So my daughter happens to be one of the sweetest most thoughtful little dolls on the planet.  Her room did NOT reflect that, and it made me very sad.  So I started to plan.  Then I got really very excited.  So I started to paint.  It's a nice blush rose pink.  Rather light and not too over-powering, but definitely satisfies the girl in her.

 The next step was to stencil.  For some reason I was absolutely terrified of the stencil.  Ridiculous, yes.  I got over my fear- jumped in and started to paint.  And I LOVE LOVE it!

It's in a darker purple, with a great lighter apple green. 

Well, her doors were awful.  The people before us..... well, I don't understand, but that is what paint is for, right?

Before. 

After.  (with the added stencil)

When she saw it she squealed.  It made my hear happy.

Enjoy your virtual tour! 

So now she has a room that is more of a reflection of who she is.

And I also love that she can grow with it.

We also did it for around $200.

4 gallons of paint (2 light pink, one purple, and one green)

Sealer for the wood.  We wanted to keep it natural looking.

Then the bedding.  Which I think makes all the difference in the world.

She loves it and that makes it worth all of it!

Peep Pops

So for my daughter's class Easter party I went out on a limb and made everyone Peep Pops.  I had seen this floating around blog land and loved it.  The kids thought it was the most awesome thing ever.  Talk about a sugar rush!  They were mighty tasty and pretty fun and relatively easy to make!

(sorry for the bad lighting.  It was late)

Anyway, I totally recommend doing this.  Lotsa fun, and the "Wow Factor" is definitely there!

Enjoy!

Zebra Box

so who isn't tight for storage?  i know i sure am.  so when i was looking HERE i just about died at the cuteness!  all this is was is a diaper wipes box.  Pampers to be exact.  rather awesome if you ask me!  i haven't decided if i am going to add the ribbon, then i wouldn't be able to move it from room to room as i reorganize and stuff through my house.  so we will see.

anyway- LOVE it!

duct tape and a box.  who would have thought?!?!

wipes box or decoration?

I LOVE THIS BOX!!!

how awesome is it?!?!

it was orignally a wipes box,

covered in DUCT TAPE!!!

AWESOME!!!

Shorts made Cute!!!

so i had found THIS POST and i was super excited to make these.  the only thing is, is i would have to BUY miss jellybean bigger pants just to cut- and well i have troubles buying new pants just to cut up..... so i realized, i have NIECES!!!  wahoo!  so i made them for her!

here is a closer view......

i haven't heard any reviews yet, but when i get pictures of her in them, i will post them!

(when she pulled them out of the box, she was excited- so that gives me hope!) LOL

Sonic Cake!!!

so for my oldest sons birthday, he loves sonic.
and strawberries.
so i decided to make a cake using fondant again.  i was really nervous about using fondandt againconsidering the last time the stuff tasted awful!!!  i mean super disgusting.  so i talked to my dearest friend Mandy and she gave me a recipe for some marshmellow fondant.  i was scared to make that too just cuz i'm kinda a pansy when it comes to trying new things by myself.

anyway, i made the 2 rounds and cut them each in half, iced, strawberried, and iced and then 'dirty iced' the whole cake and refridgerated it, then i iced it a again.

i then made all my sonic pieces....

and then i put it all together!!!!  and i have to say, i thought it was soooooooooo awesome!!!!

i am really pleased with myself, and how it turned out.  it gave me hope and excitment for the future projects!

and here i am with the awesome soncic cake hiding in the pantry so the birthday boy couldnt see it.

he LOVED it and so it made all the stressing and worrying so worth it!

anyway- yay for more cakes!!!!

felt flower on a sweater pillow

so i made this pillow out an old sweater..... i hadn't worn since high school.  why i

 still have it is beyond me, but there ya go.  it was super soft and i already had the pillow form, so it was super easy.  then i decided to make a bunch of flowers from felt.  i placed them and they were awesome.  the 6 year old owner is ECCSTATIC!!!  super cute.

 it is as soft as it looks.

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