tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55601013496718343102024-03-18T12:58:01.127-07:00For the love of whiteThe story of my life as a Wife, Mother,
and my love for decorating with white.Shabby chic Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07823848210658888319noreply@blogger.comBlogger363125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560101349671834310.post-73607779079447370142016-03-20T20:45:00.000-07:002016-03-20T20:45:01.264-07:00Spring Cleaning<div style="text-align: center;">
It has been months since I have done a post! I am not sure if very many people are out there anymore in Blogland but if you are please comment and let me know. I had a sweet lady on Instagram comment that she misses my blog posts and so I decided to check in with everyone!</div>
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Everything is well with me. I continue to enjoy painting furniture and spending time with my family. My life is not exciting...but it is happy!</div>
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This is my favorite time of year--with the first day of Spring being today! I have been working on Spring cleaning--washing windows, washing and ironing curtains, washing pillows and blankets, my washing machine has been working overtime for sure. I love washing away the dust of winter.</div>
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This year I decided to go even further with my cleaning with painting the walls. The five years we have lived here the walls have been beige and I liked them. I like to change things up once in awhile though and just finished painting the walls Benjamin Moore Woodlawn Blue. I couldn't be more happy with the color!</div>
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I really love the color. I struggle with clutter though, I want a clean look but I have so many little things (like clocks) that bring me joy!</div>
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I put beadboard wallpaper under the window seat. Janae bought it and used it in her house but her cats clawed it up...so she ended up giving it to me. My cats are pretty good about not clawing things..so fingers crossed!</div>
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Usually I have a white cover on this chair but our yard is so wet and muddy I decided to use this grey cover Janae gave me during this time. The dogs go out and first thing they do is jump on that chair! You can see little Dafney sleeping on the chair. At almost 16 years old she sleeps a lot these days.</div>
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I decided to leave the other wall in the living room the original beige color. I may paint it eventually but I kind of like a neutral color behind the TV. My kids will tell you--I love the TV. lol</div>
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I have become recently obsessed with the HGTV show "Fixer Upper". Not only do I love the style of what they do on that show I love the couple and their kids. Don't we all aspire to be like Chip and Joanna?!</div>
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I have always loved the industrial look though I felt like it doesn't really go with my girlie looks I love. Joanna does a look that I love--she mixes the industrial with other stuff and creates a farmhouse look. We live in a farming community and I am loving the farmhouse look. I feel like she inspires me to change up my style a bit. :) </div>
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I hope this finds everyone having a good day...and please do let me know you were here!</div>
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I close this post with a photo of flowers my Dad brought me the other day---</div>
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Shabby chic Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07823848210658888319noreply@blogger.com83tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560101349671834310.post-7672645794569392712015-10-22T18:03:00.000-07:002015-10-22T18:03:09.317-07:00Velvet Pumpkin Tutorial<div style="text-align: center;">
I am not traditional in my Fall decorating. Those of you that have followed me through the years know I am not a fan of Fall. When everyone talks about the beautiful trees changing colors, I think to myself that they were so much prettier green. I am an Oregonian after all, I love our green.</div>
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For the last couple years I have been saving pumpkin stems. The other day I saw a velvet pumpkin at my daughter's house that she had bought at an antique store. It made me decide it was time to give it a try and make some velvet pumpkins!</div>
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I started by looking for something round to use to trace around. This is a 16 inch circle and makes a good small pumpkin.To make a bigger pumpkin I measured 4 inches out all the way around and cut it out.</div>
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This is some velvet that Janae bought me as a gift years ago to recover a chair. I never ended up recovering that chair and I so love the velvet so decided to use a piece to make a pumpkin. This velvet is called something like burnout velvet and is so gorgeous. You can also get cheaper kind of stretchy velvet that works really well. I have seen some people find velvet skirts and things at thrift stores and make them into pumpkins. I am keeping my eye out but haven't found any thrift store velvet yet.</div>
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The next thing you do is do a running stitch around the outer edge of the circle. I wanted to use a stronger thread than just the normal kind so all I had is yellow--which worked fine because you really don't see it anyway.</div>
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Next I just gathered up the top a bit so I could put some beans on the bottom. White beans would be the best if your fabric is see through but I had pinto beans so that is what I went with. This adds weight to the bottom of your pumpkin making it sit nicely. You can also use rice.</div>
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At this point you can add flowers, pearls or anything you want. I wanted to keep these simple. I added a little twig that the dogs brought in to my white pumpkin and I think it looks really cute.</div>
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That is it! They were really easy and they look so cute and Fall like in my home, while still going with my color scheme. I am pleased!</div>
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I can't believe school has started. Fall, though I always try to put it off as long as possible, is going to be here. Football is even happening. Ugh. Those of you who have followed my blog through the years know I really dislike Fall.</div>
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In an attempt to make myself happy and not think about impending Fall, I have been trying to spend a little time doing one of my favorite things---decorating the house.</div>
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I found some wallpaper and I instantly fell in love. All the houses I have lived in previous to this one have been wallpapered top to bottom. After living in our last home for almost 20 years some of the wallpaper had to be taken down. That is not fun and kind of ruined my love affair with wallpaper. Recently I found myself getting a little bit of the wallpaper bug again. Then I found on the perfect wallpaper on a Facebook page. To make a long story short the wallpaper is only in the UK and seemed to be sold out everywhere except one person from Ebay that still had a few rolls. Anyway--when it seemed like I couldn't get it, the planets aligned or something happened and I was able to get it. At this point I am so excited and Fall is far from my mind.</div>
