Exciting News

So do you remember last year when I posted these pictures of this house that I was dreaming of purchasing and doing a makeover on?  Well the family that ended up purchasing the home wants me to help them re-do the house! 
I couldn't be more thrilled!!! 

Using Old with the New

I helped my Second Mom today with her house.  She just got new beautiful hand scraped wood floors, Bead board on some of her walls, new iron stair rails and textured walls.  She wanted me to come over and help her put everything back together.  She is a lover of sentimental old junk like me, so together we make the perfect pair of junkers. 

I had a blast going through every room in her house and her garage, looking for junk.  These are just some of the things that I found!

I will hopefully show you soon what we did with these fun treasures!

Making memories Meaningful!

Making Memories Meaningful

I have always been sentimental and love to have family pictures displayed around my home.  Old and new.  My favorites are old family pictures of my parents, grandparents, and great grandparents. 

Here are a few ways that I make memories meaningful...

These are pictures of my Great Grandparents.

All intact in the original bubble glass frames. 
I love that I have them.

This is a picture of my Grandpa's House that he grew up in as a kid.  They are all standing on the porch of the home in the picture.

 My Dad as a child.

I love this picture of my Grandpa.  He was such a good man!

My mother with her Granparents. 

Can you see the beautiful Fox Gloves in the background?

A wall in my Family Room full of new and old pictures.

This one is also one of my favorites. 

 It is my Grandpa, sitting on a camel, in Egypt during WWII.

This one is a picture of my Granparents pushing my

aunt in a cute little buggy down the street.

I can just imagine them strolling down the street on a Saturday afternoon,

going in and out of cute little shops.

How do you "Make your Memories meaningful?"

My type of House!

There is a cute newer subdivision here in Ut called Daybreak.  The subdivision has homes that are brand new, but reminisent of the old. 

They are great homes and I was so glad that I finally made it up there.

Take a look!

A lot of the houses had built in benches around the dining table. 

 Great for a big family!

Loved the vintage look of this girls room!

Check out all this great trim work!

Loved this room full of windows!

Decorations for a 6 year old's Birthday!

My only baby girl turned the BIG 6 on Friday!  She wanted a Butterfly Birthday!  So we headed off to search for some fun things. 

We found these flowers that had

butterflies mixed in with them.

We played a fun game where we hide a butterfly outside

with their name on it and they had to go

outside and find it with their nets. 

After they got to pick a prize! 

These are the prizes that we found.  Some fun butterfly wings...

Some necklaces and we made each girl a hair flower!

She and the girls had a great time!

A Pin Board Re-done

Here is another project that I have done for my friends little girls room.  This is for her eldest daughter.  The mirror in the post down below is for her middle daughter.  Her eldest daughter "A", is 8 years old.  So we wanted to do a room for her that she can grow into.  I found this pin board at the thrift store for $4.  I spray painted it a high-gloss black, cut out some burlap, glued it on with my hot glue gun, took some pretty damask ribbon and glued that on!  I think it turned out pretty great!

Before:

After:

Now with the ribbon.  I think it just tops it off!

A Pretty new Pin Board for a pretty girl!

A Mirror Makeover

My Good friend needed help with her kids' rooms.  I told her I would be happy to help!  I also said that I could do each bedroom for $100!  So, thrift store here I come!  Here is a mirror that I found and madeover for one of her girl's bedroom!

Here is how it started out!
$10 Mirror

Wasn't really going for the Safari

theme, so it had to be changed!

Had some damage that I fixed up

with some good 'ol wood putty!

Got out my trusty cans of primer and paint

Primed and painted the edges

Layed out my scrapbook paper and

decided which order I wanted them to go in.

Paper $4

I took each paper one by one and layed the straight edge of the paper against the straight edge of the mirror and then with my finger I just ran along the curve to dent the paper.  I then cut it out, layed them in place and applied modge podge to the mirror and layed down my paper.  Be sure to press well to get out all the bubbles.

Here it is all done!

After

Before

I hope they will be Happy with the results!
Total cost $14

Cute Kid Rooms

Here are some fun children's rooms I wanted to share!

I ran across them at various Home Shows over the years

Enjoy!

Have a Super Saturday!