tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63312165332262111232024-03-14T00:51:47.284-06:00Cassandra DesignUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger242125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331216533226211123.post-36351524564053192502019-04-29T20:57:00.000-06:002019-04-29T20:57:13.446-06:00Porch Is Ready For Spring<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The screened in porch is one of our favorite places to hang out. If I open the French doors and take a spot on the hanging bed swing, inevitably the kids will come join me. The little ones are obsessed with bubbles right now and it makes this space pretty dreamy. Birds chirping, bubbles floating by on the spring breeze. Yep, it’s pretty darn magical! I do wonder when the bubbles will run out..they’ve had them since Easter. For now, I’ll enjoy the bubbles being blown outside and not on my wood floors. </div>
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The wood stools are actually faux wood side tables from Target this year. They had them last year as well but sold out fast and I never bought one. So, I got two and then did a poll on my stories on Instagram and everyone said I needed one more. So, luckily my store had one more and I was able to pick it up.</div>
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Most of the outdoor pillows are from Target except the indoor/outdoor floral pillow from Caitlin Wilson designs. I fell in love with this pillow and I love using it as a pop of color.</div>
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The porch is one of our very favorite places to hang out! We live outside in the spring and fall here in Arkansas. It gets pretty hot during the summer but we’ll enjoy this spring weather while it lasts.<br />
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Wow, this is the first blog post I’ve done in years. The entryway is the perfect place to start my introduction back to the blog since it’s the first thing you see when you enter our home. When I originally had the thought of hanging old wood furniture clamps I knew it would be either amazing or an epic fail. It came out amazing and it just keeps getting better with each season. Halloween looked awesome in here but this winter scape has my heart. The details just make me happy.</div>
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The botanical prints I picked up antiquing this summer and paid $2 a piece for them. I bought spring botanical prints too so we’ll have to see what I do with those. They are pages out of a book. The frames I found at the dollar store and because they are raised mats in them , they look more expensive than they are. The gold is just right.</div>
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The books were headed to the thrift store and I’m glad I hadn’t gotten around to dropping them off because once I took down the black books, I needed a whole bunch of neutral ones. I just tore the cover off and they were the perfect neutral I was looking for. Plus this was free! </div>
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The tree is a walmart flocked tree and it’s only $25! Such a great price and put it in one of my old crocks with some towels. It’s comes prelit, which is such a great deal for a four foot tree.</div>
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The snowballs were from the target dollar spot (10 snowballs in a pack for $3). I added them to my basket that was hanging in the front mud room. It hangs on the old peg of the wood clamp so perfectly, like it was made just for that spot! The snowflakes are ornaments that I hung with fishing line from the ceiling. They are really light weight so I hung them with a tiny nail. It adds so much dimension and they kinda dance when the front door is opened.</div>
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My favorite addition this year is probably the saw trees. They are from a husband/wife duo that does antique/vintage shows around the country (@perspectivedesign). I’ve followed them for years and I was so giddy when they finally decided to offer some online this year. The trees sold out in just a few hours. So innovative to make metal trees out of old saws. I love the character! </div>
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The flocked wreath (also a walmart find) hangs from the top of the oldest wood clamp and I added twinkle lights so it would sparkle too. The entryway has been a work in progress (it was months of searching and finding all the clamps to bring this vague idea to life) but I’m so happy that my idea of using old furniture wooden clamps worked and that all these elements that I love so much came together to create a winter wonderland as you enter our home. I am happy to be blogging again because even though I’ve kept up on instagram (@cassandradesign), I love giving all the details because I love to find a great deal or share something that inspires and hope it will for you too. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331216533226211123.post-36172399542819096802014-07-19T13:04:00.001-06:002014-07-19T13:04:55.177-06:00Best Day Ever Chic Campout Birthday Party<p align="center"><font size="5" face="Abraham Lincoln"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-alExdPyVR2A/U8rAasXgPWI/AAAAAAAAQUA/gUbR_SxP6bw/s1600-h/DSC_0085%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0085" border="0" alt="DSC_0085" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tI3ktNW_Lfc/U8rAbkzpmbI/AAAAAAAAQUI/jqbwIrhmQlQ/DSC_0085_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" face="Abraham Lincoln">This picture perfectly describes the mood of this party. It was pretty loud!! I had to laugh to myself that we have such great neighbors because I bet we could be heard for blocks. It was a blast! The girls were so giggly they couldn't contain themselves and we finally sat on the rug to do a classic "bear hunt" game to try and gain some control of such a giggly bunch. It was SO much fun to plan this party and the reaction from the girls didn't disappoint!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-XXY8CpJ6IbU/U8rAcifFk6I/AAAAAAAAQUQ/6dKC_plUmKA/s1600-h/DSC_0084%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0084" border="0" alt="DSC_0084" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-GAnwHLSaa48/U8rAdbOx5kI/AAAAAAAAQUY/JAnTjXv5EfU/DSC_0084_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" face="Abraham Lincoln">My girls were born on the same day six years apart. We did a duo yet separate party this year. I had the friends of my three year old come before dinner and stay through the chic cookout and the friends of my 9 year old come for the cookout and stayed through the evening. It was the perfect way to balance the age groups and to be able to do age appropriate games/crafts while decorating for only 1 party.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hsubm_IDUwE/U8rAeWlLEXI/AAAAAAAAQUg/WxkDzuz0gu4/s1600-h/DSC_0125%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0125" border="0" alt="DSC_0125" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-eHzJr-MIf1A/U8rAff1YmuI/AAAAAAAAQUo/20XodnILozw/DSC_0125_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-BgfxQ5dASwc/U8rAgWsyryI/AAAAAAAAQUw/tdqjzXYsDfI/s1600-h/DSC_0163%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0163" border="0" alt="DSC_0163" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-2ZFDbWvkmFs/U8rAhOMAEiI/AAAAAAAAQU4/DR0VNPi7sqg/DSC_0163_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="307" height="462"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-UPgAdK9wzuA/U8rAiOGBr8I/AAAAAAAAQVA/SkhprgXRZbw/s1600-h/DSC_0165%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0165" border="0" alt="DSC_0165" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-hzjuN-_6dFg/U8rAi8tqJvI/AAAAAAAAQVI/qwDWrOcM7Qs/DSC_0165_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="305" height="459"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" face="Abraham Lincoln">The entrance to the "Best Day Ever" Chic Campout!!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-rY9Kwz1ZUhA/U8rAjwoFOQI/AAAAAAAAQVQ/sD6Jk9eZVvw/s1600-h/DSC_0167%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0167" border="0" alt="DSC_0167" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-mIXy_oDaX0s/U8rAkrcz40I/AAAAAAAAQVY/90CcMKUxuVQ/DSC_0167_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-C_cXnOTcChs/U8rAlgUkviI/AAAAAAAAQVg/pneFjCkno7c/s1600-h/BestDayEverChicCampoutInvite%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="BestDayEverChicCampoutInvite" border="0" alt="BestDayEverChicCampoutInvite" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-t66h9WJse7k/U8rAmVb3ubI/AAAAAAAAQVo/MyHCr0SwYl4/BestDayEverChicCampoutInvite_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="360" height="480"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" face="Abraham Lincoln">This is the invitation for the “Best Day Ever” Chic Campout! It included a felt navy background with a cream sewn tent with gold letter individualized pendant banner and all the party instructions! The party colors of coral, navy and gold were prominent on the hand-made invites! I think that it’s a special thing to share a birthday with a sister and we made it super special this year!!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-qd-_1fzmfSo/U8rAnY3KZbI/AAAAAAAAQVw/fNMaPuMBkks/s1600-h/DSC_0089%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0089" border="0" alt="DSC_0089" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-A4J23lYPAlg/U8rAoN3r_NI/AAAAAAAAQV4/tju7zYJuzd4/DSC_0089_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" face="Abraham Lincoln">The girls hula hooped to their hearts content.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-9PQJZtcuFpw/U8rAoyysAaI/AAAAAAAAQWA/QODESDlpf8k/s1600-h/DSC_0095%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0095" border="0" alt="DSC_0095" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-_1S5UmXJKbE/U8rApwVk-CI/AAAAAAAAQWI/U4fCuqIjk6c/DSC_0095_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" face="Abraham Lincoln">Hands were traced on coral fabric then ironed onto a navy blue chevron print fabric and then stretched into embroidery hoops. We added the caption “I am 100% original” in gold fabric pens. So chic!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-CF2b0LsPW50/U8rAq5YSrHI/AAAAAAAAQWQ/T98uydqBaWA/s1600-h/DSC_0101%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0101" border="0" alt="DSC_0101" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-U1Y1zrprQRE/U8rArrmv1_I/AAAAAAAAQWY/aIVmuisLi8Y/DSC_0101_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" face="Abraham Lincoln">We even had a special table and size appropriate chairs for the little ladies to eat and do their craft project!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-oPsGrbbZGgs/U8rAsnhLT-I/AAAAAAAAQWg/Eh3hkfnx8z8/s1600-h/DSC_0104%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0104" border="0" alt="DSC_0104" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ijQS20wyK8g/U8rAtQ51hyI/AAAAAAAAQWo/0xLaKPyOe0g/DSC_0104_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--vs4VSKrKBc/U8rAulqzfjI/AAAAAAAAQWw/CYqZdS5gOWE/s1600-h/DSC_0099%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0099" border="0" alt="DSC_0099" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-gQclrhI_zeA/U8rAvU8swBI/AAAAAAAAQW4/t7Y0ldhxZxk/DSC_0099_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wAE52HjNJzM/U8rAwf1ngbI/AAAAAAAAQXA/nJCg6BbyuHU/s1600-h/DSC_0097%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0097" border="0" alt="DSC_0097" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-sDz75bMIarA/U8rAxDkN6qI/AAAAAAAAQXI/HAHX6vxjCOM/DSC_0097_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" face="Abraham Lincoln">I can’t believe I never snapped a photo of their finished product. It was so cute and the girl’s loved that each one of theirs was perfect and unique to them because they are all “100% original”! Love all these little ladies…..we had fun!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_5pFwHxeMNA/U8rAyYdl3uI/AAAAAAAAQXQ/qK7ABCYiIu8/s1600-h/DSC_0110%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0110" border="0" alt="DSC_0110" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Cr76JlOzuI0/U8rAzF6sb0I/AAAAAAAAQXY/CcnePE9z2-I/DSC_0110_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" face="Abraham Lincoln">The yummy food table complete with an oversized frame with a picture taken on their birthday (4-days prior). The fruit Kabob’s had coral and navy sticks to match the party’s color scheme of Coral and Navy. The ruffled cakes are on wooden pedestal to set-off the campout theme. The grass is real wheat grass that I sprouted for Easter (which was the following day). Perfect timing! The food was simple campout food of Hot Dogs, chips, potato salad, fruit Kabobs and crisp potato chips in individual berry baskets.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-EWQy2sOrU-g/U8rA0XvxB2I/AAAAAAAAQXg/0wCFNYqIaRs/s1600-h/DSC_0108%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0108" border="0" alt="DSC_0108" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Oj-AyBpbCH8/U8rA1SHaWNI/AAAAAAAAQXo/Ond_0UWRC0Y/DSC_0108_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-g9H3XwYb63c/U8rA2RaNXAI/AAAAAAAAQXw/c_DQbXtCDaM/s1600-h/DSC_0112%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0112" border="0" alt="DSC_0112" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-9sGToybbTxo/U8rA3Tt2PmI/AAAAAAAAQX4/wT41nKrMnlo/DSC_0112_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" face="Abraham Lincoln">Even the drinks were in the color scheme family of coral and navy. Such simple yet yummy food!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-TH2QdNDoO64/U8rA4UDxBSI/AAAAAAAAQYA/7TleqR5RoV4/s1600-h/DSC_0114%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0114" border="0" alt="DSC_0114" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-OJseTu44wvQ/U8rA5ZyqdiI/AAAAAAAAQYI/l-oJcuXTw2g/DSC_0114_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" face="Abraham Lincoln">Girls getting their hot dog from the grill master and then filling their plates with yumminess! Love your funny face Abbie!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-PKkvlIkyWQs/U8rA6HMW8jI/AAAAAAAAQYQ/df0JeV7tJRw/s1600-h/DSC_0113%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0113" border="0" alt="DSC_0113" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-7XaYALbtM6o/U8rA6zshAmI/AAAAAAAAQYY/lGI2cbovKEI/DSC_0113_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" face="Abraham Lincoln">The fruit was made easy to eat with coral, navy and gold Kabob sticks. Some were polka dot, solid or floral. So cute!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-O-qftAAmvTA/U8rA7pxZ-nI/AAAAAAAAQYg/ztik66SosDo/s1600-h/DSC_0122%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0122" border="0" alt="DSC_0122" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ggIcH20YraU/U8rA8XevahI/AAAAAAAAQYk/IzOvCJB5c9o/DSC_0122_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="319" height="480"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" face="Abraham Lincoln">We braided leather headbands with their names punched in a oval piece of leather. Feathers were hung from the side of their leather punched name. I was so impressed that the girls all knew how to braid and they didn't need a ton of help. Perfect age appropriate craft for 9 year olds!