Finders keepers

                                This Lampshade was being thrown away.....I saved it.

The Lamp was a purchase at a Thrift store. just a few bucks.

  I spray painted it with a coat of my favorite brand of SPray Paint.  Rustoleum!!! 

  If you have a choice in the colors I suggest getting Rustoleum....it covers so much better than the others I have tried. 

The color is Lagoon.

 I added some ruffles.  

12 to be exact measuring a little less than 2 inches across and the length was 2 yards. 

 I used a ruffle foot....or what ever you call it on my bernina sewing machine. 

 It went pretty fast.  

Then I hot glued it in place. 

 Last month for a Party my Ward Relief Society ( my Church group) needed some decor so I made some banners and connected them with these flowers.

  I had them hanging around so I added them to the lamp with pins.

Oh did I show you the table before and afters?

  I will once I can get the before picture off my phone...its not connecting.

  Probably because I never installed the software.  Maybe I will text it to my husband who then can send it since he has a smart phone and I dont.  :)

Hope you are getting ready to enjoy the summer.  I am ready to get a tan and enjoy lazy days at the pool.

thanks. xo
Heidi

Creamy Dresser...

                           BEFORE                                     AFTER

Once a Changing Table.Now a Fabulous, dresser/Entry Table/TV console.It's endless

I love the way this turned out.

  and to think I almost gave up on it months ago.

It has been sitting in my garage for over a year

(I'm a little emabarrassed)..

but i was pregnant at the time I  picked it up and lets just say

 "I wasnt in the mood to Re-do furniture"

(My baby is 18 months old. HA!)

ANd Now i am totally in the mood....so if this dresser doesnt get you in the mood......


maybe youre pregnant!  HA!   

lol!!!

  I am so glad my friend Brandy gave this to me (THANK YOU)....

She was going to donate it anyway so i saved her the trip. 

SO to Anyone out there that wants me to save them the trip. I will be straight over with the truck to take any furniture off your hands:)

I will give you the info on how I did this in a future post I just had to show you!

Ohhh and for those of you who entered my GIve Away I am almost to 100 followers!!! YAY.  so i will be drawing soon!

If you wanna enter more of Chick Hardware Jewelry Give Aways go to:

Ginnies Blog

Leslies Blog

Anges Blog

I will be linking this up!  Please check out my link page on the top of this or just click here to see where I PARTY!  and always Thanks for the link up Ladies!

xoxo,  heidi

Got the Time?

   and French CounTry Cottage, Petite Hermine, DIY home sweet home, Making the World Cuter, Sumos Sweet Stuff, Keeping it simple, Skip to my lou

For some Reason the pictures wont show on this Page?  ANy ideas?  I am a little frustrated.  I did a new post and it did the same thing! help!



So i had a problem for awhile but now i think its fixed...i hope.

A little bit of primer + paint and tah da!

I love the results!

Enter my GIveAwaY here

Project O.R.G.A.N.I.Z.E.

ENTER MY GiVeAwAy Here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is what inspired the Organization.

 I bought this for $15. 

I think that if your organization is cute and inspires you might just stay with it!

 So thats what i did got something not so Cute and made it mine!

 I have wanted one for a while and I am thrilled with the outcome!

 Starting to prime the wood with KILZ white water based paint.

 all primed and ready to paint!

I took it outside and spray painted it with dover white.

 I didnt want new hardware I just wanted to darken it.

To keep the stain on I had to spray the tops a little with metallic spray paint.

I took a putty knife and roughed it up a bit. 

I love how it looks!

its going in my office/treadmill room...i do want to change the red wall but for now its a great reminder of being brave 4 years ago when we built our home.

 BEFORE

AFTER

AFTER
You may be wondering why If everything else in the room is black why I painted it white?

 Well I loved all my black furniture when I painted it years ago...and I still like black but I want to change it up slowly.

  I am thinking of repainting my black desk to Grey.

hope this inspires you to do a little organizing!

xoxo,             heidi



thanks for the link up ladies!

Carseat Cover and a Peak into my life

Enter my GiVaWay Here!!!!!!!!!

I am sure most of you have seen these.

 I made this one a little over a year ago.

I remember beacause I finished it the night before I was Induced to have my baby girl. 
I am a little bit of a procrastinator some days.

YOu must know I have two sons ages 5 and 3.
My little girl was a complete surprise!

I was not expecting to be pregnant.  I had just given her brother his one year old birthday party when i found out the news.

You see...My sister has a family of 5 boys and so it is a miracle....well to me,
that I got a sweet baby girl.  So lets just say  I  WANTEd  PiNK!

Materials you need:

1 yard of non-directional fabric for the top layer
1 yard for the bottom Non- directional
4 yards pom-poms
sewing machine
matching thread
5 feet ribbon
scissors
seam ripper in case of accidents

The reason i say non-directional is because I used the width of the fabric, 45 inches which is the average width.   So make sure you buy enough yardage if you buy a fabric with a that you dont want sideways. Put the fronts facing eachother and sew together.  leaving a space 5 inches or so to turn right side out.  Then Iron it out. pulling out all the corners which i usually cut the triangle out of the corners. sew the seam shut.  Then i added the pom-poms.
Next i layed it on the carseat. to determine the area to put the ribbon to hold the cover off the babies face.  I would move it slightly off the center point.  Then i would sew the ribbon on and your done!

AVERY, One year old.  I made her little hat.

Just a few days old.  I had to share her with you!

9 month AVeRy

My mother crocheted the blanket on the rocker.

thought i would share with you my little girls room. 

I had all un-matched furniture. 

SO i painted it all to match the bedding.

  I re-upholstered the chair and ottoman. 

I also found different letters for her name, sprayed them the colors of her name and so on.

I will do a larger post in the future about her room.

thanks for the link up!

http://www.bluecricketdesign.net/