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Craigslist Table: Before and After

I bought this table, a similar coffee table and end table on Craigslist for $120.00!  I sanded the top down, restained it, and put polyurethane.  For the legs, I painted them with brown semigloss paint.  The chairs were stripped down and repaired with wood glue and wood bondo and then painted brown to match the table chairs.  I then reuphostered the seats.  It came out really nice if I do say so myself!

Before:

After:

Acrylic Word Book

I can't believe we are already heading in to the last full week of August!  I am not sure where the summer went.  The kids and I went to their new school today to meet their teachers.  I can't believe that they will be going to 3rd and 1st grade!  I am so excited for them -  making new friends and learning all kinds of things (I am sure both good and bad, but hopefully way more good).  Have a great weekend everyone.

This is a project that I made last year, but I had some requests for pictures so here it is.  If you have any questions about how it is made, etc. just leave me a comment.

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Just testing something out.

Baby Rattle Shaker Card

Here is a super cute shaker card I made for my good friend Marie.  She is due to have her baby Ryan anyday now and I can not wait to see the pictures of him!

End of Year Teacher Present

I made this cute chalkboard for both the kiddos teachers.  They had a wonderful year in Kinder and 2nd grade.  Both kids really liked their teachers this year.  The apples are cut from the Cricut - I think it was the A Child's Year cartridge.  The little roses are just hand cut and rolled.  I was amazed at how many roses it took to cover the apples (around 60).  The teacher's name was done in white vinyl.

Here is a pic of the finsihed chalkboard for my daughter's teacher.

Just a Quick Pic

No new crafty projects to post; so here is a quick picture I took last Friday.  We took the kids to a Hooks baseball game.  It was a lot of fun and there was even a pretty spectacular fireworks show after the game.  I took this as the sun was setting.  The picture shows a cargo ship docked in the port and a lot of wind turbine parts waiting to be installed.  I really was just taking a picture of the pretty sky, but I bet in 20 years, looking back at a picture of wind turbine parts will definately be pretty crazy.