Car #15

Yes you read that header right. I just got a new car and it's my 15th car! I'm only 23. This is straight ridiculous but at the same time I don't mind it. Let me show you this new beauty...

It's a 2007 Honda Civic.
I drove a 2 door Honda Civic way back when (car 8) and loved it!
I'm really excited about this one. That may be because I actually paid for this one. This is the first car. I finally feel like an adult.

Painted Cooler

Painting coolers has become quite a trend, and considering how much I use my cooler I knew I had to paint mine. I read a lot of other blog posts about people painting their coolers and the do's and dont's.
I have a really cute pink cooler with a ribbon for breast cancer awareness on the front.

I started by sanding the top of my cooler really well. Then I drew on my design.
I traced a cup for the circle. Then took a stencil and drew on the letter A.

I free handed the zebra print. Once I had everything drawn on. I got out a paint pen and started painting. Since my cooler lid is white I just filled in the circle with black going around the lettter. Then painted the zebra stripes black.
I added 2 coats of paint. Then let that dry for an hour.
I then added 2 coats of mod podge letting each coat dry for an hour.

This is only the lid of my cooler. I plan on painting the whole thing.

Pink Pumpkin

October is one of my favorite months for 2 reasons.
It's breast cancer awareness month and this year it's a RED October, which means the Cardinals are still playing baseball!

Since my mom is such a huge believer in Breast Cancer Awareness because of her job I decided to make her something I saw on Pinterest that she can put in her office.

I bought a plastic craft pumpking, some pink ribbon stickers, and pink ribbon from Michaels.

I started by painting the pumpkin pink and the stem white.

Then added the ribbon down the sides of the pumpkin. Glued on the stickers with modge podge. Then mod podged the whole pumpkin to give it the glossy look.

I love the way it turned out and I think my mom will too!



Happy Fall

I have been in such a Fall mood lately. If there is one thing I love about Fall it's pumpkin everything...drink, food, deserts, decorations.
Every month we have a Goody day at work which is just where everyone brings a dish and we eat all day. With it now being fall I had to make something pumpkin so I turned to pinterest and found a dessert.
It's a pumpkin dip that turned out to be a hit! I got the recipe from here.....http://northcarolinacharm.blogspot.com/

This lady made it and put it in a carved pumpkin which looked really cute but I did not get the crafy with mine.

What you need:
15 oz can of pumpkin
5oz box of instant vanilla pudding
16oz container of cool whip
1/2 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
1/2 tbsp cinnamon

Mix all the powders together. Then add your pumpkin and cool whip.
Chill for an hour and serve with vanilla wafers, apple slices, or whatever your heart desires.

It's really good!
Other things I love about fall....

A lady at work brought homemade caramel apples....amazing

Pumpkin beer....they should make this year round

It's a Car obsession you wouldn't understand

For any of you who know my dad, you know how much of a wheeler and dealer he is. I have had more cars at the age of 23 than most people have their lifetime.

Well it's coming to the time to get a new car because mine is getting close to 150,000 miles and we sell cars before they hit 150,000 in the Miller household.

The only thing is I now live on my own so I don't have my dad to call me to the computer to tell me about a car he found for me. I have to do most of it on my own this time.

What I'm also realizing is that the saying "More money, More problems" is VERY true. Being the saver that I am and not having any student loans to pay off (Thanks parents!!) I have a decent amount of money saved up to purchase a car. The bad part, that gives me more options which means more decisions on choosing the right car for me. Ahhhh it's stressful.

Let's take a look back on all the cars that I have because somehow I seem to remember them all except the years of the cars. That was way to much to keep up with.

1) Black Nissan Altima
2) Black Ford Escort zx2
3) Red Ford Escort zx2
4) Silver Nissan Altima
5) Chrysler Sebring
6) Cream Nissan Altima
7) Cream Nissan Altima
8) Silver Honda Civic
9) Red Honda Accord
10) Black Honda Accord
11) White Toyota Rav4
12) Tan Toyota Rav4
13) White Jeep
14) White 2002 Toyota Rav4 - Current Vehicle

Yes, that is 14 cars in 7 years. Blame my dad, he has a problem. I wish I would have taken a picture with all my cars. That would make an interesting scrap book to look back on.

I'm thinking I might go back to more of the sports type of car because I'm still young and can get away with it. Plus it's just me so I don't have to worry about it being 4 door or anything. It also has to be a 4 cylindar because I drive way too much and gas prices would eat me alive if it didn't get good gas mileage.
So if you have any suggestions, let me know. Until then I'll try to pick up some of my dads car shopping habits and let you know what I end up with.

Picture Frames

Lately I've been making quite a few Birthday gifts for friends. I know I posted the zebra peace sign painting I made a while back. But another gift I made for the same friend was a picture frame.
I have recently become obsessed with these picture frames. They are just way too easy to use and you can do almost anything with them.
They are only $1 at michaels and come just plain. I have only painted them but I know there is so much more you can do. For this one I painted it gray. Then glued on some scrapbook stickers and added so sequince ribbon to the top and bottom and I have to say I love it.

 

Then I made another one for my desk at work. Since the Summer is ending I started to look back on how great my Summer really was. I have so many pictures that involve being at the lake or doing something at the lake. So of course I love this picture frame. I just painted the frame and painted on the letters.

With labor day just a few days away I'm looking forward to a 3 day weekend, and of course I will be spending it at the lake!

My Stache

I know I posted a while back about wanting to make this jar and I finally did it. I have to say I am pretty impressed with the results considering how little effort this actually took.
I just bought a jar from Micheals. They have a TON of options.
Printed off a nice pattern online and taped it on the inside of the jar.



I then just took a black paint pen and started tracing my design on the outside of the glass. This was pretty easy and really only took one coat.

I ended up actually doing another design on the other side to make it a little more personal. Then the best part....fill the jar! I chose chocolate because you can never go wrong with chocolate!