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-I8A447R16h4/U8rA9QKRMvI/AAAAAAAAQYw/o_2ONXNp8gU/s1600-h/DSC_0115%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0115" border="0" alt="DSC_0115" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZAXNHcuNoOI/U8rA-PucecI/AAAAAAAAQY4/RJYHE3jdbpY/DSC_0115_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" face="Abraham Lincoln">The girls were serious about their braiding! It was probably the only time it wasn’t organized chaos! They were so cute and helped each other finish!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-fw8Gh8FUgNo/U8rA_CibCdI/AAAAAAAAQZA/grFOjieUemA/s1600-h/DSC_0116%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0116" border="0" alt="DSC_0116" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-4PtYO-56aMA/U8rA_wnaRjI/AAAAAAAAQZI/etnUKG1XqbU/DSC_0116_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-4TBycOyEG8Q/U8rBArReHJI/AAAAAAAAQZQ/dlCxdIkSisc/s1600-h/DSC_0117%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0117" border="0" alt="DSC_0117" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-fYL9Lv7gVwA/U8rBBWVzv6I/AAAAAAAAQZY/onlJmTbu4Qc/DSC_0117_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="319" height="480"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-o0w2azcUgKI/U8rBCUGBgOI/AAAAAAAAQZg/sTqRCvRV0do/s1600-h/DSC_0118%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0118" border="0" alt="DSC_0118" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-xgvgKbnIjUk/U8rBDCBgI9I/AAAAAAAAQZo/x8BqndAsf7E/DSC_0118_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="319" height="480"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-CtmiP-249dg/U8rBD2AMaUI/AAAAAAAAQZw/luqLqM_vN-k/s1600-h/DSC_0120%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0120" border="0" alt="DSC_0120" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-yxpTDIZ3jIk/U8rBEkbB4pI/AAAAAAAAQZ4/yci6HeOgqBs/DSC_0120_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="319" height="480"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-gEZIX3Xgfn8/U8rBFSbNLfI/AAAAAAAAQaA/aXnGn-mRgWs/s1600-h/DSC_0121%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0121" border="0" alt="DSC_0121" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-5NdPJ-qteLo/U8rBGbuv47I/AAAAAAAAQaI/VNg2m8xFH3k/DSC_0121_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="319" height="480"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-K4M3ZC6bU7g/U8rBHD-K4mI/AAAAAAAAQaQ/DLc5wlfdzNA/s1600-h/DSC_0129%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0129" border="0" alt="DSC_0129" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Xy0lhUILQaA/U8rBIKCRQ9I/AAAAAAAAQaY/JV9BFAjE9UA/DSC_0129_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" face="Abraham Lincoln">Then it was time to blow out the candles! Brooklyn was so excited about blowing out all her candles! So cute!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-BZVaTBr3Gww/U8rBJJc_vjI/AAAAAAAAQag/CBb-8XE-BCI/s1600-h/DSC_0130%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0130" border="0" alt="DSC_0130" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-q7nNrGvriuE/U8rBJwnS_MI/AAAAAAAAQao/cixYjIY0N6I/DSC_0130_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Hf6xF2XQXkA/U8rBK3fnNcI/AAAAAAAAQaw/0BBqZPD20tk/s1600-h/DSC_0132%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0132" border="0" alt="DSC_0132" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-CP50qttTuiM/U8rBLhsKyiI/AAAAAAAAQa4/zImxzJUuhqY/DSC_0132_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" face="Abraham Lincoln">Yummy coral ombre, ruffled icing cakes! They were a huge hit! But, after just making s’mores and playing kick-the-can, nobody wanted a big piece! LOL</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-omsBVKRQjqs/U8rBMnZ99YI/AAAAAAAAQbA/uoBdIWxJPlY/s1600-h/DSC_0133%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0133" border="0" alt="DSC_0133" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-1hwBaZRWBig/U8rBNpuJ1tI/AAAAAAAAQbI/EjgjphUAtT4/DSC_0133_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" face="Abraham Lincoln">By the time it was present time, the sun had just set. The girls were so excited about what they had picked out! So thoughtful!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8FauNcyHjmw/U8rBOQ1VjTI/AAAAAAAAQbQ/w8v3NqbwuvM/s1600-h/DSC_0134%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0134" border="0" alt="DSC_0134" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-5eZo7TyDYKQ/U8rBPDzH7iI/AAAAAAAAQbY/DkciT4POIiI/DSC_0134_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="319" height="480"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" face="Abraham Lincoln">Brooklyn’s favorite gift was a card that had stickers in it. She got to place them in her card and she loved it!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-N7BP93kQZUI/U8rBQS8sLRI/AAAAAAAAQbg/GgpI8IzOlZQ/s1600-h/DSC_0126%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0126" border="0" alt="DSC_0126" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Fghn95R0Auk/U8rBRTgL6oI/AAAAAAAAQbo/alQZvP3Hfsk/DSC_0126_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" face="Abraham Lincoln">Group shot of the older group. Even their brothers couldn't withstand the fun and came out to enjoy the festivities. Everyone wearing their leather/feather name punched headbands! Such a fun bunch!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zEbTE5KAYTI/U8rBSfZwGtI/AAAAAAAAQbw/YAnM1adyquA/s1600-h/AbbieAndBrooklynSmallerFile%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="AbbieAndBrooklynSmallerFile" border="0" alt="AbbieAndBrooklynSmallerFile" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-aioLBo4ouT0/U8rBTf9JjQI/AAAAAAAAQb4/5C6jaQUyr1o/AbbieAndBrooklynSmallerFile_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="427"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" face="Abraham Lincoln">Now that I've finally blogged their birthday, I'll show all the behind the scene of how I made everything because when you are on a tight budget.....everything has to be DIY. LOL (I used this picture printed as an engineering print in that oversized frame above the food table. Love this picture of my precious girls!) I even reused the tarp from last year's Art birthday party as part of the large tent. Until then....</font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UMt3GqQQMOA/U8rBUDpk6ZI/AAAAAAAAQcA/6-q7grjcnWQ/s1600-h/CassySignature2%25255B5%25255D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="CassySignature2" border="0" alt="CassySignature2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-7EUn53X3LaI/U8rBU_NDVQI/AAAAAAAAQcI/llNyFeSDlsU/CassySignature2_thumb%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="384" height="192"></a></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331216533226211123.post-26333150993072017542014-05-01T21:11:00.001-06:002014-05-01T21:11:37.357-06:00Fabric, Fabric and more Fabric<p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tU6JLUlctT4/U2MMxoMoAiI/AAAAAAAAQKQ/o2qwSzOKpVs/s1600-h/IMG_1087%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_1087" border="0" alt="IMG_1087" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-OfOMtFUbf3A/U2MMy0nk1tI/AAAAAAAAQKY/Y1hd5QcWp2A/IMG_1087_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="360" height="480"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln">My baby is officially out of the crib (now that she’s three) and the antique child’s bed is being passed down. I wanted to do a little room update for their shared birthday. I decided to make quilts for each girls bed for their birthday. It’s now past their birthday and one quilt is at the quilters and the other quilt needs a little more sewing to complete, then I will drop it off at the quilter’s when I pick the first one up. Not quite done for their birthday but I didn’t give myself enough time. Two months is NOT enough. haha</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-9HUpi8SEj1Q/U2MMz-fyv6I/AAAAAAAAQKg/z9xeWZebgbU/s1600-h/IMG_1076%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_1076" border="0" alt="IMG_1076" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ItNpx-JPlpg/U2MM0tpClgI/AAAAAAAAQKo/d71hRTcBr3I/IMG_1076_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="360" height="480"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" face="Abraham Lincoln"><font size="6">My friend Pat is a master quilter and she took me under her wing and showed me the four best quilt fabric stores around. My head was swimming with fabric choices. I finally settled on these fabrics and a design off of the cover of Pat’s Quilters magazine for the first quilt for my oldest daughter</font>.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Md2Vp6bqKlQ/U2MM1kCQP5I/AAAAAAAAQKw/c5JwJiv3Ae8/s1600-h/IMG_1080%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_1080" border="0" alt="IMG_1080" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-DWBoPALO2lQ/U2MM2_QIMHI/AAAAAAAAQK4/TbRLLg7dR7s/IMG_1080_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="480"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln">I chose very fun and colorful monochromatic fabrics. I wanted this quilt to go with the colors of their room but be one that has lots of colors. My younger daughter’s quilt’s design is technically a “scrap” plus sign quilt off of pinterest. I bought enough fabric to sew my older daughter’s quilt and have enough fabric to do my younger daughter’s quilt in a different pattern but same fabrics. This way they can be similar yet unique. Perfect for these two who share the same birthday!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-F1HVFEp9Vc8/U2MM3nxyhgI/AAAAAAAAQLA/FQ2C2pE3L_U/s1600-h/IMG_1083%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_1083" border="0" alt="IMG_1083" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-dI8Pt8KZCYs/U2MM4sw21nI/AAAAAAAAQLI/5eLm7RstoBE/IMG_1083_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="480"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-CxTYJ-TM924/U2MM5FH0qyI/AAAAAAAAQLQ/MkTB11073z4/s1600-h/CassySignature2%25255B5%25255D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="CassySignature2" border="0" alt="CassySignature2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ybAxaax5OkI/U2MM58ypM4I/AAAAAAAAQLY/-UeRaNxli24/CassySignature2_thumb%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="346" height="173"></a></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331216533226211123.post-86536233512537585102014-04-26T11:33:00.001-06:002014-04-26T11:33:50.773-06:00A little wood nourishment<p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-oNiW3opuH9E/U1vtsDn_PwI/AAAAAAAAQHg/QuNPbn8K_IQ/s1600-h/DSC_0255_edited-1%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0255_edited-1" border="0" alt="DSC_0255_edited-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-j6Y509QDrgI/U1vttSjNBjI/AAAAAAAAQHo/Zyb8D56JBOA/DSC_0255_edited-1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-uc0QA8IH1QQ/U1vtue_4HuI/AAAAAAAAQHw/lM23IKMmIdQ/s1600-h/DSC_0224%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0224" border="0" alt="DSC_0224" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-htJkoVuprlA/U1vtv9-K7BI/AAAAAAAAQH4/V2bY-d9zehE/DSC_0224_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="329" height="496"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" face="Abraham Lincoln">I love my cubby cabinet. It is dusted with a Swiffer duster weekly to get around all the little items in each space. I had been noticing it needed some real nourishment. I really want to protect this beautiful antique piece so I decided to try Miss Mustard Seed’s Hemp Oil. She uses it for finishes over paint and stain and it is supposed to nourish from the inside out. Make your piece even better. So I wanted to try it on this piece.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Ayk2VIXdmz8/U1vtwxmnMcI/AAAAAAAAQIA/FW6iDYjgJy8/s1600-h/DSC_0232%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0232" border="0" alt="DSC_0232" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/--1953_au5k8/U1vtxiOc5MI/AAAAAAAAQII/YzPWmbyHorE/DSC_0232_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="480" height="319"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" face="Abraham Lincoln">I vacuumed the entire piece and then started at the top and methodically worked my way down the entire piece getting every surface inside each cubby. It was a little tiresome but exciting to see the difference!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-xvC-MpOYp7I/U1vtyp_ukxI/AAAAAAAAQIQ/OLnP0eFkhsY/s1600-h/DSC_0234%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0234" border="0" alt="DSC_0234" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/--euy1ipxSiU/U1vtzgIwbUI/AAAAAAAAQIY/OQJevZWJvd0/DSC_0234_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" face="Abraham Lincoln">You can see the difference! It brings the wood back to it’s original beauty. The cubby on the bottom left hadn’t been done yet and you can really see the difference of the dry wood to the nourished wood. So amazing!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-3CQIyNrdjLE/U1vt0uQWlmI/AAAAAAAAQIc/79HQGD-8zHo/s1600-h/DSC_0228%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0228" border="0" alt="DSC_0228" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-iuqlWK0_eQY/U1vt1v1zoPI/AAAAAAAAQIo/dnRjVs1w0AM/DSC_0228_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="311" height="468"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-QnRNALHsaeA/U1vt2pt5MUI/AAAAAAAAQIw/Eu6DhBlY2yo/s1600-h/DSC_0224%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0224" border="0" alt="DSC_0224" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-dyjOHXN3dBg/U1vt3jLJzhI/AAAAAAAAQI4/LT8UaiAjAJk/DSC_0224_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="313" height="471"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" face="Abraham Lincoln">It was such a difference as I worked down the piece. It just came back to life!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-82DzQFVNl3M/U1vt4tBR3gI/AAAAAAAAQJA/lh3jIhdVdro/s1600-h/DSC_0261_edited-1%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0261_edited-1" border="0" alt="DSC_0261_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-NYYV4kqhPlc/U1vt5otTsGI/AAAAAAAAQJI/5k__HYAXjSU/DSC_0261_edited-1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="319" height="480"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" face="Abraham Lincoln">I love changing the items seasonally. I now have it changed for Spring and love adding in the spring blues. Yummy!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-M2sXCH5_EI4/U1vt6pI_WNI/AAAAAAAAQJQ/22DHuzmtPuA/s1600-h/DSC_0265_edited-1%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0265_edited-1" border="0" alt="DSC_0265_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-DBzAOh4GUVE/U1vt7nhHXfI/AAAAAAAAQJY/-G-gTUC7xYE/DSC_0265_edited-1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" face="Abraham Lincoln">The piece looks so fresh and vibrant now with it’s nourished wood, I am going to do this to other pieces that need a little wood nourishment.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-PBc60se-GZQ/U1vt8YB7acI/AAAAAAAAQJg/tN4VO6W1YGs/s1600-h/DSC_0260_edited-1%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0260_edited-1" border="0" alt="DSC_0260_edited-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-gFbwrA3ns8U/U1vt9ZGdlGI/AAAAAAAAQJo/QfJrmeKacKU/DSC_0260_edited-1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="319" height="480"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/--fjrRd8xrO4/U1vt-DxKg2I/AAAAAAAAQJw/CXGSudHZoro/s1600-h/CassySignature2%25255B5%25255D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="CassySignature2" border="0" alt="CassySignature2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-qT_5y2RC-2o/U1vt_GBxC1I/AAAAAAAAQJ4/se-AaguEJ-o/CassySignature2_thumb%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="318" height="159"></a></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331216533226211123.post-90841900723400231522014-01-21T11:07:00.000-07:002014-01-21T11:15:39.885-07:00Valentine’s Chalkboard<div align="center">
