Un-used candles

Have you ever had a candle that smelled so good and made  your house smell wonderful too?  A couple years ago my niece gave me a candle and it was one of those.  But like a lot of candles it burned down the middle til the wick was gone and I was left with candle that couldnt be burned. .. but.. I figured out what to do with it.  I sat the  candle on top of the stove while I had a cake baking and and let it get really really soft. then I scooped it out into this mold that I have and put it in the freezer for just a couple minutes.  Took it out and they pop right out.  Now what will I do with these you ask?? Just take one and place on top of this little burner and insert a tealight candle and I will still have that great smelling scent.. It takes forever to use these up so its a great way to save those old candles.  

start with that favorite candle that can no longer be burned
Soften by placing on top of the hot stove while cake is baking.   

smoosh around with old butter knife

smooth with finger and put in freezer

take out and pop out of the mold

place in my little tealight burner and wait for that wonderful scent.
(ignore the melted wax down the side of it)

Ole Miss cake and a sneak peek

This is a cake I made for a very sweet coworker/friend this past weekend.  Her little boy turned 10 and loves Ole Miss. 

Outilined and ready to fill in

When I first started doing cakes I stressed over getting them perfectly smooth.. not anymore, because in the end when the borders and sprinkles have all been  added its not noticeable and it is JUST  cake,, it will be EATEN

He's almost dressed now..

And he's all ready to party!

We're not really big football fans at our house but we do have our favorites and we are a house divided.. half Ole Miss and half Ms State fans.  I plan on making a Bulldog and Rebel cake this year for game day when they play each other.. We'll see how that goes.

I'll be linking up today over at Gail's place for her Catch as Catch Can party.. If you've never visited her blog before, you should really take the time and do it. She repurposes any and everything and makes completely new and unique pieces out of them. 

A sneak peek of whats to come... my redo of the dresser..

Thanks for stopping by,, Have a wonderful weekend!

Mail box and key holder

Linking up with Strut Your Stuff Thursday over at Somewhat Simple 

A few weeks ago my oldest daughter asked me to make her something to hang her keys on.  So I got to work and came up with my own little mail box and key holder.  And i'm really proud of this one because I didnt see someone elses and go by their design,, I did it all on my own.  And since I'm not really good at explaining all the steps, I hope the pictures will help you understand. 



Laundry Sign

Linking up here . . .

I've been neglecting my little 'ol blog lately,, but I did manage to make a cute little laundry sign.  I dont have a cricut or a silhouette machine, although I really want to buy one, one of these days.  So to make my letters I decoupaged a piece of black material to the nonpaper side of a piece of contact paper and when it was dry  I turned it over and traced my letters (they need to be in mirror image) on the paper side and cut out.  Next best thing to using vinyl or a cricut, silhouette, etc.. I had this little board that I covered with drop cloth awhile back and never used it for anything. So I peeled the paper off the back of my letters and stuck them on and called it done!! I like my little sign.  Now I need to make one more so I can give them to my girls. 

SILHOUETTE MACHINE GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

Hey, everybody in case you havent heard there is a SILHOUETTE MACHINE GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!! going on!.. Be sure and go enter. Somebody has to win and it just might be you! Good luck

Check it out!

Editing to link up here .. lots of creativity and talent to be seen.. go check it out.

I've sewn three of these checkbook covers recently .  The first two had minor mistakes ,, but I think 3rd times a charm.   I used this tutorial here and it really is easy to follow I just get in a hurry and mess it up. I made all of them using scrap pieces of fabric and a bandanna for one of the ruffle accents. 

 #1 - cant see the mistakes but trust me they are there.  I did pleats instead of ruffling the blue part. 

#3 - much better.  Didnt get a pic of #2.

i did pleats instead of ruffling the black piece. 

And because i've been slacking lately with my blog here's one more picture for this post.. Melanie bought her a kit for making cupcakes recently and made these for a coworker of hers.  I think she did a great job.  I love the big swirls. 

This past weekend my sweet honey thought of me when he saw this coffee mug and bought it for me..  its so me!  ha ha

Shower & Tower

This past weekend we had a baby shower at my mother-in-laws house.  This baby will be the first great grandbaby.  Her name is Brenna Claire and due any day now.  This is the cupcake tower and cupcakes I made.  I won the cupcake toppers awhile back and couldnt wait to use them.  For some reason I cant get the picture any bigger.
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Crowns and cakes

From a few weeks ago,, two princess cakes in one weekend.  For two sweet little girls, Melissa and Lexi.  And Melanie's birthday cupcakes. 

smash cake sheet cake with edible crown made out of white chocolate and covered in purple sugar sprinkles

two tier two layer cake with edible crown made of white chocolate

My makeshift cupcake stand for Melanie's birthday a few weeks back.

Zippered bag and sophomore year

My baby is in 10th grade this year... growing up way too fast.  Such a handsome young man with a good "head" on his shoulders most of the time and for that I'm very grateful.  Praying for a very successful year for him. 

We went to the coast this weekend and visited with family.  While the guys were fishing I had a little fun in Hobby Lobby.  And let me just say the one in Biloxi is much bigger than the one near me.  I bought some fabric and made a little zippered bag to go in my purse.  The first one didnt look so hot but the second was much better, not perfect,, but better.   I made it using the tutorial found here.  Only thing different was my fabric size which made the bag a little bit bigger.  But the tutorial was fairly easy to follow and I've only done a zipper one other time.   The finished size is approx 5x9 in. and plenty big to hold my makeup. 

Hope everyone has a great week.. 

Fit for a princess,,

I've got two cakes to do for little princesses this weekend so I thought I'd try out making my own little tiara for the cakes.. I used the tutorial here and the template found here  and instead of using royal icing for just a practice run I used melted white chocolate morsels.  You cant see it in the picture but half of the crown broke when I removed it from the can, so it will definitely have to be piped thicker next time.

Check back this weekend for the pics of the finished cakes.  Have a good one ~

Its a never ending cycle

.. that I really DONT  need a reminder of but I saw these signs at Craft O Maniac the other day and thought they were really cute.  So I made me a little set this weekend using some scrap pieces of wood/laminate flooring and some homemade stencils.  For now they are hanging like this but I want to do something different with them.  I like the way she added ribbon to hang hers with,  just might do something similar.  I'm hoping to make a sign that says "Laundry" on it but it'll be quite a bit bigger and then hang it above these three. 

 Linking up here today.. go check it out.

O' say can you see ..

the flag that has been waiting to get to its new home for over a  year now.  I told my mother-n-law about this time last year that I would paint her one.. well I did but then I kept forgetting to take it to her.  I got it out the other night and roughed it up a little bit to make it kinda look old.  And here it is finished...

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and it is STILL at my house.  I put it in the truck to give to her this weekend and she left before I got it out.  But one day it will have a new home.  I hope everyone had a great 4th of July weekend.