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It is bright and cheery--it has roses, clocks, and frames--all things that I love! Also, it looks so nice with my couch slipcovers! Oh yes, it was meant to be. I only had to get a little bit to do a small wall around the fireplace (that we never use). When I get it done I will do a post!</div>
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Anyway--so I have had this coffee table for several months that I found on the classifieds. I got it because it was a place to hide Jaxon's toys. He stays here 1 day a week and though he doesn't have a bedroom I like him to have a place that is his.</div>
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In my opinion a real ugly duckling--but it served it's purpose well. I always felt like it "brought down the living room" because I like to surround myself and my family with pretty things and this was not pretty. So I took a break from painting things for other people and gave myself a little "be happy" therapy time and painted this for myself. I was so pleased...it looked like it belongs to me now!</div>
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I was really happy with how these pretty glass rose knobs I have had waiting to put on this cabinet.</div>
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Since so many of you have asked me for more tutorials I thought I would share how I did this. It isn't the actual wallpaper on the cabinet/coffee table, it is an image transfer.</div>
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There are many different ways to do image transfers. About a year ago I took a class from <a href="http://onegirlinpink.blogspot.com/">Girl in Pink</a> and she taught us how to use Artisan Enhancements Transfer Gel. It was easy, fun, and so I have always stayed with doing it this way. I figure why change when you find a way that works great?</div>
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What you need to do is make a laser copy of the image you want to use. It needs to be printed in reverse image which is easy to do on a copy machine. I like to go to Fed Ex because they have a nice easy to use copy machine and it costs under a dollar.</div>
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In this case I wanted the roses to be smaller so I reduced the image when I was printing it--I wish I would have reduced it a little more but it looks fine. Then the cut the pieces of reverse image copies to the size I needed them to be.</div>
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Then you apply it to your project. Make sure you smooth it out with something to make sure there are no bubbles. I like to use those brown plastic scrubber things they give you when you buy Pampered Chef stoneware. Anything works that you can smooth it out with and get out any excess transfer gel.</div>
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Then you wait for it to dry...overnight is good or if in a hurry you can speed it up with a hairdryer. To be honest I forgot I was doing it and left it drying for 24 hours. It was fine. After it is dry you then getting it soaking wet...lol.</div>
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Back to Fall--I try not to be negative so I want to say something positive about Fall. I love the Fall TV shows! Oh my goodness--all my favorite shows are starting back up and as pathetic as it sounds I am totally excited about it. You'll find me in front of the TV this Fall with a paintbrush, a can of Annie Sloan, and a piece of furniture. </div>
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To end this post I want to wish a Happy Birthday 17th birthday to my awesome daughter Chantel. She celebrated her 17th on September 1st, which is also the 4th anniversary of my blog! Thank you to all of you who have followed along with my life the last 4 years and I hope you hang in there for many more years :) </div>
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It has been such a busy summer. Breaking the temperature records has been practically a daily event around here this year. I really feel like I don't know where the summer went! As it is almost time for the kids to go back to school I decided I better hurry up and do the post of my daughter's wedding! </div>
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I thought now that I have some time and it is so hot I can hardly do anything but sit at the computer, I would post some pictures of Janae's bridal shower. Chantel (my 16 year old daughter) was the maid of honor at the wedding and she put together the shower, with only a little help from me.</div>
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We got the beautiful white cake from Costco and it was so delicious! I am thinking I wish I had a piece of that right now!</div>
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Sidney's Mom is the one sitting in the white chair. She is such a pretty lady, and hardly looks old enough to have 3 grown children...and several Grandkids! She is definitely hoping to add some more Grandkids with this marriage.</div>
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Janae got a lot of nice gifts...of course those who know her knows she loves this Pom Cookie Jar from her Grandma Carolee.</div>
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I love the look on Great Grandma's face when she saw the gift from Janae's future Mother in law.</div>
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Chantel had 2 games--one where she had Janae leave the room and their were questions about what Janae was wearing. The other was how well you know Janae. They were both fun!</div>
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Those of you who know me can imagine how badly I am itching to paint that coffee table I found a few months ago. I just haven't had the time! Anyway... </div>
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It was good to see some of Janae's best friends from High School. They need to get together more often.</div>
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Here she is with her wedding party--Chantel and her other 2 sisters that she shares a Dad with.</div>
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You can just imagine how beautiful they all looked at the wedding so I will give you a sneak peek...</div>
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I think they are all absolutely gorgeous!</div>
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Stay tuned for the actual wedding post...coming soon!</div>
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Shabby chic Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07823848210658888319noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560101349671834310.post-37784624026986949962015-07-25T01:54:00.000-07:002015-07-25T01:54:05.325-07:00DIY Fairytale Wedding<div style="text-align: center;">
I can't believe it has been 2 months since I have done a blog post. Seriously my life has been 24/7 wedding. Thinking about my daughters wedding, working on things for the wedding, and praying that everything turns out just perfect for her. I have to admit I worried about it so much I almost made myself sick, and now am just elated at how it turned out. The perfect backyard garden wedding...it was like a fairytale.</div>
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This post is going to mostly show the decorating...as the pictures come back from the photographer I realize there is way too many for one post and this post is meant to be inspiring. It can be done! I may have been a doubter at times myself but you can have an amazing wedding in a small backyard. My daughter had a vision and she made it come true.</div>