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I love Valentine’s! Not really for the night out on the town….let’s get real…as a couple, we’ve never been big on going out for Valentine’s because we usually celebrate at home with the family. Sometime close to the date, we usually will go out for lunch or dinner…. Something, just the two of us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">It’s a special time of year for our family. Our son, Jacob was born/passed away the day after Valentine’s and we celebrate all the love he has brought into our lives! Some years it’s been a sad reminder of all we’ve lost but, we are celebrating with love and happiness this year!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I used the image from graphic’s fairy. Here is the link to the <a href="http://thegraphicsfairy.com/transfer-printable-french-wreath-with-bee/" target="_blank">Bee</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">This bee is divine. I saw this “Bee Mine” design on a chalkboard on the <a href="http://www.myvintagewindow.com/2013/01/a-start-on-my-valentine-decor.html" target="_blank">this</a> blog. At <em>My vintage window</em> , she had free-handed the chalkboard using the graphic’s fairy bee image. I used the idea from <em>my vintage window </em>and made me my own “Bee Mine” chalkboard. Love great design!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">The crown is hand sketched and the <span style="font-family: EcuyerDAX;">MINE</span> lettering is in the font <span style="font-family: EcuyerDAX;"><span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln;">EcuyerDax.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">This red frame had an ugly painting inside. Instead of replacing the painting (it’s nicely finished into this frame) with a chalkboard, the ugly painting was painted over with chalkboard paint right on the ugly painting. Quick and easy way to make a painting into a chalkboard. It’s not as solid when you are chalking but, it works great!!<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-64m1Azk5eLU/Ut60cs2t6TI/AAAAAAAAQCw/3Bptdr1Xp48/s1600-h/DSC_0082-1_edgeBlur%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0082-1_edgeBlur" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-3-CHSpRMJV8/Ut60dQwnXaI/AAAAAAAAQC8/byHHBjw4jjY/DSC_0082-1_edgeBlur_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="425" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC_0082-1_edgeBlur" width="640" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Because one chalkboard just isn’t enough, I had my other chalkboards to change to Valentine’s chalkboard. I saw a fun light bulb/quote on pinterest that I pinned over a year ago. I was willing to try and make it chalkboard art.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I instantly loved this light bulb quote and knew I wanted it to be one of my Valentine chalkboards and then I could decorate with my vintage light bulbs. Love!<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Q_5WT-ebp-g/Ut60fvaTfCI/AAAAAAAAQDU/B--TozbEsx4/s1600-h/DSC_0144_edgeBlur%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0144_edgeBlur" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-t9wCUNE4tKs/Ut60gsU2drI/AAAAAAAAQDc/aTqRN8Q7Jbo/DSC_0144_edgeBlur_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="425" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC_0144_edgeBlur" width="640" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I absolutely loved how it turned out!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">The lightbulb was really fun to make look like a glass bulb. I just kept shading until I thought it looked like enough. I just Love the message….Love really does have glowing effects!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: EcuyerDAX; font-size: x-large;">Happy Valentine’s Day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">As I am going through my photos to find the pictures of my chalkboards, I realize that I REALLY love chalkboard art! It’s a great way to create art to go with each and every season. I’m realizing, I do this almost monthly. I think we should start a monthly chalking club…..who’s with me??? New art to go with each season….Oh Yeah!! Let’s go down memory lane from this last little while of chalkboard art…..shall we?…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;"> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-e3sJequb_mQ/UtFql-GrwqI/AAAAAAAAP8A/kmmOiKLhry8/s1600-h/Cassys%252520phone%25252010-21-13%2525204252%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Cassys phone 10-21-13 4252" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-8cg-BWs1DRQ/UtFqmhFnUII/AAAAAAAAP8I/2YLvrPomH6E/Cassys%252520phone%25252010-21-13%2525204252_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="546" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Cassys phone 10-21-13 4252" width="410" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Even <a href="http://cassandradesign.blogspot.com/2012/12/christmas-chalkboards.html" target="_blank">events</a> that I decorated for this last year had chalkboard art. I love this lovely vintage silver/gold leafed frame that I found at an Iowa Flea market and have used it a few times this year. It has been at back-to-school ladies socials, baby showers and prominently displayed at Christmas! I might love this framed chalkboard, as you will tell over the seasons, I used it a lot!</span></div>
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-eS3zPK9XK2E/UtFqnC1vMgI/AAAAAAAAP8Q/UhDFVCMfoxk/s1600-h/DSC_0568%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0568" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-48GcqXAU1wA/UtFqn7GPsaI/AAAAAAAAP8U/r-lslROH3h0/DSC_0568_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="425" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC_0568" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">The “ice cold milk” chalkboard was changed at Halloween to go with the mad scientist theme. This crazy haired scientist was the perfect addition to the mad scientist’s lair.</span></div>
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/---bZmW8JiAU/UtFqok7EKeI/AAAAAAAAP8g/qGmabWMoFKo/s1600-h/DSC_0592_edgeblur%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0592_edgeblur" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-EQnzx-UNL6w/UtFqpVb133I/AAAAAAAAP8o/aHg8-V954rU/DSC_0592_edgeblur_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="425" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC_0592_edgeblur" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I even used a tree limb, cut in chunks, painted with chalkboard paint for the “count down to Halloween” <a href="http://cassandradesign.blogspot.com/2013/10/countdown-to-halloween-party-october-1st.html" target="_blank">party favors</a>! Even the kids were part of the chalkboard art love!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-vgvhjp0Vs3w/UtFqqbpXseI/AAAAAAAAP8s/aC3tIS-VeM0/s1600-h/Bat%252520Mobile%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Bat Mobile" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/--pvLSH3wGE8/UtFqq2IdDsI/AAAAAAAAP80/v80ruCTKDJY/Bat%252520Mobile_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="480" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Bat Mobile" width="319" /></a></span></div>
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UJu7iF8h0bU/UtFqsDzJLFI/AAAAAAAAP9A/wdAL3DirLUc/s1600-h/DSC_0409%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0409" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZEplyHFYxKU/UtFqtbpQtEI/AAAAAAAAP9I/3O6mv35hh1A/DSC_0409_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="480" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC_0409" width="319" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">This chalkboard was changed up at Halloween to be a funny “seize the day before you become a skeleton” chalkboard art, although the art came out a little serious looking……hmmm what will I do next year?</span></div>
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-fuUdlsp73U8/UtFquu_hDmI/AAAAAAAAP9Q/XFWUh8lag-I/s1600-h/DSC_0454_ezBurn%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0454_ezBurn" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-vjqtSvAVD5k/UtFqvSQi0xI/AAAAAAAAP9U/sLVdU3vLc0E/DSC_0454_ezBurn_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="425" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC_0454_ezBurn" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">My real slate chalkboard was decked out in Halloween using some of the same lines I had in my Bicycle Chalkboard.</span></div>
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-PcVomNAlU1E/UtFqv8Pdy2I/AAAAAAAAP9c/kwF0oSTovp0/s1600-h/DSC_0184_edited-1%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0184_edited-1" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7s9pY2G9g7g/UtFqwyopbJI/AAAAAAAAP9o/2g8Xo9OHUfw/DSC_0184_edited-1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="425" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC_0184_edited-1" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">By using the existing lines, I could easily change the Bicycling chalkboard to Halloween. So smart! I love hand chalking!</span></div>
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-UkZVSHJcKlg/UtFqx17YONI/AAAAAAAAP9w/j5D8ZAPLrbQ/s1600-h/Merry%252520%252520Christmas%252520Chalkboard%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Merry Christmas Chalkboard" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-0y1GLHbzHHk/UtFqy78ECJI/AAAAAAAAP94/ze4siAIX6A8/Merry%252520%252520Christmas%252520Chalkboard_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="425" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Merry Christmas Chalkboard" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Before the Bicycling Chalkboard, it was “<a href="http://cassandradesign.blogspot.com/2012/12/christmas-chalkboards.html" target="_blank">Merry Christmas</a>!”</span></div>
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-YnaZ2_yRTkU/UtFqzyHY5pI/AAAAAAAAP-A/_azm1q5CPjw/s1600-h/OhHolyNight%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img alt="OhHolyNight" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8DGVo0u9JNg/UtFq1CBLqeI/AAAAAAAAP-I/Zts7vFblodU/OhHolyNight_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="480" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="OhHolyNight" width="319" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">With the white ornate frame displaying an “<a href="http://cassandradesign.blogspot.com/2012/12/christmas-chalkboards.html" target="_blank">Oh Holy Night</a>!” chalkboard from the famed Christmas Carol.</span></div>
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-QDNLwyVr1g8/UtFq2QNwiuI/AAAAAAAAP-Q/w0FlB4KyQZs/s1600-h/DSC_0220_RSSuperSaturday%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0220_RSSuperSaturday" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-kN6qCNhZDP8/UtFq3O66gtI/AAAAAAAAP-Y/FLkQbIB7h4g/DSC_0220_RSSuperSaturday_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="689" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC_0220_RSSuperSaturday" width="458" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">This chalkboard I designed off a chalkboard art of “I love salt air in my hair” from burlap and denim. I took the same design set-up and made it fall. Our chalkboards were the same shape so I used her general set-up and created my own with the same style.</span></div>
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-fSWex6eLJQc/UtFq4Fbw2lI/AAAAAAAAP-g/khGgWtQ7_Pk/s1600-h/DSC_0189%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0189" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-IRjHbE0grUE/UtFq5n_WTjI/AAAAAAAAP-k/2-EPz2vy7mA/DSC_0189_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="399" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC_0189" width="265" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-2zEub24RK5M/UtFq6uFwfYI/AAAAAAAAP-s/_hgFow9cRvs/s1600-h/DSC_0201%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0201" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-2eL7JVTSIbA/UtFq7cOUk9I/AAAAAAAAP-4/qaS9wLNkUqM/DSC_0201_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="396" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC_0201" width="263" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">This was the chalkboard I did for my friend’s vintage carnival themed baby shower. I chalked a carousel horse from a small image from a metal artist that would put this horse into your metal fence….hmmm interesting? Horses in metal fences isn’t my thing But, what a great image! I stressed about this one because I wanted it to be perfect for her shower!! It turned out amazing!</span></div>
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-XrvPmnUlCAM/UtFq9omb77I/AAAAAAAAP-8/409PJqrcfzc/s1600-h/Cassys%252520phone%25252010-21-13%2525204404%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Cassys phone 10-21-13 4404" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-MXvEc2U_P38/UtFq-tOXLPI/AAAAAAAAP_I/f3umdtTrPIw/Cassys%252520phone%25252010-21-13%2525204404_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="480" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Cassys phone 10-21-13 4404" width="360" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">The carousel horse was featured prominently on the drinks table!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://cassandradesign.blogspot.com/2013/12/thanksgiving-harvest.html" target="_blank">Fall</a> has such lovely phrases and colors! Chalkboard art was added to the season with another chalkboard art in my silver/gold leafed frame. I love the reminder, to Give Thanks!</span></div>
