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Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Friday, September 19, 2014
Three Re-purposed dresser's
Next month we have two sibling Grand baby's
who's birthday's are only 2 days apart.
This little family choose to move back to Montana...
2 days after I came back from the wedding...they
were gone...
we are making a trip to Montana because we have one small load
still left of our thing's...at this time we also
take some of there thing's that were left behind...
This is a young family, so just covering the bill's
is there greatest challenge.
Our little Grandson who will be one in October has his own
room for the first time...but the only thing in his room
is a playpen that he sleep's in...
SO......
Nana decided to give him a room for his Birthday :)
His momma wanted Green...
So my inspiration came from this pottery barn Valance...
I got it of ebay for $9.00 shipping and all.
and it was sent directly to them.
I found this dresser for $35 and almost forgot
to take a before picture.
And here is his dresser after. This dresser was in good condition!
I sprayed painted the original handles a sage green...
the drawers are a soft beige.
I added 'Nana' paw prints :)
I found the lamp and toy's at goodwill. the lamp was only
$3.85
the other toys came in a $2.50 goodie bag!!!
I washed them and got batteries and have already sent the toy's in
a care package to them.
I painted the lil car on the lamp base a sage green. It was blue and i painted
the trim on the lamp shade and the car on the lampshade also a sage
green to Ty it into his room.
I added a little owl :) so they know it was made with love :)
I found shelf's at goodwill and the red rack...
The heart shelf was at the red rack and was $5.99
the plain shelf was $2.99 at goodwill and the
little Noah's ark rack was only $1.99
then I found the little wooden chair at goodwill for $3.99
These two shelf's are for our grandson's room
I love the pegs that allow
for a backpack and coat.
As i was doing the pic's to this post..I realized I didn't have a picture of the lil
chair all finished. I found a cute vintage picture for it and wrote
our grandson's name on his chair. I will
have to take a picture of it once his room is all set up :)
This little grandson, we were told was a girl!!!
It was 'Nana" who saw that this little girl
had a 'package' when she entered the world
the soul laughter is brought me,
not even 3 months after my mother passed away
had me laughing for day's...you can read that fun post
here by clicking the link below
we wouldn't trade this lil man
for anything...
He is the happiest, easy going, laid back...
lil man!
These two grandchildren we are very close too...very...
so being this far away is a bit difficult, hard and worrisome.
His bond tho....was made with his Papa,
for Papa it was the first grandchild he got to see
grow in there first year of life on a regular basis.
Papa always worked out of town, he missed out on allot
of children growing up and grand babies growing up.
Papa's nick name for this little grandson is 'Poot'
This was the last time I held him...it was the first of August...
I was saying Good-bye...
The reason, he bonded with Papa...is
simple...you see his big sister...is all Nana's girl!
and adjusting to little brother, when Nana came, she came running...
passing everyone by..to throw herself into Nana's arm's
and that leads us to the dresser I did
for a grand daughter who has stolen my heart completely.
This dresser I got for $30...but it had a warped top and
didn't have all the fun lines as the other dresser.
I had to wood glue the top and use some screws to get it back were
it belonged.
Here is the dresser after. In this picture you will see that
the drawer with the princess is a bit off kilter...
we fixed that..but alas I have no picture of it and will take one
once her room is set up.
I added some wooden embellishments to dress it up more!
and there was a knob clearance sale...so all the wonderful
knobs were only $2.00 and $2.50 but there was Not
enough knobs..so we used 2 of each kind :)
I was 2 knob's short, so I took two of the original knobs and
painted them pink.
the princess stencil..was only $2.99
and it added that wonderful girl'y touch...
I hope she lights up..with the princess dresser
Nana made for her...
all the dressers are lined with new contact paper.
And Nana added a owl...my signature..for made with love!
When this little grand daughter came into the world...
It was the first birth I saw...funny but even with my own,
there was never a mirror or anything...
and so I had no clue that Babies 'Blossom'
they come out and unfold in a way that
is so beautiful and such a miracle!
Her momma was single...her Daddy was there...
but quickly things got very chaotic.
so to this grand daughter, I became
the second parent...
It was truly not a position I wanted...because
of my own heart strings...and leaving in 2012
to go on the road was one of the hardest decision's I had to make.
The greatest gift I could give my own daughter..was
her daughter, and the greatest gift I could give this
grand daughter was her momma.
In some ways it was like the movie, raising Helen..
I was there to show her how...to be a mom.
she has the natural mom gene and is a very
hyper vigilant mom..but she was nervous
so when this little grand baby had colic...her
momma got nervous...babies feel this...
so she calmed down in Nana' arm's...
and that was hard on our Mother daughter dynamic...
YES, I was the other parent...
and I don't love her more...
I know her, I am bonded for life
with this little thing
that runs to Nana every time I show up!
we made her shelf to match her dresser. she has a single bed, a sparkly curtain,
and a night stand in her room.
I received a phone call yesterday..from my "poppie' that is my dutch version
of dolly :)
in the box with her brothers toy's were also some toys for her...
and Nana found this princess dress for only $5.99 I washed and Ironed
it and sent it to her..she was so excited :)
Her momma, got to hang out with princess Belle
all day yesterday...oh how Nana would have
loved that!
but we will be seeing them next month!
and that brings us to the last dresser
This was my husbands dresser growing up.
In real good condition!
and I turned it into this for our daughter :)
My daughter also like bling...so we changed the knobs on this one
as well!
I added a wood embellishment
and slightly distressed this dresser.
