Ahhh don't ya just love a good find...It makes me soooo happy!!
I mean just a really "OMGosh, if I had stopped at that semi-yellowish light back there, I would have missed this!!".....awesome sorta finds!!!

Yep I'm happy.....

3 stinkin dollars...How sweet is that??
Oh sooo in love with Lowe's...is that wrong??
Mmmmm yummy yellow......

But wait there's more happy-happy-joy-joy!!

Lovin this blue!!! Like a minty yummy blueish-green...
Now I KNOW I need this for something and for 50 cents...Really, I'd have to turn in my crafting card if I didn't get this color too!!!

Sooo happy about my "finds" that I HAD to tell me hubby at least 3 times, while in line at Lowe's....as well as the cashier and lady who stands by the door and tells you bye...He totally gave me the "your a dork" look....but, I soooo don't care...cause I got paint for 3 DOLLARS and 50 CENTS!!!!

HELLO????


Sooo what to do.....what to do??

Got it!! A nasty gold picture frame that's just dying to become "butter squash"!!!

I've been looking for another color for our bedroom {it's black and white with a little ice blue} but I wanted another "wow" color and ladies and gents...I'm thinking this IS IT!!!

I will make this into something....I'm thinking a cute earring holder?? hmmm, I'll let ya know!!

LOVE LOVE this yellow!!

I'll shall find more items to become yellow...oh yes I shall!!!

I know, I know, my child's birthday was LAST month...but hey better late than never, right?? (umm, clearing throat..)

Okay...

For Brooklyn's birthday we went to the local Art Barn Studio where we were ready to create some stinkin cute projects!!!
My friend Hilary owns the Art Barn and it truly is amazing!! I love it!!

I went a little overboard with the whole cow theme...but it IS the Art "BARN"....

Here's our birthday girl and new adorable cow print dress!! And yes we are six.


Her cake was sooo awesome!!! It was the hit of the party, and sooo freakin good!!!


Here are a few more pics of the kiddos and their wonderful works of art!!!


I also made each kiddo a treat box, complete with candy, whoopee cushions,"cow" crayons and green notebook pads draw on..plus little extras too!!


All the kids had a blast making their "projects"...Brooklyn was sooo excited and definitely had the best birthday in 6 years...heehee

So my daughter is turning 15...yes FIFTEEN, tomorrow..and she was in desperate need of a new nightstand and since I can't stand buying "new" furniture, I went to the garage and Boo-yah!! I found this little baby just begging to be made-over!!!

Wowza...Okay first I removed the drawers and all the hardware. I had to prime the whole thing.

Now, I know I want to do something funky with the drawers, so I tape them off so I can paint them a different color.

I'm not so artsy in the drawing department so I grab some mod podge and some super cute zebra paper and got to work....

I put down a layer of the mod podge first....

Then I added my paper and I went over it with the mod podge (I heart this stuff) again, make sure to get all the bubbles out...(trust me I learned the hard way.)

Then I decided on a lime green paint color for her other drawer, as she loves green and has a lot of it in her room. But I'm also going to use it on the other drawer as well...

Now I get out my black paint (my favorite color)
Then my dd tells me she wants the top "chalkboard"
Seriously??...I decide to section it off, just a side square for her to write on, that way the whole top isn't covered in dust..

This definitely needs 2 coats of black paint and then 3 coats of chalkboard paint, just to make it even.

Now I took the drawers and painted the outer edges black...Then I painted some lime green on the top drawer to add some more funky to it and to tie in the green.... I pulled the tape off the green paint and it pulled some of the black paint off too...Soooo I decided to just go with it and make it look like zebra print..I kinda like the way it turned out...

But wait...I have a line of white where I painted the chalkboard and sectioned off the black paint..What to do?? Ahhh I got it, let me grab my trusty glue gun and some zebra ribbon...

And presto...It looks Fab-u-lous!!

I just added some glass knobs from Home Depot...and put the drawers in and we are in business!!!



She totally loves it and the fact that no one else has this nightstand!!! Were sooo original you know...heehee

Hope you enjoy and happy crafting my peeps!!!
XOXOXOXO

Sorry I've been absence lately, the horrible sickness has taken over here at Drama central...but I'm finally better and I've been working on some super cute projects and I promise to share.....
The nightstand for my {almost} 15 year old daughter is really close to being finished and I will post it and a couple other crafty projects in the next few days!!!!


Wanna Hint???

***lime green, black & zebra print***

Oooooo so adorable!!


XOXOXOXO

Texas Snow Day 2010....



The "100th" day of school, and all these "OLD" people showed up...



Me at the new "Cowboys" Stadium, with Mr.Aikman!!!

Soooo I'm thinking I need to REALLY start bloggin more, and since is it February and that was one of my New Years' resolutions...I figure I'd better get started. Better late than never my Momma always said!!

Oh what to blog about...hmmmm?? Then I was thinking I could do a cute little "how to" for ya!!

Okay so yesterday I was cleaning and trying to organize my dresser. I was really needing something to hang my hats on...Yes I LOVE hats...All kinds and I wear one at least once a week!!! But I've grown a collection of them and having hats hanging all over my dresser was just not working for me. So I head out to the garage to look around and found these!!!

Ahhhh JACKPOT!!! I knew these old shutters would come in handy....I got these at a garage sale {the whole stinkin box} for 5 bucks!! Such a deal!!! You can always find these at antique malls or garage sales and they are usually cheap. I picked out one, cleaned it off and got busy....

I took off all the hardware and any other screws or nails it had in it. I didn't need a primer as these were pretty rough already and only had one coat of white paint. I got some black paint from the local Home Depot and went to work....I used glossy black paint to match our bedroom.

After one coat it was waaaaay evident that it needed another coat....even after it was dry....Covering up that old white paint did take a 2nd coat. Also a few touch ups here and there, before it was completely covered.
But after the second coat it looked really good and was almost ready to hang on my wall. I let it dry overnight, then this morning I just hot glued a few painted close pins {painted the same black as the shutters} to it and holla....its finished!!!

I had hubby hang it on my wall and I now have a super cute hat rack that matches my decor in my bedroom and cost less than 10 bucks!!! Score!!! Plus I totally love it and now I'm thinking what else I could do with these cute shutters?????

hummmmm, I will defiantly let you know!!!


XOXOXOX