Playing with Pink....

It's been one of those weeks. My husband has been sick all week and still is and I feel like I am going to lose my mind, I'm exhausted, stressed, you name it. I need a vacation. But I won't bore you with the details just wanted to share a few things I finished up this week.

I made these for a long overdue gift. Seriously the girl probably has a new room by now. Go me.

Cute nonetheless. These are so much fun to make and I buy my letters wholesale from a place online and they are significantly cheaper and you can pick ANY font as well as any size. It was so much fun playing with pink for a change.

Can you see my mistake on this? I totally forgot to add the green star under the M, when I began this it was never my intention to put the stars under all the letters, it just happened and then at the end I guess I just lost it. But no worries, the little guy loves it and it will still look perfectly in his little art nook. I cut the letters with my cricut, covered the clothespins with matching paper, glued it all on an old board I had, super easy and he couldn't be happier. I finished it last night while he was staying at a friends and he was super excited when he got home.

This I made awhile back, it was one of my first. I am totally addicted to making these, they are soldered frames. Two pieces of glass with the prettiness sandwiched in the middle, then you wrap the edge in copper foil tape, and solder away. I was completely scared of the soldering iron at first but now I love it. It's so much fun and the possibilities are endless with these. I am doing a bunch with pictures of the kids and the backs will have quotes or bible verses.

Not my favorite ones but not bad for my firsts. 

That's it!!! Tomorrow I will have an end table redo and hopefully pictures of my curtains to share.

Have a Wonderful Sunday!!!

A Simple Mirror Makeover...

Though I'm not completely finished with this, I'm going to show you anyway. I found this oval mirror in the dollar section at Target for $2.50 and I knew with some spray paint I could make her work in my space.

 I taped off the mirror and spray painted her black. Now I don't have a huge stash of ribbon, or a little one even so for now it hangs from a strip of burlap which I do like however I want a bow at the top but I stink at making bows. I also want a big pretty knob to hang it from. I think.

But for now she hangs on my door table in our entry way and I like it. With the burlap tied in a bow at the top and maybe a glass knob I think she'll look perfect. It definitely needs something though. Don't you just love the Target dollar section??? Later this week I will show you a tray redo from the dollar section.

It definitely looks better.

Come back tomorrow to see my pretty new curtains!!! I searched and searched and searched forever for affordable and pretty curtains that would go with my red walls and finallly I found them and LOVE them!!! Now I just have to find something to replace the awful plastic mini blinds. Ugh.

Family Tree Art!!!!

I'm sooooooo excited about this project and it's been a LONG time coming!!! Last year I had won a giveaway from vinyl vineyard, sadly she no longer does vinyl. She however has an awesome blog here with the most beautiful home. I chose the Family tree and I knew I didn't want to put it on the wall as you can't move it so I came up with this....

I got some 2x4s Edited* 1x4s NOT 2x4s and had my husband cut them down to the size I wanted. Then using Gorilla Glue I glued all of my boards together....This was my first time using Gorilla Glue and I was completely amazed at how well it held the boards together!!

I knew the glue would expand out but east to just sand away...

I didn't do to well taking step by step photos so here she is!! Once I had my boards glued together I painted the whole thing a creamy off white then did some sanding around the edges and here and there. I did start to use stain to antique it a bit but quit, that stuff and I just don't work well together, never comes off enough for me. I still have a few finishing touches before hanging it but I LOVE it!!!!

Now I have to find a place for her, I will either hang her or prop her somewhere. If I had a fireplace she would be perfect over it! So creating this fabulous piece of art cost a few dollars and it's something I will have for many years.

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I'm not the greatest at tutorials but I have a step by step coming up in a smaller version of this in a couple of days :) Also a quick tip for this.....

 If you don't, won't or just can't cut your own wood, Lowes, Menards, and probably Home Depot will cut your wood for you. I have only done it once and wasn't charged but there may be a small charge.

I'm Linking to DIY Club!!! Head over and check out all the wonderful projects using the sponsored products for their party( Gorilla Glue was mine :) !!!

I'm also participating in DIY day over at Kimba's a Soft Place to Land!!! Head over and check out all the  projects this week!!

I'm participating in Show and Share over at Just a Girl!! Head over and check out all the wonderful projects!!

 
I'm linking up for Transformation Thursday over at The Shabby Chic Cottage, head over and check out what everyone has been working on!!!

 I'm linkin up for Creative Cats over at Poppies at Play, head over and checkout what everyone has been working on!!!

I'm linkin up with Wendy over at the Shabby Nest for Frugal Friday, Head on over for some frugal goodness!

A Goodwill clock from Drab to Fab!!

 Please forgive the messy blog, the other night while messing around with the HTML I completely lost hours upon hours of work and though I was smart enough to save a backup copy sadly it was a save from a long while back so this is how she will be until I can pay to have her made over :)

I love doing these kind of makeovers, taking something outdated and hideous and making it fabulous with just a little paint and pretty scrapbook paper. It's amazing what you can do!!!

