What a little paint can do...

Check out my latest find!  I bought these for $3.95 each at the GW!  They had details that I loved, but it was hard to look past the 8 coats of paint they were dressed in! 

Green = No!

White = Glorious! 

Office bookshelf makeover

What does two rolls of wrapping paper, one BFF, and a girl on a mission equal?  My new office bookshelves!  (Aside:  Surely I'm too old to use the term BFF, right?)

I spend so much time in my office that I grow bored with it very easily so it will forever be a work in progress.  I couldn't wait to share my latest update.  I wanted to brighten up my bookshelves with a little visual interest so I found a photo in a magazine that I loved and set out to copy it!  So, after shopping for weeks for the perfect wallpaper that was a style I liked and the correct width, turned out to be fruitless.  My sister suggested wrapping paper!  A few trips around town and I found the perfect paper.  It only took me a few hours, one BFF loaded with stimulating conversation AND the job was done!  Perfection!

Before: Boring...

 


After: Bookshelves Anew! 

Whatcha think?  My husband is mortified that this expensive piece of furniture is wrapped like a gift; however, I only used water soluable spray adhesive in the corners so it is completely removeable!  All that is left to do now is finding someone to translate this sentance for the cleaning people?  "Hernando, please do not get furniture polish on my wrapping paper?  LOL!

Simple Elegance

My sister and I recently found a new place to shop and it didn't take a second to become our favorite.  A consignment shop for home accessories!  The prices are amazing and with a little paint and creativity...you can transform things in an instant!  I bought this little urn that I just loved the shape of for $2.00.  I added the cameo from a broken braclet I had lying around...a few roses and you have...simple elegance!

Pretty huh?!

Family Photo Wall

A little bling to my tired photo frames really added a ton more visual interest.  It's amazing what a little ribbon and sequins can do! 

Its a party...Camping style!

For my son's 6th birthday, he REALLY wanted a camping theme.  This would be NO problem if his birthday was in say...July, but as fate would have it, he is a winter baby!  So, I set out to make his birthday wish of a "camping party" come true!  We are blessed to live in the south where the winter's are mild and the day turned out to be 55 degrees and sunny! 

This post features some of the highlites (the sun messed with my photos, but we were thankful to have it at our party!).

Goody bags...hobo style.  The kids loved them! 

A child-friendly buffet of the classics...hotdog, mac 'n cheese and lots of treats!

A Simple Camp Fire Cake!

Self-Serve Drink Station!

Child-proof Camp Fire (made from empty paper towel rolls and tissue paper)

Throw in a pop-up camper...and you have one happy little boy! 

Which makes for a SUPER happy Mom!

Organization and function…made pretty!

This little necessity in my house should really be called the “Mom, where is it? station”. After months of being asked, Mom where are the erasers…Mom do we have any pencils around here…I decided, despite my attempts to create lovely little areas for the kids to do their homework, they will always love sitting at the breakfast bar so they can be close to me. It is building memories in their little souls that we all share an after school snack of fresh baked chocolate chip cookies with milk and calmly and serenely do homework and share the exciting things we missed while apart…OPS! Waking up now…sorry, that was an episode of Leave it to Beaver I was recalling…LOL! Really its more like Mom…I doooooooooooooooon’t waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanna dooooooooooooo it! Why do we have to eat ahealthy snack?  Elise's Mom lets her eat candy after school.  UGH! God bless the teachers of America! I do NOT know how they do it!

So, back to the jars…I made these jars by crumbling white tissue paper and decoupaged them with Modge Podge. So love that stuff! I printed the numbers on the computer and decoupaged those on as well. Added a bit of ribbon for pizzazz and the necessities are neat and tidy, but available when the homework nightmare party begins!

What do you think?  BTW...Kids...the pencils are in jar number 1!  :)

Joshua's Surfer Bedroom

Surfs Up!

While out garage saleing last summer in one of the most fab neighborhoods in the outskirts of Atlanta, my sister and I came across some Pottery Barn Hawaiian-themed bedding. It was almost brand new for $35, with the sheets, bed skirt, shams and matching blanket! Insanity! I wasn't sure the theme I wanted for my son's room was surfing, but it all just sorta came together...and for next to nothing in the funds department. So, when we want to change it, we can! Stay tuned for a whole room reveal (after the cleaning people come today!). Here is a sneak preview of the artwork I made him...so simple a tutorial would be insulting to you all!  A ltitle paint, some letters and glue!