Recycled Project - Old Bookcase - New candlesticks

I took apart an old bookcase (wishing I had pictures of it) and recycled the beautiful legs for new candlesticks. The legs were the only beautiful part of the bookcase and with a fresh coat of black spray paint, they have become awesome candlesticks. I am going to have Jeff get them cut down so I have different heights and will post pictures of the final sticks on display when they are completely finished!

Make your own Pot of gold

We made our pots of gold today. It is so simple and a great way to re-use those Halloween cauldrons that might be in storage somewhere!

I got my cauldrons at Target for $1.00 during Halloween and had them on my porch with Mums in them for October. This morning I pulled them out of the storage closet in the basement to use as Kettles for pots of gold that now sit in front of our fireplace.

The kids helped me gather some rocks from the road and then we just used a can of gold spray paint to create our "gold". We placed crunched up newspaper in the bottom of the pots so that they wouldn't require so much "gold". Then once the gold was dry, we stacked it on the top of the newspaper. A simple project to decorate for St. Patricks Day!

Now if I could only figure out how to make a money tree :)

Reading book can rough at our house.

I was checking my e-mail before we go outside to play this afternoon. When I looked over at Allie in the living room I saw her reading. Apparently Reading can be a tough thing to do at our house, so she has on her football helmet for protection!

Garland Project

I need to make a st. patrick's day themed one, but this is the rag garland I finished last week! It has the colors beige, brugandy and black in the color scheme.

I hung it on my mantle below the 24x36 framed canvas of the kiddos (which is one of my favorite pics of them ~ simple with great smiles from both!).

Allie's New tutu

Allie got this adorable tutu from a friend yesterday after church. Their little girl (Who isn't so little anymore ~ She has grown so fast!) has outgrown it and so they passed it, a red sparkly dance skirt and a pair of tap shoes onto miss Allie. This skirt has become the new favorites around here! She accents the outfit with her dancer leg warmers that have pink and white stripes. A great outfit! Thanks so much Susan and Abby!

Project - Allie's dress

I am not yet finished with Allie's new dress, but she tried it on and wants to wear it today. I just have to finish the words on the top and the buttons around the middle, but I am letting her wear it today. It is a little big (the shirt was too big). I bought some smaller shirts and more fabric and just need to wash the shirts before I make another one. And yes, my model has a dirty face! I am not sure there has ever been a time she hasn't had a dirty face! :)

Cookie face

I have been blog obsessed lately and really enjoying the crafty Blogs out there. I am sure this is obvious based on all the blogs I follow thing on the right side of this page. I have been working on a few crafty things and some old to new transformations I plan to post pictures of soon. Yesterday was busy with church, crafting and a basketball meal, so I neglected to get any pictures of our day!

So here is a post with some messy kid faces from last weekend (Feb. 25th). I had run into the grocery store after church while Jeff and the kids waited in the car. I brought them back the messiest cookie (big bird sugar cookies with loads of frosting). They enjoyed them, as you can see from the photos!