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Those of you that are familiar with Janae and her decorating know that she does a beautiful job with a lot of mirrors and chandeliers. We brought carloads of her mirrors and chandeliers from her house to our house to use in the wedding. My husband took some vacation time off work and hung all the mirrors and rewired the chandeliers to be able to use them at the wedding. It was worth all the work.</div>
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Janae found quotes and things and had me make some chalkboards to set around the wedding. I have to say they looked great!</div>
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You can see that there are no candles in the candles holders--that is because it was 97 degrees when we had the ceremony and all the candles melted! Though it was so hot during the ceremony we had water bottles placed everywhere and it wasn't so bad because as soon as the sun went down the temperature was perfect!</div>
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Janae and Chantel took all the labels off the water bottles and replaced them with lace tape and jute ties. It looked so pretty!</div>
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I was pretty proud of the card holder I made out of a vintage suitcase.</div>
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I also was happy with this signing board I made...all of these ideas are things that Janae found on Pinterest.</div>
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When Janae came home with a whole lot of flowers she special ordered from Costco I have to admit I may have had a slight panic attack...</div>
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But after many hours of arranging them into Ball jars (some painted, some blue, and some wrapped in pretty burlap covers) they were so pretty and everywhere in our house and outside, it smelled like flowers!</div>
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The cake was another special part of the wedding decore--made by Janae's cousin, Victoria.</div>
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We have so much creative talent in our family...it makes me proud!</div>
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Notice the cake topper with 4 Poms on it? Janae had that made through Etsy. I think Victoria could go on one of those cake decorating contest shows--she made those flowers!</div>
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The rehearsal was on the thursday night before the wedding on Saturday. That worked out really well because we were really busy on Friday cooking, arranging flowers and generally going nuts trying to get ready. We were lucky the rental company brought all the tables and chairs and so we were able to set up for the rehearsal, other than the flowers, so we really knew how it was going to look. I think it was at this point that we all breathed a little sigh of relief. It was all going to fit and it looked beautiful!</div>
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We were able to seat 100 people in our small backyard...yay!</div>
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The rehearsal went really well. We then knew Janae's dream wedding was being realized.</div>
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Jaxon and Sidney's little niece and Jaxon made the most adorable little ones pulling the dogs down the aisle announcing the bride was coming.</div>
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The dogs themselves, who are Janae and Sidney's children, even sat well in the wagon. We had been practicing.</div>
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After practicing the ceremony we practiced changing the backyard from ceremony to reception seating. I told Janae if we had the guests go in the front for 10 to 15 minutes and go through the receiving line that a small "team" we put together could change it over. I think Janae doubted me. But guess what? We did it!</div>
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I am an animal lover. I always have been my whole life. Recently Janae found a dog wandering in her neighborhood and she sent me this picture.</div>
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She said she was the sweetest dog. She was dirty, matted, and starving and Janae thought she was pretty young. Little did I know at this point she would become part of our family.</div>
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Janae started the process of finding her owner. She posted in the classifieds and found out that the dog lived just a few houses away from her. She lived in a tiny cage full of poop. Outside in the elements no less. Her nose was swollen and hairless from rubbing her nose on the cage. She was so skinny I guess they just didn't feed her.<br />
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Janae gave her a bath and she looked pretty pitiful...but so sweet. So not deserving the life she was living.</div>
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When Janae found this out she just wanted to hide her away. We realized we had to let the owners know we had her because that was the only legal thing to do. We decided to ask the owners if we could take ownership of her. </div>
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Janae already has 4 dogs which is the limit in our town so we decided she would be ours. I left a note on the owners door because they would never answer and they called me. They said they would not turn her over to us. They said they had bought her from a breeder in California and that she was a papered Poodle. They told me she was nine months old. I talked to them about the bad condition she was in and they said they worked a lot. I told them that was not excuse for starving her. They said she didn't eat much-but in our care she gained 2 pounds in a week. I told them I was going to take her to the shelter so her abuse could be documented and they could go get her there. I asked if had her licensed and they said that was none of my business. I let them know it would cost money for them to get her out but I didn't feel right handing her over any other way. They said that was fine and for me to please call them when she was there so she could go get her right away. I told her I would take her to the shelter on Monday morning.</div>
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She fit in so well with our family of dogs (Janae's and ours) that we all felt so bad she had to go back. I looked into it and there was really no legal thing we could do. I think they almost always give people a second chance to treat their pets right. It was heartbreaking. Janae still wanted to find a way to "lose" her or something so she didn't have to go back to the bad situation.</div>
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I guess our prayers worked because a few hours after the first time I talked to the owner she called me back and said she had talked her her husband and kids and her kids had said she deserved to be in a better home! They realized they were not home enough and didn't have what it takes to care for a little dog. They said we could have legal ownership of her. It was a happy day in our house!</div>
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Within a week the poor thing was shaved, spayed, shots, microchipped...she got the works. I am not so sure at that point if she thought being rescued was such a great idea.</div>
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Our other dogs kept hoping she would go back home with Janae...like most new dogs in our family do.</div>
