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Some words, a vignette, and a runner
I have been showing some finishing touches I have done to my craft room lately. As I came down the bottom of the stairs it was plain and lacking some personality. I had hung pictures in other parts of the room and basement, and I didn’t want the space to feel like a gallery. I decided to get on my silhouette, and with my hubby’s help, I found my favorite quote and cut it out with vinyl. Most of the words except the word create were cut out in Navy blue and I decided to do the word create in a gray color with a different font. I love this…
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Zucchini Bruchetta
It has been so hot around here lately and that means that the gardens are growing and producing all kinds of vegetables. I am sharing my now favorite way to prepare zucchini. I was visiting Rome a while back and was served several different types of bruchetta. When I tasted the one topped with zucchini, I about died. So dang delicious! I had to re-create that recipe at home for sure. This is what I came up with. Zucchini Bruchetta Two medium zucchini diced Two or three cloves of garlic (your own personal taste) 1 Tablespoon of fresh thyme leaves salt to taste Olive oil to coat 1 to 2…
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Finishing touches
I have been gone for the week on a family vacation. We had a great time visiting the Oregon coast. The ocean was cool and beautiful. A refreshing break from our hundred degree weather. I have been working on some finishing touches for my craft room. I love putting the general room together, then stepping back and adding some fun touches like curtains. These are one of my favorite things to add. My room started with my chair and moved on from there. I knew I wanted to add another fun fabric and pattern, and had just the place to start with. I found this old screen at an antique…
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DIY Cupcake stands
I was in desperate need….want for cupcake stands to display some cupcakes I made for the fourth of July. I couldn’t find any that I loved, so I decided to make a couple of my own. We were in Bed Bath and Beyond and I found plastic plates on sale for just 99 cents. Who could beat that? I grabbed enough plates and cups to make two of them. I loved the square floral plates and the green bowl and circle plate. It had a whimsical look to it. I was trying to decide what to put in the middle, when we found the matching drinking cups and decided to…
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Dreamy ice cream dessert
It has been hot here, and when it is hot we love ice cream. One of my favorite ice cream desserts is this yummy recipe I am about to share. I had it at a party at my friend’s home years ago and it quickly became one of my very favorites. It is a hit no matter where you take it, or who eats it. It all starts with a half gallon of vanilla ice cream. This needs to be softened, so leave it on the counter while you mix the rest. You will need rice crispies, coconut, butter, brown sugar, and walnuts. Mix together 2 cups of the rice…
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Finished Craft Room
It was a lot of work, but we finished. We took a basement that had an awkward layout Tore out the wall of one bedroom and created a fun and way functional new family craft room. We installed laminate hand scraped acacia flooring. I decided to go with laminate in the basement instead of wood just for the practicality. I wanted a space we could glue in, paint in, and just have fun in without worrying about carpet. We put a butter color on the walls, and painted the cabinets white. I found the knobs at hobby lobby and decided I needed a pop of color. I sprayed the knobs…
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Re purposing furniture
Painting furniture…one of my favorite things. I love how a piece of furniture can change so drastically with just a can of paint. A while ago my daughter had an armoire in her old bedroom that stored her clothes. We have since moved and did a whole different bedroom for her and she did not need to use that armoire. I decided that it would be great if I could put that piece of furniture in my craft room and use it for a sewing cabinet. The only problem was the paint color. I had painted it pink and creme originally, and those just weren’t going to be the colors…
