Vwahh lahh!!

At least when you sound it out...that is the way it sounds like it should be spelled :o)
I forgot to take before and after pictures but I painted our dining room table about a month ago. Surprisingly, I painted the chairs with spray paint and it worked. The table was done with a $5 gallon of Behr paint. Yes $5...a deal that I was lucky to get! Brandon's Mom and Dad gave us this table a little over a year ago when they got a new one. We were very thankful and decided we would like to put our own little spin on it! I have seen a lot more black furniture around and thought it would be great to try it in our dining room since our fixture is black. I have managed to find a before picture in a previous post (kinda...people are in it) and an after picture at my friends Jill's new BLOG. Go check her out and give her some comment action if you would. You know how it is being a new blogger, you think no one is reading due to little to no comments and you wonder if you are just blogging for your pleasure alone! :o) Anyway the after picture has the diaper cake on it so just ignore that and take a look at how it turned out. If you have been thinking about painting something, I encourage you to give it a shot. I was nervous, but my table turned out better than I could have hoped for!

Before


After


Also, if you have not visited within the last couple of days, go to my previous post! Check out my blogfolio for my Holiday decorating business! I will be posting a giveaway for a Christmas in July wreath within the next couple of days so check back!

A Sneak Peak

Go HERE to take a look at my blogfolio! This upcoming year will be my second year working my Holiday decorating business, Decobrations. I will start as early as mid October and not finish until the second week in December. I am trying to get ahead on marketing my services. I would love to have my calendar booked by mid October. I will be sending out emails and snail mail marketing pieces to last years customers and potential customers. There will be an incentive for referrals and early bookings! I have not gotten all of my work up yet but I will within the next couple of weeks. I hope you enjoy the sneak peak! If you know someone in my area who might be interested, please pass this information along!

The Diaper Cake!!!!

This was my project for the bambino fiesta Saturday!! I was pleased with the way it turned out!! It was fun to make too!!!

Family, friends, & crafts Oh My!!!

We had a great weekend! Friday, I was able to enjoy some girl time with my very good friend and neighbor, Hannah! We have a craft fair at work every year and Hannah and I have decided to put our craftiness to good use. We plan to make decorative cards, book marks, lamp shades, luggage/diaper bag tags, place mat purses, canvas art and many other boutique style decor & gifts. It is in October so we are starting early. We do not want to overload ourselves! We spent Friday and Sunday evening working away on some cards and book marks. We are so excited about our creations! Here is a picture of some of the hand made cards we made. I apologize for the quality. I am having to use my phone for pictures now that our digital camera is out of commission. I am going crazy without it!!





Brandon and I watch his niece and nephew every other weekend while their Mommy works. They usually arrive Saturday afternoon and then head home with Mommy on Sunday evenings. Saturday afternoon was spent at the pool with my Dad, uncle, little sister, our friends Clay & Hannah, & Breah and Colton the niece and nephew. Everyone had a blast. We were not sure how Colton would respond since he does not seem to care too much for baths but Colton loved it! We got a float for him but he is a little on the small side for it so I felt most comfortable with someone holding him. Every time we put him in the water, he started to fall asleep. We kept him entertained to prevent it though. He loved to stand on our chest and pretend like he was skiing :o) He liked to splash too as long as the water stayed out of his eyes! Breah, the 4 year old, is a regular fish. She spent 3 hours jumping in the pool and then doing it over and over. Towards the end of the day we were able to convince her to practice swimming without her swimmies and she went right for swimming under water. She swam about 6 feet at a time without swimmies and without coming up for air. We were so proud of her!

Pretty Toes and a Bambino Fiesta!!

I am counting down until Monday evening. My Bible Study group is having a GIRL'S NIGHT!! Can you tell I'm excited!! I so need this! We reserved 10 pedicure chairs at a local pedicure place??? What else could you call it? Afterwards, we are going out to eat and hopefully we will stay out longer and enjoy coffee too!!! Or ice cream because I can do coffee or ice cream! Both are great for a girl's night. My plan is to post pictures of this much anticipated event!! I have been wanting to redo my toes all week but I am not touching those puppies (except to wash them of course). I am going to let someone else do the work on Monday. I have to get my $25 worth. This will be my 2nd professional pedicure ever. The 1st was on my wedding day and I was not really able to enjoy it that much! I plan to do it a little different Monday!

I am hoping that the 2nd term above means something along the lines of baby party! Our Sunday School class is coming over next weekend so that we can celebrate a couple and their baby girl that is on the way. She is actually due on mine and Brandon's anniversary. Another couple in our class is due on my birthday with their baby boy. In case the title did not give it a way, it is a fiesta theme. We are even having a contest to award the couple with the most fiesta-ish apparel!! I was going to post a picture of something I will be working on for this baby party but I just remembered, she is a lurker on my blogs. That would not be smart if I wanted it to be surprise now would it?? I guess I will have to wait until after next weekend to share my special project with you...and that is only if it turns out like I hope it does! So look forward to something fun next Saturday evening!!

Have a great weekend all!!

It was a bridesmaidy Saturday!!

I have never been a bridesmaid. This year, will be my first year to be a bridesmaid and I get to be one to two of my very good friends.Today I cooked lunch for some of the bridesmaids and family of Tiffany, the July 28th wedding. We also worked on making some tissue paper peonies for the reception area, as well as some of the arrangements that will go on the pews. They also brought over all of the silk flowers for me to start working on some of the big altar arrangements. I will get started and hopefully finished with them this week. We had lots of fun! I love to have people over and entertain and I also love to be crafty. So here are some photos of our big Saturday!!!!

I made an enchilada lunch for all of the ladies...yummy!!


Then we got to work learning how to make these napkin rings...we have to make 50 each. This idea came from Martha Stewart magazine. She made it seen much easier than it is.


We worked really hard. I think we got about 5 done in 2 hours or so! :)


Myself, and the brides mom put together 15 of these in no time. That is what I am talking about!!


The Bride-to-be sharing her expertise!!!


To top the day off, My handsome husband and I went out on a hot date!!! We have got to make these more of a priority. No kids yet and we are already slacking!!!