Furniture make-over (Continued)

I ♥♥♥ the new duvet cover. My husband gave me a gift card to Anthropologie and I happend to find this on sale and had to have it! Now I need to make some pillow shams. I will be making these in the next few weeks.

Dresser, one of the screws broke on the new hardware...uh oh!



(Here is what it looked like before - ewwww)

And finally the chest.



I have never painted furniture. I have wanted to do this for years, but I have been too scared! When I saw the duvet cover, I knew right then I had to do it. I waited a day before I bought the duvet cover (I just couldn't get it out of my head). A few days later, I had the supplies and was dying to get started. I started on Thursday after work and finished Saturday evening. Some of it got rained on Thursday night...and then on Saturday, I had to hurry and get everything inside because there was a storm that brewed up out of nowhere.

Now we have decided we want to paint the room but I really don't want to do any more painting for a while. This project wore me out!!!!! I asked my husband to only help me get the bed outside for painting, I wanted to do the rest. He did help move the chest and dresser also, but I did all the priming and painting and installing the new hardware (he had to tighten some of the handles for me).

I followed instructions I found online for this project. Please visit Just a Girl blog. Her piece is amazing!!!! I can't wait to take some pics in the day time...I think they will look better than the ones I took tonight.

Furniture make-over

I am in the process of painting my bedroom furniture. It is a lot more work than I thought it was going to be...but will be worth the end result. I am currently taking a break and I thought I would share a picture with you. The black shows every imperfection in the furniture...so we may have some sanding to do but this is the initial cut. I still have a nightstand, bed, chest and dresser to paint! whew!

Smash Books

I wish I would have come up with the term "Smash Book" - take something that is already invented (a journal) and reinvent it...brilliant. Now, what can we reinvent??? With the shuttle program coming to an end soon, I may need a job soon...

This is meant to be funny...

kind of...

:-)

BTW, I have a journal I bought at HL and I have been really wanting to use it for something, but I have no idea what for and I just might use it to journal my life for 2011.

Master bedroom makeover

In 2009 I posted a pic of the framed art I did for our master bedroom. See it here: Bedroom Art

Today, I bought this duvet cover. I bought one in an off-white color. (It was on clearance at our local store and I had a gift card, wahhhoooo!)

My husband agreed before I bought the duvet cover, he will help me get our bed disassembled and outside so I can paint it black. I have been wanting to do this for years...and I am soooo excited to get this project started and completed. I think it is going to look incredible.

Here is the inspiration for our room. Our headboard is shaped like this...but more definite. It reminds me of a puzzle piece. My mom bought it for me when I lived at home and I have never liked the headboard, however, I think once it is painted black I will love it! I have 2 nightstands, a chest, a dresser and the bed to paint. It might take me a while to get it finished.

Happy Birthday Sister!!!

Supplies:

Cricut Imagine
Hoot 'n' Holler cart
Elise cart
Audrey cart
Ribbon
Mini round gems
Prima flower
Adhesive
cardstock/pattern paper
Copic marker
Cuttlebug
Cuttlebug embossing folder

It is my sister's birthday tomorrow (we are about 15 1/2 years apart) , so I thought I would make a little card for her. I wanted this card to be different than something I would normally make so I used an odd shape and mismatched the colors a bit.

Back in the 70s, I think she liked owls...so I went with it. I used my Imagine to create this card. The paper is Amy Butler double sided paperstack. The card base is from Storybook (it is not a card but I folded it in half and made it a card). The owl is from Hoot 'n' Holler. I used my Imagine to print the pattern paper (used for the owl). The pattern carts I used are Elise and Audrey. I used a CB embossing folder to negative emboss the sentiment paper. A Copic marker to color in the pupils was the way to go.

I struggled with this card a bit but I am happy with the result. I like doing things a little different...you never know what you will come up with.

Thanks to my hubby for his wallet!

I bought some new clothes tonight...thanks to my husband! I told him I needed his credit card to order some clothes and he came back with his wallet! I did save him 5% for being a black card member and 10% by searching for a coupon code. I also deleted a shirt I had in my shopping cart...because I am that nice!

Thanks Old Town, I ♥ ya!!!!

My favorite place to shop!!! - White House Black Market

Child Apron

Child Apron

White scallop (heat set vinyl)

"C" before it is set

Another pic of "C" before it is set


Teflon to protect material and vinyl from the heat of the iron


The end!

