOOD". 

I literally sat down the night before and came
up with this little house number sign, super 
quick and easy little project.

DIY Personalized Birthday Gift Idea

Hello Loves, have you all made it into October alright? Well, I am already down 
with my first cold of the new season !!! FIGURES!!!

I wanted to share a quick little project I made last weekend. I was invited to a 
60th Birthday Party and I wanted to bring a "little something special and 
personal" to the birthday girl. Earlier that morning I went to a local bazaar and 
purchased another galvanized bucket (which one can never have enough of...lol). 
Once I got home I stenciled her birth year onto the bucket.

Project Challenge: Old Gears Or Pulleys

"Old Gears or Pulleys" are this month's choice for our challenge 
and I am soooo excited, because I happened to have an old pulley at home already. 

Project Challenge: CHALK PAINT

Hello guys, are you ready for another DIY blogger challenge?

I sure hope so, cuz this month's challenge is "CHALK PAINT" 

and I luv me some chalk paint!!!! Do you have an item 

at home that you don't like anymore? Well, before you get rid of it

try painting it with chalk paint, you might be surprised at the outcome. 

I had a laundry detergent container sitting in the closet for years, 
but didn't want to throw it out, because I remembered it was 
expansive at the time.

Project Challenge: CLOCK FACE

Hello there sweets, another month has flown by and here we are again with yet another 
DIY blogger challenge. If this is your first time here, let me explain what's going on. 
Each month a group of us bloggers have a different project challenge to come up with. 
This month the challenge given was  CLOCK FACE ....hmmmmm  tricky one right? 

I choose to make something fun & playful for our bonus/playroom, since we 
are just in the process of re-doing that space. Since our son is truly 
a night-owl, it seemed only perfect to make a clock with the theme 
"Night Owl" (our rabbit approved, I might add)!



Project Challenge: Spindles, Moulding Or Trim

Hola amigas, time for our monthly DIY blogger challenge again...Yipeeeee 

Each month a group of us bloggers have a different project challenge to come up with. 

This month we had to make something using Spindles, Moulding or Trim.

  



I decided to make an "ABOVE THE DOOR SIGN"

 for our tiny mud-room area using a piece of trim.

Project Challenge: Bead Board

 Hello there loves, I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your loved ones. 

Guess what? It's time for our monthly DIY blogger challenge again. 

Each month we have a different project challenge to come up with. 

This month we had to make something using Bead Board.

So please do enjoy our "November Bead Board Challenge" 

where 7 of us bloggers are making pretty things.

Project Challenge: Duct or HVAC Tape

Hello there Sweets, it's time for our monthly DIY blogger challenge again. 

Here is how it works: Each month we have a different project challenge to come up with. 

This month we had to make something using DUCT or HVAC TAPE

Halloween Front Porch

 Hello Loves, I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I decorated
our porch for Fall/Halloween this weekend. FINALLY, I am
always so behind!!!! This year I wanted to decorate with as much
"natural things" as possible and less store-bought Décor.

  

 

Use a Wooden Spool as a Patio Table

Hello Peeps, I hope this post finds you all well! I want to share a little project 

I worked on this week. I have been IN LUV with wooden spool tables lately,

 and have been searching Craigslist for one.

Project Challenge: RUSTY ITEM

Ohhhh, I have something to be excited about!!!! I have been ask by a group of

awesome bloggers to participate in a monthly DIY challenge. Each month

we will have a different project to come up with. This month the challenge

is RUSTY ITEMS !!!! So without further chatter, welcome to

the September Project Challenge where 7 DIYers are creating some

awesome stuff!!!!

Here is what I came up with..... I love rusty cans and I love lanterns,

sooooo why not combine them???

Trash Can Planters

Hello and Happy Labor Day weekend peeps. Today I have a pretty TRASHY 

post for you all!!! Last month while out shopping with a friend at LITTLE HILL FARM , 

I found these 2 trash cans. I have been on the look-out for some just like this for a while now, 

so I was thrilled......yes thrilled over trash cans!!!!! 

My plan was to make them into planters for our back deck.

Polka Dot LUV Inspiration Curated For Hometalk

Hi Loves, HOMETALK asked me to curate a board on 
Polka Dot Projects.....Well, nothing more fun than that!
Polka Dots make anything cuter, don't they? 

Cute DIY Polka Dot Pillows

Hello Loves, did you see how I decorated our BACK PATIO last week for Mothers Day DAY?
Well, I got lots of comments and questions about those cute grey and white polka-dot pillows.

A Bajot Stand Make Over With Annie Sloan Chalk Paint

Hello Lovelies. How has your weekend been?

How To Inexpensively Cover Little Decorative Windows

Hello Everyone, you might remember my BIG BOY BEDROOM post I shared recently? 

Well, Robbie's bedroom has these 3 cute little windows that don't open and are really just 

decorative, but sure are nice for extra light. I really didn't want to custom order window 

coverings, so here is how I covered them for cheap. 

DIY Rope Tie Backs -- Restoration Hardware Inpired

Hola Amiga's, how was your weekend? We still have my family visiting from Germany so I have been extra busy. But I wanted to share a tiny little project I did with the help from my Mom. I have been wanting to get "Rope Tie Backs" for our downstairs curtains to add a little PAZAAAAM !!!!!

 I have seen gorgeous rope tie backs at places like Restoration Hardware, but the cost is $60 for one and I needed four...So we needed to come up with a DIY solution. Now being the lazy person that I am and at all cost trying to avoid getting out the drill, here is what we did

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My First Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Project

Hello and Happy Friday Sweets, I have lots of errands to run 

today so making this post very short. I took my very first Annie Sloan 

chalk paint class last weekend with my friend Jenn and I 

wanted to share our projects with you.