halloween fun---table runners

My sister wanted me to make a table runner for her for Halloween....boy I didn't realize what a frenzy it would start....what can I say I'm an all or nothing kind of gal.............

I made one for a good friend who has helped me with so much lately!!!

so what can I say I am a sucker for my kids...I mean who isn't right??? Well it's pretty sad when your 4 year old boy asks you to make a table runner for his bedroom. Wow right....well he saw me making one for everyone else and decided he needed some Halloween in his room.  He is so obsessed with Halloween....wonder why!

I made another one for a dear friend who is moving so very far away from me and wanted to give her a reminder of me...ha ha well I just wanted to do something nice!

I had some leftover fabric from last year and really wanted to put it to go use!  I love the way it turned out....the witches are so super cute and I love the green and purple!!!

Then I decided to make a pillow for my mom for her birthday.

the mirror

My mother in law gave us this most amazing mirror and I really love it ....only now it wasn't quite matching the revamp we did so I decided...................

why not spray it.....it was very daring but worth a very big risk!!!  I covered the mirror part with an old news paper...some painters tape...one coat

and then another and

and this is how it turned out....so love it.  I did decide to distress the corners to give it some depth

don't mind the black trees and the bats and spider webs in the background....:)

love of lamps

What can I say I am in love with lamps...they are so much fun and you can do so much with them.....I found this baby at D.I. it orginally was orange with no shade....

 a little spray paint a few pieces of duck cloth hot glue gun and here come the ruffles!!!!

 it was so cute that I just had to give it to a friend for her birthday

 Don't you just love the curves this baby has!

 This is now in my husbands office...it was way to cute to pass up I love the ornateness and the glass shade plus it fits so great on his desk....it's a little "girly" for him but does the job

 I think this is shade # 4 on this still not just right but it works for now!

Even though the shade is crooked in this picture it is just so cute on the yellow lamp

Where I've been

Wow it's sad that it has been a whole month since my last post.  I wish i could say that i have been doing such amazing things....truth is that I have struggled this whole past month.  I have given myself way too many projects and haven't been able to keep on task.   I have had more than my fair share of self inflicted breakdowns.  I can't keep my head on straight and have been struggling to come up with my "own" ideas.  There are just so many amazing girls out there with these amazing ideas and I can't even seem to come up with anything that cool or original!  Yeah this is where I have been!
I do have lots of things to post and I am hopefully going to pace myself better!  I want to be able to enjoy my children and not yell as I have kept myself to busy with "stuff"! Although I so dearly love doing "stuff".  Thank you to those who have read my blog and hopefully will continue reading it. I promise to do better.....this is me and this is where I've been

revamping

 I found the best table at the local D.I. for $10.00

 a little spray paint and it has new life! You like how it's stacked on the books...it was a little short and am going to figure out a stand to make it taller...but books work for now

 don't you love the detail on this piece........it's so fun and I had a few people ask me if I was really going to buy it at the DI.

 once again this table needs another make over...I can't seem to get it straight

 I used some paint I had and tried the Vaseline trick...it's a work in progress let's just say

 all done...it works a lot better for what I have for it now

 Then I found this amazing dresser at DI too...only $8.00 and it's an Ethan Allen

 Some spray paint and here she is...............I left all the old hardware

it has a few cracks on the doors but I so love it...it give it character

the dresser from craiglist

A while ago I found an amazing dresser from Craigslist...

the pictures that were listed made it seem white after driving an hour to pick it up i realized it was not white at all but it works for my boys room and some much needed storage with the two little handsomes I have!  Added bonus the white glass knobs

 aren't they so super cute! I just love them.................

 after a little revamp....first I painted it black and then painted over the teal...acutally the color is called Fish story by Valspar...I had the boys help me pick it out...doesn't hurt that they love fishing

 it looks a lot better than the beige for sure and makes the white glass knobs stand out
don't you just love the red lamp...it makes me smile :) partially because it doesn't really match and for a person who has to have everything matching this was a BIG step..in the right direction of course............

 a little bit of distressing and it's good to go

the living room make over

So have you been wondering what I have been working on lately and why I have slacked off on posting...well here it is so can you tell that I am obssessed with gray lately.. 

Amazing what a little change in color and accessories can do eh?

  It's safe to say that the turquoise and red didnt' last to terribly long....but I am loving the gray and yellow...I reupholstered the ottaman in a pale yellow fabric...

I sprayed all the frames a white and revamped the lamps...sprayed my clock and picture frame white

(don't quite know what happened to the picture on the right)

it stands out a lot more with the gray then it did the taupey yellow

this................to this

still a work in progress... I took a risk and sprayed my mirror white...it so payed off!!!

some of my most favorite pieces....

  from the jungle

to the classic