Tiered Cake stand

Recently on Pinterest Click Here I saw a cute 3 tired cake stand someone made from things at a thrift shop. With my daughter's birthday looming I thought I'd attempt to make one. Unfortunately I wasn't as lucky as the original she made it for $6, I however found the candlesticks at the local Goodwill, and 2 cake pans at the Dollar store but had to buy the big one so my total was $16. I think it was totally worth it. I'm sure I'll be using this for baby showers, and game nights, etc...

Canning Chicken again!

It's that time of year again, well basically I ran out of my canned (jar) chicken. Luckily this time my brother had bought a pressure cooker I could borrow. Thank goodness it fit on the stove...just barely! It's funny it only takes hour and half to cook the chicken but the total prep time of getting the pressure cooker ready makes it more like 3hrs. It's worth it in the end homemade canned chicken beats the stuff they sell in cans any day!!!

Sofa Table

Big debate about whether or not we needed a sofa table behind a sofa that butts up to a wall. But since it was an empty weird space I decided to get one anyways. Found this one on Craigslist, sorry didn't take a decent photo before sanding...oops! First time using Behr Premium Plus Ultra paint with the primer in it, have to say it was just fine, went on a bit thick, but that is good for the coverage, used color: Anonymous, then Ralph Lauren glaze in Smoke to give it more antiqued look, then top coat of polyurethane to finish, I think it turned out great, and fills the awkward space perfect!

Flower vase redo

So I found this really cute french tin vase for flowers at HomeGoods, only it is mustard YELLOW! Since it was cheap I didn't mind spray painting it a color (Valspar, Exotic Sea) that would go better in my house. I love the yellow peaking through from the inside, I taped & covered it so it wouldn't be painted.

Cork board

I've been wanting to make something out of a cabinet door since I got some from family that was remodeling their bathroom. I had a baby shower coming up, so found some cute fabric and used liquid nails to hold it down and attach it to the door, distressed the door, added a cute letter to cover the hole the door knob was screwed into. So proud how it turned out, I love repurposing!!!

Camra Strap

I've been seeing these cute camera straps everywhee, and been itching to transform my camera from a "male" looking strap to a "female" one. Here is where I got the instruction.

Apple of my eye

I saw this on a blog and thought that would be cute. So I ran to the dollar store, bought an apple cut it in half and hot glued it on some scrapbook paper, framed it and doesn't it look so cute on top of my cabinets? Love 3-D art!!! I got the bird cage from Homegoods and filled it with lemons.