From Yellow to Blue with a Bit of Paint

June 4, 2016June 3, 201620 Comments

I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOO SORRY! I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT I DIDN’T GET THIS POST UP YESTERDAY! PLEASE ACCEPT MY APOLOGY AND KEEP READING THE BLOG! PLEASE!

All kidding aside, I do apologize for missing the post yesterday. Time got away from me, and I am just getting to post it today.

So, we have this table that you might have seen before in some of our blogs. It was a cute little folding table that mom had painted yellow because it was originally green. But, I was tired of it being yellow and I wanted a table for when I move out of my current apartment and into a new place.

So, the first thing I did was paint the legs white. I knew that this would help to make the top of the table a statement but still keep it neutral. I used an old sheet that I wrapped around the bottom of the table to protect it while I painted the top.

I used three different shades of blue from Rustoleum for the table top. I wanted to do an ombre effect so I used Aqua, Spa Blue, and Lagoon.

It was a bit difficult to paint the top since there were different slats that I wanted different colors. So I started with painting the Aqua and Lagoon on the edges and painted both of those. Then, I covered both of those parts and painted the Spa Blue section since it was in the middle of the table.

And here is the final product!

I love the ombre look on the tabletop! It is great for the outdoors and is perfect for a front or back porch. It would look good with things displayed on it or by itself.

I hope that you enjoyed the blog this week. Thanks for stopping by!

Finds and Fashions-Turquoise (My Favorite Color!)

June 1, 2016May 31, 201612 Comments

Hello! How is your week going? I am enjoying my last few days of school, letting the kids just play and trying to get the room cleaned up and organized. I have lots planned for this summer at home!

As you can see, I have a new model this time! Rozy decided it was her turn! I decided to go with my favorite color this time-turquoise!!! These outfits are great for those summer outings and parties you are going to. A turquoise, white, and blue striped 3/4 sleeve top is perfect with white jeans. I added gold jewelry, a navy purse and turquoise sandals.

Next up, a turquoise print sheer top with a khaki skirt. I love how flowey this top is and it goes with so many different things. I added a salmon colored beaded necklace, salmon colored sandals and a floral wallet.

The close-up is kind of blurry-sorry!

The last outfit is a turquoise, navy and green tank with silver trim. A denim skirt is a classic for any top you put with it! I added silver jewelry and the same navy purse as the first outfit. I also have white and silver sandals.

I hope you enjoyed this ‘turquoise’ post! Have a wonderful week!!

Happy Memorial Day!

May 30, 2016May 29, 2016Leave a comment

Happy Memorial Day to everyone! We hope that you all have a great day with friends and family. We hope you all have a safe and fun holiday and we will see you on Wednesday for a regular blog post!

Corner News-May 28, 2016

May 28, 2016May 27, 20164 Comments

Happy Saturday and Memorial Day Weekend! 3 days of summer fun! So glad to have an extra day to be home and then just 4 more days till summer vacation! I’m not excited at all. Can you tell!!

Some things I am enjoying now:

Summertime fruit! I love strawberries-all different ways! Just plain with a little sugar or all dressed up! Apricots are one of my favorites too!

Strawberry pizza! Mmmmm! My director bought us all individual ones for the May birthdays at work. There was a sugar cookie crust, whipped cream middle and then slathered in strawberries. It was delightful!

So many cute summer bags! I love the blue floral one in the middle, but the turquoise and white lace one is cute too! These would be great for all the summer day trips we hope to make.

That’s it for now! Hope you all have an enjoyable weekend!

Wooden Americana Signs

May 27, 2016May 26, 201617 Comments

Good morning everyone! Are you all getting ready for Memorial Day on Monday? Are you deciding how to decorate your backyard and what food you are going to barbecue for your guests? Or maybe you aren’t having your own party, but you are attending someone else’s party. Whatever you are doing, I hope you have a great holiday!

But, for today, I have a great idea for you to decorate at your party!

I love making wooden signs for different reasons. And, of course, I had some extra small boards in storage that I had no use for. So, I pulled them out of storage, dusted them off, and started painting them.

I knew I wanted to do Memorial Day themed boards, so I used red, white,and blue paint from Rustoleum that I bought at Orchard Supply Hardware. I used Colonial Red, Navy Blue, and White.

And here is how the boards look after the paint job.

I knew that I wanted them to be even more patriotic than the paint job. I wanted to put the lyrics from Lee Greenwoods “Proud to be an American” on the red board, a star on the blue board, and USA on the white board. So I printed out the designs that I wanted using fonts from Microsoft Word and a star that I found on Google.

I rubbed pencil on the back of the papers and then sketched the designs onto the boards. The hardest one was the red board because the pencil marks were very light and were very hard to see on the dark paint. But…I managed. I then used a red sharpie for the USA board and white paint for the other two.

And here is how they turned out.

I really like how they look. They are perfect for Memorial Day and 4th of July, but they could look really nice with any red, white, and blue decor. They were extremely easy to make were a lot of fun to do. It was also fun to find the different fonts to use on the boards and make everything look nice.

Thank you guys for stopping by. See some of my other board projects by clicking on the pictures below!