I used white heat set vinyl from http://www.vinylsuperstore.com/ and smooth pink heat set vinyl made by Silhouette. The apron was purchased at Hobby Lobby. I added ribbon to the two straps.

Wouldn't this make a cute dress??? If only I could sew.

Atlee's Bag

Our friends just moved back from FL, so the kids and I went to Barnes and Noble, picked up a couple of books, a stuffed animal and also included a note pad, pens and a neat glow stick as Atlee's welcome back gift. Atlee is 7 and is the most amazing kid you could ever meet...I just love her! I only had a few minutes to whip this together before we were going over to see their new house - or I would have added more to the bag.

For this project, I used heat set vinyl and my Silhouette SD.

Show my Husband some L♥ve!

Show my hubby some l♥ve and leave comments on his VERY new blog!!!!

Here are some of the things he cooked for us while we were without power for a week.

http://oldtowncanoegrill.blogspot.com/2011/05/menu-ala-tornado.html

He cooked the most awesome ribeyes THIS weekend, his cooking keeps getting better and better! In the past I never knew if what he prepared was going to be good or just ok...now everything is soooooooooooooooooooooo yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cathedral Caverns

A friend we played with while we waited for our tour.

Tom and Huck (the movie) was filmed here and this is where they came out of the tunnel...I haven't seen the movie but I am going to ASAP.


Cool picture taken on the tour.

This is the opening to the cave, have you ever seen anything like this? Over 100 ft wide!

We visited Cathedral Caverns today with some friends. It was such an awesome experience. They offer an extended tour - it requires long pants and boots, it involves walking a tight path that is only about 20 inches wide, climbing rocks, and even crawling through a 7 foot tunnel... we are soooooo going to do it!!!!!!!!!!! It takes about 5 hours but the view is supposed to be even more awesome than what we saw today.

Not sure I will actually "scrapbook" this experience but I may do a layout of my husband folding laundry today...HAHAHAHA!!!! (I really did take pics of him folding laundry!!!)

Framed art for Madelyn

When my friend Audra had her baby girl, I made these for the nursery. Madelyn is 3 now and has a big girl bed which means new bedding so time to update Madelyn's framed art.

Here is the new bedding.




Here is what I have so far.

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I found these fabric yo-yos at Hobby lobby. They are 4.99 and there are 10 in each pack. This particular pack is called "Funky". I used the Swiss Dots CB embossing folder for the background. This one is my favorite so far.

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To make this butterfly, I took a picture of the lamp shade cover, printed it on photo paper then cut it out. I added fabric for the butterly body and to the bottom of the dry embossed cardstock.

Tweet Shirt - Revisited

You guys remember this shirt, when I posted it originally, it was all pink with no wording??? I found a lady on eBay who sells heat set vinyl by the sheet. It works soooooo much better than the Silhouette Heat Set Vinyl (remember my frustration when I tried ironing the bird on the shirt originally?). This vinyl takes 20 seconds to set!!!! I couldn't believe it!

I found the adhesive backed rhinestones at Hobby Lobby. They were really easy to iron on.

Can hardly wait until tomorrow when my daughter gets home from Grandma's house. I think she will be happy with the results. It will be a surprise!!!!

Chalkboard vinyl

WOW, I found sticky back chalkboard roll at Michael's tonight. I can't wait to find a project for this!!! It looks like chalkboard vinyl, I will let you know when I have had a chance to play with it.

It is 14" x 59" and cost 4.99 if I am not mistaken....(I know it was 4 something).

Owl Baby Card

I have another friend who is having a baby soon. :-)

I used my Silhouette to cut the circle card. Then I cut the scallops using pattern paper. I used my Imagine to cut the owl from Hoot N Holler. I used an owl stamp for the eyes. I cut strips of ribbon, folded them in half then taped them around the edge of the scallop. I used prima flowers for the owl wings.

Owl card

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Supplies:

Ribbon
Buttons (and thread)
Cuttlebug
Cuttlebug Embossing folders
Pattern Paper
Cardstock
Adhesive (always!)
Cricut (any)
Hoot N Holler cart
Silhouette (to cut the card with the scallop and decorative edge with extra crease at top of card)


I have 2 pregnant sorority sisters. Since our icon is an owl, I made this card for one of the girls. I L♥ve the pattern paper I used. I think I purchased it at Hobby Lobby - I have been waiting for an opportunity to use it. Lots of 3D on this project. I cut the scallop in the middle and added pop dots to add dimension. I also used pop dots under the owl. I used ribbon for the owl wings and buttons for the eyes. I dry embossed the background orange paper.

