Happy Thanksgiving

I would like to send warm wishes to everyone during this holiday season. 

-Ashley-

Trending Now: Pantone's 2014 Fall Colors

 

Pantone

 

Decorating with these beautiful colors

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope this inspires you, just the same as it has me!

 

 

 

DIY: Painted Chevron Stripes

 

I recently got a wild idea that I should paint a couple chevron stripes on my son's bedroom wall.
Sounded easy enough- right??..

 

Well, it was a lot harder and more time consuming that I had imagined- let me just say that.

 

I started with two pieces of tape, running the length of one of the walls- 12" inches apart.
Then added a third line another 12" on top of that.

Then measured every 6" inches, starting at the end of the wall- added a vertical line of tape.

Next, I cut out all the "inner" pieces of tape

 

I painted the "inners" - with some of the paint we had left over from the guest bedroom.
Once dried, I peeled the tape away- and found that my "chevron" lines weren't connected.
(Which I should have noticed before I started painting..)
So then-- I had to add more tape to figure out how to make them connect..

 

 

Here are the finished stripes- they defiantly aren't perfect, and not completely symmetrical- but I am chalking that up to "Character" ?!?!?! - haha

 

Just goes to show, that not every project comes out perfect the first time around.

Maybe you will learn from my mistakes on this one.

 

Happy DIY-ing!

 

 

 

Hello, November!

 

 

I can NOT believe that is it already November.
My how the time in flying by this year.

 

I am looking forward to what is in store for our month ahead.

This week my husband and I will celebrate our First Wedding Anniversary, and it is also my husband birthday!
We have my step-son's Grayson fifth birthday, our dog Chase's birthday annndddd my mother's birthday too!

There are probably more projects in store and I can't forget about decorating for Christmas!

The weather is even starting to get a little cooler here in Texas- we actually had our first bonfire last night.

I sure do love this time of year!

 

 

Thrifty Thursday: Suitcase Side Table

 

 

Earlier this month, my mother-in-law, sister-in-law and I took a trip to Round Top.
If you have heard of this place/event before- you know how amazing it truly is.
I was in pure heaven.

I came back with lots of goodies.

Vinyl Records - 5 for $10

Vintage ruler - $12
Brass candlesticks - $13
Mercury Lamp & Bowls - $25

Vintage Suitcase - $20

I had big plans for the suitcase!

Here is what I turned it into!

 

 

I purchased a DIY 24" barstool from Walmart -  $12 bucks
A can of spray paint - $6
(I wanted the color to closely match the hardware on the suitcase)

 

 

(Diaper boxes come in very handy for all my spray painting projects)

 

Once the barstool was dry, I put it together (minus the round top portion) and used a couple of pieces of Velcro to adhere the suitcase to the top of each leg.

*You could screw the suitcase to the legs also. But just incase I want to use the suitcase for something else- I opted out.

 

Viola!

Here is our new bed side table.

 

And all for under $40 Dollars!

 

Happy Hunting!

 

 

Trending Now: Tin Can Upcycle

 

Say Good Bye to the mason jar, and Hello to the tin can.

 

 

Start saving your cans now!

 

Here are a couple of great DIY's I have come across.

 

 

Tin Can Planter

 

 

Christmas tea light holders

 

 

Tin Can Storage

 

Items needed:

Can, paint, lace, ribbon

 

 

Tin Can Mood Lighting

 

 

Kitchen or office can storage

 

Items Needed:

Can, vintage labels printer- found on computer, add wire and hang on rack.

 

 

Aged Cans & Metal

Just add fire!

 

Happy Crafting!

 

 

 

 

Images Via:
Pinterest.com

 

 



A Halloween Affair

 

 

We celebrated our son's first birthday with a Halloween themed costume party.

 

Brayden Cash as Ace Ventura

 

Corey and I as Wayne & Garth from Wayne's World

 

 

 

Our Family!

 

 

Here is a {free printable} for the Bats,

I cut them out on cardstock and slightly folded each one in half- to create the illusion that they were flying. 

 

  

Candy Bar

 

 

Poison Apples- Carmel Apple

Eye of Newt- Green Grapes

Crows Bones- White Chocolate Pretzel

Witches Warts- Chocolate Chips

Spider Legs- Black Licorice

Pumpkin Teeth- Candy Corn

Monster Scabs- Wheat Thins

Witches Fingernails- Bugles

Zombie Teeth- Yogurt Covered Granola

Night Crawlers- Gummy Worms with Crumbled Oreos

Hallowed Frog Eyes- Sour Gummy Lifesavers

Ghost Poop- Marshmallows

(I bought different size drinking glasses from the dollar store and filled them with the goodies.

 You could also use different size vases, but I wanted something that I could resuse.)

 

{Free Printable}

Dragon Blood Punch
(adult punch)

 

Apple Juice - 46 ounce

Cranberry Juice- 48 ounce

Ginger Ale - 2 Liters

Berry Vodka - 1 bottle

Red Hawaiian Punch - 46 ounce

(I added a frozen ice hand in also, by filling up a rubber glove then removed the glove once frozen.)

 

 

Swap Juice
(Children's Punch)

 

Limeade- Frozen- 12 ounce

Lime Sherbet- 1 quart

Sprite- 2 Liters

(With ice hand)

 

 

Special Brews and Poisons

 

 

We filled mason jars with fake ears, fingers, a heart and a brain.

There was also a hand- chilled on ice.

The rest of the bottles I spray painted and labeled with different spooky, creepy ingredients.

 

 

I covered the canvas we have hanging in our dining room with black fabric and painted

"Happy Birthday Brayden"- with white fabric paint.

 

 

Floating Witches Hats & a Broom- hung with fishing line.

 

 

Bloody Towels 

 

We turned out bathroom into a creepy crime scene. 

 

((This part was for adults only- a little too scary for the kiddos.))

 

We got a mans head from the spirit Halloween store. This head inspired the whole creepy bathroom idea. My husband built a body out of a men's dress shirt and a pair a jeans. 

 

 

He stuff the clothes with newspaper and added some wire to the legs and arms so that he could bend the man in place, and to help make it look a little more realistic. 

 

 

  We got the fake blood from the spirit store also! 

((It washed off our bathtub with just soap and water.)) 

Spooky Candles

 

 

I bought white pillar candles and a black and red candle stick. 

How-to

Light the candlestick and drip the wax down the pillar candles.  

 

 

We made a Time Capsule for Brayden

We also had a jar filled with Candy Corns- for kids to guess how many were inside, for a prize.

 

{Free printable}

 

Most of the décor was made and installed by me, my husband and my mom.

We may or may not have went a little over board.. haha. But it turned out great, defiantly will go down in the books as one to remember.

However, I am not so sure how we are going to top this party in the years to come?!

 

Happy Birthday to our handsome baby boy!

&

Happy Halloween to you all!