DIY fun kids craft ideas happy valentines day ♥

 

Happy valentines day everyone! Due to being a sick house the last few days we had to improvise when my daughter said she wanted to give 2 of her friends something special for valentines day. I've been collecting empty jars in particular Nutella jars not only because I have an addiction to Hot crepes and the delicious chocolaty goo but because the   jars are cute and have big white lids perfect for decorating. So first we filled the jars with sweets (we had quality streets but you could anything love hearts would have been a cute idea), we then covered the lids with washi tape (this tape is amazing, love the stuff) then we printed off some free valentines labels from here  and tied them on with some bakers twine. My daughter finished off by drawing some hearts on the jars and putting her friends names on the labels, this is such a cute and simple idea and doesn't need to be just for valentines day. Perfect for making personal little gifts for weddings, birthdays, baby showers. We are planning on saving enough jars so we can decorate them and give them out at my daughters birthday party in the summer rather than the standard party's bags. You can fill them with anything from sweets, bubbles, costume jewellery, even a little recipe and some key ingredients, small toys, the possibilities are endless.  I suppose whatever your theme is you could think of cute things to fill it with. There are also free printables all over the net If you don't want to make your own, I think this is such a lovely idea and can be used for so many occasions. Hope you all have a great day x

 

joined iheartnaptimes sundae scoop link party:) so maybe fab ideas over there my idea is only 429 lol x

DIY bar cart makeover soon to be underway ♥

Going go gold

 Today I joined the bar cart revolution! and I'm a little excited lol. To some of you this may be a very exciting revelation but I'm sure for others you might still think these wheeled beauties belong all the way back in the 60's.  I know I'm a bit behind on this one but I was holding out till I found the right one.

simply swoon worthy

I have been on the hunt for a bargain bar cart or "trolley" for so long now and today I stumbled across one that excited me very much. I’ve had an idea in my head of what it would look like and I have to say that the one I got my hands on today for the bargain price of £5 is actually the opposite of what I wanted lol. I really liked the idea of a metal trolley, either aluminium or a light copper. I planned on spraying it turquoise and filling it with all my favourite drinks and cocktail making supplies. I absolutely love my sailor jerry, disaronno, chambord, hendricks gin (ok please don’t be alarmed I do love all these fabulous drinks but definitely in moderation, well ok unless I’m having a cocktail party ha)

Aqua Please

 Please excuse my little guy in the picture,  as soon as he saw it he shot straight in shouting "go..go..gooo...." yes my older son told him it was a go kart and he was getting wheeled about the living room in it lol. Buying this today has even inspired me to blog again. My blogging addiction is slowly creeping back and thanks to my friend Minnie over at mamawithoutborders I now have a name for my type of blogging. It would appear I’m a sporadic blogger and she even suggests I may start a trend. Well I’m not sure about the trend setting but I’m defiantly loving the title.  I hope I might even inspire Minnie to embark on the sporadic blogging trend too because I do miss her posts.

 

Bold Blue

I’ve got so many ideas running through my head about what it’s going to look like, all I really know at the moment is it will not be staying "as is" sorry to all the wood lovers out there, where I absolutely appreciate the beauty of wood, the colour is not for me. Ideas so far would be a really rich turquoise peacock blue, or gold. I’m open to any suggestions. Can’t wait to start it, only problem is once it’s done and stocked I am going to have to hide it from my little guy because he is one crazy boy and I know he would have a field day firing cocktail glasses and bottles about the house. Will keep you all posted on the progress.







watch me go mummy!

 

 

DIY Annie Sloan chalk paint sideboard makeover ♥

 

After two years i have finally got round to painting my sideboard that i picked up from a local thrift store for the bargain price of £10! I bought the Annie Sloan chalk paint after seeing some diy furniture in a local shop and after the lady explaining that it could be applied directly to furniture, no sanding, priming required i thought i had to give it a try.  I'm really busy pretty much all the time so to be honest the only thing i did to this piece before slapping on the paint (4 coats i gave it) was wipe away dust lol.  I'm sure if i had taken the time to sand it down i could have got a pretty amazing finish but i was in a hurry and wanted it done so on Sunday i gave it a bash.  The paint dries really quickly so you don't have to wait that long before coats, you can make it as thick, thin as you like, you literally just add water, I'm really not kidding when i say you cant go wrong with this stuff.  Don't worry about streaks to much as when it dries they disappear, obviously try and keep it as clean as possible and minimise lumps slodges etc.  So I let it dry overnight then used the Annie Sloan clear soft wax all over and when it was still wet gave the entire dresser a little distressing. I only wanted a little but its pretty easy to rub off so use a fine sandpaper, mostly on the edges, any areas that stick out a little.  I then removed the handles and sprayed them with metallic silver spray paint.  The paint and spray paint was less than £25 so in total this project cost £35. Not bad for a days works. I bought a small tub of turquoise to try and will be attacking some other poor piece of furniture with it soon.  If you love recycling old furniture but don't have the time to sand, prep etc then annie sloan chalk paint really is for you!  

