Grow Babies Grow!!!

I love finding little projects both my kids can enjoy together. Joe is 8 and Jenna is almost 4 and their interests are very different so it can be a challenge. My girlfriend picked the seed packets all up from Home Depot for the kids back in the spring. The other day I found those cute white mini pots in the basement and thought this would make a great project for them.
They loved it! Then they were bored!  we need longer projects.......humph!

The Almost Master Bedroom

It's still not done, it needs to be polished and shined up a bit but for now I love it! it is so soothing and calm and comfy. When we first moved in (January 2006) this was just an finished attic that we made into a very plane and simple guest room. It was also a dumping ground at times. Then when our son turned 4 we decided to make it into a fun under the sea/SpongeBob room. It was adorable and very cool! But he HATED sleeping up there alone and eventually found his way back to his old room in the main level across from us.

Then we got our little Jenna and she needed a room and off we went switching rooms AGAIN! Keith and I took the SpongeBob room (((groan)))) Jenna got Joey’s room and Joey was moved into the master bedroom. We worked to pretty up both the kids rooms and never even bothered with our own. If I could give one piece of advice when moving into a place or deciding on what rooms to take care of, Make the master bedroom a priority!! I can't stress that enough. You don’t think it matters until you finally do it and the feeling of peace and serenity are overwhelming, then you realize how important it is.

Ok so anyway, this is what we have done so far………… we still need to install a clothing system for me, do some more painting, add an mock headboard, refinsh an old chair I have and some other odds and end but for now it is wayyyyy better then Mr SquarePants. Oh and notice I didn't even make the bed!! That is how we roll...

This was a fun little project I did with some decorative screening from Home Depot and an old white frame.

Pottery Barn Copy Cat Chandelier

The look I was going for:

I modernized my chandelier a few months back but the globes were so yellow and boring, it really irked me.

 I have always loved seeded glass but didn’t even think to try the globes from Home Depot or Lowes, I stupidly assumed they just wouldn’t fit.  Boy was I wrong!

I cleaned the fixture took all the old globes down replaced all the bulbs so they matched and painstakingly screwed the rings back into place and I was in love! For about 30 seconds.

It wasn't exactly what the Pottery Barn fixture was but it was close enough and I was fine with it. Then my incredibly brilliant 8 year old says," mom come down off the ladder and look at it, it doesn't look good, what are those white things showing?" ahhh what a smart boy!! Ok so off with the rings, off with the bulbs and off with the globes. I had some paint that was similar to an ORB look so I painted all the sockets  and viola!!! NOW it looks awesome!!! NOW I am in luuuuurve!! I am sure I would have noticed it as soon as I stepped down (or maybe not lol) But I was thrilled he had such a good eye and caught that before I wrapped it up.

 And just for the record this is MUCH prettier in person :)

I Heart Chalk Board Paint

When I get an idea in my head it festers and grows and until I play that idea out it literally eats at my brain cells (maybe that is my problem!) Anyway….
I wanted to copy an art caddy that Jen did for her boys on I Heart Organizing, http://tinyurl.com/jencaddy
I even ventured to two Targets for the exact caddy but no luck..boohoo! I did find another cute alternative in Home Goods though. It was all white and I thought I could paint the front with chalk board paint to make it look a little cutsier and fill it with art supplies. I think it came out pretty cute and my little one especially seams to like it. I keep it right on the kitchen table so the kids can get to it as they please.

Then I had picked up these adorable plastic caddies from Target for a buck each!  I wasn’t sure what I was going to use them for but I knew I would find something lol

I not so neatly taped off a patch in front of each and went at it again with my chalk board paint. So now the bubbles play doh and chalk each have a home. Let me tell you the kids love them and they are still nice and neat!

The only issue that arose was that my husband wanted to know if I possibly could have thought of a different name for the bubble caddy lol hehehehe  what fun would that have been???

My last chalk board paint project for the night was to add a writable label to my coolers. I have to tell you hubby was not thrilled I did this to our 3 brand new coolers. But how cool to be able to not only label your coolers with the words, ice, beer,  lemons/limes, soda, etc. but when you go to a bbq or picnic you can put your last name on it and never worry about someone else grabbing it by mistake! I thought this was genius! He’s still not sold on it though :)

Eggstra Easter Decor Craft...

I believe I stole this idea from a link on Thrifty Decor Chic. I had the eggs and the plate already and the letters were 40% off at Michaels so I threw this together in just a few short minutes. Not one of my favs but I thought it was cute enough to post about.





See Ya Soft Scrub HELLOooooo Scour Off!!!

Every time I try another Shaklee product I am in awe and left wondering why I haven't ever heard of this company before!

Our glass top stove gets really nasty burn rings on the top. Getting them off was such a pain in the butt that I often just wash down the glass,Windex it, and ignore the stains. Which doesn't work so well when you are anal like I am....

Then I got my Scour Off from Shaklee and with very high expectations I went to work on my stove top. First of all the smell when you open the jar is just yummy, since it contains cherry pits, it smells like them too! 

So I wet my green scrubby pad and added a little extra water and scooped some of this magic paste out.

This was all I needed for the whole top, I think I could have even used less but this was my first time and I have to admit getting used to using less with Shaklee is not always easy! I am so used to needing large amounts of cleaning products to get the job done! Anyway, I scrubbed the entire glass top with very little effort, wiped it down with water to rinse it and my oh my...... Mamma's high expectations were met! The glass was gleaming and of course since I couldn't leave well enough alone I took out my Shaklee glass cleaner and gave it a nice shine.

Caaaleeeeaan!!!! Ahhhhh.......

I am so please I made the big switch to Shaklee, Toni from A Bowl Full of Lemons has been so helpful in getting me started and you can purchase right from her! http://abowlfulloflemons.blogspot.com/ 

Here is a little more info on the Scour Off I used, right from their website:

Natural ingredients remove the toughest dried-on splatters and spills, burned-on grease, baked-on food, and sticky messes without hazardous chemicals or toxic fumes.

Scour Off is made from natural mineral abrasives and biodegradable cleaning agents. It does not contain chlorine, bleach, or dye.

Scour Off gently removes stains other cleansers can't and is great for cleaning tubs, ovens, sinks, and tiles.

It will even remove rust, and is great for cleaning these surfaces: copper, grout, cement, ceramic, and imitation marble.

"Like you mommy?" Mommy Make Up!!

I saw this done with felt in a magazine and I knew my smart little munchkin would never fall for it but I also knew she would love the idea since she is totally enamoured by my make up. I was even going to try and glue paint and fill the trays to let them harden but alas I am wayyyy to lazy for such a long project so I scrapped the whole thing. Then while cleaning up one of our many art supply drawers I found a small square scrap of foam and immediately though of my long lost project! ;-)

So here it is, make up like mommy! even Keith was fooled by it lol

First I grabbed some old empty or almost empty compacts, and scrapped all the make up out of them. Then I washed and scrubbed them squeaky clean.

Unfortunately, Michaels didn't have a huge selection of color with the foam so I grabbed what I thought would work.

To cut them to size I pressed the foam into the molds then cut out the shape.

Some colors had self adhesive on the back already and for the others I just put a thin layer of glue in the tray and pushed the foam into place and voila!!!

I even got a little fancy with two colors

And here is the finished collection :) I think she will love it!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!!!

Heather