Dressing Table Redo

Draws in our house have always been something of  rarity, we never seem to have enough. So a while ago (months, well before last Christmas) I was on a FB garage sale for my area and found this gem for only $50.

Only major problem with it was the colour!!! I mean look at it!!

Anyway this was originally going to be for my room and I had a big plan to strip it back to the wood and do it up all nice, but once I got started I found a bit of it had been filled with putty and even though 99% of it was perfect that 1 % would have looked odd, So away it went half striped into my room to be hidden away under a pile of clothes for a few months.

But the draw crisis had reached its peak, Annabel needed a bigger set than she had,  whats a Mum to do?? Something she really didn't want to that's for sure, Hall out the big half striped set and start all over again.

Two days of striping, sanding, fixing and painting we have this!!

And  HUGE thanks to Tracy for giving me the kick in the bum and motivation to do it all.

NZ Mug Swap 2013

So who wants to do a mug swap??? Sounds cool doesn't it??

Sadly, I think this is for NZ girls only this time, but be sure to go and check out my friend Alisa blog HERE  to get all the info and how to sign up.

So super excited for this one!!!

Look at that, a tidy room!!

Well, will you look at that, a tidy room!!  After I got started I found that 90% of the mess was clothes, clean ones at that!!  I have had a big influx of clothes coming into the house the past couple of weeks from friends and so it was really great to sort out and get rid of even more stuff that Annabel had outgrown. Now everything fits in her draws and wardrobe shelf nicely!! And one more bag of crap has gone!  

All up This didn't even take that long, one hour tops.  It really is amazing what you can get done in such a short amount of time.

To see the before photo got HERE

Project for the future, the wall by her bed needs to be redone

 *runs off to Pinterest*

This has become less of a dolls house, but more of a shelf....lol But I may have a plan for a play area, so if it all works out Annabel may just get her dolls house back!

The disaster I call my daughters room

I don’t know what it is about this room whether it is me or her or both of us but it just will not stay clean and organized!!!  Well a lot of it is me. I have been in a bit of a funk the past few weeks and can’t seem to get much done, but come on it’s not even my room!! if you remember a post from a couple of weeks ago, I said this house isn’t going to change itself and after another woe is me day yesterday, I woke up and thought its time I got on that.

I have had to re-remind myself of that fact. I will keep having to remind myself of that. Crap isn’t going to change itself woman, get moving!! And as my poker buddies like to say NOBODY CARES. No one wants to her your woe is me stories so get over it and get shit done!! 

Anyway to make myself get stuff done its time for some before photos, all brutally honest and normal, there is no editing going on here this is exactly how her room looked. And let’s face it most of you know I have no shame, if me showing you me before photos makes you feel better or helps you out in some way then hell, I am more than happy to do it!!

Yes I know this looks like a episode of horders

I will be back tomorrow for a progress report!!

(Meaning, I have mostly finished already but forgot to take photos)

Oh FYI

Just stopping in to say 

3  WEEKS SMOKE FREE

YAY go me!!!

More Mixed Media

Just a very quick flyby post today.

So I was sorting my photos on the PC and came across these little gems. I had forgotten all about them and never posted them here to show you all!! (another reason I am a bad blogger)

Made for my Boy's school teachers last Christmas. all are done on 6-12 inch canvas

And these ones were for my daughters daycare teachers

All done on 4-4 inch canvas

I hope you like them. 

Fly, A Mixed Media Canvas

So a we while ago my LSS, Hastings Rubber Stamps asked me to make something for one of their classes. They are looking for something a little different, ie not scrapbooking pages!! I am so freaking out, I have never done a class before let alone teach one !!! ekkkk!

I was given some product and then sent hm to see what I could come up with and this is what I made,

What I used

Canvas
Sewing pattern, tissue paper
Paint
Butterfly paper
Rubons
Mod podge
Brown waterbased marker
Black gel pen
Stamps


I am so excited to be doing my first class in October, Im sure you will hear all about it!