My Front Door Issues

Does anyone else have a front door that is painted the same color on both sides? I had that problem with our door, which was a really heinous orange/reddish color. Once we painted the great room/entryway, we were left with this lovely view....Well, this was not what I wanted to look at when I sat in my living room, so after we painted the dining room (which is located directly to the left in the pic above), I decided just to use the leftover paint from that project on the back of the front door. Here it is now (before we scraped the paint off the glass window- oops!).....still, much better huh?
And did you notice the little planter to the right in the first pic? That is a plant from my Dad's funeral (almost 2 yrs ago!) and I noticed it wasn't really matching anything anymore either. So, it got a little makeover of it's own too! Bye bye green and beige stripes, HELLO white! Spray paint to the rescue again :)

Stay tuned for some CUTE baked goods!

Okay, so everyone knows I am not really a sweets fan (I really hate the taste of cake). I do however, LOVE baking something really fun to bring to a party, shower, etc. Take this cake for example:This was a replica (well kinda) of Megan's wedding cake, that I tried to recreate for her bridal shower just for fun. It didn't turn out too bad right? It was my first experience with fondant and dye. It wasn't easy!

Well, since it's the fourth of July coming up- I have a few tricks up my sleeve for tonight. I am baking the cutest little guys for work (since we are leaving town and don't have a party to attend). I will be sure to post pics! It's gonna be soo fun!

Baby Signs- My new craft!

I wanted to make Maya a special name sign for her door or bedroom...So I decided to use green, pick and white to go with her room already, and wanted to make stripes so it wasn't TOO girly. Then I thought, painters tape would work great for that!

I painted the whole board green and then applied the tape, and painted white and pink between the stripes.

So when the paint was almost dried, I peeled off the painters tape and we had perfect little stripes to match Maya's room. I used some white block letters from Michael's, and hot glued them onto the painted board, then also glued on some cute pink wooden flowers. The ribbon is stapled and nailed to the back so it can be hung.

And here is another one I did for Kayce to give to her friend Kayte at her shower. For this sign, I just bought a wood block that was carved in a circle from Michaels and I painted it dark brown (the colors of Kayte's nursery are brown and pink). After that dried, I free handed her name and a few flowers with some craft paint and voila! Attach some pink gingham ribbon to the back with some heavy duty staples and you're done!

Veggie Garden

I finally planted our veggies this past weekend- I know, June is a little late!! We've been pretty busy this spring/summer, so I couldn't get to it until now. Hopefully a few will bloom for me before it gets too cold!

This year, I decided to plant the veggies OUTSIDE the fenced in backyard, due to 2 crazy pups that like to chew every plant back there. So, I went to the side yard that we never use, and dug about a 9ft by 5 ft hole and filled it with planters soil.

I planted one huge tomato plant that already had a few on there so far. Then I planted a green pepper plant and a bunch of seeds. This year, we will have green beans, mesculin greens, carrots, squash, zuccini, sweet potatoes and hot peppers (hopefully). I'll let you know how it turns out!

Old sconces, until now....

I've had these sconces since the day I moved into my house. They used to go very well with the brown walls....until now. They are very dark, almost rod iron and very heavy. After we lightened up the family room, we realized that these really didn't go very well with our beachy decor. Then last night, I decided to change them up! Just a little spray paint......that's all you need :)

Here is my "during" photo:

And after 3 quick coats (in under an hour)....here is the after!

New Rug!

After we did the redecorating in our great room, we realized that there was one problem......we needed more color! We had a TON of blue and brown, and needed to add a little something. Overstock.com has amazing deals on area rugs, so I ordered this one and 3 days later........

What do you think? We love it! Thinking about some olive green pillows for the couch to bring in some more color.....we'll see!

Giving an old pot a new purpose!

I had this terra cotta planter that I had painted to use for the Easter Centerpiece. Now that Easter is over, and I already planted my container tomatoes in a few other larger planters, I needed to find a use for this one...So I was grocery shopping and they had HUGE Basil plants on sale for $4.99 at Publix! A perfect accompaniment to my tomatoes! I took some craft paint and painted over the pink, then used some green to paint on the letters "Basil", and a few leaves for decor. Here is the new planter!