Oh, Lil' Birdie ... You're so Cute

If your anything like me, you love cute stuff.

While out junkin' Saturday, I found this lil' cutie for $1.50.

I have such a thing for lil' birdies.

Originally it was a candle holder but 

I saw it as something totally different.

I started my lil' makeover by drawing a circle,

using a bowl, onto a leftover piece of dropcloth.

After cutting it out, I did a "quick" stitch

Then stuffed with stuffing

 To finish it, all I had to do was hot glue it next to my lil' birdie.

Now it's ready for my needles ...

Just a side note, I love when I get these in the mail ...

What about you?

I'm linking to

The Shabby Chic Cottage

I Put That to Bed

Howdy ! How's your weekend going?
I received SO many nice comments on Kricket's
bedroom that today I thought I would share

with you my Master Bedroom.

It starts with my bed, doesn't it always?

Actually, it starts with the re-finishing of my bed.

Here it is before

Not bad, right? It's a queen pine sleigh bed.

Solid ... beautiful. 

I have always loved this bed but I really wanted to lighten our bedroom.

I guess re-doing Monkey's room made me want something more serene.

So, I started as I do all my furniture re-dos ... priming.

Then came 2 coats of paint ... 

After some distressing, then glazing with Ralph Lauren's Glaze

in Tobacco, the bed is complete. LUUVE IT !!!!

Before I show you the bed dressed, 

I wanna show you something I found for free on the side of the road ...

A coffee table. Interesting, huh?

Now, why would I show you this now?

Because it ended up going here ... above my bed.

Cute, no? 

I found the garland at Goodwill.  Turned it into a wreath.

I think I'm gonna do a "drunk man's" paint job on the board

with some white, gray and blue paint to lighten it up.

But I still like how it fills the space.

Now, onto the bed ...

(action shot, Vixen decided he HAD to be in the pictures)

Some Sweet Eye Candy

I'm a bad blogger, a bad bad blogger ...

I forgot to take before pictures of my daughter's bedroom : (

Now that it's done, I wish I had.

I DID however take some before pictures

of the items I refinished : )

Her room went from Hello Kitty Pink

(and I mean PINK) with 1 white wall

and a mod-podge of furniture.

NOTHING matched.

Let's take a look shall we?

(A lil' photo heavy - sorry but it's darn pretty)

I started with her door ....

 

Then ...

Imagine the wall the bed is on was HK Pink, the bed was black

and ALL the her bedding was Princess's with frogs.

Now her bed is a soft Cream thanks to

Krylon's Satin Ivory.

I made these pillows from baby blankets.

The shelf above the bed is from Pottery Barn that I found at Goodwill

I like that it was the perfect color

Remember this lil' table I rescued off Craigslist?

You can read about that here

I painted the picture and got the print from Graphics Fairy

An adorable tassel I made for her ...

The mirror looks so much better in Ivory

here's the before

A simple peg board I covered with left over fabric that matched her bedding

I made the tacks by hot gluing flowers on flat head tacks.

This is her dirty laundry hamper

I love her desk. Here's it is before, not eye candy ...

And now ... CANDY !!!

The chalkboard "use to be" a mirror

And then there's her bookcase. Which looked like this ...

Now looks like this ... Doesn't even look like the same bookcase, huh?

I made this little sign ... thought it was perfect for her

Thanks so much for indulging in my home's eye candy

I'm linking up with

Serenity Now
The Shabby Nest
Funky Junk  

A New Make-Over - How Ya Like Me Now?

Have you ever entered a giveaway on a blog and thought

"I'll never win this but it could be fun?"

Welp, a few weeks ago I entered a giveaway from

Kate at Salvage Dior

I thought it would be fun to have my page

done professionally since my knowledge in

web design is so limited.

Then, last week I received the email from Kate

saying that her dear Mother chose me as the winner.

I couldn't believe it.

I was then contacted by Kristin at Simply Klassic Designs

I had no idea what to expect because it was being done online.

Let me just say, Kristin is one of the easiest people

to work with. Not only is she very patient but very professional

but she knows exactly how to guide someone to get them what 

they're looking for. She started by sending me a questionnaire

that allowed her to get to know my likes and dislikes.

We worked together for a few days. She sent me a 

"test run" of my page and I was blown away.

It was more than I had even expected. I had

seen some of her work. I actually follow

most of the blogs that she had designed and loved them all.

But I never thought mine would be so purdy : )

Boy, was I wrong.

If you're looking for someone to do a 

blog for you, Kristin's your girl.

Thank you Kate for choosing me and

thank you Kristin for working with me and

creating something I am so proud of.

This experience has touched my heart : )

To My Surprise

While browsing around my favorite blogs today, 

I noticed I was featured at Whisper Wood Cottage.

What a huge compliment.

Amy featured both my A New Set of Blocks post 

and my Ladder to a Bookshelf post.

Make sure to visit Amy, she has a fantastic and inspiring blog!

 

I WILL Survive

I didn't know how to start this post.

So, I will just start at the beginning

since that's usually the best place to begin.

I went last Tuesday for a Colposcopy

where they took a biopsy.

I got my results yesterday.

I was diagnosed with Stage 1A

cervical cancer.

I guess the reason I'm telling you this

is because I know I'm not alone : )

I know that there are other woman who

have gone threw and survived this journey.

I will be having a cat scan done as

well as a hysterectomy and then radiation.

I WILL be a survivor.

I think this is a lesson to teach me to take care of myself.

To take a lil' time at my favorite place

and spend more quality time with my favorite people

Keeping all positive thoughts !!!

Thanks for stopping by ~

Deanna

A New Set of Blocks

I'm so excited to share with you today's project.

I picked this lil' cart up today while

browsing Goodwill.

Ain't it cute?

It's one of those lil' carts that you 

would put wood blocks on.

I thought there just might be another use for it.

I brought it home and painted it with

Krylon's Glossy Black.

Then I decoupaged some sheet music in the tray.

I added my block stamps.

Oh, so cute.

Thanks for stopping by ~

Deanna

I'm linking to :

 

Whisper Wood Cottage

 Savvy Southern Style
 Christinas Adventures 20 Below Thursday

4Th Chair Free

 When I bought my table, 

at a garage sale in November,

I was able to pick up a few chairs

(the black ones) too.

The guy only had 3 so of course

I bought them and thought,

"Oh, I'll find another chair ... sometime".

Well, yesterday while taking my kitty to the vet,

sitting on the side of the road, was this beauty.

Shocking isn't it?

But, I saw the similarities to my others

so of course I grabbed it and threw it in my car.

I especially loved how ALL the spindles 

were held by nails and screws.

I'm thinking of doing ALL my furniture this way ...

NOT !!!

I knew it was gonna be a day's job so I started by

taking it all apart. Removing the nails & screws 

was the difficult part since the chair was falling apart.

I then sanded and cleaned it with TSP.

It was DISGUSTINGLY dirty.

I "primed" it with a flat back $1 spray paint

I picked up at Walmart.

I really didn't need a heavy primer since it

was pretty much bare wood.

Then I applied Krylon's Glossy Black.