My First Before & After!

I've been looking at a lot of before and after blogs of late and so many of them have inspired me to try my hand at it myself! So, I have a quite of few that I've been working on and one of them is my daughter's room. She has black distressed wood furniture and it just never went with my "shabby chic" theme I had going on in there. So... I changed it! This is what the dresser looked like before...(sorry about the drawer missing, I had already started painting and almost forgot to take a photo of it before!!)

And this is what it looked like AFTER I worked so hard on it!!...

I still have to do LaLa's armoire and crib but am so worn out!! I'm working on her chandelier and tea table along with my work dresser for my craft room, which I can't wait to show!!

Here are a few links to the ladies that I received all my inspiration from! Thanks girls!

Better After

Drab to Fab

Dwelling By DeVore

The DIY Show Off

 

Actopus to Zelephant Nursery!

 

 

I have been looking for ideas for my twin boys room and came across this blog today. It's called Tweetie Pie Baby and has some really cute ideas! Especially this one! I think I found a wall idea that not only is super cute but super inexpensive as well!! She used Mod Podge, two canvases, and cards from Michaels. Try it out!!

Photo Art Tutorial

 

Stacie over at Creative Crate has this awesome DIY Photo Art tutorial on how to put a picture on a foam board. It looks like a photo you would  purchase from a photographer for over $100!!! And her version is so inexpensive and so absolutely genius!

My Very Own Craft Room

With our new house, I've finally gotten a craft room all to my own! I've been slowly fixin it up and have a long ways to go, but, I thought I'd show some pictures of my favorite room!!

The blue desk was originally all red. I found it on craigslist for $12 and had it in my twins room but, when we moved into this house, I saw another need for it! So I spray painted it blue and then with a lighter blue paint from the Martha Stewart Collection at Home Depot, I made the drawer lighter. I painted all the frames too!  I had the flower garden stakes from my daughters first birthday lying around and decided to mount them on the wall. I plan on painting the room also, just haven't figured out what color yet.

                                                    

 

I got this desk off of craigslist too for $20 and spray painted it ivory and then painted the front of the drawers and top of the desk a light pink. I love it! I still plan on going in and spray painting the lamp and redoing the lamp shade. 

This was my twins original changing table that I also went to town on. I just love all the colors! The hanging lanterns where from my LaLa's 1st Birthday as well and I wanted to put them to use so I hung them here! I had no place to put the Tutu's and decided to hang them from the bottom of the lanterns. Turned out pretty neat, I think!

Mommy's Little Model!

I decided to have a photo session with the little Miss LaLa and it turned out so well!! Even after she has given my camera a bath, the thing still WORKED!! Totally blown away by that, but super excited it decided to work still!! These are my Ribbon & Tulle Tutu's that will be going up on Etsy this week along with some new bows and The Pink Rocker Guitar Top. Yeah!! Hope you enjoy the pictures! I sure did and it gave me inspiration for her next birthday!! I'm thinking a very colorful 80's theme!! :)

 

 

Unique Vintage Hanky Dress

Okay, I saw this and totally fell in love!!! I have started making dresses for our little LaLa and can't wait to put the pictures up! Oh wait... that's right... I don't have a camera anymore!!!! LaLa decided it needed a bath!!!! This one only last 3 months! Ugh! Got to get better at hiding it all!! LOL! Oh well, will just have to do till I find another.

Tanya, over at Trey & Lucy has this great tutorial on this Vintage Hanky Dress. Sigh... maybe one day I'll get to all these projects!!!

Here's A Gorgeous Laundry Room Make Over!!

So, I've been busy, busy with our new home and have been away too long from my blogging world! Between orders, decorating, and the terrible two's of my twins, it's been so CRAZY!

So, anyways, Sausha, over @ {Show & Tell} has this awesome redo of her laundry room that I think I will have to try! I don't have a saw, so I'll have to have Lowe's or Home Depot cut the would correctly. I love this idea and can't wait to do this! My laundry room is almost the same exact size and it would look so perfect!!

I'm Being Featured On Tip Junkie!!!

Yeah!! I'm being featured on Tip Junkie for my Thing 1 & Thing 2 Birthday for my twins 2nd birthday!! So super excited!!! I'm so proud!!!!!!!!!!!

Custom Ruffle Butt Onesie, Mechanic Onesie, Blocks, & Bibs!

So I had a custom order for a couple of baby showers and a set of baby blocks and was thrilled to do as I chose to it all!! I had my LaLa model it all before it was shipped out! Here is a Ruffle Butt Onesie w/ a Layered Flower on front. I LOVE IT!

The Ruffle Butt is and will always be my favorite part of making onesies! i make them look real vintage and worn and they always come out so cute!

Mr. Tristan tried on the Mechanic Onesie and modeled for me. There is a car in front and a wrench on the back butt. :) I do think from now on I will be doing the boys onesies in color. Like a washed out gray or black or dark blue. They'll be much more interesting!

Next up where the Bibs to match the Onesies and again, Miss LaLa modeled the Layered Flower Bib!

Here's Mr. Avery modeling the Bib that matches the Mechanic Onesie.

I had a set of blocks also to make and I wanted them very rustic and old looking. I did realize that I hae to apply a sealer over Mod Podge though. These pictured were not the actual ones shipped. Since we live in the south of the great state of Texas, it naturally gets oven hot here! LOL! Well, the post office was my last stop of the day and when I got there, I realized that the Mod Podge had become tacky from the heat and stuck few blocks together! Ugh!! Back home and had to redo some. But, my mother showed me some kind of sealer to spray on and now they are done and gone. What a pain!! If only I had known that a BEFORE!!! LOL!

Taste of Cy-Fair and the Layla Grace Children's Cancer Research Foundation!!!!

I'm so proud to be apart of something so great and would like to share it with you!!! You have got to be sure to come out and support your community Saturday June 13th for the Taste of Cy-Fair fundraiser that will be raising money for the Layla Grace Children's Cancer Research Foundation. With your help we can raise awareness and funds for researching new treatments of Neuroblastoma!! So come out and show your support!!!! Pass this on to all you know!!

This is straight from the Taste of Cy-Fair site and I thought it would be good to share!!

Our community has a unique sense of unity, therefore we would like to bring everyone together and celebrate with this amazing city and all the best it has to offer uniting as one! A Taste of Cy-Fair is gearing up for our first fundraiser of the year benefiting the Layla Grace Children's Cancer Research Foundation. Our goal of this event is to showcase the many restaurants and businesses in the Cy-Fair area, and most importantly to raise awareness and funds for researching new treatments of Neuroblastoma, the disease that has less than 30% survival rate, and took our sweet Layla in March of this year. Don’t miss the chance to join us in Cy-Fair, TX to taste amazing samples of food, to enjoy a live band, have the chance to participate in an auction, and to see what over more than 40 local vendors and businesses have to offer you. Get the opportunity to meet up one-on-one with some of the most outstanding Restaurants and Businesses as they showcase their phenomenal attributes with Cy-Fair and now to you! All proceeds raised will benefit the Layla Grace Children’s Cancer Foundation.