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We decided to name our new family member Dahlia. All our female dogs are named after flowers and all our dogs names start with a D.</div>
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Dahlia's life has changed big time. She went from being caged to being a dog on the go.</div>
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She loves to go on car rides...sometimes using a sleeping Ninja Turtle as a stepping stool :)</div>
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She recently walked 2.5 miles in the Portland Doggie Dash to raise money for the Oregon Humane Society. That was a big deal because about a month ago she didn't even walk that well.</div>
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She is a happy girl living a happy life and we are the lucky family who gets to love her! As much as I don't like how the previous owners treated her I am thankful they were good enough to give her to us and realize she deserved better. Her nose is healing up now, and her hair is coming in and before you know it she will look like a pampered poodle!</div>
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I find it good for my spirit to take what is old and ready to be thrown away and make it into something beautiful. One of my favorite makeovers was this old dresser a friend told me was on it's way to the dump.</div>
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I just adore painted furniture.</div>
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It is such a beautiful time of year! So much has been going on around here including me being sick with Ecoli and having a 105.7 temperature and seizures. But all is good now and we celebrated our beautiful Spring weather by visiting the tulip fields today.</div>
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Janae wanted to take photos of her dogs in the fields and so Wyatt, Jaxon, Janae and I made the trip with Janae's dogs to the fields.</div>
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It was a beautiful day but so sunny it took awhile for the sun to go down enough to get good pictures!</div>
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When the kids were little we went to the tulips every year and took pictures. They hated it because I would get in a bad mood if I didn't get the perfect photo. In my older age I wasn't such a perfectionist with Jaxon. He would say "I'm done now Aunt Sandy" and I said "okay". I still got some cute pictures by bribing him with going to Dairy Queen to get a chocolate sundae after we were done in the fields.</div>
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Wyatt was so much help with both Jaxon and the dogs he was happy to have his favorite meal--a Dairy Queeen Chicken Basket and Brownie Cookie Dough Blizzard.</div>
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Ever since I heard about the new Chalky Spray paint That Krylon put out I have been so curious. I am a closet spray painter--it is just so easy to spray paint things compared to painting with a brush. When I saw that our local Fred Meyer's was carrying it I just had to try it.</div>
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I found this hard plastic candelabra at Goodwill. I knew it would look better painted white.</div>
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I used the chalky spray paint on it and I actually liked it! It is a little thinner than their regular spray paints but I thought for a project like this it would be fast and easy--and it was! I also used the Matte sealer--I thought it was not as matte as I would like it to be. I like things to be really flat. I don't like a shine to anything. That's just me--I think it makes it look older that way.</div>
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This now becomes a beautiful decoration for Janae's wedding. She now tells me she just wants me to find 12 more. :)</div>
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I found this set for $5 on our local classifieds....</div>
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Very weathered and chippy--but sturdy-- I love it. Thing is as much as I love chippy this is too chippy so I am going to paint it and let the chipping begin again. :) Wouldn't it look adorable with a ruffled umbrella? I am always creating more projects for myself! Still can't believe I got it for $5!</div>
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I decided to try the chalky spray paint on one of the chairs...</div>
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Of course my true paint love, Annie Sloan chalk paint remains my true love. I have decided to do some small projects to sell and I am glad I did...they flew out the door :) Painted them in Annie Sloan Original White.</div>
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Jaxon's Grandparents are on vacation and so I have my favorite little guy here for the next two weeks. I am sure we will have so much fun! It will be fun to have a 3 year old here 24/7 for the next couple weeks. Love that kid.</div>
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I love Valentines day! I think of it as a way to show love to everyone--not just romantic love. I have always gotten my kids Valentine gifts. This year I made Janae a gift modeled after something she had pinned--and it doubles as a wedding decoration!</div>
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I am pretty happy with how it turned out--though I wish I would have been able to find a ladder with just one more step.</div>
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I have got to get busy--because though Janae and Sidney are just having a small family wedding there is still so many things to do to get ready!</div>
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I love finding little things at Goodwill and transferring them into something I love for my home.</div>
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I am always drawn to clocks. So many cute clocks at Goodwill--or at least clocks I see potential in.</div>
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I painted these 2 clocks with original white and now I love them!</div>
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Costing me only a few dollars and a little bit of paint these clocks quickly turned Shabby Chic cute!</div>
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Having several clocks on the mantle reminds me time is precious! Something that was made so clear when we lost my sister in law about 6 months ago.</div>
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Jaxon always tell me, "My Mama is an angel" so I put a picture of her by my angel wings. I think Jax will like it.</div>
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Speaking of Jaxon..he is doing well and continues to bring us so much joy. We all just adore him and look forward to Mondays when he stays with us.</div>
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He is obsessed with Ninja turtles and he likes me to call him by the name of whatever mask he is wearing. This day he was Donatello. Who would have known at my age I would now know so much about Ninja Turtles? lol Chantel and Jax (I mean Donatello) made cupcakes the other day.</div>
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I am so busy--wedding plans and painting (and Jaxon) keeps me really busy! The Daphne is blooming and the wonderful aroma is making me look forward to Spring.</div>
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The smell is just intoxicating!</div>
