So love is in the air

It's that time of year for lots of love...I am in love with love and in love with Valentines day because it is one day out of the whole entire year that you can focus on giving extra love and loving your loved one lots!!!!

While at my sisters house for Christmas she showed me these amazing towels that she made...and I dediced that I would make some for Valentines Day.

 So what you need is some flour sack towels...in my case I bought a package of 4 from Target for $4.00. Then I took different pieces of fabric...between 1/8 yd and 1/4 yd and sewed them on...some I did just a straigth pieces of fabric and others i gathered to make ruffles from.  Then I added differnt pieces of ribbon...some straight..some rick rack and pompoms.  There really isn't a speicific way to do this other than to have lots of fun!

 With the left over fabric I decided to make a table runner....being the only girl in this house i love that I can decorate with lots of reds and pinks...another reason why it's my favorite time of year!!!

Baby blankets

So I have had all these cute girlfriends who are all having these cute babies and I decided to make several differnt versions of the same baby blanket...too funny apparenlty I didn't take pictures of all the blankets as I originally thought...but here are a few...

they were so much fun to make and so snuggly soft...totally right for a baby...

I'm back

So where have i been you may be wondering...well somehow I let myself fall into a BIG black hole and let my insecurities get the best of me...While looking at a lot of my favorite blogs I began to quickly let myself believe that I wasn't good enough...that I am not as awesome as so and so and can't put things together like this person....I really let it drag me down and just lost all motivation.   Before I would even attempt to decorate I would look at two of my favorite blogs to see how they would do it.  I soon began to realized that they were two very diffent styles and trying to make them go together was NOT happening at all...then I became even more frustrated and lost ALL hope ALL together.I was talking with a good friend on Saturday who told me that she has been stocking my blog and there's nothing new on there...it was what I needed to get back...I realize that I may not be as cool as all of these other girls that I so admire but you know what I am me...I do things my way and that is how it should be.....What changed I realized that I am not decorating the way I want and it's for me after all right??? It's supposed to be my house with my personality laced into it. It's time to take charge and do what I want to do...because that is me and that is what makes me happiest of all... I love revamping and creating new things and so here I am...........I AM BACK!!!!

I have this super cute friend/client http://kellystewartphotography.blogspot.com/     you should reallly take the time to check out her amazing photography!!!  We had her do some pictures in the Fall and well she totally rocked it...she is super cute and lots of fun to work with!!!
Anyways she wanted me to take her old trunk and give it some new life....and so I did..

 sorry I know this picture isn't the greatest but hey it the thought that counts right??? so this is the before...before

 here's a better shot of overall but not the front

 this is how she looks all sanded...what a beauty right???

 here is with the black paint before distressing

 here is how it looks after it was distressed

I so loved working on this piece...it has so many wonderful lines and curves to bring out 

 loving the little key hole

 sorry for having my drop cloth in the picture but was on a time line and it was taking a lot longer to dry than anticipated

here she is.....I loved the way it turned out and love the way a little paint & some stain add  lots of love and you have a whole new look

Thanks Kelly for letting me work on your hope chest...it was so much fun and it turned out great!!!

Picture Frame Ornaments

So I got this clever idea from my sister to put picture frames on the tree...well I couldn't find the ones that I loved and what I really loved was a lot more than what I wanted to pay for them.....so I came across some pictures frames in the Dollar section...

(gotta love the dollar section) at JoAnn's. 

I bought 4...I always by 4 of everything for my tree as it balances it out...

 So this is how it looked before....

 then I put in my pictures of my boys ....

 flipped over cut a few pieces of ribbon....

 add a little bit of hot glue...add  your ribbon and then glue over to make sure it stays in place

 like so....

and then hang on the tree....I also found the grey and white square frames in the Dollar section at JoAnn's and did the same steps for that...now you have a personalized tree and cute pictures of your kids hanging up....which they just think is so so so super cool

Hello from Craze Texture!

I'm so excited to be a Guest on Unique Boutique! Both Beckie & I have a love for creating things! My passion however is in creating Hair Styles! I just get bored with the same everyday routine, so I've created Craze Texture so that anyone can be creative with their hair! Recently I did a project called 20 Hair Styles in 20 Days! With my lovely sister-in-law as my model we set out to create a Day by Day way you can style your hair with pictures & video tutorials! This was so much fun, I especially loved doing the photo shoots and had some amazing help from Karly Leavitt Photography you can go to her page HERE :). Since these styles are mostly for Long hair, I decided I want to create 20 Styles for Medium length & Short hair so nobody is left out! Currently I'm working on the medium length styles & hope to have that done by February!
Also coming soon are the 12 Days of Christmas, with surprises on everything from Skin Remedies to Fashion!
Here is a little sneak peak on Day 18 for Long Hair, you can come check out the rest HERE :)!
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Day 18

Ribbon Topiaries

 I am so excited to be sharing with you one of my most favorite Christmas ideas

....the ribbon topiaires!

 So to start with I was going to make my own out of cardstock but came across these at Porters and decided to save myself a step. I bought the two sizes they had.

This one is the large one.

 Next while waiting in line at JoAnn's (my most favorite place...ever) I came across some super cute ribbon which you need if you are making a ribbon topiary....

 I painted this one red since I was going to be gathering my ribbon

and just incase I had a few gaps it wouldn't be so noticeable. 

 I cut my ribbon into various lenghts and sewed using a basting stitch to be able to gather the ribbon after...Once I was done sewing I gathered my ribbon...

cut the strings and went to work.

 I started with the bottom and worked my way to the top by gluing

on a piece of ribbon at a time.

 This is how the first tree turned out.

 Next I pulled out the smaller paper mache tree and went to work.

 Since this was going to be layered with ribbon I decided not to

paint it as there wouldn't be possible gaps that might show through. 

 I started on one side and angled my ribbon and worked my way around.

 This is what it looked like once I got all the ribbon on.

 Then I added the top on and wound my ribbon around a couple of times and

then angled the pieced and glued to the bottom inside of the topiary.

 Ta-da this is how they look together....

 Finally I took some left over cardboard that we had around the house and

 traced the two trees on top of it and cut out.

 I put a little bit of glue on the outside of the cardboard circle and inserted into the tree.

 Put on top of the candlestands and you are good to go

 You can put these anywhere.....

here..... 

 here or.....

here...this is where they are going to stay!!

Happy Holidays and a very Merry Christmas to everyone...

make sure to come back and look for more fun projects!!!!