Cement Paver Flower Pot

(this post was written a few weeks back,, I thought I had hit publish but I guess I didnt).. Enjoy! 

I've been wanting to make these for a long time.  I first saw them in a Lowes booklet that came in the mail.  Of course I didnt have the instructions with me at the store and forgot that the bottom was suppose to be a bigger paver.. but we glued the small one to the bottom and I like how you can't see it,, plus there is just a bit of a crack on both sides that allows for drainage.. I wished I would've thought to take a few pictures of the building process but I didnt even think about it.  The gray spots on the sides are where we put a little bit too much of the glue and it seeped out,, but it can either be painted over or left as is for a bit of character.  I dont have a green thumb at all so we'll see if this thing survives.  I loved the color of it. 

We all worked outside Sunday and I worked on my little flower bed.  Im hoping to add some actual flowers to it soon.. Just a lot of green stuff right now.  My Easter lilys that I dug up from Jeff's grandmas house last year are coming back and I cant wait to see them in bloom. 

While we were taking pics at the railroad tracks I found these two pieces and laid them together to make a cross.. I had intended to bring them home and mount on a piece of wood/board ,, but I forgot them when we left. 

Big/little cousin onesies

A few weeks before Christmas I asked a blogger friend if she could work  up some stencils for me using her Silhouette. She was so nice and willing to do it. She sent them to me very quickly and even threw in some extras to play with.  Thank you Gail!!   That was very sweet!  One day I hope to meet her IRL.  I feel like I know her already.

I wanted to make the two grandbabies some onesies and other things.  This is what i've done so far.  I hope to get their picture wearing them in a few weeks. 

I would love to own one of the Silhouette machines to play around with, but until I can buy one I can always try my luck at winning one and you can too.. Go on over there .. My Repurposed Life .. for your chance to win!  She also has the links to other blogs that are giving one away.  Good luck! 

Thanksgiving

Sure hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. I sure did.  Spent lots of time with this sweet little girl. 

This was our group effort pillow case type dress.. we had a pattern but that didnt work so well, cause I cant follow a pattern., we just winged it.  She ended up only wearing it for a couple of hours.. and then decorated it herselft with some spitup..lol.  Glad we got a picture first.  Amb and Mel made the bow to match it. 

Christmas Wreath, turkey dress, and baby

After seeing Susie's wreath last week I was inspired to make one for my back door (the door that we use)  this year.  Mine is not like hers but I used the same method of tying the ribbon and tuille on as she did.  Im pretty pleased with how it turned out.  Now I want to play around and make another one for the front door. 

Now just to paint that dog scratched door...ugh!

Emmie Leigh's little ribbon turkey dress.. almost finished. 

Inspiration from pics on pinterest. 

Hope everyone has a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!

Here's my little turkey..

2 months old

Its Soup weather

Im not a huge fan of cooking, most of the time its just what I do because we have to eat,, but I do love to cook homemade vegetable soup.  Most of the time I make it with frozen veggies for the most part and add fresh potatoes and onions with whatever kind of meat I want at the time.  But this is my SOUPER SIMPLE, ready in no time, perfect for a quick weeknight meal , veggie soup. 

I used 1 fat can of mixed veggies, 1 15 oz can of tomato sauce, 1 chicken breast cubed and cooked til white, 1/2 can of chicken broth and 1 can of beef broth. 

Cut chicken into small pieces and cook with a dash or two of onion flakes (or diced onion)  in about a tablespoon of butter in skillet until white.

Add all other ingredients in your favorite boiler and bring to a boil, add chicken and onion mixture and reduce heat and let simmer for about 20 -25 minutes.  Serve with crackers, cornbread and or a crispy grilled cheese sandwich and voila supper is done. 

Enjoy!

And I just cant resist a pic of my little angel. 

Happy Halloween

I found the cutest idea for a costume for Amberly a while back at Make it and Love it website. 
Melanie had to step in and help with the baby skeleton I couldnt seem to draw a tiny skeleton.  I love how it turned out and cant wait to see it on my 31 week pregnant daughter today. 

And here is my very pregnant little mama.. She is really starting to stick out there. 

Oh what have i done

well , a whole lot of this and that.  But havent really blogged about any of it. 

Score!! Found 3 packs of these at our Gateway store for $1 each. 

Made a table for my craft/sewing/computer/junk room.  I kinda/sorta went by

the directions Tracie gave here.  I still have to get my drop cloth to add the skirt around it. 

And then it'll be so pretty. 

Made a sign with vinyl I won. 

Made a photo holder for my grandkids pics.  The back has clothespins

glued on upside down to hold the pics.  I put 5 across.

(hoping to make some more of these soon to sell)

columns after they have been painted - also added black satin

ribbon around the top and bottom base. 

My two pregnant ladies back in September or end of August.  This was the day

of Amb's bachelorette party.

Pretty hospital door hanger Amb made for her sister.  She added the name,

date of birth, and weight afterwards.

Built a little box to go in my kitchen window,, glued moss around the top edges and stuck

in some fall floral picks.. added two little pumpkins to the side that Jeff stole from mel.. .

Think I'll keep the box and just change out the decoration for each season/holiday. 