I added an extra crease at the top to add even more dimension.

Thanks for looking!!!!

Flower Card

I made the flower using fabric. There are 6 layers of petals. I used Heat N Bond on the back so I could cut it with my machine. When they were all cut, I ironed the edges to add texture to the flower. This is one of my favorite projects. The card is Ok, but I love the flower!!! The pattern paper behind the green paper was printed and cut on my Imagine. I had a really hard time getting a good pic b/c I am in a hurry, time to go to Hobby Lobby!!!

Thanks for looking, see you later!

Shirts

I used heat transfer vinyl for this project. I had a hard time getting the vinyl to adhere to the cotton t-shirts. My husband came to the rescue only to get frustrated and walk away...and he is a very calm even tempered person. If anyone has any tips, I would greatly appreciate the advice.

When we decide what beach we are going to this summer, I plan to cut out that city and put above the top of the whale...I did this a few years ago with freezer paper and paint. The kids loved those shirts.

I hope to get some adhesive backed stones to add to my daughters shirt.

Blue and Pink are the only colors of heat set vinyl I have. I ordered 3 more colors from eBay tonight.

This was such a fun and rewarding project when I finally got the images ironed on the shirts. The kids were soooo excited.

Cricut-tastic

Thank you Audrey for thinking of me, you are such a sweet scrapper and I am so happy to see you back posting regularly. Everyone check her out...she has a really neat blog!

To accept this award I must provide five (5) Cricut related things regarding myself:

1. I have a love hate relationship with my Imagine. At first I had a lot of problems with it and my husband almost threw it in the trash because it made me a very unhappy scrapper. Now it is working much better, yay!!!!!!!

2. I was inspired by Staci to buy Imagine pattern carts, which I thought I would never buy. They are so much fun to use, wish I had bought them sooner.

3. I have a Gypsy but I find it easier to work with DS for most projects.

4. I owned a baby bug when they first came out.

5. I have an Expression and I just lent it to a friend who doesn't scrapbook, but hopefully soon she will be a scrapper. :-)

Now I have to pass on to 5 lovely ladies:

1. Tanya
2. Staci
3. Linda
4. and 5. I am passing it on to all you Cricut Scrappers out there!!!!

Sugarland Contest

Sugarland is having a contest. Here are the rules...http://sugarlandmusic.com/news/33323

"The CMA Music Festival turns 40 this year (it doesn't look a day over 23), and we want YOUR help to wish them a happy birthday!

From now through May 17th, we're looking for the very best Sugarland-themed birthday cards honoring the CMA Music Fest's 40th. The cards can be over-the-top crazy, or sleek and modern; they can look professional, or you can make yours with crayons and glitter glue. If you can dream it -- and take a picture of it -- you can do it! The only rule is that it has to somehow involve Sugarland, since you're helping us show them the love. Otherwise, the sky's the limit."

Here is my entry...

Front of card

Inside card



3-D

I tried to use my Cricut for this project but the Silhouette (SIL) made this so much easier since I needed to print and cut. I used the CMA Music Fest as my inspiration for the front of the card. I made it from scratch using back shapes and fonts. For the inside of the card, I used Sugarland as my inspiration. "Love" is from the flag Jennifer paints at their concerts. "Sugarland" is from their website. The heart with wings is an icon of Sugarland and also a tattoo Jennifer has on her right arm (but it is kind of hidden).

I have to admit, this project took me days to create. Mostly because of technical issues with my printer and I am still new to the SIL...the hardest part was getting 2011 CMA cut out with the border on it.

Roar!

My husband and I were looking for something to do together...so we decided to make 3D dinosaurs. For this project, I used my Silhouette (SIL). I bought the template from SIL for .99. When the kids saw these the next day, they LOVED them and wanted some of their own. We need to add faces but this was a fun project for us to do together. I won't tell you who got his/hers built first! haha How awesome is this 3D project????

Audrey Imagine Cart

Stacy at http://lovethatbug.blogspot.com/2011/05/ebay-is-good.html posted about her finds on eBay so I followed her lead and bought some new Imagine carts. I have never been interested in the pattern carts but since they are so cheap on eBay I thought I would try out a few.

I previously had made a chore chart - more like a flip chart but it accidentally got thrown away before we ever used it. I thought it might be easier to use the Imagine pattern cart with the Chore Chart cart - and WOW it is!!!!

