"Tea-fanny" Table

Everything that I am about to show, I have been wanting for awhile. When we went to Ohio last winter, my sister-in-law bought this drum table from an antique store, and I absolutely LOVED it. I knew I had to have one. Well, I finally found for $5 dollars at the flea market! Yup $5 dollars. I bought new paint, but the guy that made this paint made it way too dark, so I mixed a little bit more white to get the color that I wanted. I forgot to take a before picture because I was finally excited to just paint it and make it part of our house. So here shes is: In Tiffany blue, and white, and distressed!

 I paired her up with a chair I got from the Salvation army for $3 and the bench was from the same lady I purchased her from for $5.

 I have been wanting, WANTING, a bird cage for so long but they are so expensive even at Hobby Lobby. I went to the Flea Market last week, with my best girl in Minot, along with her family, and saw this as soon as I walked in. FIVE DOLLARS! YEP!

 

I just love the porcelain tea set I got from the flea market too! The set cost me $7.00, and it is perfect for my little "tea" table. 

I hope you all enjoyed seeing the beautiful paint color...I love this color! Don't you?!

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28th Birthday Contest

My 28th Birthday Contest:

Thank you for all your continued support and to celebrate my birthday this year and my new blog, I will be hosting a contest.

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That's it! I am excited to see who wins

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Custom Made Bread Box that may be used for whatever your heart desire. It will look similar to this but in aqua color, with glass knob! Will be shipped FREE, or arrange for Local Pickup!

(I will update the picture once it is done!)

or

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or

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To my International Readers, You will only have an option to select either the Amazon e-gift card, or the Mac Cosmetics e-giftcard!

Contest Winner will be selected randomly! Happy Reading and Good luck!!

"Dress up" Station

My daughter was very much into to her "Princess" phase as soon she turned two...and she is just the little Princess! She loves to play dress up, and I had the idea of making her a "Dress up" Station. I started to research online and found one I really love from this website ana-white.com. 

Ms. Ana White, is self taught, and one of my idols. She is a talented carpenter, and a mom. Just like her, her creations make her home unique, and fits the needs of her family.

She is a builder, and I was starting out, so I can not make anything straight from scratch.I decided to repurpose an old bookshelf into my daughter's very own "Dress Up" station. The bookshelf I bought for 5 dollars from a couple selling old furniture on Craigslist. And when I say it is old, its OLD!

What I did? My hubby and I knocked down all the shelves, and bought plywood and a thick rod to create something like this:

 We put a thicker board to create a dividers so she can hang up her purses on one side. Painted it white, and used stencils and acrylic paint for the word "Dress up." I just love the Bird storage boxes, I got three of them for 20 dollars on sale at Joann's. (This was taken at our old condo back in California.) We also closed up the back and front of the bookshelf so she can put little knick knacks at the bottom.

Here is our Princess playing tea party.I love the way the dresses hang and she can just easily see her dresses, and pick out what she wants.