~ Fall Wreath~

This was one of my MANY projects that I had going at the house.

The P is for Peppers :)

(Suddenly I want to bust out into song with Supersonic! ha ha )

Finally finished....

I made the doll from scratch and I am so proud of it!!

I hope she loves it:)! 

Save the girls!!!

Every year as a fundraiser we have a HUGE bake sale for the Cancer Crusaders.

In the years past we have had 5 plus people baking and made it a collective event so that it isn't just one or two people practically killing themselves to bake everything for the event. I mean it makes sense right?!

Well, this year it seems as if things were a little different .....

Yesterday Leslie, Karen & I baked up a damn storm! We had everything there...

Oreo Truffles

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Caramel Corn

Pumpkin Spice Muffins

Banana Nut Muffins

Bark

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Peanut Butter Cookies

&

Brownies

hungry yet?

We sold everything for $1.

Considering we started the day without a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out......I would say we did pretty damn good for some baked goods sales ha ha.

At the end of the day we had $164!

So, with that Leslie and I took $20 and purchased a few more items to make a few more things.

Strawberry Cake

Chocolate Cake

Rice Krispy Treats

Brownies

Apple Pie

Black Cherry Pie

Pecan Pie

Sour Cream Pound Cake

&

Jana brought Chocolate Chip cookies too!!!

Eventually we put it all on a cart and pushed  it through the offices in the building asking who wanted what and giving them forks to eat it with ha ha.

You can't beat service like that!!!!

On my Strawberry Cake......

I piped pairs of boobs and pink ribbons and they turned out soooooo cute!!!

                                                          I sold this one whole for $10.

Oh....and I took things from our recycle bin and home and turned them into coin buckets. I have put them all over the building. They have our team shot from when we finished the walk last year:).

I am so very proud of my team!!!!

On with the new project.....

This year for Lucky's birthday I have decided to make her a baby doll of her very own. I wouldn't say that I am one that can sew but more the chick that uses Stitch Witchery for EVERYTHING! ha ha ha I will say  that since my sweet little  mama showed me how to use her sewing machine, I have become quite the whiz at sewing. I may not ever want to give the sucker back ha haha

I went over to Hobby Lobby and picked through the clearance section of fabrics and this is what I have so far.......

She still has to get the rest of her hair done, her collar is still not complete, I made her an apron and she will definitely need some RED shoes if I am making her:)!!! Oh, and I will be giving her a great big heart too!

Let me know what you think!

Dr. Pepper's birthday present.....

I have noticed all these different ways of doing "Subway Art" here lately and I pretty much fell in love with it the moment I saw it but for those of you who know me....well, you know that I have to put that little "Cb spin" on everything I do.

                                                                Subway Art- Cb Style

  It has layers, glitter for pizazz, bright colors, texture (because everything I do has some kind of texture) and all different fonts. Mine also go in different directions, etc top to bottom - not just left to right.

It took me FOREVER to make but it was fun to do and I was pretty excited to give it to him:)!

I've been a little busy.......

I haven't posted in what seems like FOREVER!!! I have been a busy little bee here lately! I am happy to say that I have completed a few of my projects on the "to do" list though so I can finally take a breather. Only for a minute though because as soon as I take one off that list, I add 2 more ha ha ha.

     An old friend of mine put it best when he said "Candace, you are a do-er and the worst part about a do-er is that it makes us lazy asses look even worse when you get so much doin' done" ha ha ha

Here is what I have been up to lately:

Bell flower

My Cosmos are almost as tall as I am if you can believe it!

The flowerbed that Dr. Pepper and I made together.

Mama O'Grady's furniture over 100 years old

Curtains make any room better......

but Energy Efficient Curtains make it WONDERFUL!!!

One of my painted pieces. I will give you one guess at what the kids name is.....

Not pictured is what I have been working on for a little over a month. I should have it up soon. It's Dr. Peppers' birthday present and it is almost complete! I only have a few things to add as finishing touches. His birthday is Tuesday and a good friend of mine is making him his very own coconut cake. He loves it and I am not a fan so I thought to have her make him a little one just for him! DUH! It is his birthday.  I have also been working on Christmas cards and a baby doll for my niece's birthday in October. My days are never dull I tell you and I am never at a loss of things to do ha ha ha

Check back in a few days for more! Hope everyone is well!

A little addition to the Man Cave.....

So as most of you know I am addicted to the Goodwill and to Thrift Stores of any kind.  While I was shopping around last week at the Salvation Army I came across a piece of wood that made me think of my next project. A little something to spruce up the "Man Cave". I paid a whopping $ 0.99 for it and it came out pretty good if you ask me! Here is how I did it......

      Step one:

              Find a piece of wood that you can work with easily.

     Step two:
  

                                     
                Pick your paint color and start to cover......

        Step three:

               Cover it a few times if you need to so that the original color doesn't show through easily.

 Step four:
                                                 

          Pick the color for your lettering & write away! You may have to go over this a few times also.

 Step five:

Distress it or scratch the paint wherever you wish to make it look great! Remember it is going in the man cave so it needs to look WORNOUT! ha ha

I took a screwdriver and scratched the parts that look a bit shiny and then rubbed my finger over the black paint for a smudged look.

                                      

Dr. Pepper ;oved it and it hung it in his "man Cave" as soon as I got home on Sunday. :) I can't wait for him to see the project I am working on for him for his birthday.......I think he is going to LOVE IT!!!!

A gift for a friend

A girlfriend of mine is having a baby boy. I hate to buy gifts for people when I can make or paint them something that they have just as great!

Here is what I have done for her...

The mother's name and DOB is along one side and the father's is along the other so that they are all part of the piece. I think it turned out quiet nice:)! I will do a few more little things to it but this is pretty much it.

Kitchen redo

When Dr. Pepper and I moved into this house one of the things that I was the most excited for was the fact that we would now be able to sit at the table and have dinner. This idea came to a screeching halt once I sat in these chairs for more than 5 minutes. They are horrible uncomfortable! How do you fir this you ask? Well, keep reading and you will see just what I did to fix mine...

First, I went and found a bench that could replace the chair on one side but seat 2 people.

Here are the supplies you will need:

* Sanding Pad - Medium or heavy Duty depending on how much paint you need to remove from your furniture.

* Spray Paint- the color that you want to show through from underneath

* White flat paint

* water

*Paint brush

* light sander

*rag for wiping down after sanding

*wax candle

*clear coat sealer

Sand them all down really good until they all have a white powder on them.

You will see the clear coat fade off if you are working with the butcher block like I did here.

Once you have a color for the undertone go ahead and cover the piece.

Get ready for the strange part!

Rub, rub, rub and rub more! The more the rub the less the pain will stick. Anywhere that you rub the wax really hard, the paint will not stick. Did you know that?

I wanted this one to be more of the "worn out" look in the seat area. Can you tell?

Mix your paint and water. If you want more of a watercolor look then add more water. If you want more of the painted look add a little at a time and then go back and sand down little by little.

Like this.......

I think it turned out fantastic! I hope yours does too!!!

DIY

Shabby Chic Curtains from bed sheets not exactly finished yet but still cute enough to post...

I found the curtains at the Goodwill ( my all time favorite store) and decided to make my own!

this goes perfectly with the lamp shade I made ( also purchased at the Goodwill) before adding all the flowers and fun things to it to give it some pizzaz! 

I also found this neat little frame and repainted  it so that it would fit perfectly in the room. It wasn't exactly the prettiest thing before......

Dark and smelly was more like it!

All put together!