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Shabby chic Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07823848210658888319noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560101349671834310.post-56305243563810451982015-02-07T01:54:00.001-08:002015-02-07T01:54:43.876-08:00Fun at the Junk Sister's Show<div style="text-align: center;">
Every year Janae and I look forward to the Junk Sister's Show when it comes to Hillsboro, Oregon. I sometimes think I would like to have a booth at the show--but actually that would be work, and I don't want to miss out on the fun!</div>
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This lighted sign was hanging when we first entered the show and it is pretty appropriate because I loved everything at the show!</div>
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I have never seen so many pretty chairs in one place. I just love a pretty chair. It was pretty hard to resist them! How many chairs can one person own?</div>
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My blogger friend Denise from <a href="http://www.pink-postcard.com/">Pink Postcard</a> always has a beautiful booth. I always like to paint my own pieces for my home but I really wanted to buy this dresser she had painted in milk paint.</div>
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I just love it! $300 is such a great price for it too.</div>
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Denise had other beautiful pieces too...</div>
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There was so much furniture that I loved...</div>
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I would love to paint this piece!</div>
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I am also so impressed with the way the booths are decorated. So much work put into this show!</div>
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So many cute things and great ideas.</div>
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The really nice people at one of the booths remembered Janae and I from last year. They said we are easy to remember with our blonde hair. They had the cutest stand with clothes hanging on it--Janae wanted to buy it for her bedroom but it wasn't for sale--just a prop.</div>
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They were nice enough to tell us how they made it--the spindles on the top are salt and pepper shakers! The decorative piece on the top came off of a dresser. How creative!</div>
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Look at me..I am posting again already! I meant it when I said I want to get back to blogging.</div>
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Tonight was Winter Formal--shortly I will be going to pick Chantel and some of her friends up. I was disappointed that we didn't get good pictures (stopped at a friends house, it was starting to get dark and couldn't find any place good to take pictures..) Anyway--memories are still memories even if the pictures aren't that great.</div>
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Chantel looked beautiful and her boyfriend looked handsome. The theme was fire and ice and they went for the ice look :)</div>
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They went with a group of friends and one of the girls went without a date. I thought this picture was funny her standing alone pretending to feel sorry for herself :)</div>
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I also thought I would share my latest project...when I got it at Habitat for Humanity it looked like this.</div>
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Then when I was working on it Janae took a picture of a couple of her dogs in it and posted it on Facebook.</div>
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One of my favorite customers said she wanted it after seeing this picture and she didn't even know what it was!</div>
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Here it is all done--and that customer who said she wanted it did buy it! I have been very blessed to sell things so easily.</div>
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Shabby chic Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07823848210658888319noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560101349671834310.post-60419451084045303822015-01-22T22:24:00.001-08:002015-01-24T02:26:46.839-08:00Catching up<div style="text-align: center;">
I am so missing all my blogging friends! I feel so bad that I haven't been regularly posting or following blogs and I really miss it. Many of my blogger friends I follow on Facebook and it makes me lazy about my blog. I don't want to give up on my blog though so I am hoping to get back on a more regular schedule.</div>
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We had a lovely Christmas. I let myself stress out way too much every year which I am still working on.</div>
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Here is a couple photos from Christmas eve at my parents house...</div>
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One of the best things about Christmas is the little ones and since Jaxon has become such a big part of our lives we enjoyed him so much this Christmas :)</div>
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He was so excited about Santa and so thrilled with every gift he got he was an absolute joy. I hope his Mama was seeing from up above what a wonderful Christmas he had!</div>
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Then I spent New years day in a way that I didn't want to start the new year...</div>
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Gage had a massive seizure lasting several hours. They gave him so many medications that when they finally got it to stop they had to transport us by ambulance to Doernbecher's Children's hospital and we were in the Intensive Care Unit for 4 days until he finally woke up.</div>
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When he woke up and I asked him to smile and he did and it was so wonderful. It was an emotionally exhausting 4 days.</div>
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So all is well with Gage now--other than he seems to have a cold now--but I can handle that. No more Intensive care unit I am hoping!</div>
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I have been busy as can be painting. I so enjoy it and have a following of ladies who love my items. It is helpful to pay the bills and makes me feel good personally too. I feel like I really have this painting thing down pat now. I promise soon I am going to try some new ideas and I will try to do some tutorials again.</div>
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New pieces of furniture create new photo ops for my daughter's dogs! :)</div>
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I just love this old dresser! I love what I did with it too. It was hard for me to sell this one because I wanted to keep it for myself!</div>
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So that is what my days are full of...taking care of my kids and Jaxon, all of our animals...and painting as often as I can! Winter Formal is this Saturday and though Wyatt has no interest in going, Chantel has been working on getting her dress and everything for the past few weeks. Winter Formal pictures coming soon! </div>
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At 50 years old I will say that until now I have never hung a red ornament. I have had pink trees, blue and silver trees, and all white, but never a hint of RED could be found on my tree. My kids this year mentioned they would like a little more color in the Christmas decorations...and I surprised them and myself and added some red!</div>
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Wyatt's Nutcracker collection looks great with the new color scheme.</div>