The knobs. this picture came out lighter
And this Picture came out a bit darker...
but I love how this turned out :)
can I ask for prayers for this daughter and her family!
they are young, but with 2 children
she is a wonderful mom and her children
have changed her life...but it takes more then
love to raise children..it takes money..
and we are in that spot...with helping,
but not wanting to in able...it's
a hard spot to be ...when your
heart loves the way it does.
Thank you! for stopping by!
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
The Wedding (update on The one of a kind Vintage wedding gown :)
The wedding pictures finally made it...
into the hands of the Bride and groom...
(Love this pic...and the sunlight....)
For those of you just joining us...you can click on the link
below to see the first post :)
The week before the wedding...we had rain..lots and lots of rain!
The day before the wedding...sunshine came...
and we spent hours setting up the venue...
all hands on deck!
now that the pictures are back...
I am so glad I took pic's of the Venue...
because there are no other pic's of it!!!
alas, I didn't get all the area's..and the lighting was
4'o'clock sunshine and the maid of honor
(yours truly)
was running 2 hours late!!!
We created a entrance,
using a homemade arbor, hay bales, and the head and foot board to a twin bed set :)
the bride worked all year picking up thing's
that we could use, she planted flowers in her color's
Cobalt blue, Regency purple, touches of yellow.
Old wooden spools were chalk painted.
and of course we wrote, 'Marry Me'
on them
This view shows the tent's to the left.
I don't have any pictures of the table's...
the wonderful home cooked food
(the brides family cooked all week)
or the big swags the bride had made to decorate the tent's
she took, fabric in lace in her colors and tore them into strips
then she tied them to twine...hours of work to do this...
these were hung on the tents to bring in her colors.
I made this banner, and the bride also made burlap banner's
the lace curtains came from my home
and we used rope to hang them on.
She didn't want her groom to see her, before she walked out to there song...
so after everyone was seated...the curtains were drawn...as the
wedding party came out of the house...
We had 2x4's cemented into buckets a few days before,
to make the arbor solid and free standing.
and that brings us to the young people below...
This is the brides, Niece and Nephew. They are wonderful young
people who are very close as sibling's
The 16 yr old young man helped me with the bucket's and mixing cement.
out of all the men...he was my right arm.
I could not have done it all without him :)
His 13 yr old sister, helped in the Kitchen and taking care
of the flower girl.
they worked hard all week.
They made me smile, with there energy and zest for life
and good natured personalities.
Walking through the arbor, you can see the ladder.
with flowers planted by the bride..and the word
'Love'
the bride and I spent one day tromping in the rain,
picking all sorts of wild flowers...
we scored when we hit a huge Begonia bush
in her color's. All the flower arrangements we did ourselves
accept the bridal party flowers.
we played with branches, and basket's, tin cans and mason jars.
To the left after coming through the arbor
was a table for, cards, gifts and a honeymoon fund :)
to the right was another table..I did not get a pic of it.
this table had cozies with the Groom and brides name on it and wedding date.
there were Lil gift bags made up for kids with candy in them
and little wooden wands the bride made up with ribbon's
in her colors for the kids to wave around...
this was the party favor table
and then I made up these
These were in a basket with a chalk board sign that said,
'The perfect Match'
these were a little time consuming to do...
but cost effective and fun!
I have a date stamper and so that went on the backs.
The blue vintage bike..belonged to the property!
Perfect for us!
The bride made the S sign out of button's on a chalk board.
we put the' Hitchen pos't banner on this
and surrounded it with can's
full of flowers.
walking past the tree, you can see the arbor and chairs all set up.
To the right, the bride had a table, were pic's of
lost loved ones went...after I took this picture,
several more photo's were added to the table.
this way everyone walked by this table...
this was to honor, grandparents and Gr grandparents etc.
Old stumps created the aisle, and tulle was wrapped around the chairs.
The bride and her mom dried flowers...Lot's and Lot's of flowers!
she created, out of paper doilies
a lil pouch that was hung with twine on the back of the
chairs and filled with dried flowers
the flowers were thrown at the bride and groom
instead of rice :)
I wish I had a better picture of these..she embellished them,
with small sparkly blue and purple Jewel's.
Each stump had a flower arrangement made from the
flowers we picked.
The wedding arbor is burlap bunched a bit and tied with lace.
the two tables, are old wooden spools draped with
white linen's.
We did go to the local grocery store and for $25 got more flowers...
we were running out. these were put into old
baby formula can's..they were silver
so all we did was add raffia and a big burlap bow!
The top of the arbor. I must say, I was thrilled with my little invention.
all the flowers were real...and Begonia's need a lot of water!
I took a plastic cup and cut it, wrapped burlap around it and duck taped it
to the top of the arbor...filled it with water...
made the flower arrangement and added branches for more height...
my fear? would it stay up there? or would it fall down onto the bride and groom?
I used lots of duct tape! I am happy to say! it did NOT come down,
till we took it down!
SCORE!
A old chest was used for all the champagne glasses,
for the toast. These were plastic champagne glasses and in the chest
they did not get blown over by the wind.
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This is the cake table. Alas there is no picture of the cake.
The brides mom worked so hard on the cake and it was
utterly Delicious. But the humidity made the cake slide.
it wasn't that humid in this area..but more humid then Montana :)
the bride made this big swag of crystals and when the sun hit it...
they sparkled and shinned like diamonds.
The bride also had a homemade photo booth, made with pallet's
she worked hard on a tight budget...
but it came out beautiful!
Another one of my favorite pic's
and...
Another, favorite pic...
but to really give you a feel for what this wedding was like
I choose to put her pictures
to the song they choose...
the song she walked down the aisle too...
and into the arms of her husband...
many people had tears in there eye's. sometimes
music can express...what pictures alone can not express.
click the link below:)
I am honored to have been a part of there wonderful day!
Congratulations!
I love you Both!
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