Decoupage Tray

I have one last decoupage project to share with you this month.  I decoupaged this tray  awhile back but haven’t posted about it until now.  As all decoupage projects tend to be, this is a really easy project that can be customized to someone’s personal taste.  First, I bought a wooden tray.  Most all craft stores have them for around $5.  I got lucky and found one at Goodwill for $2.   Secondly, I painted...

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Decoupaged $5 Goodwill Table

I’ve shown you a lot of decoupage projects lately, so I thought I’d show you another one that I did years ago.  When I got my first apartment, my entire apartment was furnished from thrift stores.  Here’s how I turned an ugly side table into a usable piece for that apartment.First, I bought a random $5 table from Goodwill that met the size requirements I was looking for.  Then, I painted the table black.  Once the table was dry,...

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4 Pasta Canisters from Recylcled Target Containers for $4

As I’ve mentioned in previous blog post, I’ve been attempting to reorganize the pantry. In addition to storage items that I already had, such as a few Ikea canisters and a collection of wicker baskets, I recently added the following to meet the storage needs in the pantry:  glass containers that I purchased at Hobby Lobby when glassware was half off in the weekly ad, a few recycled Target containers that I used for storing pasta and my DIY ...

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A Birthday With the Hubs

So I turned twenty-eight today.  That’s just two years away from the big 3-0….yikes, I’m gettin’ old!  Actually, twenty-eight doesn’t feel too bad.  I think I may think differently when I leave my twenties and enter my thirties.My darling husband always says that he gets screwed, because my birthday is just five days after Valentine’s Day.  I have little sympathy for him.  I figure he can just get two big days of the year...

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My Valentine's Day

Since Valentine’s Day fell on a Tuesday this year, it made it a little difficult for Matt to plan something special for the two of us.  Tuesday is my late night at work, and I don’t get off until 6:30.  Taking that into consideration, Matt decided to make dinner for the two of us and dine in this Valentine’s Day.Knowing that the hubs was going to be cooking dinner for us, I decided to pre-make chocolate covered strawberries………….and red...

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The Vow ~ Book and Movie Review

          Due to today being Valentine’s day, I thought that I would write a post about the popular book and movie, The Vow.   After reading the book last week, I went to see the movie this past weekend.  So without further ado, here’s my opinion of both the book and the movie……Source         The Vow, written by Kim and Krickett Carpenter, tells an...

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One Year of Blogging.....

                      It’s hard to believe that I started this journey of blogging just one year ago.  It seems like only a few weeks ago I was writing my very first blog post.  When I decided that I wanted to start this journey, I didn’t even know how to begin, so I did what anyone in this generation would do when looking for a “how to” of something…....I Googled it.  By Googling  “how to start a blog”,  I discovered Blogger. ...

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My Vintage Dress Form

            I love the look of a vintage dress form!  After looking for a reasonably priced one for our master bedroom, I soon realized that it was going to be difficult to find one for under $50.   You can imagine my excitement when I stumbled across one for twenty bucks in the 2011 holiday  edition of the Lakeside Collection catalog!  Unfortunately, Matt had just lost...

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Quiet Strength Book Review

                        I read my second book of the year, Quiet Strength,  last week.  I found it fitting considering all of the Super Bowl hype we've had here in Indy over the past few weeks.  I purchased my hardback edition at a garage sale this past summer for a buck.  After setting it aside in a pile of books,...

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February 1.....

                      February 1….how can it be?  One month of 2012 is already gone.  Seriously, where does the time go?  Winter is almost over, and before we know it spring will be here.  Although, around here it has surprisingly felt like spring for most of this winter, considering our abnormally mild temperatures.  I hope that doesn’t mean that it will feel like winter when spring arrives.  Sadly, that wouldn’t...

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