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I painted some of the frames on the tree in my favorite Red--Emperor's Silk.</div>
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Jaxon helped us pick out the tree this year--we were lazy and didn't cut it ourselves but just picked one out from the Elk's lodge.</div>
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Kids just make Christmas more magical.</div>
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I have a really bad habit of really getting stressed over the holidays. I am trying to relax a bit--I just want all my family to have a great Christmas and I always feel like it is up to me to make it happen. My goal this year is to just relax a bit. It is easier said than done.</div>
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As I sit here at my laptop I feel so blessed with my beautiful little home and my loving family. My heart aches for those who do not have a warm and happy place this holiday season. I can't even imagine being outside in this freezing weather--both for people and for animals.</div>
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Shabby chic Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07823848210658888319noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560101349671834310.post-76620980579486282242014-11-15T21:34:00.001-08:002014-11-15T22:17:35.860-08:00Painting projects<div style="text-align: center;">
Christmas is just coming too fast! I have been really feeling like Christmas decorating though ever since Janae and I went to a Christmas open house last night.</div>
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Buying Christmas presents isn't a problem for me as far as I am pretty good at knowing what people would want...where the problem comes in is having the money to buy all these gifts! So I have been painting hours every day in hopes of making some money for Christmas. It is fun to be able to make money doing something I love...so I thought I would share a few of my projects.</div>
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This dresser is not a huge difference in the before and after but it is done in a way that was requested by a customer in Annie Sloan Original White. She loves it!</div>
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This little table my Mother bought for a couple dollars at a garage sale and it turned out so cute I wanted to keep it! It sold within a couple hours.</div>
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This next little table sold within one minute of me putting it on Craigslist--the lady was delighted with it.</div>
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This table is so sweet. I think the lady that bought this is putting it in her entryway of her gorgeous home!</div>
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As you can see I paint everything in Annie Sloan original white--because that seems to sell really fast. We all know I love white too. But Janae gave me a couple chairs when she cleaned out her garage and I did add a bit of color to them---for me!!</div>
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I just love these chairs! I mixed some Emile with Old White for the purple color--I love purple! Both chairs are done now and I love them!</div>
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This year something really strange has been happening to me as far as what attracts me color wise... I have always really disliked red..but now I am really liking red as long as it isn't orangy-red. I loved the window display at Camas Antiques last night.</div>
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So I was itching to paint something red for the holidays...so I painted this small frame and put a Christmas card in it.</div>
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Baby steps! But I think this is more red than I have ever had in my house ;)</div>
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Oh and one last thing...look what I found at Goodwill!<br />
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It was a whooping $9.99--it had all it's crystals and everything but I replaced some of them with antique ones I had from a chandelier I am parting out and so it just adds to the appeal. Goodwill never lets me down!<br />
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I did a milk paint project I am loving--will share that soon.</div>
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Shabby chic Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07823848210658888319noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560101349671834310.post-81094799062435851432014-11-10T22:40:00.000-08:002014-11-10T22:40:31.580-08:00Good News<div style="text-align: center;">
Hi everyone! Wanted to share some good news--Janae won the Petsmart contest! Thank you to all who voted!! It was a great birthday present for Frankie who just had his 1st birthday!</div>
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This is not the only contest Janae won this year--she also got best dog photo in the Petco contest and won a $500 gift certificate!</div>
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Isn't that adorable?! Janae puts a lot of thought and effort into these contests.</div>
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To prove this talent runs in the family Chantel for Honorable mention in the Petco contest with her Powerpuff Guinea Pigs..</div>
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Chantel also got 2nd place at the in store pet costume contest with her Guinea pig Candy Corn.</div>
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Yep--I have very creative daughters!</div>
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I have been painting like crazy---I will share my projects soon!</div>
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It is that time of year! My daughter Janae just loves entering pet costume contests this time of year and she does so well in them!</div>
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Petsmart this year is having a owner and pet costume contest and Janae is in the final 5 for the small pet category. Here is the photo...</div>
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Isn't that adorable?! I think she should win (says the proud Mama). Frankie is the perfect bunny and Janae the perfect Alice. The prize if she gets 1st is $1,000 which would sure come in handy for her upcoming wedding.</div>
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Alice in Wonderland was the theme this Halloween...with Wyatt joining in as the Mad Hatter too :)</div>
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You can vote here <a href="https://monstercute.petsmart.com/?type=Small-Pets&page=1">https://monstercute.petsmart.com/?type=Small-Pets&page=1</a>--you even have a chance to win $75.00 yourself just for voting. You can vote everyday for the next few days. (I think through the 7th). </div>
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I have received messages from a bunch of you wanting this tutorial..so here goes!</div>
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I have really been enjoying the stripes on many pieces of furniture and now I have added the gingham look to what I really enjoy doing. Though I am a newbie at it here is how it all worked for me.</div>
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I start out doing the same thing I do to just do normal stripes..I put the first piece of tape on, then the second, then the third...</div>
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Then I remove the second strip...which can be used again as you go along to evenly space your stripes. I keep up this process until the whole area is done. </div>
