Wednesday, March 2, 2011

*Holly Paint*

Found this Nightstand on the side of the road.  
I just loved the style of the nightstand but what a horrible color!! 



Here is the Makeover.
Light Turquoise paint, a little distressing and some cute knobs!
Now it is perfect for a bedroom, office, kitchen...oh...the ideas!







I also just finished this little set of Drawers
I forgot to take a before picture, but it had decorative metal sheeting on the drawers and side.  The sheeting was peeling off, so I just took off the rest and then painted pink.  I aged it with some stain and gave it some wooden knobs.  

It has a real vintage, aged look.  

It has velvet lined drawers so it would be perfect for a lingerie, jewelry or craft supplies.


Furniture Feature Fridays

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

*Holly Paint*

I love looking through the Pottery Barn Kids catalog for Inspiration...
but so does my 3 year old Daughter. 
And she doesn't look for inspirations she looks for WANTS

One day she saw this high chair and WANTED it so badly....
but at $59.00 I told her "Maybe dad can make one for you!" 


Well he lucked out because on one of my "Junking Adventures" I found this...

Someone had thrown out this vintage highchair. 
And though it looks perfect and cute as is, what you don't see is it had been sitting outside in the rain and there was mold growing underneath the seat...gross...gross. 
It also had a missing dowel rod on one of the legs.  So Dad only had to fix that which took a couple minutes and about 99 cents for a replacement dowel. 

After some scrubbing, bleach and Kilz primer here is the finished high chair.  
Of course my daughter wanted it pink! 
She is as girly as a girl can be!!



Tuesday, February 22, 2011

*Holly Sew*

Here are two quilts I just finished for my nephews. 
Now I just need to get them in the mail they were Christmas presents...oops!!

The best part about these quilts is I only had to spend a total of $14.00 to make them since I only had to buy batting.  All the fabric came out of my stash (plus my Aunt gave me the red dog fabric, so thanks Aunt Peg).
Josiah's Dog Quilt



His name is embroidered on the quilt.



Appliqued dog.


Titus' quilt.
I have been wanting to do something with a Robot on it for a long time!





The tag on the back of the quilt. (I forgot to take a picture of the dog tag.)





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*Holly Happy*

A BIG THANK YOU to 
Chandra over at My Southern Life and
for giving my blog The Versatile Blogger Award!  
Go over and check them out!

Thursday, February 17, 2011

*Holly Paint*

I find these old Jewelery Boxes all the time at Thrift Stores and Garages Sales but they are so ugly.
 I found this one at a garage sale for only a $1.00...score.

And here it is with a little white paint.  I replaced the ugly glass with some wire.  It's now in my daughter's room.





This one I found at a Thrift Store, I just loved the lines on the top of the box. 




I sold this one at the Makers' Market.


I do not have a before picture of these boxes but they were both ugly. 
I made these for my nieces.



Another Jewelry box makeover for another niece.


The DIY Show Off
Domestically Speaking

Saturday, February 5, 2011

*Holly Sew* *Holly Bake*

So I thought I would pay tribute to Sports since tomorrow is 
Super Bowl Sunday.  
And for those of you who know me realize I know nothing or could care anything about sports unless it means making it cuter or taste better.

So here is my "Making Sports Cuter" post
my "Making Sports Taste Better" post

My son received this soccer goal/net for Christmas.  
Perfect gift for him but it came with a problem.




When you take it apart it has a million pieces 
-okay maybe not a million but it sure felt like it-
So I had to do something about this problem.



And here is the problem solution. 
A Soccer Bag!
It cost about $4.50 to make and was worth every penny.
I think I will stand by these in Toys R' Us and sale them to other moms who like organization.
I also made one for my nephew (he received one of these for Christmas too).

All right so now that the sports world is Cuter...let's make it taste better.
one of my go to Recipe Blogs.
They are sooo, sooo, sooo yummy.  
Now I know you are wondering??  What makes them "Sporty."
Well...the sprinkles of course they are little Football Helmets and Footballs though very hard to see in this picture. 

I made them for my co-workers and I know they will LOVE them.
Happy Super Bowl to us!





Look at the inside of these...a ball of peanut butter filling yumminess!!
Remember to not fill the cupcake liners to high (as I did) only 2/3 full.
I also made my own frosting using leftover peanut butter filling, some cream cheese, powdered sugar and milk.







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Friday, February 4, 2011

*Holly Happy*

Oh my...Oh wow...How exciting.
Katie over at
gave me a Stylish Blogger Award....wow...wow...wow.  Just made my day!!!

 Katie has only been blogging for 2 months and she has shown some amazing stuff.

Totally jealous of this Craigslist find....10 Buckeroos!!  She practically stole that thing!
 And I have never been a big fan of purple...but this dresser has permanently changed my mind.
  So Perfectly Purple.
So anyways...THANK YOU Katie for the award.

So now I get the fun of Listing 7 random things about me and then give out this award to some of my favorite blogs....so I hope I don't bore you to much!!!


1.  I love Corn Bread and Chocolate Milk...together
I mix it all up in a glass and eat it with a spoon.

2.  I will only buy plain white paper towels.  
I HATE paper towels with designs on them...tacky!
3.
I have always wanted to be a clown and make balloon animals.
4.
I am forever searching for the PERFECT Brownie and Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe.
(I promise to post them when they are found!)
5.
Forget Hawaii, Paris, Italy....
My Dream Vacation would be going to the the World's Longest Yardsale.
6.
I dream of the day of owning and restoring an old Farmhouse.
7.
I love to Quilt, Sew, Crochet and Garden and I swear I'm not 90 years old!

Blogs I Love:

What a Perfect name for her "Love-Leigh" Again Furniture Makeovers.
Her color palette choices make me HAPPY, her crocheting is amazing.
Lola B's/one girl talks
Her Random Ramblings crack me up, Honestly sometimes I laugh out loud.
Dottie Angel
Another Rambler with Vintage Inspired Crafts and Cute Ideas.
All Things Vintage Sheets
Amazing Tutorials for Vintage Sheets,  for one of my favorite material.
Junk Restore
She paints some cute furniture and host some amazing Barn Sales
Grand Design
This girls got Interior Design Skills!
Cookie Madness
Yum..Yum dessert recipes!
My Sweet Creations
She and I must have the exact same taste when it comes to Sweets!
Thompson Family-Life
Love her Quirky Vintage Style.

Well there are so many more to list but my kids are fighting as usual...so
THE END!!