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ur8trRYQzL8/UtFrAzCDfrI/AAAAAAAAP_g/UuofGTKq1Ao/s1600-h/DSC_0691%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0691" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-p0ZOtS7o7Ms/UtFrB9X0E-I/AAAAAAAAP_k/ZUDV-3UuL4E/DSC_0691_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="425" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC_0691" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Chalkboard all chalked but, in need of some fun fall decorating!</span></div>
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-fgrX31ZEUNo/UtFrCoab9PI/AAAAAAAAP_w/gCHJZC5dMjI/s1600-h/IMG_0175_Warmer%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_0175_Warmer" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-FQHlGAJpWh0/UtFrDQ5b8qI/AAAAAAAAP_0/_1g25gNZLWY/IMG_0175_Warmer_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="480" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="IMG_0175_Warmer" width="360" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">There, that is better….some pumpkins, books, and some yummy fall colors make the chalkboard art delicious!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">This Christmas my family was heading home for Christmas and this chalk art just resonated with me. The image was a free download from <a href="http://www.nestofposies-blog.com/2012/11/5-free-christmas-chalkboard-printables/" target="_blank">nestofposies.com</a>. I added the extra greenery and flower at the bottom because my chalkboard was longer than the image and it was needing a little something. </span></div>
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-PiD7mj-xsHA/UtFrGlF-VRI/AAAAAAAAQAQ/BuP61eHQ8zk/s1600-h/DSC_0709_warmer%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0709_warmer" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-1plAOvNJ9gE/UtFrH8M-sZI/AAAAAAAAQAY/tx7llNHq5UI/DSC_0709_warmer_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="551" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC_0709_warmer" width="366" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">The last chalkboard of the year was the one above my fireplace. The silver/gold leaf frame was used again yet changed to mimic the theme of my Christmas season….Christmas Carols! The chalkboard art above my mantle had to be a Christmas song and Holly Mathis created this “Oh come all ye faithful” , so I used her basic image and then personalized it. Love great design!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">So who’s with me…..should we make this a monthly club? I’m in…..I change mine almost monthly anyways. Who wants to join? I am already finding amazing images for Valentine’s……</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331216533226211123.post-43498319491863562402014-01-02T21:38:00.000-07:002014-01-02T21:38:01.045-07:00Don’t want to forget Christmas!<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-o5ITGR7-l5g/UsY9zwlvR4I/AAAAAAAAP1g/A-abvSizwEM/s1600-h/DSC_0739_warmer%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0739_warmer" border="0" height="425" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-6u8RRvQQFI8/UsY91FTx9FI/AAAAAAAAP1o/3arKYFL9eDU/DSC_0739_warmer_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC_0739_warmer" width="640" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Even though Christmas has come and gone, I didn’t want to not blog about it. My family travelled to my home town for Christmas and we spent it surrounded by family. We loved our time there! Since we were traveling for Christmas, I kept my decorating simple and mostly in the front room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">The theme of this year was Christmas Carols! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I started my mantle with an “Oh come all ye faithful” chalkboard, added my “Joy” German Glass Glitter Letters in an antique frame and finished it off with beautiful vintage angel wings in an antique frame (of course!)!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Candle lights and greenery are finished with berries. The greenery grounded the mantle and the candle lights provided shimmer at nights creating a magical feel to the room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">The room was kept with mostly reds and white colors. Usually I throw in lime green for a unexpected twist to the Christmas green but, I just kept all my lime green in my Christmas bins. I love the simplified color scheme this year!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I am in love with German Glass Glitter and couldn’t resist putting out my “wish” letters on my cubby hole cabinet. Love me some beautiful glitter!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I chalked a “No place like Home for the Holiday” chalkboard because it perfectly stated what I was excited about for this season…..GOING HOME FOR THE HOLIDAY!! Wahoo!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">In the couch area I kept with a snow theme, that way I could get extended use out of the décor because I could leave it up through January! Bring on the Snow!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I used simple plastic snowflakes from the dollar store to secure the “Snow” theme. They looked great perched on the vintage shelf.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">The front entry was filled with a typewriter announcing “Merry Christmas” and a vintage Christmas Carol book under my glass dome with simple berry garland around everything.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I flipped my 9 ft. around and exposed the original red paint. I hung a boxwood wreath with ribbon. So pretty!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">The mantle bottom ledge was finished with an antique box filled with all the parts to make a snowman complete with a black top hat! Love the possibilities, now all we need is some snow!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I love all the detail ornaments in the cubby cabinet. I have ornaments from my childhood, grandmother and new ones that I love! I love that it give me a place to display these memories!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">This room is magical at night! The lights on the tree, mantle and lamps create a room that invites the Christmas holidays with Carols Singing everywhere you look!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I hope this holiday season was great for all of you because it was magical for my family and I! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331216533226211123.post-56953703441401260642013-12-11T03:54:00.000-07:002013-12-11T03:54:20.794-07:00Back To School Social with Real and Faux Chalkboards<div align="center">
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">This fall our church held a Back to School Social for the women. I chalked this chalkboard for the entrance and we wanted chalkboards on each table since the theme was about learning and “school”. The epitome of school is Chalkboards and what better way to bring that theme through than with chalkboards but, we didn’t have a huge budget for this event so I had to think smart and find an alternative for the individual table chalkboards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I found a simple solution for the individual table chalkboards at the dollar store when I came across black foam core board. It is easy to cut with an X-acto Knife and I could create any shape I wanted for the tables. The trend is cool shapes, so I applied that to the foam core and cut out my own shapes. I got all my table faux chalkboards out of one board, so it cost me a dollar. Wahoo!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">The same “real” chalkboard shape signs at a local craft store were $6.99 a piece so if you times that by six tables. Yikes, my budget would have been $42. For one night, one use decorations, the foam chalkboards worked out amazing and I had ladies asking me all night if they were real. Bonus!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Once the foam board was cut, I noticed the core was white. I wanted it black so I applied a little black craft paint on the edges so they looked finished.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Each table got it’s own sign with it’s class title. I simply used plain ol’ chalk and doodled to create chalkboard signs. *Tip: sharpen your chalk with a pencil sharpener to get a smaller tip to add details.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I was in charge of bringing the “décor” for the Science table. I brought a microscope, test tubes, glass beakers filled with colored water, books and finished it off with a table chalkboard that said Science.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">What school night would be finished without Milk and Cookies. We also provided healthier snacks like apples (which also went with our theme and the entrance chalkboard). The funny thing about this picture is I took it before the Milk was pulled out of the fridge and put on the table. LOL Oh well, I am sure you can image mason jars filled with milk, ladies sipping on their cute chevron red straws, talking and enjoying a cookie or apple slice.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331216533226211123.post-40098595796376538182013-12-08T23:21:00.000-07:002013-12-08T23:22:39.170-07:00Custom Curtain Rods Made out of Electrical Conduit PLUS Gorgeous Striped Drapes<div align="center">
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">This bank of windows lets in lots of natural light. It’s only a bad thing when someone comes to visit at say, mid-afternoon and sits on the loveseat right where the square patch of sunshine is in their eyes. There is no way to shut the blinds since THERE IS NO BLINDS on the top set of windows. It wasn’t until my friend sat on the loveseat and we were talking, she slowly kept leaning farther and farther to the side as we continued to talk. The conversation ends, I found myself giggling when I finally figured out what she was doing….she was trying to keep her face out of the direct sunlight…and then I felt silly that I didn’t realize it sooner and help her. Bless her heart, she was too polite to say anything, LOL! That day, I knew I needed some curtains. But, first that would mean I would need a curtain rod!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">So off to Home Depot to get some <strike>curtain rods</strike> electrical conduit. Yep, that’s right. I stopped at JoAnn’s on my way home from work and they were having a 60% off drapery hardware. I bought brackets for a few dollars a piece, even the special corner bracket piece for cheap! Wahoo! Now all I needed was the rod in the middle but, I couldn’t find one my size plus, I didn’t want to pay the price of the extra long rod. So, my husband and I headed to the home depot to buy some pipe. Electrical conduit is super cheap and light weight. Like $3 for 10 feet! The 10 feet did my whole window (although we bought two incase we measured wrong, so I guess we splurged at $6 but, ended up taking one back, LOL)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">The next problem this tall window posed was that no curtain (off the shelf) was going to be long enough (even “order-in” curtains only go up to 108 inches and I needed over 120 inches). Custom curtains were definitely not in my budget so I came up with the next best thing…King Duvets! Think about it. The fabric on a king duvet is super wide without any seams (most fabrics come in 45-54 inches wide and a Duvet is over 100 plus inches wide). That means, my panels will be wide enough for this large window and long enough if you take the fabric from the top and wrap under to the back. Just a little unpicking of the side seams needed! The only sewing needed was to sew a straight line.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I’ve always wanted striped curtains. I had thought up a million ways to achieve the look: sew strips together (too time consuming), paint the stripe (each line would alternate opaque with see through, not what I was looking for) or buy King Duvet’s from West Elm on sale. Ding ding ding, we have a winner. The fabric was pre-striped (just like I wanted, and in the colors I wanted). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I cut the fabric at the length I needed and hemmed the edges.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">One of the panels had the button holes from the duvet closure. So, I used invisible thread and sewed the button hole closed so it wouldn’t gap and show light through it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I hung them up and decided I needed more curtain rod clips. My husband left the electrical conduit long until I decided if I wanted it to stick out just a bit from the end or if I wanted it cut flush with the end bracket. I have since decided on a flush cut and adorning the end with antique glass doorknobs. Love me some pretty doorknobs!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">The drapes are <strike>AWESOME, AMAZING, EXACTLY WHAT I HAD BEEN DREAMING OF, MAKE ME GIDDY, LOVE ME SOME STRIPES</strike>, and help finish the room. I love that I can control the light and yet they look so stately adorning that tall bank of windows! Love!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Yeah, I finally have me my striped curtains! Now, if come to visit mid-afternoon and you have a block of sunshine in your face, I can kindly close the curtain!</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331216533226211123.post-8745674722737248062013-12-07T12:11:00.000-07:002013-12-07T12:11:28.075-07:00Thanksgiving Harvest<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-N0h-ehzD0f0/UqNylOk1inI/AAAAAAAAPtc/48KjikW2TEw/s1600-h/IMG_0179_WarmItUp%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_0179_WarmItUp" border="0" height="480" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-EB-DVXlwKp4/UqNylklXsZI/AAAAAAAAPtk/_zHKfEMcVsw/IMG_0179_WarmItUp_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="IMG_0179_WarmItUp" width="640" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Our Thanksgiving was simple and my decorating stayed pretty simple too. I had decorated so much for Halloween, it was a nice little break before Christmas. My fun project for this season was designing my own copper German Glass Glitter letters for the mantle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">The letters were the perfect way to finish the mantle!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">My “harvest” letters I designed and cut with scissors out of chipboard and then glittered in copper German glass glitter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I finished them late one evening and snapped this pic. They made me giddy with delight! They were so pretty and even prettier in person. The pic doesn’t do them justice!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I found a vintage print of turkey’s at a framing store for $1. I used vintage hangers to keep it from rolling up and to have some way to hang it on the wall. The vintage print (Someone had given the framing store a box that had belonged to their mother, a framer, and she wanted them to go and be used by another framer, so the store was selling any print for $1, which was a score for me!!) Wild Turkeys, yes please! Thanksgiving pictures are hard to find and these vintage turkey’s I loved and my husband even appreciated them (he has gone hunting for wild Turkey’s but hasn’t gotten one yet)! Maybe next year we’ll have our own wild turkey for Thanksgiving.