Painting Nails......................

My daughter Libby asked me to paint her nails. She told me exactly what she wanted.....They had to be purple on one side, pink on the other side, and have a green stripe down the middle. I thought it turned out pretty cute (aside from my lack of nail painting skills).

They lasted about 5 minutes until she started to play with toys and smeared them all. But, at least they looked good for a few minutes.

Best Birthday Ever!

My cuties made my birthday awesome! Lake picked out roses and earrings for me. Libby picked out slippers and a big balloon. They were so excited to give me my gifts. These are the moments that remind me how much I love being a mom.

Reusing/Repainting/Refurbishing Children's Craft Table

I decided to repaint and update my children's craft table. They had used it for a few years and it was looking pretty sad. I thought about selling it at a garage sale, but opted to try and paint it first.
I think it turned out nicely. I painted the table along with the chairs. It now matches my house and the kids can use it as a table to eat. It is the perfect size for them to "dine" on.

Total cost for the project was about $20. All I had to do was buy the spraypaint. Much cheaper than buying a new table and it looks great.

This is the  2nd Table I made for my Daugthers Room. I still need to glaze the top and put a trim around the edge of the table. I will post that once I get it finished........

Refurbishing old lamps

I decided to refurbish some old lamps I bought at a thrift store. Lamps can be expensive -- especially when you just need them for a child's room. I bought all these lamps at a thrift store for about $10 each (or less). I wish I had taken before pictures but didn't think about it until after I had finished.

They were all gold and very outdated. I painted them base of the lamps then put some fun trim on them to bring personality. I painted the lamp shade for my son's room as it was a dirty beige color and was a little ripped. This way the paint covered it. I used an old pair of jeans to glue on as the trim for the lamp.

My daughers lamp, I took ribbon that I bought on sale and glued it around the edge. For about $30 I was able to buy 3 lamps and transform them into fun lamps to match my children's room.

Lamp after painting blue and gluing on old jean waistband

Old Jeans from my son

You can see he old jeans with holes

Bottom Trim glued on

Pocket hot glued on

Lamp on the base which I painted green

Final Result (his room is blue and green so it matches perfectly)

Final result after painting base pink, roughing it up, and gluing on trim.

Final result after painting base pink and adding Trim

Framed Easy Easter Craft Project

I decided to do another poster for Easter. I have other posts on here about the easy foam board idea. I am reposting the steps so you can see how easy it is. I purchased all the Easter materials from the dollar store. I only spent $6 on this project as I already had the frame (You can use the same frame to swap out different posterboards).

Attached are all the holidays I have done on the foam board. It is Inexpensive and fun! My kids love to have them hang in the house each holiday.

20x30 Foam Board

20x30 Empty Frame

Hot Glue Gun

Back of Posterboard

Easter Board

Easter Board in Frame

Halloween Materials

Halloween after hot glue

Halloween in Frame

Autumn materials

Painted foam board

Autumn board framed

Christmas board framed