Paula Deen Makeover! Ya'll!

Hold the front door everybody!!!  I am about to go crazy.  Let me first start by saying I love me some Paula Deen !

Paula Deen!

-She's Southern , She's Sweet ( yes, I have meet her!) and man can that women cook!

-But what has me hooked on Paula right now is her Furniture Collection and her home! Needless to say, I love it all.

- Over the Summer I was at My best friends, Mom's house. She had this BEAUTIFUL bed! Which was from the Paula Deen Collection! What, shut the front door, Paula Deen Has Furniture?  I had to see this. And I did, 2 weeks later Paula's Home was on CMT cribs! All I can Say is WOW!

- Here's what my friend's  Mom's Bed looks like!

Beautiful

- So to get to my point, I love the decor and design of her style.

- Here are some pictures of what inspires me from here collection and her home! Hope you enjoy.

- The style is just wonderful, Let the thriftyness  begin!
- Stay tuned for updates!
- Have a great day!

Bench re-do

Hello everyone!  I repurposed a old bench that we had sitting beside our wood shed. Here's what I did

Finished Bench-

 It was in need of some TLC!   Step 1. wipe down, dust off and some good old hand sanding

 Step 2. Primer,  I used a grey Primer 2 coats

 Step 3. 2 coats of American red spray paint! I also picked up this handy little handle that makes the spraying so much easier...Yes I was being totally lazy! haha

Finished Product!

Getting Ready for Christmas

Good Morning everyone, I have been getting ready for Christmas here at the cottage! I still need to get my main tree up . We will hit the Christmas tree farm this weekend!  My Husband put the outside house lights up and I have my Victorian teapot/teacup tree up. And We made a visit to see Santa already!

The Cottage all done up for Christmas

My little Victorian tree

 

The boys

Santa's helpers

Going to see Santa

Jaden was very Happy! But than...

The expression on Jaden and Santa's face...it's priceless! Jack was not having it!

Bear !!!!!..haha

 Hope you all have fun getting ready for Christmas!

DIY photo canvas

Let me first start by saying, I totally wish I had come up with this Idea!  I found it over at Life as a Thrifter blog.  I have been talking about redoing my laundry room for  FOREVER now! That project is on hold till I decide on a color. But in the mean time, I found this at her blog. And knew I had to have it! Here's the picture of her Laundry room.

Awesome right? http://lifeasathrifter.blogspot.com/2011/10/diy-laundry-room-display.html

And here's how I did it!

Vintage Hangers, pictures, brush, canvas and Mod Podge

You will need Mod Podge, 8x10 flat canvas- you can find these at wal-mart in a three pack, for about 3.50. If not A.C. Moore has them for the same price. I went to Hobby Lobby for them and the were triple the price 9.99! You will also need a wide brush .

Put newspaper or drop cloth under project

 Start by putting a coat of Mod Podge on the canvas, then place your picture on to it, with picture facing you and back of picture on top of canvas.

Canvas will dry clear

 Put a layer of Mod Podge over your picture. It will look milky and white, but it will dry clear in about 20-30 minitues.

Brush strokes will give it that canvas look

 The brush strokes will give it a canvas look!

Finished project!

 Finished product!

one more to do!

I have one more to do. Some how the photo did not print out right and I didn't notice till I got home..boo
Ohh, well It's easy to fix!

Trick or Treats

Well I am a little behind on my posts, but it's been crazy here at the cottage! Sick kids and Holiday madness! I love Halloween,  ( lets face it I love all holidays).  My two guys were so cute this year! My oldest was a vampire and my little guy was a chick magnet.

Our Vampire

Our Chick Magnet

At this point he is so sleepy!

Treats at home

Trick or treating downtown

So this is where the horseman's head went!

old window, black paint and stick on's

Peanut butter cereal treats!

Hope you all had a great Halloween!

The 8.45 Moss Initial

I have seen these moss initials in all of catalogs. But I was not willing to pay the price they wanted for them.  So, off to Hobby Lobby I went, This is what I came back with.

The letter and moss was 50% off!  Hobby Lobby does this pretty much every week

Gold initial letter
Flat sheet moss
One wreath hanger
Plus you will need a glue gun and scissors


Cut sheet moss to fit, then glue down

Hang or Display!

Total 8.45  , the wreath hanger was 2.47 for a total of 10.95!
Pottery Barn moss letter 79.00!! savings 70.55 ( that does not include shipping)

No Sew Ottoman redo

I found a really great rocking ottoman at the Will  aka (the goodwill) a couple weeks ago. But the color had to go. Like I always say, nothing paint or material can't fix!

Before 7.99 at the will

- Some supply's Material ( your choice) staple gun, screw driver, and a Husband to do the hard work...lol

supplys

- make sure the piece you pick comes apart

some work

- This piece only took a screw driver

some stapling

- Material on, pulled tight...and a couple staples later

done

- Screw it back on

with or without lace?

- Finished without lace

with of course!

- With lace, just use a hot glue gun!

- No sewing , got to love that! oxoxox

MR & MRS

Where else would you announce MR. & MRS. ! ( other than a Wedding) ..lol.  I have been looking for something to put in the space above our bed for sometime, but nothing seemed to work. Then I came across a picture on Pinterest. And BAM! SLAM!  SHAZAM!  A husband and a little work later....haha, and there you go!

-Start with some letters found at the Hobby Lobby

- The Gold has to go

- Paint them the color of your choice

- I used the left over chalkboard Paint ( What? it was black and free) so it worked just fine..lol

- And a blue to match the bedding on our Duvet (1.00 on clearance at K-mart)

- Paint and Nails and there you go

Love it!

You can find the original Idea at http://adiamondinthestuff.blogspot.com/2011/06/mr-mrs-picking-sides.html    I love pinterest!

Have a great day!   oxoxo