I Can Do All Things

I was inspired by Love of Family and Home to make this cute sign for my home.

It is a very simple project and takes a short amount of time.

I didn't want to spend any money so this project was perfect for a lazy Saturday afternoon at home.

I found this piece of wood left over in the garage from the child's armoire chalkboard I finished. If you didn't see the before and after go check it out.

Anywho...I started by cutting out my verse using my handy Cricut Machine and laying out the letters to make sure it was going to fit on my board

Next I painted the board with two coats of black Satin paint and let completely dry

Then it was time to add the verse

I layed out the letters again to make sure I had the spacing right and glued each one using a small paint brush and Elmers glue

I used some sand paper to lightly distress the edges and gave it a coat of Mod Podge and let it dry

Here she is perched on the shelf in my living room

I love this verse and need to be reminded of this daily!

Thank you to Tonja over at Love of Family and Home for inspiring me to make this darling sign. If you haven't checked out her blog please go by and say hello!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Getting Away and Getting Married

Isn't it nice to escape the madness of your everyday routine for some different madness!

My cousins daughter got married this last weekend and we took off to help her celebrate her big day.

My mom, daughter, her fiance and my youngest packed up and headed out for a fun and HOT weekend!

The wedding was beautiful, and did I mention HOT! It was outside in a beautiful courtyard area and surrounded by her friends and family they started their lives together! 

He has joined the military so his basics will begin in a few short weeks and then they will be relocated..I know this will be hard because they are so young and have never been away from home but sometimes that's the best way to start your married life!

Congrats to you Lindsey and Manny!

The guys played golf on Saturday and the girls hung out at the pool..this would normally be a great thing but I got so sunburned (yes I wore sunscreen) but did not reapply...we won't go there...

It hurts people..and in some areas that NEVER see the sun! 

I googled remedies for sunburn and would you believe that vinegar helps to relieve sunburn pain?? Who would have known??

I put it on the other night before going to bed and when hubby came to bed he said it smelled like pickles!!

Ha...we had a good laugh..but it works!!

We had a great weekend and it just brought it home how fast my daughters wedding is coming upon us!

We are well on our way to getting the plans finalized and got a few more things done in the last couple of days..I know it will be here before we know it!

I will leave you with a couple of pictures I snapped, I'm never good at taking pictures when I am away because I am enjoying the moment but in hindsight wish I had taken more..ugh!

Hope your day is beautiful and blessed!!

Revamp a Lamp..Pottery Barn Style

Wow..it's been one of those crazy weird weeks for me, please tell me you have these occassionally too?? 

Not long after my last post we got a call from our realtor letting us know that we were receiving an offer on our home..yippee!! It wasn't a bad offer but we felt it could have been a little better.  We slept on it and called our realtor the next morning and just as she was going to present our counter offer they called to say they had changed their minds and decided on a new construction home..ugh!!

So here we are back at the drawing board waiting for our next prospective buyer. We know this was no surprise to the Lord and wait for his perfect will and timing!

I had a chance to check out our local thrift store over the weekend and found this glass lamp.

How many times have you seen these at Goodwill and passed them by??

Well for $3 I could not..

I started by taking the lamp apart and taping up the areas that I did not want to get paint on

I used RustOleum Primer and the beloved Heirloom White

Yes, that is the PB catalog underneath the lamp..love!

This was the most tedious part...

Now for a shade...While shopping for a client at my favorite store (PB Outlet) I found the perfect lampshade for this jewel in the rough

Don't you love it?!!

It was only $19.97

Here she is all put together..

Doesn't it have a cottage or beachy look..

I think it would look cute with some shells, moss or book pages inside the glass..

Well what do you think..not bad for $27!

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