I Won A Giveaway

I can't believe it. I have actually won two giveaways in the past week. The first one was over at Centsationalgirl. I won a $50 gift certificate in her cabinet knob giveaway. Thank you so much!! Please check out her blog for wonderful ideas and giveaways.


The other giveaway was from Debbie at The Architect and the Artist. She had a giveaway for handcrafted soaps from Virginia Soaps & Scents. Check out Debbie's blog for great giveaways, encouragment, and home education tips. Thanks Debbie!!

DIY Party- A Soft Place to Land

It is DIY Day at A Soft Place to Land. To enter your latest DIY project and be registered for the giveaway, head on over and link up. Good luck!

Frame makeovers

Do you remember the frames I picked up for 25 cents about a week ago? If not, you can look at them here. http://simplyliving4him.blogspot.com/2009/10/trash-to-treasure-saturday-shopping.html

I decided to paint them almond to match my bathroom and then distress them a little. I hot glued some ribbon for hangers and they now are prettying up my bathroom. Not too bad for 50 cents, huh??

Giveaway at Centsational Girl

Do you need a gorgeous new kitchen or bathroom faucet? Then check out Centsational Girl's latest giveaway. She is giving away a Price Pfister faucet for either the kitchen or bath. All you have to do is leave a comment to be entered to win. Check it out!!

Laundry Room Makeover

This isn't a very feminine subject, but I have been sweating this week. It is so humid here. Just sticking my head outdoors makes my hair kink and my body sticky. Yuck! I despise humid weather. Despite the miserable weather, I have been trying to tackle my laundry room/pantry this week. Too much stuff and a hot woman in a small room is not a good formula. :) Somehow I did manage to get the pantry area cleaned and organized. Here are some before shots.

I had been wanting to tackle this project for a while. It just always seemed to be put on the backburner. I did a major shopping trip this week to restock so I decided it was time to bite the bullet and make myself do it.

Hubby built me some shelving a long time ago but I had never painted it or covered them. The food was just piled up and unorganized. I could never find anything and I was buying duplicate items because I couldn't find what I had bought.

I took everything out, cleaned the shelves and covered them with white contact paper. Then I painted some baskets I had on hand, used some plastic bins I had, and made some labels. I bought the plastic lidded containers at walmart for less than $3 each. I was tired of having half opened bags of flour and sugar stuck in whatever container I could find. So, I shined up my new containers and spiffied them up with labels and here is the result:

I did spend a little money on the contact paper. It was $1.99 a roll and I bought 3. I also found the curtains for $4.95. Nothing fancy but they will do for now. The plastic containers were the biggest expense. I probably spent about $15 on them.

Next I decided it would be cute to chalkboard the panels on the back of the door(even though it isn't a smooth surface) and use this as a place to record needed items. So, being the novice that I am I taped the area off without putting anything on the surrounding door. And I started spraying. Needless to say, I got overspray on the white door which was hard to cover. I had planned to repaint the door anyway but I made it harder on myself. Plus I was closed up in that small room which was so neat and clean from my hard work the day before. And...umm.... now my clean white shelves and all my food was covered in black dust. Ugh!!!! I guess if I am going to do DIY projects, it will take some time to learn the best way to do things. I learned this time that the next time I will take the door off it's hinges and do any spray painting outside!!!! Here is the result of my frustrations. It turned out okay I suppose.

Wordless Wednesday

Trash to Treasure Saturday Shopping

Saturday is yard sale day!! WooHoo!!

Time to look for someone's trash to turn into my treasure. My alarm woke me at 5:30 am and I immediately jumped up and hurriedly dressed so that I could be on my way.

Wrong!! I hit the snooze button and debated just going back to sleep. My sweet hubby suggested I just stay home and snuggle. It was tempting but the bargain hunter in me won. I made myself get up and head out the door.

I am so glad I did. I found some neat treasures today.

These cushions were 50 cents each. I plan to use them on my front porch next spring.

Total $4.50

These frames were 25 cents a piece. I plan to paint them and use them in my bathroom.

There are 3 of these. They were $1 each. My mil has these in her house. I never noticed them before. After I bought them this morning, I was in her den and saw them. She paid $59 for all three. I got a steal!!






The birdcage and two topiaries were $3. The Snowman welcome sign was 50 cents.
My grand total for the day was $ 11.50

The pillows smelled like a storage building so I packed them in plastic bags with dryer sheets. I will febreeze them and air them out when I unpack them. I spray painted the frames, distressed them a little, and glued ribbons to the backs to hang them. I don't know what I am going to do with the birdcage. The art pieces are going in our newly painted hall bathroom. It is chocolate brown and these look lovely in there. I cleaned the topiaries and spraypainted the base that was pink. It is in my kitchen now. I will try to post some after pictures when I get everything done.

For more trash to treasures, be sure to check out http://thekublers.blogspot.com/2009/10/trash-to-treasures-party-10.html? This is the first time I have posted in the trash to treasures party so I am not sure if I am doing this right.