My boy's baptism. Theme I like to look for rainbows!

When my little's baptismal date was coming up I knew I wanted a theme.  I like CTR but I needed something else to go with it, so where did I turn to?  PINTEREST! Of course.  I love the song
                                             "When I am baptized"

 

                                          Saw this on pinterest and had my friend make it

                                                              It turned out AMAZING!

                                                           I went a little ROY G BIV nuts

                                I had one of our Young Women sing this primary song and I passed out the words.  We invited a lot of friends who were not members of our faith and it was good to be able to share such a wonderful and important day with them, and include them.

 Instead of cutting the cake for everyone (we had over 100 people attend) we decided to do the oreos and that way the kids could just grab them.  I would recommend next time suggesting two per kid.  They were taking one of each color and we ran out.

               A HUGE salad and yummy fruit bowl was very refreshing and a perfect side to our bbq

A'hoy Matey

I actually have zero idea why but bead board reminds me of planked wood and then that reminds me of planks, then onto pirates from there.  So here is my pirate planked desk redo

 So I sanded it COMPLETELY down on the top so I could a nice new coat of dark walnut stain.  Then I sanded the rest but not all the way down.  Next I painted it white... after the stain was completely dry I added two coats of polyurethane to make it shiny as well as protect it. I loved this flip and it lasted on craigslist for about half of a day before it was out of my garage and life forever.  I was sad to see it go, I really like this desk.  I also kept the original hardware which saves $ and I thought it was a nice contrast.

                              See what I mean about the planks.... no?  


             

I recently photographed a wedding reception of my good friend.  It was an outdoor barn type of reception (the 2nd reception) so it was super casual and AWESOME.  I just wanted to post a few of the cool things at the wedding that pertain to furniture remixing.. some do not but I like them and it's my blog and I can post if I want to, post if I want to, post if I want to.
Sorry.

 

 

 This buggy is from 1917 and is original to the farm.  The date was carved into the seat!  I just LOVE stuff like that.

 

 I love the way the wedding photos were displayed.  So creative and eye catching.

 

I just thought these were the cutest and cheapest.. in a great way, ideas for an outdoor wedding!

Kitchron chairs.
 Kitchen/Chevron.. stretch?  Ah well it's been a long week and this remix speaks mostly for itself.

 $2.75 per chair.  These beauts were in decent shape.  I hated the gold mixed with the outer space speckled paint on the rest of the chair, but there aint too many things easier to repaint than metal. 

So with a can of spray paint and some awesome fabric 40% off I cooked up something sizzlin'

Keepin' it Classy

Saturdays often are filled with basketball, soccer, cleaning, grocery shopping and lots of other obligations squished all in between.  But every now and again in between these events I find myself sneaking off to the Goodwill or thrift store.  I'm hoping to move up to the BIG LEAGUES sometime in the near future and venture off to a flea market, but I dream.

I found a boring predictable office chair at the GOODWILL and took her home with me for about 5$

 

 I had a can of Black high gloss spray paint, a screw driver, a staple gun, and some cute fabric and I gave her a new outfit.  Hope she gets the job done and gets noticed in the office now!

It was just like an episode of "What not to wear" well maybe not EXACTLY like an episode but still.

Everybody LOVES a Cherrydo

Get it... cherrydo. cherry do.. chair redo.. yep I love the game MADGAB!
Anywho I also really REALLY love when I am able to snag a cheap good bones chair with a cushion.  This cute dainty little lady was at the GOODWILL and I took her floral little self home with me for about 5$.  She took a little trip to the spa and is now refreshed and remixed.  Is it creepy that I'm giving her a real persona?  Ya I know :/

BEFORE

AFTER

Tried a pinterest DIY craft

This is a pinterest craft all my own! 

I bought this lovely foam wreath at my first visit to Hobby Lobby!  I had big plans for this baby.. And by big plans I mean no plans at all.  I meandered the store for a while and then I stumbled upon an idea.  I would wrap this wreath with this cute burlap and remembered the letters aisle.  I ran back over there and an idea was born....

I rolled the burlap into "roses" mmmm. okay ya that's what they look like right?  Then I hot glued them to the wreath that was wrapped in the cute red and khaki burlap. I spray painted "H" and hot glued the letter to the wreath.  The letter was incredibly light so I knew it wouldn't be a problem, however the problem was when I went to hang it on my front door I realized you couldn't even see the "H" due to my door being black... no problem right.  Well after pouting about it and being frustrated.  I painted the "H" in the this leftover blue paint from my craft with the Crown Royal project.

 And now here she is.... I sanded the edges and let the black show through and I still love it.  Oh happy endings are few and far between, but sweet.

A diamond in the rough... or something like that.  My little boy comes running inside with this nasty bottle of Crown Royal filled with mud water.. He was so excited and if I were a good mom I would have sanitized his little fingers and thrown this bottle

into a toxic waste bin, but a'las I am no such person.  Instead I hive-fived my five year old and made a little vase out of it!  I'm teaching them young.  First my sweet husband thoroughly washed the container

 

 Next I spray painted it using chalk board paint.  I only did this because I didn't have any rustoleum at home and I am very impatient once I have a project in mind.  So it works fine and I barely had to use any.

Next I brush painted on some sample paint that I had in the garage it's Valspar but I can't remember the color and the garage is so far away... let's call it blueish.  Then I gently sanded the paint off where the glass was beveled and voula!  I love it!!!

Fun and SOOOO easy!! Now I'm sending my little off the to dump.. JK ;)

Welcome guest :)

Today's menu AWESOMENESS and fruit and some chalk.  I found this great old school t.v. tray at the local thrift store.. that's the name of the store so I'm not just being vague and trying to keep it all to myself.  I promise It was  1.99$ and I think I put a total of about 7 bucks into it and now I have this great little addition to my guest room.  This little tray has it all a chalkboard top and a foldable stand and the happy color of yellow. Yes that's having "it all" in my world!  ENJOY and stay as long as you like

 

It just took a little sanding some chalkboard spray paint (I barely used any at all so I still have practically the entire can for another project) and some sample paint from LOWES. I already had the chalk and fruit.

99$ Thrift store gold!

Needed a new table, didn't have the mula or the time to find the perfect one, so I did what I always do and I hit the thrift shop.  I found this gem for 99$ 5 chairs and a leaf.  It was a steal.  After going back and forth 8 million times on how I should remix this I decided to go a little funky fun with grey yellow and a colorful fabric for the seats  I have to add the plastic covering like Ray Romano's mama has on her couch because I have three boys and they are messy monkeys ( so am I )