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I carefully remove the tape. Something that I learned--to get a more fabric look to your gingham only use one coat of paint. Using 2 coats makes it look more checkered.</div>
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I have heard people complain they sometimes remove some of the paint with the tape. This usually never happens to me but I think I was a little anxious with this piece and did not let it dry long enough--I think you should let your base coat dry 24 hours at least--48 hrs even better.</div>
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But no worries if you don't--you can fix it.</div>
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See that! Not the look I was going for. Take a small brush and 'fix" it.</div>
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That is how you get the pretty gingham!</div>
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I can't say enough about Fed Ex! I emailed them the picture I wanted and the size I wanted it to be--even asked them to also do it in reverse image and they did it for me for like $3.80. I think it is just adorable and makes this cabinet so personal.</div>
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I am also quite a fan of Mod Podge. I have heard all sorts of things about how you can make it yourself and stuff but you know even a penny pincher like me can afford this product! I think it works great.</div>
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I took off the cabinet doors to make it easier and I covered one door at a time with the Mod Podge and the back of the picture with it too. I positioned the picture on the door and then used that blue thing shown (which I found in my kitchen drawer and I am not exactly sure what it is) to use as a way to flattened it out and get any extra Mod Podge out. You will have bubbles if you don't get any excess out. That is the secret really. Smooth it out all real good.</div>
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Wouldn't a changing table with a baby's photo look wonderful done like this?!</div>
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Well, Bentley thinks it looks pretty wonderful with him on it as a place to store his clothes.</div>
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So I hope this post has been helpful to those of you who were hoping to do these techniques. I have to share this pretty cross I found at Goodwill. I just love it now that I painted it!<br />
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I just have to show a great example of why I love to paint furniture so much! The last project I just finished is always my favorite...and this is my favorite right now.</div>
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This project was actually done for a client. Her Grandmother's tea cart is now updated and looks like a French flower cart to me!</div>
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I have been fighting off some kind of bug. Just feeling achy and tired. In between naps I finished this cart...and it has lifted my spirits at least :)</div>
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Last night I finished a project I have for sale and thought I would share.</div>
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My Mother found this at a garage sale for me and it looked like this..</div>
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This piece is much newer than the pieces I usually paint but I like how it turned out.</div>
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I did a lot of distressing on this one too--I think the distressing brought it to life. I hope there is someone out there who will love this piece :)<br />
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Last night Janae and I took such a fun class! It was a Layered Patina advanced painting class. It was taught by my blogging friend Amanda from <a href="http://onegirlinpink.blogspot.com/">Girl in Pink</a>. This is the second class Janae and I have taken from her and we enjoy them so much!</div>
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It was a great evening and really inspired my creativity. We made canvas' using layers of different protects...my favorite protect was fine stone. It was pretty awesome :) </div>
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Life is full of so many ups and downs. I want to thank you all for the comforting comments on the loss of my sister in law. It is still hard to grasp that she is actually gone...and hard to see the look of great loss on the face of my brother in law. I know that all the love that has been shown to our family helps us all get through it. Thank you for your part in that.</div>
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Life goes on and we still find things to find joy in. Shortly before Kirsten passed away Janae and Sidney announced their engagement. They have been dating since high school and it was wonderful to find out they were going to make it official. Kirsten called me and told me how excited she was for them..which is a wonderful memory now.</div>
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We are planning a cozy garden wedding in our backyard. Our house is small, as is our yard, but we all decided we could make it so pretty and it would be a wonderful place to have a beautiful ceremony! Janae and Sidney's dogs are going to be members of the wedding party--no surprise there! lol We are so looking forward to the big day and I will post many pictures--so it will feel like you were all there :)</div>
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Another happy thing is tomorrow is Janae's 25th birthday! Seems like yesterday I was suffering through 42 hours of labor. Janae and I have many plans tomorrow (which include mostly shopping and eating :) ) and so she came over tonight and we had a little early family birthday party. I have been so excited to give her the big gift I made for her. It started out looking like this...</div>
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A cabinet I found free on the side of the road not far from our house. I knew that Janae had been wanting a clothes closet for her boy Pom, because the closet in their Pom playroom is already full of the girl Pom clothes. I knew I could make something cute from this cabinet and I am just tickled with how it turned out.</div>
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Jerry hung the closet rod on the inside for me. I am sure it will be full of clothes shortly. Yes, these dogs have way more clothes than I do! For those of you interested in how I did this I am planning to do a post soon of both how to do the gingham painting technique and adding the photos to the furniture. Stay tuned! </div>
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I also painted a frame for Janae with a recent photo of all her Pom babies.</div>
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It has been a long time since my last blog post. Many of you know my sister in law has been fighting cancer. A couple weeks ago she lost her fight. It has been a huge shock to all of us..she always had such a good attitude and would say, "I've got this" when asked about her cancer. We didn't think we would lose her.</div>
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She was 33 and had 3 children. I call her my sister in law but my husband's brother and her were only engaged..and the wedding was planned for this August. My last text messages from her were showing me her wedding dress and saying how excited she was for the wedding. She was so happy.</div>
