My First Trash 2 Treasure

I've been inspired by a few blogs to not only try to revamp an old and nearly unusable piece of furniture and turn it into a gorgeous piece of stunning furniture, but to also try to find a piece of furniture in need of this make-over for free (or nearly free.)

Look what I found at the side of the road:

Now, some may say "go put that nasty piece of garbage back and wash your hands, quick!"

but I see... dead furniture something. I don't want to give it away, but I really think I can do something kickin' awesome with it! I hope to have it completed Memorial Day Weekend, but don't hold me to that date. It really depends on how much rain we get this month so I can get this project sanded and painted outside.

I'm linking this to:


Blue Cricket Design

A little birdie....

Here is card one in the "Color me Glittered" class.

The bird, wing and branch are punched from a Stampin' Up punch. I lifted the wing to add dimension and added foam under the sentiment banner which reads "Sending Happy Thoughts" You can't really see the glitter paper, but both the frame, wing and flower paper is covered in glitter.

Loving this one....

Mantis Power

I'm feeling like there isn't time to craft and so of course I'm going to add another blog into my life. That makes sense, right??!

I'm going to try to separate the boys from the crafts and so I started a blog with the little dudes in mind, and I'll try to post their large and small accomplishments over there (insert wide sweeping hand gestures to the right) and keep the crafts a-goin' on here. SO...while I don't have anything to show you today, I plan on having something soon.

Ask me what I've been doing. What's that? What have I been doing? Well, after the kids recovered from their bout of the ick, I've been cleaning and participating in two different fund-raising auctions. And right in the middle of it all, these guys hatched:

To find out about this photo, visit here.

The auctions will be done in 2 weeks and frankly, the cleaning will never end, but despite that depressing sentiment, I will rise up and craft again. Like maybe tomorrow.

Class Postponed

I am so very sorry! Class for tomorrow will be postponed to April 27th. My oldest has the crud and yuck that is going around.
Hope you all stay healthy!

Card 3 in class: 3 Little Words

Here is card number 3 for class date April 13. All cards use Stampin' Up! stamps called "3 Little words" and feature 3 word phrases such as " you you you", "thinking of you", "I'm so sorry", "I love you", "thanks so much" and "miss you much". When assembling your cards, you can choose your phrase.

If you get a chance, stop by Traci's blog Beneath My Heart and enter her contest to win a $50.00 gift certificate to The Vintage Pearl. I LOVE the designs! I'd pick the 'Layers of Love' necklace. What would you pick?

Give away at Beneath My Heart blog

Traci, blogger extraordinaire, has a fantastic give-away posted on her blog. Stop by her blog & enter to win some beautiful jewelry.

http://beneathmyheart.blogspot.com/2010/04/giveaway-from-vintage-pearl.html

3 Little Words cards

While the wee one napped today, I was able to make 2 cards:

I took photos in between the rain drops.

Enjoy!