 

diy flower paper lantern ♥

Found this fab diy project via frou frou maison via crafty nest.  Im going to give this one a go, much cheaper version that the large ikea one. 

Recycled China ♥

 lightly

How cute and adorable are these recycled wall decorations made from reclaimed fine bone china saucers.  I want them in my kitchen....

sneak peek....

Ok so I should be sleepin but before I go to bed just wanted to show u a sneek peek of the drawers I've been working on. Still got the handles to finish and the inside to cover but I'm loving them......night x

Big Letter Love......

My husband brought me a present home from work the other day and i love love love it!!! A big letter "C" for the first initial of my name.  Ive put it in my kitchen until i decide what to do with it. Pretty cool....

Wardrobe Before & After ♥

Finished my "wee" wardrobe tonight and am really pleased with it.  Had some spare wallpaper kicking around and loads of the Cole & son "woods" wallpaper from when my bathroom was decorated. Big improvement from  before  i think.  Cant wait to start on my next piece of furniture...but that will have to wait till next weekend....this weekends definitely over, back to work tomorrow. Job Done:)

Would like to say thanks to the following blogs for allowing me to share my makeover:

some what simple
the shabby chic cottage
fire flies and jelly beans
paisley passions

Mini Wardrobe Love.........

Nearly finished my first piece of  recycled furniture, just need to paint and wallpaper inside now.  My husband laughed when he saw the size of this wardrobe.... but i don't care if its tiny i love it lol... its going in the spare bedroom upstairs and will house some of my daughters clothes. I sanded it down, gave it 3 coats of primer then 2 coats of antique white egg shell.  I spray painted the handle and keyhole in fushia pink plasti-kote satin primer.  Result and whole thing cost less than £20....just as cheap as buying one of those hanging rails and much nicer to look at i think anyway:) x

Furniture Project Love.......

This is the three pieces of furniture i found at the local thrift store.  I wish I could say my husband shared the same excitement as me when they arrived lol.  I can totally see the potential but he just see's a crowded room full of very old "junk".  I told him they will look great when they are finished.  Lets just hope I do a good job.  Now to decide what colour to go.  I was thinking White for the small wardrobe and chest of drawers and painting the handles in a bright metallic paint.  I was going to stain the sideboard with a dark wood stain or paint it...cant decide?  I love the detail on the top drawers and on the sideboard!....so sanding for me tomorrow night, any suggestions very welcome:) x

Recycle Love...........

Ha.....this is such a fun and simple idea thats super cute!!! My daughter loves bath time and if i turn my back for 5 seconds she will have emptied an entire tube of shower gel just so she can "scoosh" lol.....Collecting different bottles and putting faces on them is a great way to recycle but also a cheap way to have fun "scooshy" water fight time in the bath.  Im going eye shopping tommorow lol.  Found this one here at  mamamekko

Recycle Love...........

Loved the idea of recycling glass jars and using them to display your favorite photographs in.  I first came across the idea last year here at Design Sponge and it was one of my first blogs found here recycle love.  Ive since collected loads of jars and store all my favorite snaps in them.  This is my utility room & kitchen and i love how they brighten the room up (ok so my kitchen is probably bright enough lol).  I also use the jars to keep tea lights in them.  They look so nice all lit up at night.

My next project found again in designsponge is to start saving the lids and painting them so i can use the jars to store all my nic nacs in, jewellery, buttons, screws, sweets etc.......

Bright Colour Love........

Absolutely love these painted pieces of drift wood found here at Design for Mankind Im inspired to go off and have some fun with my daughter collecting drift wood from the beach then painting them to see how they turn out:)

Recycle in Style.......

Brighten up your garden......

Dress up your garden by littlemissaphrodite on Polyvore.com


I loved this idea!!!!!!

Recycle in Style....

recycle in style by littlemissaphrodite on Polyvore.com

I love this idea of putting some of your favorite photos in jars and then creating a cool display