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I chalked this Autumn saying and loved how it came out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I finished my decorating by Chalking an few chalkboards, and called it good! Let’s give thanks!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Spark’s Flea Market is my absolute favorite Flea Market to go to! They have rows and rows of booths, so you can usually find what you are looking for at a great price. This year I was on the hunt for a typewriter, wood boxes and a kitchen scale. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Brooklyn is becoming my Flea Market buddy. She loves being outside and loves hanging with us ladies! It was warm that day and we drank lots of water (as you can tell from the picture)! I also went with two of my awesome friends (we all drove together and actually fit everything in the Tahoe, it was quite the squeeze)! You remember Ruth from last year….she ended up in every one of my pictures! It became a “where is Ruth” photo fest! (The pic below is of 2012 and you can see Ruth coming out of this cute booth of primitives.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">What is amazing about going with friends, is the great conversation for the drive, and we all were on the lookout for each other’s wish list. Karen found her chicken coop (going to be a table) at the first place we stopped! It was awesome and the whole day was a success!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">We even adventured 10 miles up the road to WhiteCloud where their little main street is lined with vendors and the city park (AKA grassy field) is full of booths. I found an collapsible Egg crate, asked the vendor how much, when he said $3, it became my new favorite buy (it’s now holding my firewood next to the mantle, I will have to show you all soon). Collapsible Egg Crates has been one of those items, you always tend to look at but, don’t want to spend 20 to 30 dollars. $3 is more in my price range. Couldn’t be beat!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I ended up finding (for amazing prices, of course!) old victorian boots. They instantly looked like AMAZING witch boots for Halloween! I also found my typewriter for $25 (which is 1/4 of the price they usually go for in antique malls). It was tall upright and black…just what I was hoping for. I also found a vintage quilt, kitchen scale, door plates (to finish my chandelier, which I still need to make) a cool black frame which is on my wall of frames….and a few items that were still in the garage awaiting un-spider webbings (thus, not allowed in the house until cleaned!) but amazing none-the-less!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I didn’t get any photos of all of us ladies (sad!) so we will have to remember for next time! Because there definitely will be a next time! I love this new tradition with my friends! A great day getting dirty searching for amazing treasures!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">AUTUMN!! Where did Summer go….as I type this, I am decorating for Christmas. This has been a crazy busy filled year. And, unfortunately something has had to give a little, and it’s been blogging. Not that I haven’t been doing projects (Oh NO!) It’s just the time to blog them….I haven’t found a lot of time. I want to catch up on the major ones that I’ve done. I was able to blog Halloween (how could I not…. I love that Holiday!!) but, I need to catch up a bit. To start with, I spruced up my outdoor furniture this summer. It’s an all wood set and needed some TLC. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I picked up some stain that has the poly (the protective layer) all together. My wood was dry and ready for some nourishment. It soaked in nicely. I even went right over the areas that still had a little of the golden oak color stain. The darker color went right over the top and soaked in nicely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I finished one chair and started the next one. Such a drastic difference. It’s amazing how you look at something so long, you miss the obvious….these chairs needed some color!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I used “PolyShades” from Minwax. I did lightly sand all the wood and then wiped it down before I started.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">These three pieces soaked up that whole can of PolyShade Stain. They were definitely in need of some stain and protection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Here is our garden, growing great and producing:lettuce, lots of herbs, carrots, radishes, swiss chard, cucumbers and onions. My husband wanted the garden backed up to the lounger so it could be protected from rogue basketballs. It worked great!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Many summer days/nights were spent out enjoying the lounger. We love being outside!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">This is us enjoying a pop-cycle after a family bike ride.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I love how the furniture looks fresh and new with just a little poly-shade stain. So happy with the result and they are protected for another year of enjoyment!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;"></span><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331216533226211123.post-39070766044986197702013-10-26T16:50:00.000-06:002013-10-26T16:50:13.201-06:00Countdown to Halloween Party - October 1st<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-8ZgJQXbKkvc/UmxGm9bCVoI/AAAAAAAAPls/xMeWpM9TO3w/s1600-h/DSC_0187_Warmer%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0187_Warmer" border="0" height="425" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-s_ueLQg8yYs/UmxGoNkXSEI/AAAAAAAAPl0/GBVW9FbIRuY/DSC_0187_Warmer_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC_0187_Warmer" width="640" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I’m a bit late blogging this Countdown to Halloween Party but, I didn’t want to miss showing what a fun time we had with a simple Beginning to the Festive Halloween Season. What an absolute joy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Hot Chocolate Floating with Ghost Peeps</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Wood Slices painted with Chalkboard to Keep Track of the Countdown to Halloween.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Chocolate Chips, Marshmallows and Miniature Marshmallows were offered as mix-ins to make your hot chocolate to taste! Some of the kids Hot Chocolate was VERY chocolaty!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">It looks like I planned to have the kids all wearing witch and wizard hats but, it was a happy chance. I just hadn’t finished decorating (the witch hats go in a grid pattern on the wall. See <a href="http://cassandradesign.blogspot.com/2013/10/witch-class-is-in-session.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">So, It’s official we are starting our Countdown to Halloween!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">And there’s only FIVE days left!</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331216533226211123.post-25876937646594445292013-10-25T11:05:00.000-06:002013-10-25T11:05:10.872-06:00Bat Mobile<div align="center">
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">This was the final piece to my Halloween Decorating. Literally, the morning before the Book Club Party, I was hanging my Bat Mobile.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Most Mobiles that I found to make online were made of Sewing Loops and had 3 varying layers from big to small. I wanted it to spiral down like the bats were circling. So I set out to the hardware store. The men must have been bored that morning because one, two then eventually three of them together were listening to my idea of this spiral shape and tried to help me find something that would work. We walked around and found a few ideas that were marginal but, then the plumbing expert had an “Ahah” moment and picked up a coiling of refrigeration copper tubing. It came in the spiral shape, could be made into any shape (pliable enough), would hold its shape once shaped and could collapse back down for easy storage.</span></div>
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<img src="http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/productImages/300/c7/c75b1546-20d6-4b98-93ff-489c1e25fe4f_300.jpg" /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">So I bought a pre-boxed $8 coil of copper refrigeration tubing, shaped it into my spiral shape, painted it black. Thanks Plumbing guy, you took my idea and made it functional! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I planned on cutting out bat shapes for my mobile but, I was at Michael’s picking up the chocolate molds for the Book Club Party and all Halloween was at a huge discount. I already knew I was making a bat mobile so when I found two packs of 12 pre-punched bats for a dollar or two a piece, I bought them! Thanks Martha Stewart Halloween, that saved me some paper cutting time for sure! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Right before my husband was leaving to clinical rotation, I asked him to help me hang my bat mobile. I was a little scared of the height. He said he could help me for 5 minutes but, he really only had 5 minutes to help so if it didn’t work like I planned, he was still going to have to leave. (fingers crossed this worked). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">He was able to wire it from the anchor screws on the light fixture (PHEW….my idea worked) and I stood back and instantly LOVED IT!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I love my bat mobile! It’s so 3-dimensional and looks better in person. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Every angle looks different as if the bats really are circling the moon. Happy Bat Mobile Making!</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331216533226211123.post-33566966157491901292013-10-25T09:59:00.000-06:002013-10-25T09:59:00.845-06:00Witch Class Is In Session<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-rRq9WERcY4o/UmqUwikCGoI/AAAAAAAAPf8/rmnwkJqb2zQ/s1600-h/DSC_0448_ezBurn%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0448_ezBurn" border="0" height="425" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-GYHEHE4yCRI/UmqUxWDQDpI/AAAAAAAAPgE/EAKCW6z4oDc/DSC_0448_ezBurn_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC_0448_ezBurn" width="640" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Every Halloween Season, I add at least ONE Halloween thing that I absolutely love! I love Halloween items that I can see long term. This year it was a wonderful vintage print of Halloween Witches. The print looks from the 1900’s of a school class that is dressed up as witches. You can see their hats are made of paper cones and it is absolutely awesome!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I found this print online from a poster shop. Yes! You can have one too and you can also have it printed in different sizes. So you can find one that works for you. If you want an amazing Witch’s Class Photo. You can find it <a href="http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Class-Picture-of-Witches-Posters_i6078404_.htm" target="_blank">here</a>. (They have added Happy Halloween to this print)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">The other addition to my Halloween Décor are these Victorian boots that are the perfect set of witch boots that I picked up at Sparks Flea Market this Summer (Yep, always on the look out for amazing Halloween items, I also picked up my typewriter at this same flea market)! The patina on the leather is amazing! There is newspaper stuffed in the top of the boots. I had to investigate, The lady I bought them from had never looked and curiosity got the best of me and the newspaper is over 40 years old! They are the perfect display piece for Halloween!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Next to all this witchy goodness is my <a href="http://cassandradesign.blogspot.com/2010/10/witch-spell-book-invitation.html" target="_blank">spell book</a>, an apothecary jar of frogs and a poison bottle. Perfect for a witch’s Lair (or tv watching, couch area LOL)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">The wall above the Witch’s Lair is the perfect place to display her collection of witch’s hats! The antique frames (were empty next to the witch’s class picture) and needed something to add to the witch’s lair. So I designed engineering prints to pop inside these frames for the season. I plan on printing my family pictures and displaying them in these frames (after Halloween) but, for now… engineering prints for just over $3 for both prints, fit the bill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">The frames are repainted antique frames. The <a href="http://cassandradesign.blogspot.com/2010/10/purple-picture-frame.html" target="_blank">purple witch</a> silhouette I did a few years ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">The old frames (the black one from Sparks Flea Market) were needing something (they were beautiful empty frames hanging on the wall) so I designed a simple print to be printed as an engineering print at OfficeMax and then added some chalk leaf detailing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Engineering Prints are available at copy stores and you pay 68 cents (don’t quote me on this, but I’m close) per square foot. These two cost me just over $3. I used foam board from the dollar store to mount my prints on because my frames had no glass or backing to mount the prints to (the paper is thin). They turned out awesome and were the perfect way to fill my antique frames!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">“Curious things” print, I designed for me to chalk a bubbling cauldron but, I liked it as it was, so I left it. Perfectly Imperfect to the left (space for the cauldron on the right) in it’s Halloween saying! I love it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Witch Class is in Session!</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331216533226211123.post-25597050798545301982013-10-23T08:27:00.000-06:002013-10-23T08:27:59.140-06:00Book Club Halloween Party<div align="center">