I purchased the clock at Goodwill for a few dollars, I have done several clock makeovers similar but this is by far my favorite!! 

All I did was paint her black, distress the edges ( of course ), add some scrapbook paper and voila, she's so pretty!!! I love love love this scrapbook paper!!

This....

To this!!!! I Love it!! So for a few dollars ( already had the other supplies ) at goodwill I have a Beautiful new clock!!

Hope you all had a Lovely Mothers Day!!!

It's Thrifty Treasure time over at Rhoda's from Southern Hospitality so head on over and see all the goodies everyone found this week!!  

Also stop over at Between Naps on the porch for Met Monday!! Lots of great things so check it out!!!

Winner!!!

Thanks to everyone for entering the Simply...Gogurt giveaway, I used Random.org and Comment #5 was chosen which was......Wendy!!! Congrats Wendy, you have 48 hours to claim your prize!!

I will be back tonight with a couple of projects :)

Have a Great Evening!

Simply Go-Gurt Giveaway

I have a tasty little giveaway that both you and your little ones will enjoy!!! I was recently sent a cute little package ( pictured above ) with a coupon to try the new simply...Gogurt, we chose the Strawberry and we all loved them!! Not only are they a good source of calcium and vitamin D but we love the convenient packaging. These come in a handy little tube that are great for on the go or easy to grab on your way out the door. 

Product Description

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Not only do you have a chance to win a prize pack like pictured above but the first 30 people to click on the Free Yogurt tab can print out a coupon for a free box of simply...Gogurt and after that others can print a coupon for $1.10 off!!! 






*This coupon offer for free Simply… Go-Gurt is not valid in some states, including California, Idaho, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Jersey, Nevada, North Dakota and Tennessee.

Now for the giveaway! Thanks to MyBlogSpark and Yoplait, I have a Go-Gurt “Simplify Your Life” prize pack that includes a pocket Etch a Sketch, weekly planner, a back seat organizer, and a coupon for the simply...Gogurt to give away to one lucky winner! 

To enter:

• Because I always need help with this, to enter simply share some of your wholesome snacking tips that keep your little ones smiling before Midnight ( CST ) Sunday, April 25th.
• Winner will be selected randomly through random.org
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I will be back....

 Kitchen paint colors. ( except the tan color )

I promise, I will be back very soon. A lots been happening over here. A LOT. Among a cranky toddler getting in tons more toofers and everyone going through their monthly colds here we have been organizing, painting ( lots more painting this weekend ), plus a few things being done to the house like a new furnace last week, tomorrow a few ( yup a few, not all but a few, it's a start ) new windows, etc. I have so much to share and show you and I cannot wait!


Lots of changes to come here at Bugaboos Creations as well, bigger projects, how tos, lots of organizing tips for smaller homes ( like ours ), how to make the not so perfect home your kind of perfect with little to no money.

Our house is a much older home, it was the one we could get and we were so sick of renting after 7+ years we jumped on it. We are a family of 4,  it's basically a 2 bedroom ( the master bedroom more suited as a closet ), 1 bath house, galley style kitchen, no garage, unfinished basement, etc. It has newer laminate wood ( which isn't even that wonderful looking ) flooring, and new kitchen cabinets when we moved in and that was about all the new we got. The walls are the old sheet rock kind, there is missing trim here and there, everything except the upstairs needed paint, the bathroom was way gross and hasn't changed since we moved in, ( almost 2 years ago ) until now, the living room/dining room was just odd, it's one huge room that is all open to each other and very difficult, the dining half is larger than the living room half, there is next to no wall space as it's broken up with doorways and windows, the living room had an odd little room that was open off of it and we did add a wall there with french doors, which is now my craft room, our bedroom is so tiny and hideous, no flooring ( yea really ), it had carpet but was nasty and had to be ripped up so now there is nothing still, there is basically room for a bed ( not really ), and a dresser.

Anyway, lots of little things are needed to be done here and there and that's what we have been working on. We cannot afford to do any major renovations at all, and after renting for 7+ years we are tired of not being able to make it ours. You don't have to have a ton of money and you don't have to completely overhaul and gut that hideous bathroom to make it your kind of Beautiful and I am going to show you just that. I completely changed my bathroom that had cracked walls full of holes, the bottom half of the wall was tiled and awful, and it's completely different now and all for under $40 and it could have been free had I not needed a shower curtain, and had I stuck with the free paint I already had.

My sis!!!

I planned this post for last week but that didn't happen either as my lil sis came to visit for a week and she kept my busy and wore me out! Her and my two little nieces stayed with us and we had a blast!! I miss her already and hate that we live so far apart :(

 

Also if you have any interest in couponing, I have been posting a little info on my experiences with it at my other blog here.

So stay tuned, I am alive and will be back no later than the end of the week with lots of great things!!!