Pink Pumpkin for the Cure

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month! Which means any and every way I can wear pink or spread the awareness I do.

My mom works in a hospital and is a Mamm tech so I decided to make her some pumpkins to put in the waiting room for the month of October.

I bought both these pumpkins at Target. The black one already came sparkly and was only $1. The white one was I think $8.

I painted the white one pink. Then glued some pink ribbons together and put them on the pink pumpkin. I free handed the word Hope and glued on some rinestones. For the black one I just added some pink ribbon to make them go together.

Cornhole Boards

I'm the TKE Sweetheart so I'm always trying to come up with small things for the guys. I decided to take on one large project and make some cornhole boards.
I can not take credit for the boards. I had someone make them for me. I just did the prime, paint and seal.
I started off by giving the top of the board a white coat. I knew I wanted to leave the tops whit so I gave them a good coat. Then painted the sides black.

After that I started to paint on the details. I had an "engineer print" made at Staples that cost $1.50 a piece. I laid this on the boards and stenciled on the design which made it so much either than trying to free hand.

After that came a lot of detailed painting and then a million coats of sealer...because these are going to boys and I know they will leave them outside over night at some point in time.

Every bathroom needs a sign

It's safe to say that I'm not Pinterest a lot. So when I came across a really cute bathroom sign I was all for it being in my new bathroom.

Here is the sign. It was on sale on Etsy but has since been sold.

I love Etsy but if you're even a little bit crafty you can buy/make some stuff on Etsy for less than half the cost people sell it for. So that is exactly what I did...made my own.

Bought the canvas from Michaels with a 40% coupon for around $5
Paint on hand
Polka dot stencil on hand

I started off by painting the canvas a coral color.

Then I roughly stenciled on the dots. Since it's just circles the stencil didn't have to be perfect. I mostly wanted it for the spacing.
I took the back of a paint marker dipped it in the paint and then dotted it on the canvas. It was really easy!

After a two coats of the white dot paint. I let it dry completely. Then laid out how I wanted my words. I very lightly wrote out the words on the canvas. Then used a paint pen to actually write out the words and make the font as think as I wanted.

It now hangs above the towel rack and adds a great pop of color to a very white bathroom.

Book Shelf Revamp

I just recently moved into a new duplex so I ended up buying all new furniture for my bedroom and getting rid of all the old random pieces I had when I was in college.
I bought a new chevron bedspread from Target that I love. It's a teal, yellow and gray pattern. All my furniture is black.
I need something to put my TV on and a place for some storage so I went to Target and bought a cheapo bookcase.
While putting it together I realized that it just had the cheap backing and I wanted to vamp it up a bit.
I primed the backing white and then painted it the teal color to match my bedspread.

I love how it turned out and gives a little pop of color.

The Best Birthday Gift

Max's Birthday was at the end of July so I decided I would paint him a cooler as well.
I started off with his 2 favorite things, TKE and the Packers and then filled in the side with stuff from the Chive and the flag.

Happy Birthday America!

Everyone knows you have to wear some form of red, white and blue for the 4th of July.
Can't find a shirt you like? Thanks to pinterest I was able to make one.
I started off by cutting out stars on freezer paper and ironing them on the shirt. Then put tape down for the stripes.
I used fabric paint and start splotching it on with a sponge.
I decided to leave it not perfect so it looks a little worn.

Let it dry for 24 hours and then wash. Then you're ready to represent America!

I spent my 4th of July on the lake with the boyfriend. Who doesn't love a beautiful sunset before some awesome fireworks.

Fruit Pizza, Mini Style

One of the best parts of Summer is the fruit that is in season.
I'm not much of a fruit person ( I would take vegetables any day) but on a hot day I could eat a lot of cold fruit in the sun.
Every month we have a pot luck day at work so I decided to start the first one by making mini fruit pizzas.


I bought sugar cookie dough and backed it on the back of a muffin pan. It only has to bake for about 10 minutes. Some turned out betters than others. It was a major trial and error process to figure out how much dough was a good amount. You could add more dough if you wanted them to be more like bowls instead of a pie form.

Then let them cool and ice with cream cheese and sugar. Then add your fruit. And you're done! Hello cute easy dish.