Painted Kitchen

 I have been working on a project this past week that took a little longer than expected. I decided against my husband's will that I wanted to paint my kitchen (again). I really want to redo my entire kitchen, but that means painting my cabinets white, walls gray and getting all new stainless steel appliances. Right now, I don't have the time or the money; I opted to go cheap. So, off to Sherwin Williams we went.
Once we arrived, the gray paints captured my eye and I couldn't pull away. Finally, my husband convinced me, that we needed to stick with the plan. We toggled back and forth and ended up going with a pale yellow called Traverine. Take a look at the dark green that we to paint over.

I also decided to go simple and de-clutter. I have grown to like simple and neutral colors. I have out grown the deep colors. Here is the finished product.

I added a little greenery to my creamer pitcher.

Until next time, thanks for joining in on my projects.

Mason Jar Vase

Have you ever executed a successful DIY project? Once your project is complete you get full satisfaction of taking a piece of trash and converting it into a treasure that you can enjoy! Below, see my simple project.

I started out by taking a medium size mason jar that I was given by our local Red Door Thrift Store. You may use any size that fits your needs.

Next, grab a can of spray paint and began spraying. I used the Rustolem Brand, Painters Touch in "Satin Strawflower". I put two coats to ensure it was coated well throughout.

Now, its time to add your embellishments. I inserted a bundle of artificial flowers and tied a spool of small burlap rope around the top; I then tied a small knot.

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Emily's 19

Who doesn't like to be the center of attention every once in while? Right? My 19 year old step-daughter in whom I haven't seen in 6 years, came to stay the week of July 4th with us. Since her birthday was a couple weeks back, we decided to throw her a little party to say "Welcome and Happy Birthday"


She came in on Saturday, June 30th, and we decided to stick with the party theme and grill out burgers and hotdogs. Of course, that probably wasn't the smartest idea on our part, since it was 96 degrees and humid! If any of you live in Florida, you can relate. I got busy baking and dipping early that morning. Here are a few things that I had been working on.

This was my first experiencce with dipping marshmellows and they were so easy and make such a "wow" statement. I forgot the pink morsels and didn't want to run to Michael's, so I opted to go with the milk chocolate morsels I had on hand.

Here she is...The Birthday girl!

Emily with her dad!

Happy Birthday Emily!