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The picture below of Kirsten and her daughter was taken the weekend before she died.</div>
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She looked so happy and healthy. Shortly after this photo was taken she picked up an infection. Her body wasn't able to fight the infection and she died within hours. Her youngest, Jaxon, was staying with me at the time.</div>
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The kids are taking it as well as can be expected. I don't think the youngest, Jaxon, really understands what is going on. He just knows everyone is crying and he doesn't know where Mommy is.</div>
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My daughter Chantel turned 16 on the 1st of September. Though it was something to celebrate we so wished Kirsten would have been there. Who knows...maybe she was?</div>
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So we are all trying to get back to normal life. My projects are piling up all over the house and I so need to get painting. I know that Kirsten would not want me to sit and grieve and worry about the kids and not get things done so I need to get it together and get back to life.</div>
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Sewing is not my favorite thing. I am such a perfectionist and I tend to tense up when I am sewing. I wish I could learn to loosen up a bit. One thing I love about sewing though is how my projects turn out.</div>
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My Mother mentioned about a month ago she needed some kind of cover for her porch swing and she wasn't kidding.</div>
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I knew her birthday was coming and so I told her let me take care of this for your birthday! As some of you can probably relate it is so hard to know what to get your parents for their birthday. Younger people have so many things they need, but the older you get the more you have everything you need! But Mom definitely needed a swing cover.</div>
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So the last week or so I went to work on it. I was lucky to find the yellow fabric with strawberries and flowers on it at Goodwill. It was perfect for Mom! I went to JoAnn's and got a coordinating gingham because I thought a bit of a country look would be what my Mom would like. My Mom is always finding me things at garage sales and so I already had the stuffing and the lace that she had previously given me.</div>
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I spent about 10 hours working on it (complaining to myself or anybody who would listen that I hate to hand ruffle and my ruffler attachment is broken). I was worried it wouldn't fit right and hoping that I had measured right...and then I took it to Mom's today and all that work was worth it.</div>
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It turned out just like I had envisioned and my Mom loved it. My Dad loved it too. So it makes all the effort very worth it.</div>
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So now my Mom has a pretty place to sit on her porch and have an afternoon beverage while she enjoys her pretty flowers.</div>
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Now I want a porch swing! lol</div>
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On my last post I mentioned a cucumber salad I have been enjoying and several people have asked for the recipe--so here it is...the original recipe calls for a little more sour cream but this is how I make it.</div>
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I take 3 cucumbers and peel and slice them up. In a bowl I put 1.5 teaspoons salt (the recipe calls for 3 but I don't like that much salt) and 1/4 cup vinegar. Let the cucumbers soak in the salt and vinegar for 30 minutes and then drain.</div>
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Mix together 1 cup sour cream, 4 Tablespoons sniped chives and 3/4 teaspoon dill. Pour this mixture over the cucumbers and chill for at least 30 minutes.</div>
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It is really quite yummy. My daughter Janae really likes it and is always asking me to make it...so here you go Janae...now you can make it! :)</div>
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I have been trying to eat more healthy. It is so much easier in the summer when so many good things are being brought in everyday from the garden. The more I read about cucumbers the more I have decided I am going to make sure I eat them everyday! I now keep a bowl of cut up cucumbers in the refrigerator in water and whenever I feel like a snack I grab some cucumbers. So much better than grabbing some Cheeto's--and when they are already cut up it just makes making a good food choice easier.</div>
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So I will end this post with some information about cucumbers found on the internet. </div>
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Thanks for visiting and don't forget to eat cucumbers!</div>
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Here is a short list of the impressive health benefits that a cucumber carries:<br />
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<li><b>Keeps you hydrated.</b> If you are too busy to drink
enough water, munch on the cool cucumber, which is 96 percent water. It
will cheerfully compensate!</li>
<li><b>Fights heat, both inside and out. </b>Eat cucumber, and your body gets relief from heartburn. Apply cucumber on your skin, and you get relief from sunburn.</li>
<li><b>Flushes out toxins.</b> All that water in cucumber acts
as a virtual broom, sweeping waste products out of your system. With
regular use, cucumber is known to dissolve kidney stones.</li>
<li><b>Lavishes you with vitamins. </b>A B and C, which boost
immunity, give you energy, and keep you radiant. Give it more power by
juicing cucumber with carrot and spinach.</li>
<li><b>Supplies skin-friendly minerals: magnesium, potassium, silicon.</b> That’s why cucumber-based treatments abound in spas.</li>
<li><b>Aids in weight loss.</b> Enjoy cucumbers in your salads and soups. My favorite snack? Crunchy cucumber sticks with creamy low-fat yogurt dip.</li>
<li><b>Revives the eyes. </b>Placing chilled slices of
cucumber on the eyes is a clichéd beauty visual, but it really helps
reduce under-eye bags and puffiness.</li>
<li><b>Cuts cancer. </b>Cut down your risk of several cancers by including cucumber in your diet. <a href="http://www.lynneshealth.com/resources/Cancer/3_nutition%20effects%20on%20cancer.pdf" target="_blank">Several studies</a> show its cancer-fighting potential.</li>
<li><b>Stabilizes blood pressure. </b>Patients of blood pressure, both high and low, often find that eating cucumber brings relief.</li>
<li><b>Refreshes the mouth. </b>Cucumber juice refreshes and heals diseased gums, leaving your mouth smelling good.</li>
<li><b>Helps digestion. </b>Chewing cucumber gives the jaws a good workout, and the fiber in it is great for digestion.</li>
<li><b>Smooths hair and nails.</b> Silica, the wonder mineral in cucumber makes your hair and nails stronger and shinier.</li>
<li><b>Soothes muscle and joint pain. </b>All those vitamins and minerals in cucumber make it a powerful enemy of muscle and joint pain.</li>
<li><b>Keeps kidneys in shape. </b>Cucumber lowers uric acid levels in your system, keeping the kidneys happy.</li>
<li><b>Good for diabetics. </b>Patients of diabetes can enjoy
cucumber while also reaping its health benefits: cucumber contains a
hormone needed by the cells of the pancreas for producing insulin.</li>
<li><b>Reduces cholesterol.</b> A compound called sterols in cucumber helps reduce bad cholesterol.</li>
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