Shabby Chic Side Table

With the kiddies back in school I have been able to spend alot more time working on projects that have been sitting in the garage all summer long.  With each piece being done I am excited to see how they turn out and my husband is excited to see his garage getting emptier by the day.

This little beauty was something I stumbled upon which had seen better days and had a few water marks on it.  Nothing a little paint couldn't fix. 

I love this piece so much I am tempted to keep it for myself but I think my hubby would disagree.  

Can't wait to show you some of my upcoming Furniture Re-do's 

Refinished Kitchen Chairs

There just isn't anything better to me than taking a piece of furniture that most wouldn't even take a second look at and making it new again.  

I am lucky enough that I have lots of people who keep an eye opened for some good finds and I was lucky when my Mom found me these chairs. 

They had definitely seen better days but they were a good quality and sturdy chair. 

While I have made homemade Chalk Paint before I had never used the real stuff and after having used it I don't know if I could go back to the homemade stuff again.  

After a couple coats of paint and a little distressing I added some new fabric to the seats to finish it off. 

Wouldn't have even guessed it was the same chair.  I was really happy with how this turned out and the ease of the Chalk Paint. 

With school back in this week I am hoping to have many more projects to share with you as I will have a little more time on my hands. 

Wood Wall Art

While re-vamping the main floor of our house is fun and I love seeing the finished product, my walls are a little bare and my vision doesn't seem to match anything that is in the stores. So it was time to create something for this very bare wall, I headed to the good old internet for inspiration and came across this blog post from 

Shanty 2 Chic and I was inspired. 

I wanted to add a variety of colors to mine so stained some and then I painted some as well.  I think the hardest part of this project was finding 1x3's for the frame really who would have thought 3 local hardware stores and none of them had it.  I was lucky that I had some old barn wood stashed away that worked perfectly for this.  

And the search is on to get my other walls filled up with artwork. 

School Memory Books

With the new school year fast approaching and everyone is gearing up, I know how many projects come home and all those special arts and crafts.  For years I would store some away and ever so discretely put some in the garbage hoping that the kids wouldn't fine them before the garbage man came.  It is really hard to throw away all their hard work but seriously there just isn't enough room for everything.  I like most moms started with a filing system which of course will keep it organized but how realistic will it be that our kids will look back on it.  

Throughout the summer I worked really hard at scanning a ton of papers. Between my three children it worked out to 10 years of school projects and work and trust me doing it all is a big undertaking.  But I would have to say it was all worth it.  Plus once they were all scanned I could throw them all out without any guilt.  Then came the fun part creating the books. 

There are a ton of companies out there that you can do an online books the one I happen to use is Shutterfly.  My kids love getting the orange package in the mail and can't wait to see who's book it is. 

Once I have all of the images scanned into my computer I can start processing them into the Shutterfly website.  I use this company to make all of my family photo albums as well and one of the features I love about this company is that all the pictures and books are saved so if something ever happens that you loose or your books are ruined you can simply re-order the book. 

Since I am completely caught up with my kids books I can start the year off fresh and scan projects as they come in instead of the hefty mountain of papers that I just went through. 

Just a sample of some of the books that have been done but trust me there are many more.  

All opinions are 100% mine and I was not sponsored by Shutterfly just a mom trying to make life easier.

Pinkalicious Birthday Cake

With all the boys in my house pink girly cakes don't happen very often so when my friend asked me to make her 4 year old daughters cake I was excited to do it. 

The request was for a Pinkalicious birthday cake, which to me was flowers and a cute cupcake to finish off the top.

Such a fun cake to do and the little birthday girl was happy when I showed up at the house with it. 

Mellow Yellow Coffee Table

Oh my gosh summer break is only a few short weeks away and I haven't gotten a whole lot of projects done.  So I guess that mean we have been doing exactly what we are supposed to.  Relaxing at the beach, camping, going to the park and much more.  I was able to fit in a project though and isn't she cute. 

I found this little retro table and with a coat of paint she has been brought back to life.  

A nice bright color with a stenciled boarder and she has been transformed into a sleek little unit. 

Nana's Garden Sign

Well after a fabulous long weekend of camping, family, dirt biking I am back and feeling like I need to get back into the swing of things and start creating and getting some of my to-do list done.  

A while back my Sister In-law asked me if I would do up a sign for her moms birthday and of course I was happy to.  

I love making signs for me they are just a finishing touch for an outdoor space and how cute does it look in those beautiful flowers of hers.

This week I have twice lucky as I have been featured by two wonderful blogs.

Jill @ Two Yellow Birds Decor featured my Shabby Chic Wedding Cake 

Also Angie @ Knick Of Time featured my Shabby Chic Wedding Decor


I hope you are having a great week, hope to see you back soon.