10/17/11 - went to the dr with my oldest one.  29 weeks here.

Got to see Ms Skyelar on the sonogram and hear the hearbeat.  So sweet!!

Emmie and her mama went to so she could take a picture with the man

that delivered her.  He is the sweetest Dr.  Im glad that Amb is also using him.

Emmie in her little nightgown hanging out with pappy for a few minutes. 

Lots of random photos but wanted to update the blog with pics.  I plan on doing the blog 2 print thing one day so I want to keep it updated. 

Thats it for now,, Have a great week! 



 

Wedding prep - take 1

Here is a just a bit of what we've been working on.  And in our true fashion we have waited until its getting very close to actually get our butts in gear and get busy.  But thats okay, thats how we roll and we get it done.  

This is two of the columns (unfinished) that will be sitting by the arch with ferns on them. 

They are gonna be painted white and maybe distressed a little, not sure about that yet. 

Some bags for the bridesmaids that will have a few goodies in it.  We bought the

bags at Hobby Lobby and then cut out the letter and used heat & bond to attach. 

and bouteniers for the groomsmen and ushers and the Dad. 

Not professionally done but we're happy with them.  

And another view,, I'm thinking maybe it needs just a touch of ribbon at the base

or something??

And this one,, is the maid of honor , and is getting ready to deliver

any day now.  She's been at 1cm for 2 weeks,, the Dr has a tentative date set for

induction if nothing happens between now and then.  We'll have a better game plan next

Tuesday when she goes back.   (I think I've taken her picture in the elevator every time I've gone to the

dr with her and I think she has said something like "really mama??" every time.. LOL  

Amberly (and Skyelar) - almost 20 weeks.  I need to get the elevator

pic on her next visit.  She has had the easiest pregnancy.  NO morning sickness at all. 

Which is a blessing because she is also in nursing school. 

stay tuned for a post on the kitchen island Jeff is in the middle of building.

Headband holder X2

With two litle GRANDdaughters on their way I decided to make these cute headband holders after I saw the girls at Shanty2Chic make one.   I didnt put mine together exactly the way they did but the basic construction is the same.   These are really easy to put together and hold lots of headbands.  Emmie's is full already,, now we have to work on filling up Skyelars'. 

Materials I used : 
1 - square dowel ( $2.47)
Gorilla wood glue
scap 2x4's
wood biscuits(won from a blogger a while back)
paint
scrap chair rails
1 - curtain rod finial
scrap 1x2
screws



I only spent $2.47 on 1 dowel for both of these.  Everything else I had on hand.  And these were really fun to make.  It would be a great gift for a little girl paired together with a few headbands. 

I used a scrap 2x4, scrap 1x2, biscuits on the end of the dowels and an old curtain rod finial for this one. I screwed a 3 inch screw up from the bottom of the 2x4 and then on the part sticking out screwed the 1x2 down on to the 2x4.  Used wood glue to attach the dowel to the 1x2 and then screwed on the finial.  And it was fine.,,, But wasnt nearly big enough to hold even half of the headbands Emmie already has. This was painted with sponge brush and distressed just a bit.

  So I took it half apart and added a second arm.  Now its good to go.  I just have to give it a final spray paint job. 

For this one I used scrap 2x4, two different pieces of chair railing and wood biscuits. And

I painted this one using Rustoleum Painters Touch spray paint in black.  I love that paint. 

This is Skyelars'.. her nursery bedding is gonna be pink and black so I painted hers

black instead of the cream color. 

Thank you Whitney @ Shanty2Chic for the inspiration! 

Baby Shower banner and a give-a-way

We've been really busy getting ready for Melanie's baby shower this weekend.  For weeks I searched on the internet and pinterest for ideas for baby showers and let me just tell ya that it was just too overwelming. I had a million ideas swimming in my head and I couldnt decide on a single thing.  So I finally stopped looking at all the wonderful ideas and remembered just a few things that I had seen and went with that. 
I'll share more about the baby shower after this weekend but for now here is what i've been working on.

I've been making a few of these tissue paper pom poms all week.. they are really simple to make and I think will look nice for decoration.   We went with just a basic pink and brown theme and i've used different shades of pink and brown for these pompoms.  I'm thinking I'll group them in threes. 

I sat down last night and made these banners.. the one in the back will have the baby's name on it. 
These were fun to make.   And I cant wait to make more for birthdays and other celebrations. 

And since I won a give-a-way recently  Im "giving it forward" and having a giveaway here ..  The "prize" will be  (1) banner with winners choice of colors and wording.    All you have to do to enter for a chance to win is

1.  become a follower and leave me a comment telling me that you did OR leave a comment telling me that you already follow. 

2.  Tell me what you would like your banner to say if you won .. doesnt have to be baby related. 

3.  aaaand I'll throw in an extra entry for you if you spread the word about my give-a-way.  Just leave a comment telling me how you shared. 

Thats THREE  chances to win.. Good luck !!

This give-a-way will end at midnight Aug 7th  and I'll announce the winner on Monday, August 8th. 

I'll be linking up here (July 28)  and here (July 29)    .  



and here (Aug 3 )