Writing Table

A couple of weekends ago my mom, sister, and I went to Clermont Days, a small festival not far from where we grew up. While we were there we stopped by a booth and that had tons of personalized items. Alicia spotted a writing table that she could personalize for Reese, my 2 year old niece. But I told her that she could not spend $15 on this because I could make it for less than 1/2 the price. She went to Michaels that day and bought Reese the same table. It was $5.99 and 40% off. I had the vinyl, decou-page, and acrylic. I cut out the letters and stuck them to the table. Then I  put 3 coats of decou-page and 3 coats of acrylic. We stopped it by her house after church today and Reese LOVED it!
Here is a picture...

HOMEmade biscuits

William went out with corporate people for dinner tonight, so I was trying to decide whether I was going to cook something or go get fast food. I came home from work and typed up a vocab test and remembered that I needed to return a red box DVD. On the way I had the idea to make biscuits tonight just for me....NO pressure since William was not going to be home. I picked up the flour and milk at Kroger and came back home to cook. Both of my grandmothers make awesome biscuits and gravy, so I know they would be proud. I have to say, my biscuits and sausage were awesome, but my gravy needs some work! Hey, you have to start somewhere! William will have the best homemade biscuits once I get the hang of cooking them!

This isn't the best picture, but you can get the idea! I had already ate 2 of them :)

I will be calling my grandma (dad's mother) to tell her about my biscuits!
*Thinking of you Granny! :) (my mom's mom passed away a few years ago)

Fall Crafting Night

I have really been inspired by Pinterest, William's aunt, and other bloggers to begin crafting. I think it is neat to have things in your house that you have created yourself. I scrapbook occasionally and I thought I could try crafting in other ways. I made a lot of the things that we used at our wedding from the unity sand vase, to the road signs to the programs, so I have spent lots of time at Michaels and Hobby Lobby the past year!

Last weekend I bought a wooden headboard and foot board and William's mom and I painted it turquoise and then we distressed it. I will post pictures in a blog this week after I get it to the house.

On pinterest, my new love, someone had posted pictures of white pumpkins that they had painted for the fall. I decided this would be a project for me! So on Friday when I received an email that Michaels was giving an extra 15% off your entire purchase from 12-6, I went straight there when I got off work. By the way teachers get an extra 15% off everyday (I did not know this) if you bring your teacher ID. I bought a medium sized white pumpkin and a mini white pumpkin. I bought some acrylic paint ($0.59 + 30% off +15% off) CHEAP!!

William and I have been on the go all the time, so we decided to rent a movie and stay at home on Saturday night. This was the perfect time for me to begin my crafting projects. We watched our movie and then I brought all of my materials to the living room and started working. I knew that I wanted one pumpkin to have a "W" but the rest was a last minute decision. I hand drew the "W" so it is not perfect. I am a perfectionist, but I have decided that not everything will be perfect. This is my creation.....


 White pumpkins                                                                   My hand drawn "W"

 

The finished pumpkins.  

 

At first I thought about doing brown and turquoise, but then I decided to use fall/Halloween colors. 

What do you think? 

The next project I started was taking a plastic charger that I bought at Michaels and scrapbook paper to make a serving tray/display plate. I have only completed the first step, putting the paper on the tray. I used Decou-Page that I bought with a 50% off coupon and my 15% off coupon! 

This is awesome glue!!! I put it on the back of the scrapbook paper that I glued to the tray, and I think I will put a couple of layers on top of the finished tray. 

I am one of those people that can never make a decision.  I had 3 different papers picked out because I could not decide which one I liked better, and William, who joined me on my second trip to Michaels, helped to make my decision. I think he was ready to get out of the store :) .

Here is a picture of the tray with the paper so far.....

I am going to add a "W". I will cut the "W" out with my Cricut. Once I put the decou-page on the top, I can use it from serving or for decoration.

A New Beginning...

I am so excited to begin blogging! I am going to try and blog as much as possible. My new love is crafting, so I thought blogging would be a great way to chart my progress and share my EASY crafts with others. I also look at blogging as a virtual scrapbook since I love to scrapbook in my spare time!