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I hosted book club this month and what a perfect month for me to host……for I like Halloween (just a little!) LOL As I mentioned before the book we read was, STIFF: the curious lives of human cadavers by Mary Roach. It was a fascinating and little bit gross book. I learned a lot about how cadavers enhance science and all the things they are used for, to better us all. So, the theme of the food table definitely had a bone and science theme.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">One of the chapters is about the forensic body farm in Tennessee. I wanted to mimic a cake without being gross…..so I made it chocolate! I made white chocolate skeletons from a chocolate mold bought at Michaels for $1.99. I made a yummy chocolate cake poked holes, poured sweetened condensed milk while still warm. Cooled the cake and added cool whip, crushed Oreo’s and the cute white chocolate skeletons. The cake was a big hit!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I tried to snap a few photos before everyone showed up (before I even had my chocolate body farm cake in the front middle! LOL (just imagine it in the center…people started showing up and I set down my camera, thus no complete pics) The swamp water is bubbling nicely, though!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Ahah! I do have one pic, just not from the front. The food was super yummy!! Two of my friends helped me out and brought Bruschetta and Asparagus rolls! They were the salty to the sweet! Behind the bubbling swamp water you can see I suspended some x-rays. (You might recognize these stands from the dress clothesline, seen <a href="http://cassandradesign.blogspot.com/2012/12/cookies-are-off-my-bucket-list.html" target="_blank">here</a> although they have been painted black to match today’s theme) On top of the scale I made chocolate brains (chocolate molds made for covering Oreos, again the mold was $1.99 from Michaels)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">The party favors were my favorite! I’ve had this skeleton/pretzel mold and have used it <a href="http://cassandradesign.blogspot.com/2009/11/halloween-party.html" target="_blank">before</a> but, it went so perfectly for this theme!! I added hand stamped tags that read, “Partially decomposed finger…..lightly salted, COLD PRESSED” It was awesome!! It went perfectly with the theme of the book!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">The other party favor had a hand-stamped tag that read, “bat droppings”. I took regular clear party bags, cut them in half (wouldn’t have to fill them as much) and filled them with whoppers! They were a hit and everyone wanted bat droppings and a chocolate pretzel finger! It was the perfect party favor!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">So if you ever read this interesting book, you now have ideas how to make it cute and not so gross!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Happy Halloween and Happy Reading!!</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331216533226211123.post-62133531320722117292013-10-21T12:12:00.000-06:002013-10-21T12:12:27.822-06:00Nevermore Ladder with Ravens<div align="center">
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Before I read the Book Club Book, (STIFF: the curious lives of human cadavers by Mary Roach) I was adding some Halloween Literature Vignette’s. What is more Halloween Literature theme but…Nevermore….with black ravens!! I used to have these </span><a href="http://cassandradesign.blogspot.com/2010/12/wintertime-ladder.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">ladders</span></a><span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;"> suspended in my Utah home…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">and would decorate them seasonally but, didn’t have a place to hang them here in Kansas (ceilings are different) but, I finally found a use for these beautiful vintage ladders…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">My front porch!!! I added dollar store black birds (wired on with small gauge silver wire) and a “Nevermore” banner which I created. I printed it out and then antiqued it with distress ink. Here is your free printable!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I printed the banner at OfficeMax as an engineering print. ( If I remember right, it’s 68 cents??? a square ft or close to that, So this print was 1 ft by 2 ft, do the math…it’s around $1.50 which is AWESOME!) I took it home, distressed it with my scrapbook Distress Inks and then took it back to get it laminated so it could stand-up to some rain. (laminated it was under $2 as well)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">To attach the “nevermore” banner to the ladder, I needed nails or push pins. I used what I had and dipped sewing straight pins in black craft paint, let them dry. I used my wire cutters to shorten the straight pins by cutting them in half. I then lightly hammered them into place so it would hold the laminated sign. The sewing pins worked great!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Love Halloween!</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331216533226211123.post-80050694694230855282013-10-19T10:30:00.001-06:002013-10-19T10:30:59.762-06:00Halloween 2013<div align="center">
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Halloween is my favorite time. It’s a time of mystery where imperfection is warranted. I haven’t blogged for a while and what a perfect time to jump back…for my favorite season…Halloween.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">This Halloween, I hosted our Book Club. I added some fun Halloween Décor this year that added a ton of <em>wow factor</em> without the price. So, I had to get creative…… I added a Bat Mobile (tutorials coming soon), chalked new chalkboards , made my own chandelier, and handmade some awesome glitter letters. This has been the most creative things I have done in months (been busy, as you could tell by the lack of blog posts).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">This is my Halloween tree with treat boxes, set by my spray painted purple <a href="http://cassandradesign.blogspot.com/2010/09/delicious-purple-tufted-halloween.html" target="_blank">chair</a>. It took me two days to figure out what to do with my stacked trunk end table. Something just wasn’t right…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">…until I was in the basement doing laundry and this mirror I had picked up at a yard sale for $3 last year was sitting there and it was a lightbulb moment. I could lay the mirror on top of the stacked trunks and have something fun on it. I added a scrabble game (minus the board) and the kids leave me messages (too cute!). My 2 year old will take all of the tiles, put them in the trick-or-treat bucket carry them around with her dollies and then she puts them back (thank goodness she doesn’t spread them around).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I added a grid of witch hats to the tall half wall (with 3M strips) and tried to use my Halloween décor that had any color except orange. I was tired of orange this year and only put out my other Halloween colors. I added a Chandelier to the Entryway to create a dramatic effect entering the house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Before I had read the book for book club, I was planning on going with a Halloween Literature Vignette. I had expounded on this theme with chalkboards, literature references (AKA Carpe Diem with Skeletons. LOL I think that is so funny) and a old black upright typewriter (which I found at Sparks Flea Market for $25, that was top on my list of things to find…a black upright typewriter!) After reading the book (STIFF: the curious lives of human cadavers by Mary Roach) I knew I had to add more bones, and Science Stuff. The night before the Party, I added my X-ray’s to the storm door. They look amazing at night from the outside and they are so fun INSIDE during the day. It all depends on what way the light is shining. I will do a tutorial soon on my made-up chandelier out of an old light fixture and a candle holder. You have to get creative to achieve the look you want, without a lot of $.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I added my looking glass, a black hat atop a white pumpkin, and a few bones and moss under glass to add fun to the blanket chest/ coffee table.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I am in love with German Glass Glitter and I made my own font to make some awesome <em>MAGIC</em> glitter letters and <em>BOO </em> letters for my dining room mantle (which served as the backdrop for the food table! Pics to come soon). I can’t wait until these tarnish and keep looking better each year as they age.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">The mantle is filled with books (remember I started with a Literary Halloween theme and morphed into a more Science Theme)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">This tea-dyed owl print looks out protectively over his books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">These Witch Boots (Victorian shoes) I found at Sparks Flea Market. I fell in love with them and think all the age and patina just adds to the witch boot affect!! I love great finds like this at Flea Markets!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">My typewriter was my other great find at the Flea Market. I knew I wanted to have some Literary Phrase coming out of the typewriter but, I happen to set this sign on the typewriter as I was decorating and it was perfect and stayed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">The owl was the smaller print of my poster print (The little prints were $2 and the poster was $6…..that’s my kind of shopping. I had purchased the skeleton poster print last year from the same booth. I love tea dyed vintage looking posters for Halloween!!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">My Flea Market find Typewriter set the Literary Halloween Theme Perfectly (and still worked when I added in the Science). This vignette on my blue sideboard is one of my favorites! It is so fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Book Club Party was a success and the last picture I snapped before the party started was of the bat mobile with the light. It looked liked the bats were circling the moon. Oh so Halloween!!</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331216533226211123.post-11272420970235077652013-07-03T09:11:00.000-06:002013-07-03T09:11:13.171-06:00Patriotic Mantle<div align="center">
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I love my patriotic mantle. It’s such a change from anything I’ve ever done (due to space and permanent fixtures). I brought in the gold in the frames of the kids at the Great Salt Lake and this was accented by the vintage gold angel wings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I changed my mantle vignette a few times before I finally settled on a simpler vintage camera vignette.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I added a scale for height and interest. The turquoise blue color also helped to tie in the Letter “T” and the “Liberty” sign which weren’t your typical Patriotic blue color.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">The vintage angel wings are my newest find and I love them. I can also see me using them with my angel baby’s stocking at Christmas! Love it!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">Another item that added interest was the surveyor pole. It extends really tall and can lengthen or shorten to different lengths.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I tried a lot of vignette’s but, they looked great for detail shots but, were too busy and distracted from the large flag and gold frames. It competed too much so I edited back down to the cameras.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I did love the details but, it looked better as a whole mantle to be edited. So, alas I put my red,white and blue airmail letters back in the cubby cabinet. (LOL They look cute there too!!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">The mantle started as a blank canvas and I kept adding until I was happy with the result but, I had planned how I wanted them hung before I hung the sign and picture frames.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">And it turned out like this….a beautiful patriotic mantle with a splash of an unexpected blue color. I love it, because that blue is all over my house….so it fits right in!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I love this picture of the kids, with the baby crying because it was so cute!! We sat her down and she didn’t like it and my friend snapped this photo! I love it! As soon as you picked her up, she would stop crying…love remembering that funny moment in time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: x-large;">I love my patriotic mantle, all ready for the 4th of July and Summer!</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331216533226211123.post-38349304430279985372013-06-15T14:24:00.001-06:002013-06-15T14:24:24.514-06:00Bicycling Chalkboard<p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-sE8leM_LO08/UbzNFDlo2VI/AAAAAAAAPPM/JmTf-4_Sr2I/s1600-h/DSC_0184_edited-1%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0184_edited-1" border="0" alt="DSC_0184_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-IpKppW6PJSg/UbzNG6X8QTI/AAAAAAAAPPU/3YwVlpUU3ZU/DSC_0184_edited-1_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln">I changed my chalkboard to one more summery! We are really into bike riding with the kids so I went with this theme. I am finally changing it from the girl’s birthday in April. Better late than never!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-QLCTKiiTcBw/UbzNHw5Ub0I/AAAAAAAAPPc/EEET2uQCYh8/s1600-h/DSC_0172%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0172" border="0" alt="DSC_0172" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-OFBm84hBRQI/UbzNJl6leVI/AAAAAAAAPPk/0eTvqXnAboc/DSC_0172_thumb%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="311" height="284"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-oc4FxhqEfo4/UbzNK5sLGMI/AAAAAAAAPPs/GxbwM3BiyMQ/s1600-h/DSC_0175%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0175" border="0" alt="DSC_0175" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6QTLYhqa9hk/UbzNMWcFoNI/AAAAAAAAPP0/YB7Q7zhQ5pY/DSC_0175_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="290" height="193"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln">I found an image on my computer that I had saved years ago and printed it out. I drew grid lines on it and then put light grid lines on my chalkboard. I then drew this image and word by hand.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-v_A9uujlPfw/UbzNNMFB5RI/AAAAAAAAPP8/Kw_QXi-vtbw/s1600-h/DSC_0177%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0177" border="0" alt="DSC_0177" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-xgwYDk_favI/UbzNOdzXYmI/AAAAAAAAPQE/41dfQxtUmtk/DSC_0177_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="319" height="480"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln">Once the image is designed out, I used a cloth that was damp to erase my grid lines. (Note: if your chalkboard is not seasoned….please do that first….since you will forever have “ghost” designs on your chalkboard and they won’t erase with a cloth and water)</font><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-OgluDqxtaT8/UbzNPllEdSI/AAAAAAAAPQM/2nIy-GIxlY8/s1600-h/DSC_0173%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0173" border="0" alt="DSC_0173" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jWJcWLWRFCI/UbzNQ-TY_8I/AAAAAAAAPQU/CVClZHe9QtY/DSC_0173_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-HPnU6Ogsqss/UbzNSLnUQ9I/AAAAAAAAPQc/-mL5hHsW3SU/s1600-h/DSC_0191%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0191" border="0" alt="DSC_0191" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-0vxU5dgaYEs/UbzNTSRvr6I/AAAAAAAAPQk/Q7_3YIP9ivI/DSC_0191_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="319" height="480"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln">The bicycles in the image were a little too detailed for a chalkboard, so I chalked a simpler bike. I love the simple lines!