Easiest cake stand ever!!!

This is the easiest thing you will EVER do!

I have wanted a cake stand for a long time now, so I decided to put one together myself!

So I took a trip to the DI and bought a candle stick holder, and a big clear plate.
I think I spent a total of $1.50!!
So I took my candle stick holder and hot glued it to the bottom of my plate.

And there you have it....the easiest cake stand ever!!!

Red box deal!

Do you ever use Red boxes??? Well, check out this red box deal Here. I just bought three of them, so I got 9 red boxes for $3. Not too shabby. I have done these deals before and they work great! I just thought I would share this good deal.

monogrammed knife block

I saw this cute idea over at Brown paper packages and had to give it a try. It goes so cute with my black and white kitchen! For the tutorial click Here.

I don't think my husband loves it.....but who cares! I do!!!!

I'm in the finals!!!!!

Remember these decorative plates? Well, I am in the finals for Best of February 2011 over at Saturday Mornings!!!
I can't believe it! PLEASE go vote for me! I could win prizes, and an advertising space on her blog! Thanks so much! And vote every 24 hours for me!!!

Remember....go vote!!!! Click Here

Fabric covered light switches

I actually did these a couple of years ago, so I don't have step by step,
but they were super easy.

Here is the one I did for my son's room

And here is the one I did for my daughter's room

All I did was measure how big the cover was and cut the material about 1/4 in. bigger.
Then I cut a slit for the light switch and then mod podged it on. It was so super easy and fast!

Elegant wreath

Okay, so this is probably my favorite wreath! I absolutely love how it turned out! I think it has such an elegant look with the lace.

I totally fell in love with this wreath from Tea Rose Home! She did an amazing job! She has a wonderful tutorial Here, go check it out! So I had to try it!

Mine doesn't look as good as hers, but I still love it! I love browns!

A few pics to show you some things I added to mine. Tea Rose Home has the best tutorial though.

I took ribbon and wrapped it around the middle of my wreath to cover up all the pins.

Another view to show how the ribbon is covering up the pins



Just showing how I used pearls with holes in them and put straight pins in them, to give it a more fancy look!


This is how I hung my wreath. I just took some ribbon and pinned it on the back.

So pretty!!



To see where I linked this project up to click here

Monogrammed decorative plates!

I love monogrammed things! So, I came up with this!

I love the plates that I did below so much, I decided to make some more!
They were just too easy!!
I used the same method as I did for these, so if you want instructions click Here.
I basically did everything the same, except I taped off the edges when I painted it black, to give it a border, and cut out an R letter out of scrapbook paper, slapped it on and mod podged the whole thing!

Then I did this one for my sister. I took a flower paper punch, and punched out a whole bunch of flowers out of 3 different colors of cardstock, and mod podged it on. Then I took a T wood letter, purchased from Walmart, and covered it with material and glued it on!

Super Easy!!!

Table runner

I actually made this table runner for my sister for Christmas. It was supper easy!

So I don't have pictures taken along the way, but this is so simple, you almost don't need any pictures.

Just take your strips, and in my case they were about 2 1/2 inches wide, and sew them all together. Then take your other material that you want on the back side and but them right sides together. You sew all the way around it, allowing about a 2 inch seam, so you can cut it.

Then cut little slits all the way around and you are finished!

Here is the other side of the table runner. It is a little bright....sorry!

Then you are done....soooo easy! Anyone can do this!

Party time!!

I am so excited that I have reached 50 followers today! I have decided when I reach 100 followers I will do my first giveaway! So I will be thinking of something fun to give away, but in the meantime, keep following! It makes me so happy!!!

Thank you so much! I love my followers!

My first award!!!

So I have been out of town all weekend (hence the lack of post....sorry), and we just got back late last night. But this morning I came down and read my email, and found that
Heather and Courtney have nominated me for the
Stylish Blogger Award!!

Wow!!! I am so flattered! How sweet! I was featured last week with my crepe paper wreath, which you can go check it out here, and now I am so excited about this award.

So first of all, I want to thank Heather and Courtney for nominating me! So the rules for excepting this award, is I have to list 7 things about me. So here they are!



1. I am a stay at home mom to 4 beautiful children! Megan, Micah, Brooke and Bella. I am married to the love of my life. I love to spend time with my family!

2. I am a licensed cosmetologist....I love to do hair!

3. I love to make things! I live to do crafts!

4. I love to play the piano and play sports

5. I have no brothers, I was raised with 3 sisters....we were all very mild

6. I really like to please people. I have a real problem with saying "NO" to people! I want everyone to like me! (Yes, this can be a real problem)

7. I LOVE LOVE LOVE chocolate! I am a big sweets lover! Okay, who are we kidding....I love good food!

Now, my job is to nominate new found bloggers for this award. Go check out their blogs! They are a lot of fun!

Corduroy Dreams
Natural me Creations
The Crafty CPA

Have you been awarded? What do you do now?

1. Acknowledge the person who awarded you by linking back to them in your post.

2. Share 7 random facts about yourself

3.Pass the award on to other new fellow bloggers

4.Contact each blogger to let them know that they have received the award; and let the giver' know that you have accepted the award.

Thanks again! This has been super fun! Have a great day, and I will be posting some super fun stuff this week. So visit again!!!