Hello Long Weekend!

I saw this cute cupcake idea on Be Different....Act Normal and just had to try it out.


Aren't they cute? It's just a mini peanut butter cup topped with icing like a tiny cupcake.

I'm off to my store to drop these goodies off and then it's time for a relaxing weekend.

Enjoy your long weekend and be safe!

The Before

I've been working on some fun things recently and I thought I would share all the "before" shots in one post. Remember my dining table? The one my dad calls "the heirloom" and only gave it to me if I promised not to paint it....




Well, it is being transformed. That is what it looked like before, all wood. I called my mom and asked her on a scale of 1 to 10, how mad dad would be. One being slightly mad and ten being total disownment. She thought it would be around a 3 so I figured that was worth it...



Then I reminded my dad that I'm an only child so there is no back up.....



Then I reminded him I hold access to his only grandchildren (shameless I know)....



And then I spilled the beans in a public place, the middle of my son's preschool graduation. No way he was making a scene there. Smart huh?



He was smiling through his "anger" and I hope he likes the results when he comes over next. I'm loving it so far, the table is finally starting to match the rest of the house. And it's still solid wood....you know, under the white paint.

This dresser was a flea market find. I didn't really need another dresser but you can't argue with more storage space and it was too sweet to leave behind. It's getting the white treatment as well.

I love these feet.....

And yes, I had to crop that picture like crazy. The original showed off just how dirty my floors are. Yikes. Time to get out the vacuum after I finish this post. I swear dog hair reproduces all on its own.

And that brings us to my new mantel. Ahhhh, the mantel. My hubby works with a guy who built a home and this was the mantel that came with it. They didn't like it and opted to replace it for marble so this beauty was sitting in their basement. They were so kind to ask if we would want it. Do I want it? Is grass green? Errr...is crabgrass green? Which we apparently have a lot of as the TrueGreen guy was so happy to ring my doorbell to tell me.

Anyway, here it is before....

And a sneak peek after I added some wood appliques and primed it up.....

I'll be back soon with all the pretty "afters."

Now I'm off to clean my floors before the dog hair takes over.

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Sick and Tired

Literally. Not the sick and tired as in "I'm sick and tired of my kids leaving wet towels on the floor".....although.....I'm kinda tired of that too. I've had a cold that just doesn't want to go away and it's making me feel blah and exhausted. Hopefully after some relaxing this weekend I'll get my energy back. I have lots of painting and projects that I need to get done.

So what is a girl to do when she doesn't have a ton of energy? Well let's see, I took some random pictures around the house....

....after rearranging things like crazy out of boredom....

I have such a weakness for white pitchers of all shapes and sizes....












I checked on my seeds and reminded myself for the millionth time that there is a reason I need to buy plants that are fully grown........by someone else. My green thumb is seriously lacking.

I tried to get a nice picture of the dogs together....

And failed.

Yes Sebastian, you are my sweetie.....

I don't think I showed you this light we put up in the hallway. The end of the hall was pretty dark and needed a little brightening up.

I love the pull chain on it. I think we found it at Lowes.

So that's what sick and tired gets me, a lot of random pictures.

What are your plans for this weekend?? Whatever you do, I hope you have a wonderful time doing it!

I'm sure I'll be back to tackling projects soon. I have a few things I can't wait to show you, like the mantel we were given for the living room. Be back soon!

Yard Sale Find

So this weekend we hit some yard sales and at one was this gorgeous truck....the kind of truck dreams are made of. Seriously. It was exactly what I want, in the perfect color, completely restored and a thing of beauty.

It matches my aqua desk so it was meant to be....

I imagined how awesome it would look parked in my driveway. I would name her and take her to yard sales, and take pictures of my adorable kiddos in the back of her....

So I asked how much she was and headed back to the car where my hubby was sitting with our sleeping son, grabbed some extra cash and drove away with my new baby.......

Ummmm....yeah, no.

This is how it really went....I pictured messaged my hubby, told him to check under the minivan seats for extra change, whined a little bit.....and he told me to dream on.

*sigh*

It really was perfect, the best yard sale find ever.

Shall we drool a bit more.....

I thought about asking the seller if he would take my picture with it but then he would have realized what a lunatic I am and chased me off his property.

Soooo...I sulked back to the car and left. Empty handed. Truckless.

P.S. ~ To my local readers, if you are interested in this amazing truck, it's near the corner of Hecktown and Butztown Roads and the asking price is $24,000. If you purchase it, you are required to bring it to my house so I can sit in it and take a picture. Seriously.