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-wTNDvO-a6t8/UbzNUuvttZI/AAAAAAAAPQs/_x-OWcqoGw0/s1600-h/DSC_0181%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0181" border="0" alt="DSC_0181" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Ud3jYEisdVo/UbzNWj5z8OI/AAAAAAAAPQ0/iXBlVxnucI8/DSC_0181_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln">The chalkboard turned out AWESOME!!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-JV45n_J6n6w/UbzNYGIxvjI/AAAAAAAAPQ8/CmBsZ5P2eNQ/s1600-h/DSC_0184_edited-1%25255B14%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0184_edited-1" border="0" alt="DSC_0184_edited-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-OB-xkIMk7cc/UbzNZM8905I/AAAAAAAAPRE/BMdFzTJvaI4/DSC_0184_edited-1_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="626" height="603"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-t6-qy50BbDM/UbzNaa2aqxI/AAAAAAAAPRM/xw3ewnP7b0w/s1600-h/CassySignature2%25255B5%25255D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="CassySignature2" border="0" alt="CassySignature2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-gevoaFq6fwM/UbzNbSlLUZI/AAAAAAAAPRU/-GYQ1fqq2u8/CassySignature2_thumb%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="306" height="153"></a></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331216533226211123.post-8568873182571739422013-06-07T18:34:00.001-06:002013-06-07T18:34:59.093-06:00Mobile “Nunn’s” Bed Garden<p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln">I know the title is a little funny but, it’s actually true. Our Mobile (moveable) garden was made out of bed from an Abbey, a Nunn’s bed.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-FOmySCbOB5U/UbJ71SREZBI/AAAAAAAAPDI/0caqiEzOdKw/s1600-h/DSC_0324%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0324" border="0" alt="DSC_0324" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-CwJT6EbNnnQ/UbJ72J9zKFI/AAAAAAAAPDQ/Jz4EvOYxoyM/DSC_0324_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="319" height="480"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln">The kids expressions say it all….this was one of the funnest family activities that we have done! Everyone LOVED helping! It was pretty exciting to be making a raised bed (literally a raised bed) garden. LOL</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-55X50r1jNJQ/UbJ72v8S-II/AAAAAAAAPDY/56-dMmXIwoA/s1600-h/DSC_0331%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0331" border="0" alt="DSC_0331" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-a8FjhF34nKs/UbJ73BGpjmI/AAAAAAAAPDg/xBsEN94b9NM/DSC_0331_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="352" height="529"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln">The bed was found at a “two barns full” antique sale that my co-worker let me know about that was just south of me. She gave me the article because she thought I might be interested (thanks Christi ! ). I had a few hours before the kids got home from school and before my husband left with the boys to “Father’s and Sons Campout”. So, I quickly ran by to see what it was all about. The antique’s were “too steep” for me but, I did find this antique bed for $25 and thought it would be a wonderful garden!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Tc52nGXvfUk/UbJ73_h7cXI/AAAAAAAAPDo/jVYMBejyY8c/s1600-h/DSC_0326%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0326" border="0" alt="DSC_0326" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-P5j_2lhYZuw/UbJ74cRqwII/AAAAAAAAPDw/W6KvqPi3o4E/DSC_0326_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln">I had just been to a gardening class at our church a week earlier and it had me missing our garden but, we are renting a home and couldn’t make a permanent garden. This just seemed perfect! Off the ground where the bunnies can’t get to it and totally collapsible. (The dirt/mulch can be shoveled into bags, the screws all come out, the bed taken apart and folded flat, perfect for a NON-permanent Garden). </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln">The gardener mentioned that you can make the garden beds almost totally out of mulch. That you only need 1 cup of soil to get a plant to sprout and you can grow in mulch (which is lightweight and inexpensive).</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-fp4ZVWzFe4A/UbJ75e6-npI/AAAAAAAAPD4/IkJSxdUogzg/s1600-h/DSC_0331%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0331" border="0" alt="DSC_0331" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-TC6Yi3OSAoQ/UbJ76NCHE1I/AAAAAAAAPD8/B0kA17zQ5zI/DSC_0331_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="319" height="480"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln">A thick piece of plywood was cut to size to fit inside the side rails, headboard and footboard. (We had this cut at the home improvement store for free). The sides were one solid plank of pine. Don’t use treated wood, the chemicals can leach into the food.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-IhODcQrgYvQ/UbJ767m7B1I/AAAAAAAAPEE/druY_733Ws4/s1600-h/DSC_0334%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0334" border="0" alt="DSC_0334" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-mAnAYDV9ftA/UbJ77WQ961I/AAAAAAAAPEM/4pMvOGl9bWw/DSC_0334_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln">The board were cut to fit exactly and had to be tapped down into place before each side was screwed into place.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-YjGCGZ75psU/UbJ78NON6RI/AAAAAAAAPEU/as_mFTbUITQ/s1600-h/DSC_0338%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0338" border="0" alt="DSC_0338" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-gP1FwnTdAJE/UbJ78ZHmbQI/AAAAAAAAPEc/uHhTG5FZhEg/DSC_0338_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="319" height="480"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln">The kids thought it was so funny that it was a bed. They were really excited to get this garden built! Silly kids!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-DsgSxg39UI0/UbJ783xB0nI/AAAAAAAAPEk/2Pe2mExAGQw/s1600-h/DSC_0342%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0342" border="0" alt="DSC_0342" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-KbufxnxyuwA/UbJ79dimZQI/AAAAAAAAPEs/Gw-dd9iw-kw/DSC_0342_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="319" height="480"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln">The holes were pre-drilled and then 3” screws were used to attach the sides.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-mYSNCi9RvHA/UbJ7-O_RIQI/AAAAAAAAPE0/mrB9lR8-NzM/s1600-h/DSC_0344%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0344" border="0" alt="DSC_0344" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-2OpyS2iQfsk/UbJ7-oBFD4I/AAAAAAAAPE8/71i85HjODng/DSC_0344_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln">I loved watching my daughter watch her dad!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZTzpnNKVFcw/UbJ7-wUplHI/AAAAAAAAPFE/lIz_xpMktHE/s1600-h/DSC_0343%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0343" border="0" alt="DSC_0343" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-g8C3bWWb-D8/UbJ7_XC_s8I/AAAAAAAAPFM/SlzCfajRJbw/DSC_0343_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="430" height="647"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln">Everyone was very interested in how the box was being built! Too cute! </font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Ywdih5t4H7A/UbJ7_7GjCaI/AAAAAAAAPFU/QZ22v3WBD6g/s1600-h/DSC_0350%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0350" border="0" alt="DSC_0350" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-3VG8u5MzAPo/UbJ8ATCR8UI/AAAAAAAAPFc/sRFogJ2E_go/DSC_0350_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="319" height="480"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln">Support bars on the ends were lower than the side rails so we added some screws from the bottom of the plywood up into the sides so that it wouldn’t “bow” or leak out soil.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-lgxyMD0IhD4/UbJ8A5xbaTI/AAAAAAAAPFk/IzrP0lQ5qyc/s1600-h/DSC_0353%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0353" border="0" alt="DSC_0353" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-qYp-_qGjVN0/UbJ8BclyOGI/AAAAAAAAPFs/_fM6620dKPg/DSC_0353_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="319" height="480"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln">Drainage holes were added, 12 small holes and three main holes in the center. Each one of the kids got to help dad drill a hole.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-CGprg18cv3A/UbJ8B1w2hoI/AAAAAAAAPF0/SyR3Qx2G0dc/s1600-h/DSC_0355%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0355" border="0" alt="DSC_0355" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-yaZDohEewuk/UbJ8CSo_IwI/AAAAAAAAPF8/3CHktWvqQ4s/DSC_0355_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ZuHdKaMb3wI/UbJ8C9RyBCI/AAAAAAAAPGE/dZHeSICIhG0/s1600-h/DSC_0362%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0362" border="0" alt="DSC_0362" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-XwEqgrLPfjE/UbJ8DU4aUxI/AAAAAAAAPGM/X9QeKG4AynM/DSC_0362_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="307" height="462"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-yl48dyeginw/UbJ8D8AbcAI/AAAAAAAAPGU/NhzhP0vNP3I/s1600-h/DSC_0366%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0366" border="0" alt="DSC_0366" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Dt2OO2w8OKw/UbJ8EJpnj2I/AAAAAAAAPGc/yGbz_YD1m7A/DSC_0366_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="307" height="462"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln">Everyone was able to help (some with Dad’s Help, Of Course!)</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-YLbr4xxubUc/UbJ8E7vRo8I/AAAAAAAAPGk/f0KKdg9cLZU/s1600-h/DSC_0368%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0368" border="0" alt="DSC_0368" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-dzKAVXtcugM/UbJ8FbibfII/AAAAAAAAPGs/cbeHGhSq9hs/DSC_0368_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="319" height="480"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln">The three main drainage holes were covered with the herb’s plastic containers so that the water can drain. This was another tip from the gardening class; to NOT use rocks because it makes planters really heavy. So, just re-use the plastic containers that you have from your plants and it helps to drain the water out without adding all the weight of rocks in the bottom. The smaller holes we just left because they were only a half an inch wide. Just to prevent against saturation in one area.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-pyFBDxfsve8/UbJ8GO_B3MI/AAAAAAAAPG0/DjS5XzIcYag/s1600-h/DSC_0369%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0369" border="0" alt="DSC_0369" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-q495ypC2jdQ/UbJ8G0PMgKI/AAAAAAAAPG8/zXg9ZS6YdvU/DSC_0369_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln">Two-thirds of the box was filled with light weight mulch. It was the most inexpensive kind of mulch and the best for what we wanted; a lightweight, non-colored mulch. Then garden soil was added on the top. </font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-w_nRhqtGhqc/UbJ8HZmQqGI/AAAAAAAAPHE/doSheS8698E/s1600-h/DSC_0371%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0371" border="0" alt="DSC_0371" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5cAkznt3nNk/UbJ8HzpyfMI/AAAAAAAAPHM/U8DAq3AMopk/DSC_0371_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="340" height="512"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln">The planning of each vegetable was decided and rows were made so we could plant the seeds in our garden!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-m7vede9qwf0/UbJ8ItBfgFI/AAAAAAAAPHU/8ZL4qvJmoco/s1600-h/DSC_0375_edited-1%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0375_edited-1" border="0" alt="DSC_0375_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-W1913Ia9SQk/UbJ8JPZi09I/AAAAAAAAPHg/-rFKjtr2EhQ/DSC_0375_edited-1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln">The seeds were planted and covered according to the seed packets. The herbs were planted at the end of the rows. Then we cleaned up our bags from the mulch and soil and got the garden watered.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-g5YP4IOCXkc/UbJ8KG7Rn-I/AAAAAAAAPHo/eDrcBENs6UY/s1600-h/DSC_0376_edited-1%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0376_edited-1" border="0" alt="DSC_0376_edited-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7RR2jkJCp74/UbJ8K0dMEjI/AAAAAAAAPHw/jvQphXKl-3Q/DSC_0376_edited-1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="425"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln">The kids have loved watering their garden (although it has rained a lot lately hindering the kids from watering as much as they want to) LOL </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln">So……you ask……how does your garden grow!!!</font></p> <p><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln"></font></p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-t_Pr9DlN4Ow/UbJ8LWcCWpI/AAAAAAAAPH4/FHuKfGyZE-Y/s1600-h/DSC_0204_edited-1%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0204_edited-1" border="0" alt="DSC_0204_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-FXCTAnA4m2w/UbJ8LyvWq7I/AAAAAAAAPIA/IjZdLMLO8Vc/DSC_0204_edited-1_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="399" height="600"></a></font></p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="Abraham Lincoln">BEAUTIFULLY!!! It has been thoroughly thrilling to watch it sprout and watch the kids excitement grow as each different row they planted has sprouted!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zGTBM3FL0jI/UbJ8MD65vtI/AAAAAAAAPII/zH7YZJ2dHS4/s1600-h/CassySignature2%25255B5%25255D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="CassySignature2" border="0" alt="CassySignature2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-N9R4lZDJpyY/UbJ8MrVpS_I/AAAAAAAAPIQ/WE4W22-BrgI/CassySignature2_thumb%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="290" height="145"></a></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331216533226211123.post-41346365669350244872013-05-22T14:16:00.000-06:002013-05-22T14:22:08.360-06:00Every Child is an Artist–Pablo Picasso Quote & Yellow Antique Frame<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-bWk_Lwdz6I4/UZvbezM8LiI/AAAAAAAAO-Y/jti677n_9y0/s1600-h/DSC_0117Saturated%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0117Saturated" border="0" height="425" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-u2QLFReeyHQ/UZvbfmRvO_I/AAAAAAAAO-g/ZVBWBo3Kr6M/DSC_0117Saturated_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC_0117Saturated" width="640" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">I wanted my mantle to mimic the party so my husband and I removed the TV and I had a blank slate to work with. I found this cute saying by Pablo Picasso and wanted it on the mantle along with pictures of Abbie at different ages. </span></div>
