All you need is pink

Good morning!! The project that I am going to share with you today wasn't really very time consuming, and for that matter probably not too creative, but I love the way it turned out. Sometimes all you need is a touch of pink to transform a dull piece. So I found this Audrey Hepburn poster at a garage sale. It is black and white with a black frame around it. I thought how perfect for a girly room or for that matter any room!! I decided it needed a little bit of color though since the frame and picture were just black and white. So I took out my trusty, bright, pink paint and decided to just paint the frame. I think it really pops now. I shared this with you because even before the pink frame I just adored the picture of Audrey Hepburn and thought it was such a fun find. I hope you enjoy it too!!!
Have a great day!!! ~Jessica

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For the Birds...........

Hello friends..... I've been really enjoying working on outside items for the gardens or for backyard sitting areas, like decks, patios.......Many of the items I have been working on are metal or wood.  I have an adorable little tabletop birdbath that can be used for so many things.  For example,  it can be used as a birdbath on a table, or used to hold jewelry or decorations on a coffee table, or even in a bathroom holding toiletries, etc.....

First, I brushed an aqua flat paint onto the birdbath.  Than I painted a light orange all over it and than wiped off the excess, which was left in all the grooves and imperfections.  Aqua and orange are two popular colors and they look fun together.  I sprayed a light coating of varnish to protect it if I wanted to use it as a birdbath....

So what do you think.  Next time, Dianne......

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Roadside Rescue Baker's Rack

Good morning!  Hope you had a great weekend!!  We just got back from a quick weekend trip to Mackinaw City with my sister and her family.  We had beautiful weather for camping!  The best part of our campsite was that we were basically right on the beach.  We had a beautiful view of the lake.  We decided to visit Mackinaw Island on Saturday, which is always so much fun.  My son absolutely loved riding bikes on the island.  Since there are no cars on the island, he was able to ride on the roads.  I think that was his best part to not worry about cars!!!  We only had to worry about the horse and carriages.  The boat ride over to the island is always so much fun too....but this time we took the ferry that went under the impressive Mackinaw Bridge.  I have to say that was really neat.  It was such a fun weekend.....oh I love summer!!!!

Anyways, on to my project that I wanted to share with you today.  I recently found this baker's rack on the side of the road waiting for the garbage men to pick it up.  It had quite a bit of rust on it.  Here she is as I rescued her.

I gave her a good cleaning and scraped the rust off.  I then sprayed a coat of primer on it and followed up with three or four coats of cherry red spray paint.  I went through a couple cans of spray paint to cover it up.  It now sits on my deck holding a few plants, although, I think it could be used as a buffet station when we host a barbecue.  Here she is after her make-over.

If your reading this...ThAnKs!!!
Make it a great day!

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Pillowcase Dress

T.G.I.F!!! I am so excited that it is Friday!! We are headed North today when my husband gets off of work. We are going to do some camping and hopefully make it to the beautiful Mackinaw Island!! I love Michigan in the summer time.
Today I am going to share with you a project that I have wanted to try for awile now. I saw these cute dresses when I was down at the flea market this spring in Ohio. They were made out of old, vintage pillow cases that had embroidery on the bottom. I just thought they were the most adorable little dresses for little girls of all ages!! I just had to try an attempt at making one. So I bought these vintage pillowcases at an estate sale, they didn't have the embroidery on the bottom, but I LOVED the print. So here is my attempt at making my first pillow case dress.


Here is the chosen pillow case before it was cut in half and transformed into a dress. :)

Here is the finished product. After I cut the pillowcase in half to the desired length that I wanted it for my six month old, I then cut out arm holes and hemmed them to prevent fraying edges. I then sewed the top to make a casing so that my ribbon could easily fit through it and make cute little bows on the shoulders to tie everything together.

Here it is on my daughter. I put on a little pair of black leggings underneath. I am thrilled with how my first one turned out!!

Enjoy your weekend!!! ~Jessica

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25cent Tray Make-Over

Good morning.....look at this beauty!!!!  Cute little teddy bear tray, right?.......not so much!!  It was a mere 25 cents at a local garage sale....so I decided it needed to come home with me for a little sprucing up.  I gave it a coat of yellow spray paint and then decided that it would look cute with a word stenciled across it.  I thought the word "yummy" could be cute, especially in a kitchen.  I pulled out my cricut machine and contact paper and cut out the stencil.  Lastly, I stenciled the word in white paint.  Here she is....after here little make-over.

I hope you have a beautiful day!!!

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