Garden fence

This year I wanted to fence in my garden. I'm still learning a lot about gardening and how to plant companion plants so I don't need to use pesticides. Here are a few pictures of my garden fence being built.

Succulent Garden

Had a fruit basket that was taking up space on my counter..... So I turned it into a little succulent garden for my front porch!!!

My new obsession... Chalk paint!!!!

Here are a few pictures of furniture I painted with homemade chalk paint!

DIY Outdoor Ottoman

Summer is upon us in south Texas, and I soooooo want an outdoor livingroom on my front porch.
So I'm on a mission, to make it happen! First stage of this project was to go out and buy wicker chairs from Pier 1 along with the cute cushions. Now I need to work on a coffee table!!!

I took a trip to home depot and joann fabric to get what i needed.  I have posted a few pics for you!

This is what I came home with 

* half sheet of plywood

* 4 wood legs

* foam cushion

* brackets 

* staple gun

*glue

Instead of just screwing the legs into the wood, I got brackets. You can find these where the legs are in the hardware store. 

 attached them to the corners of the plywood, leave a gap so you can staple fabric under the wood to

the foam I used  is 5 inches thick and I doubled it so that it was 10 inches thick.  Cut the foam to size with knife and glue the two pieces together, one on top of the other.

                                              

The fabric I used is outdoor fabric from Joann's, I used  just under a yard.

I then pulled the fabric and stapled it to the wood.

and this it what it looks like after all sides are stapled down.

I'm going to add trim to hide the staples and I'll be painting the legs. 

As soon as it's finished I'll post pictures!!

Fitbit

Today I got a fitbit scale and fitbit wireless activity tracker. I've been going to the gym 4 times a week for a while. I have been losing inches and feel great but I'd like to lose a little weight too. So I'm giving this a try. I track all my activity with my Iphone or my computer, and anytime i weigh myself it will sync to my smartphone and computer. It's great, i can keep up with my food intake workouts and body fat, along with my weight. Hope this work and i see results!!!!

Cleaning Hardwood Floors!!!

 One of the things that made me fall in love with our new home was the rich dark hardwood floors but keeping them clean would become a struggle for me.  I tried several cleaners,  and none of them gave me the shine I wanted.  So,when all else fails, google! I found tons of info on homemade cleaning solutions, and with a little tweaking found what worked best for me.

Here is my cleaning routine for my floors.

I bought a huge dust mop and I go over my floors everyday sometimes twice when they need it. 

I mop them with a solution of vinegar, water, olive oil and essential oil, about once a week, I  may go a little longer.

 Dilute 1/2 cup of distilled white vinegar into a gallon of water, you don't want to use more than that. To much vinegar can damage your floors

1/4 cup of olive oil, this puts the shine in you floors 

10 or more drops of essential oil, this helps with the vinegar smell

it works great!!!!

Make sure to mop is slightly damp, wring out as much water as you can, you don't want a lot of extra water on your floors.  I found that after I mopped with this solution several times my floors began to shine and I didn't need to mop so often, just sweep or dust the floor.

Happy New Year!!!!

Happy New Year!! Now that 2013 is here I'm going to change up the blog a little bit. Not only will I be posting crafts but I will be posting a about the stuff I change in new place, and my new gardens!!!

Stationery desk

One of the first things I bought for the house was this antique stationery desk. It fits perfectly in the small corner of our sitting room. I was able to fit my apple computer into it, and because there's only one wire it worked out perfectly.

Master bedroom

Here are a few pictures of the master bedroom, in our new house! It's a work in progress, I still need to find curtains.

I cut the saying above the bed with my cricut. I may do it again in a dark brown, but i wanted to wait

and see what color I was going to use for the curtains. 

I love my room, although it is not finished it's a nice place for me to get away and read.

Christmas

Christmas has come and gone. Before I take down the Christmas lights and pack the decor I wanted to post some pics

This is my mantle, I found the W at Hobby Lobby and fell in love with it. I waited  until it was half off to 

buy it.

New Home!!!

Thing around my house have been crazy! My husband and I just bought a new home, so I'm trying to get moved in and decorate for fall at the same time. I also have a garden going which i have wanted to do for a long time, and the pool has been put in this week.  So in the next few weeks i hope to post pictures of all the decor that i'll be making.

Love mini album

Halloween Bottle Swap

I'm hosting a halloween bottle swap at A lil scrap of heaven. If you would like to join here is the web site
http://alilscrapofheaven.ning.com/events/halloween-bottle-swap

Onesie mini album

This onesie was fun to make!  I hand cut, then scanned the cardstock so that i could make a svg file. I was than able  to use my cricut to cut out the chipboard.  I'll be making a lot of these as little ones in our family come along.

Onesie svg file

Mini album kit available

I have a kit for sell on etsy http://www.etsy.com/shop/tsimmons73
You get all the paper and embellishments to make this cover on the mini kit











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Christopher name collage

It's 1:49 am and I just finished this name collage for my son. I sure hope he likes it.


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Mini Album for my sister

Just finished my first mini album!!!!  It's for my little sister, i had so much fun making this for her.  Hope you enjoy the video!

Stampmaker video

Teresa Collins Stampmaker

I just got my stampmaker and I LOVE IT!!!!!!! I can't believe how easy it is to use and how fast you can make a stamp.   I'll be posting a youtube video soon so you can see what comes with the stampmaker.

Vacation Destination Tag

I made this tag for my mother-in-law. Every summer she goes on vacation with us and we have such a great time.  So I wanted to let her know when and where we will be going this year. I though this would be a fun way to let her know, and she can put it in her scrapbook with all the pictures she took.