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-P9U1yuCdY8A/UZvbhoDbznI/AAAAAAAAO-o/5uz23Angahg/s1600-h/DSC_0028%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0028" border="0" height="425" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_9j3Tzi56ek/UZvbjOLZDwI/AAAAAAAAO-w/by1MB9B-RNs/DSC_0028_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC_0028" width="640" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">I designed how I wanted the quote to look in Photoshop elements and printed it out. I tried to find my transfer graphite paper but, to no luck. So, I improved (what every mom would do the night before the party). I rubbed my pencil on the back of the printed piece of paper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">Once the back was covered in graphite, I traced my design onto the canvas and then used a sharpie, following my pencil lines. My sharpie had a fine tip and a regular tip. I used both ends of my black sharpie.</span></div>
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-_VMlkIz6RMg/UZvblnTipbI/AAAAAAAAO_I/GzMO9w1O7Qs/s1600-h/DSC_0033%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0033" border="0" height="425" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-f7WruuEJqMU/UZvbndLeLEI/AAAAAAAAO_Q/kKkpRHTe7dA/DSC_0033_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC_0033" width="640" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">I used my kids water color set to add the color splotches, which mimic a painter’s palette.</span></div>
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-BkAMhN2Pysc/UZvboicfyOI/AAAAAAAAO_Y/_ZwRezWAONA/s1600-h/DSC_0179Saturated%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0179Saturated" border="0" height="425" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-wjl9MUD3tGM/UZvbp0b1ZII/AAAAAAAAO_g/PI88eWknFKI/DSC_0179Saturated_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC_0179Saturated" width="640" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">I kept adding more water color until I was happy with it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">I love how the water colors look on the canvas. So fun and colorful!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">The other large frame on the mantle is a really cool antique frame I had found. It was an ugly gold color but, a little paint sure brought out it’s beauty!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">A beautiful yellow paint. Sorry the pic isn’t great, it was probably about midnight when I was finishing this project for the party the next day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">The picture was printed at a local print shop and when I asked how much it would cost to mount it, they said $15 more dollars. Ummmm, no thank you, I will mount it myself. I stopped by the dollar store on my way home and bought foam board for$1.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">I measured the picture, scored the foam board, snapped the one side and continued to use my box cutter to cut the other side of the foam board. I used spray adhesive I had on hand (which I’ve used for everything…foam to ottomans, pictures, ect. It has lasted forever! ) Then glued my picture down. Saved myself $14 dollars by using a little ingenuity!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">All ready to glue down! Once it was glued, I popped it in the frame and it was ready for the party!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">A few antique paint brushes, a few gumballs and the frames are complete with rainbow colors! I love this mantle so much that I’ve kept it up for the start of summer and am going to add in pic’s of my other kids so that it’s not just one child. Because I definitely don’t have just one!! LOL</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">The Picasso quote and the antique yellow picture frame finish off the mantle perfectly for a beautiful rainbow of colors!</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331216533226211123.post-82886011147506754702013-05-18T21:04:00.000-06:002013-05-18T21:11:34.393-06:00Rainbow Cake Topper<br />
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">The rainbow-cake topper was SO cute and the perfect way to top a beautiful, fun cake! The pom-poms are made from DMC floss. So, it’s super simple, inexpensive and has big impact.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">Here’s some simple instructions on how to make this awesome rainbow-cake topper.</span><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xy3nt_FSIhk/UZhAUHj5ooI/AAAAAAAAO7w/WMIlsp6Tw5A/s1600-h/DSC_0005%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0005" border="0" height="480" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-_z7j7LUIuvs/UZhAU0FwZFI/AAAAAAAAO74/fvRw5u8xBCs/DSC_0005_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC_0005" width="319" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">Supplies:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">6 DMC floss: purple, red, orange, yellow, green and blue </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">2-straws or colored sticks</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">2-small clothes pins</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">bakers twine (about 18 inches)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">Take the entire (yep, the whole thing) of DMC floss out of it’s wrapper. Cut one string of floss off the end of the roll to use to tie the middle (about an 10 inch piece). Fold the rest of the floss into thirds. </span><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Hya4Kzc7RVo/UZhAXP4Yo0I/AAAAAAAAO8Q/PQMjI7cyc58/s1600-h/DSC_0008%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0008" border="0" height="425" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-T3DGyEYzdq4/UZhAX0QM-8I/AAAAAAAAO8Y/-yj3XZQBNa8/DSC_0008_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC_0008" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">Wrap the piece of cut thread around the middle and tie in a tight knot.</span><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-S5MSV59qVHI/UZhAYtUz9hI/AAAAAAAAO8g/511LBS4v-RE/s1600-h/DSC_0009%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0009" border="0" height="425" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-bVkGymftxeg/UZhAZe7cQXI/AAAAAAAAO8o/MV7QQuwkFSU/DSC_0009_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC_0009" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">Use scissors to cut the loops.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">Make pom-poms out of all six colors. (Each different color of DMC floss costs around 40 cents so, you can make this cake topper for $2.40)</span><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xM7PkyoYvA4/UZhAblqLZNI/AAAAAAAAO9A/82KLurBzXxE/s1600-h/DSC_0015%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0015" border="0" height="425" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Dl9st80cn8k/UZhAcQZ2s-I/AAAAAAAAO9I/llHup5Tgfq0/DSC_0015_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC_0015" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">Use your long thread piece that you used to tie the middle of the pom-pom, to tie each pom-pom to the baker’s twine. Now use a needle to punch holes in the top of the straws and thread the bakers twine through the hole. I tied the bakers twine into a knot around each straw so it wouldn’t slip or droop down.</span><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-DX49L4U6YtI/UZhAdeMFyoI/AAAAAAAAO9Q/dZ3MOVnAvKg/s1600-h/DSC_0016%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0016" border="0" height="390" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-fkIsRqRv0WE/UZhAeOc0YjI/AAAAAAAAO9Y/KxnFmio5zvY/DSC_0016_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC_0016" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">Use clothes pins to add a decorative touch to the straws so it looks like the pom-poms have been clothes-pinned onto the straw. The last thing to do (and the most fun) is pushing the straws into the cake to be the perfect cake topper!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">Best rainbow cake topper (and cheap too)!</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331216533226211123.post-40900570892757484012013-05-13T16:50:00.000-06:002013-05-13T16:50:10.829-06:00Abbie’s Art Birthday Party<br />
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">This was one of my favorite parties to plan….EVER!! The color combination was SO bright and fun! I am so excited to finally show everyone Abbie’s 8 year olds birthday party!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">Happy Art Birthday Party Invitation!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">The insert of the Art Party Invitation was removable so that the Mom’s could put the invitation on the fridge and the girls could use the water color box to paint with. The water color boxes are $0.95 each at Target. So it cost ten dollars to do ten custom invitations, I printed out the insert on my home printer. One of the girls invited used her water colors to paint a picture for the top of Abbie’s present, SO SWEET!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">I had to do a lot of prep before the party. I started planning two months in advance because I could save a lot of money by doing everything myself. Like: sew eleven aprons, stop every day at Hobby Lobby on your way home from work to pick up more canvas’ with another coupon, bake cookies, paint frames, paint party signs, ect. LOL The best part about planning the party was that I did it with my sister, Nichole in Pennsylvania (over the phone and computer, of course!). She and I even shared a secret pinterest board so we could plan together. She did an art party for her daughter in February and I got to benefit from having my daughter’s party in April! Shout out to you Nichole!! The party turned out awesome! Nichole, I wish you could have come in person to help me, maybe I wouldn’t have been up so late the night before the party finishing projects. LOL</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">As each girl arrived, they chose one of the aprons that I had sewn for the party. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">The mom’s helped their daughter’s tie on their aprons. Every apron was a different color with different color on the edging. My daughter chose all the color combinations as we hung out in the studio as I would sew them. Great memories with my daughter!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">Each Girl had an apron (their party favor), a canvas, three paint brushes and an artist’s palette. The girls were so excited as soon as they came in the door! The sign outside could have helped too! I used this cool old door I picked up at a flea market to hold the hand-painted sign complete with a bundle of balloons! Welcome to the party!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">Once all the girls had arrived, I added six colors of paint and the girls started painting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">The food table was complete with edible artists’ paint brushes! Each rice-krispies bar had a craft stick inserted and the end dipped in colored chocolate. I bought red because I knew it was a hard color to tint. The red edible paint brushes turned out awesome! So yummy! I bought white chocolate with the intent to color it with other colors. It didn’t work too well. Note to anyone that tries these: buy the other colors, chocolate is hard to tint other colors. The chocolate is supposed to drip down so it looks like paint but, if you use colored chocolate, it doesn’t stay the same consistency and isn’t drippy. Thus you lose the dripping paint brush look. Just buy the colored chocolate! LOL</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">Painter’s Palette Sugar cookies! These turned out awesome! Worth the time to pipe the cookies! The six colors are beautiful! Plus these cookies are the yummiest!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">and paint chips! LOL</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">Lunch was a starving artist’ sandwich, paint chips, rainbow fruit, painter’s palette and paintbrush! It was a huge hit!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">The food was set up in tiers. The lower level (on an antique reception desk) had the food that needed to be easy to reach. The upper tier flowed with rainbow, chevron material cleverly covered in clear plastic that boasted the cake and paintbrushes. The food area was complete with a free-handed chalkboard birthday sign.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">After some painting, Pictionary, presents and playing, it was time to cut the cake!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">The outside polka dot was cute but, the inside is my favorite! Rainbow layered cake!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">When the first slice of cake came out, it was SO awesome to watch eleven girl’s eyes get as big as sand dollars! The squeals of delight was worth the surprise!! It was priceless!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">The cake topper was really fun and easy to make. I will post a tutorial soon! My friend Emalee did the cake because I knew I wouldn’t have time to do it and do the cookies too! I knew exactly what I wanted! A six layered-rainbow cake and she did an amazing job! She even made up a marshmallow fondant-like polka-dots so they would taste good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">The cake was rainbow awesomeness!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">The Mantle all decorated for the party! The old frames came out beautiful, all painted yellow for the party!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">The “Every child is an artist” - Pablo Picasso was the perfect saying to have on the mantle. I will share a tutorial soon on how I made it. The pictures were of my daughter through the years up until now! The gumballs even mimic the rainbow. The gumballs were in my sister’s jars for her party and then she shared them. Oh yeah! She bagged them up and shipped them to me with the rainbow chevron material that I couldn’t ever find at my Hobby Lobby (where she bought the material). So, she was kind enough to share some of the items I couldn’t find. They helped make the party awesome! Thanks Sis!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">The chevron rainbow fabric sets such an awesome “tone” for the party! The table is so large and is such a presence in the room! The fabric is covered in clear plastic to save the fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Abraham Lincoln; font-size: large;">Happy Art Birthday Party Abbie! Hope your 8th Birthday was the best!!</span></div>
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