All the paper used for this project started out as white cardstock. I used the patterns to fill in the basic shapes and images. The only thing that is not created by the Imagine is the bug - it is a Cuttlekids die cut. I am going to use it for my Scrapbooking CHORE, hahaha!!!

In the picture there is homework, brush teeth, reading time, bed time and scrapbooking time. I am not finished but wanted to show you my idea.

John Stamos! What!!!!

http://www.waff.com/global/Category.asp?C=195953&autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=5849251

John Stamos was within a 1/2 mile of my house and I didn't even know it!!!!!!!!!!!! It's probably a good thing...haha

In all seriousness, it's hard to believe he was here with the Beach Boys, in Harvest AL touring the damage. For the kids at that school, I know it was an awesome experience and I am sooo happy for them. My nephew posted on Facebook that he has played the drums John plays in the video. ;-)

You guys remember John Stamos from General Hospital??? Looks like he just gets better with age!

Owl card - Cricut Imagine Working Again!

I finally got brave and brought out the Imagine again, spent an afternoon and the next morning updating my Imagine and Gypsy. I printed the pattern paper on this card with the Nursery Tails cart as well as the Owl. The owl is from Hoot N Holler. I like printing card sentiments on cardstock and then cut them out and put on the card but my laptop doesn't like our printer so most days it will not print. With so much going on, I just was unable to put a sentiment on the front...it's what we wrote on the inside that matters. ;-)

I used a prima flower petal as the nose. It is 3D...sooo cute!

Thanks for looking!

Tea Cup

I made this tea cup using a silhouette file. I ran out of time so not much embellishing, but I love this paper. It has birds on it..bought it at Hobby Lobby.

Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day ladies, hope you have a great day!!!

Supplies:
Silhouette
Silhouette Heat Transfer Material
Brad
Ribbon
Prima flowers

I used an owl I had in my Silhouette Studio. I removed the print and just had the outline left. I add flowers for the owl's eyes and created the triangle nose by connecting 3 lines. Once it was done cutting, I ironed it onto the bag.

Next, I added the ribbon. Lastly, I added the prima flowers with a brad center.

I gave it to my Mom tonight and she loved it. She wants me to make one for her friend. Instead of an owl, she wants a horse (just the face) and she wants it to say "Facelift" because her friend was going to get a facelift but instead she bought a truck and 5th wheel. On the front of her truck, she has a tag with a horse face on it with "Facelift" on the top of the tag.

Cups + Vinyl

I made these cups for presents. The ladybug one is for my friend Audra...she loves ladybugs! The second one is for my mom...I put "Mom" on the front and a bird on the back. I read you have to use outdoor vinyl vs the indoor vinyl. So I bought 4 colors yesterday.

I have not been able to find any clear cups but I have only looked at 2 places since everything here has been closed for a week.

I'm back!!!!!!!!!!

Hey guys - I am back!!!!!

What a crazy week it has been. No home phone, no electricity and no cell phone coverage for a couple of days. We have a generator, so that was very helpful. I felt guilty, knowing people sooo close to me were sifting through what was left.

The storm:
I felt like a storm chaser trying to get home before the first storm hit. We literally were running out of the school to get in our car and race home. As soon as we got home, we had to take the first safe place we could find. I sat and listened as it sounded like the roof was being pulled off my house, but it eventually got louder and louder and I knew it was hail...I was so thankful to hear that sound. We spent much of a 6- 7 hour period in our safe zone. The tornadoes kept coming, one after another and another. 2 came through our neighborhood, an EF5 and an EF2. I heard the EF5 - it sounded just like everyone says, a train.

I don't have pics of my area downloaded yet...but here are some pics of my family's property. We are all sooo happy no one we know was hurt. All the damaged property can be replaced...just going to take time to get it done.

This used to be a 50 x 90 ft shed. These are some old cars my dad wanted to give to his kids...now they are going to the junkyard. There are 2 Cadillacs, an El Camino, an old Impala (supposed to be mine) and his old farm truck.

This is a pic of a picnic area my dad built beside their house after he retired.

This is my sister in laws house. (she was married to my brother who passed away from a VERY short battle with cancer)...thank goodness she and the kids had just left the house before the tornado hit. The house will be bulldozed and rebuilt. It doesn't look so bad in the picture but almost everything inside was pretty much destroyed. Some of the rooms had everything thrown around everywhere you couldn't even walk in them.

Always take warnings seriously and take your safe place!