been outta town

So I have been outta town. No new projects so far. Finishing organizing my house, getting ready for baby, stay tuned, and I will be doing more soon! We will be moving soon, so lots more projects to come! STAY TUNED

30th birthday!

This birthday was for one of my best girlfriends! I was asked to help with the thirty-ith birthday party decor. I chose black white and grey.
The only supplies I used included:
-styrofoam balls
-paper
-ribbon
-balloons
-photos
-cupcake wrappers
-fishing line
-poster board
-foam board
-matches

30 birthday fortunes, quotes from her personal friends and family members, more wishes for her to discover after the party. Messages and inside jokes, and memories just for her!

Put in glass vases

 

 

 

Next, we created the pennants. I cut basic shapes, and used simple ribbon and tacky glue to adhere them to the ribbon. I made around 36 feet of pennants to reach around the kitchen.

The Styrofoam balls are covered in cupcake wrappers to look like flowers.

Thirty balloons in white to match decor

a cut out thirty, with thirty photos of her favorite I got from her husband

thirty photos, that make the number thirty

Next, the inition was for the party to be outdoors, but it got rained out. I wrapped wire around mason jars and added a candle for light when it got darker on the porch!

basic mason jars create a very crate and barrel outdoor effect I love

and big finally, a 30 spelled out with matches on a foam board

super cool effect

Details for Fisher's room decor, the details

I have been asked to show closer pictures of the little details in Fisher's room so here you go. 

part of mobile balloons

alligator window decor

wax paper stained glass, hung sideways to look like walking

Hippo covered cardboard boxes

changing table downstairs

different sizes, shapes, and construction themed pennants to frame room

mod referbed lamp

 

 

from storage boxes to room decor/personalized bins

Supllies: I took left over fabric, ribbon, hot glue gun, and an iron
We had old large plastic storage tubs, and added them to Fisher's room. So, I had to personalize them for him.

They are fun and playful and cute! 

A walk through Fisher's room

Initials on the door

bookshelf, organizations

crib, mobiles, lamps, letter pennants

border pennants

alligator window decals, mod (referb-ed) lamp, nursing chair

and half office

From cardboard daiper boxes to cute organizational pieces for the home

I hate throwing thing away, we are big into recycling. I had so many huggies diaper boxes. So, I decided to slowly buy up cheap baby boy fabric and cover the cardboard boxes. I needed affordable storage and we could not afford the baskets I liked, so I made them myself.
supplies: scissors, fabric, trim, hot glue, boxes.
I even gave some to my girlfriend as a gift box! these turned out great and make my house that much more unique.

I did some for fisher's room

I created some for my office

 and for Fisher's changing table

OUR newest addition, a mantel!

This is our newest addition to our family and I am sooo excited about a mantel, yes. . . folks. . . a mantel! (My hubs thinks that is sad). But living in military housing, where all the homes are boring, and bland! This mantel adds so much flare to the room! and I can now hang stockings at x-mas time! YES!
     I went to a antique mall, (honestly I thought it had gone out of business) it was now going out of business, which I hate to see. But, it was the weekend, so went in.
    Always go into places that are going out of business. I got this for super affordable price! $300 off! I only paid $50! It was from a Savannah home from 1918 that was being redone (which is sad!).
     I also bought a box of small antique bottles for $5, and an antique cribbage board (our family favorite game).
     I love the idea of having a mantel to decorate, to add festive holiday home decor. So this will be the series!
   It is definitely summer here. So I used couples portrait, photo of my son, and a marriage license at first, but it was missing something.

Next, I took my son on a "scavenger hunt", got flowers, berries, and funky shaped sticks! I filled a vase with sand, painted the sticks, and filled the small bottles with our treasure.

Last I added green long stem candles to tie the green together!

Then I sparatically placed some bottles around the mantel! and hung some of the twigs.

and voila! My beautiful mantel!  Our newest addition.

fathers day hamburger look alike cookies

I made these for my husband for fathers day! little hamburger look a like cookies
Supplies: betty crocker sugar cookie mix(buns),  york peppermint patties (burgers), white icing (mayo),  red icing (ketchup), sesame seeds (for top of buns).

We baked the cookies, they have to be small! 1" balls

I baked them about 5 minutes, because they were so small!  sprinkle the sesame seeds, no flavor, just for burger effect.

They should come out silver dollar sized

Then decorate, zig zag for ketchup, and cement york peppermint patties to the cookie buns.

and VOILA! Little burgers!

ENJOY!