MY GIVEAWAY GOODIES ARE HERE!

Well if you remember I won a $40 giftcard for CSN stores from gracious host Melissa @ Keep Calm and Decorate.   http://keepcalmanddecorate.blogspot.com/
I changed my mind from my original thought of what I would do with the $40 if I won.   I decided since I was doing Part 2 of my mini kitchen makeover I would look for items that I need for my kitchen.   Well they've arrived.

So this is what I came up with....it totaled $39.98!

 8 pc Ginsu Cutlery Set......

FRIDAY FINDS!!!!!

Well I am thrilled about this week's Friday Find.   I saw this hutch on Craigslist and it turns out it was listed by the same seller that I purchased the green colored Mexican glassware (thanks Marion).  She had it listed for $50 and gave it to me for $40.  (repeat customer..lol)  Ive been looking for a cabinet for my bedroom...not so much an armoire because I dont have enough room.  I already have the queen size bed, my desk, 2 antique dressers and not enough walls. lol. 

So I hope to get this done before I go on vacation (1st week in August woohoo) Actually I hope to have it done by the end of next week, but I want to either paint the inside or line it with beautiful paper.  Any suggestions ladies?  I will be changing out the hardware and giving her a fresh coat of creamy white paint. 

Im going to use the top shelves to store vintage linens and possibly a few small frames.  My days as a  merchandiser are kicking in and Im imagining folded piles of wonderfulness...lol.   But I dont want it to look like a linen closet so Im thinkin of it like a huge shadow box.

MY 3RD TABLESCAPE THURSDAY

Okay so things have been a little hectic here and sometimes I just find myself standing at my kitchen counter grabbing a bite all by myself.  Dont feel sorry for me ladies, with 5 children in the house including a nursing infant....that's lucky.   So this week I thought I would show you a sweet little italian lunch setting for 1-uno-ME!

Anyone who knows me understands that I love all things Italian, Roosters and Rustic European Country.  In the top left corner of the picture...you can see a something very special to me.  Its a liquor set that my husband brought back from his deployment in Iraq.  I hope to use them in a tablescape in the future.  

Well I must say that the namesake of my design business is truly fitting.  I have enjoyed discovering new blogs and communicating/learning about their authors.  Each time I seem to find more that I love more than the other, but I found Under The Table And Dreaming the other night and I was on there for hours.  Not only did I so envy her craft room, but loved her project ideas and her playroom.  But I learned we also have something else in common besides a love of all things cheap and crafty.  On her blog Stephanie Lynn shares that her young son was diagnosed with Autism last year.   My daughter was diagnosed 9/11 of last year at the age of 2 1/2 and she is not 3 1/2 and progressing very well.  For those of you who have any knowledge of Autism, there is a broad range on the spectrum.  You have very low functioning and very high functioning children, thankfully my daughter is an extremely high functioning.   But I was touched that Stephanie Lynn shared that with her readers as well as the detail she put into the playroom.

She also happened to be hosting a party and a giveaway, so I linked up my little window treatment I just did this week from placemats and a dish towel and I entered the giveaway.

Well as luck would have it...(lol)  Lucky 7 Design won...which means that me!  I won a day planner from Dotmine.....http://www.timemine.com/  Take a look at all the great patterns they have.  Great way to keep track of all decorating jobs, home shows and craft projects.

I received an email from Stephanie Lynn thanking me for my comment on her blog and saying that she featured me to grab a button from her blog.  So I clicked on over and did just that......here it its. lol


 


I also saw my little project on her wonderful site and then also saw that Lucky 7 Design was the winner...Woo hoo!  Im so thrilled not only to have found a great blog, but also that she was sweet enough to post my little project.   Now, I dont have many followers but I add the buttons of the blogs I love the best.  Its away for me to refer to them daily as well as to share them with anyone who happens to find little ol me.

So I hope you will all click on over to visit

 Stephanie Lynn @ http://www.bystephanielynn.com/..here is her little button for you to pop over.

I wanted to post today a big thank you to Melissa from Keep Calm and Decorate (awesome blog). I recently discovered her blog and entered her giveaway for a $40.00 gift certificate to CSN stores.  And........I WON!  I couldnt believe it when I got her email.  I got all excited and was like (OMG...shut up! I won!)  my husband who was sitting nearby asked who I was talking to and of course it was the laptop (lol)   So I had to explain the whole story (I havent pulled him into my blogworld yet, its hard enough getting him to help with the decorating world...he's so busy).

I placed my order yesterday, and although I didnt order the item I originally intended on I ordered 2 items that I really need and that will complete my little kitchen makeover Part II. lol   I will post the items once they arrive in the mail.

Thanks again to Melissa....I encourage you all to click on over to her blog at  http://keepcalmanddecorate.blogspot.com/

IN-EXPENSIVE WINDOW TREATMENT

Im always amazed at the cute transformations that everyone creates and links up with Susan over at BNOTP for Metamorphasis Monday.   So this week I in preparation for a little kitchen makeover I tried a little project of my own.  All that I used for this project was.
1. An exsisting regular metal curtain rod
2. A new cafe curtain rod ($0.99) spray painted black
3. Dish towel (Dollar Tree)
4. 2 Fabric placements (Dollar Tree)
5. Package of curtain rings (Lowes...got for 3.50 because 3 were missing!)

the cafe rod in its original state...yuck!

the dishtowel (green, yellow, redish orange)

the fabric placemat

 the dishtowel as a valance

the placemats as cafe curtains on the curtain rings w/ clips

Ta-da.....the final product!    It isnt upscale designer...but rather do-it-yourselfer....and thats me!  I'll be posting the rest of the new color and items soon.  Im working on refinishing my Craigslist hutch but this heatwave her in NJ is killing me and the opportunity to work on it.  Come back and visit to see the end result.

Im linking up to:




 

CAKE BOSS

I know alot of you have seen the show "Cake Boss"...well on Friday I went with my girlfriend to order her daughter Isabella's birthday cake.   Now keep in mind Isa is turning 9 and everyone of her cakes since birth have been from Buddy.   This obviously was before he was famous and on televison, my friend has been getting cakes there for 20 years.

We drive into Hoboken and turn onto the street and I look at my passenger window and notice people gathered together. OMG.....they're not gathered, they're on a LONG, LONG, line!   This line stretched 2 blocks!!!!  I said to my friend "is this the line for Buddy's" she then started to flip out, panic, go histerical (whatever you want to call it) Ive never seen her so upset.    We had to call the bakery and make sure that we didnt have to wait on that line to order this cake for the party NEXT SATURDAY!    Of course we didnt and boy did we get looks when we just cut all those people online. lol  But those were the instructions they gave us over the phone. 

When we got in, I felt like a packed sardine...the place isnt large and it was counter to counter...wall to wall people.  We dont know if Buddy was there, we didnt see him.  Just saw his sister's (who takes the order) and brother-in-law.  I was only able to take these 2 pictures because it was so hot and so many people trying to gets photos it was ridiculous.

FRIDAY FINDS!!!!!

Okay so I dont know why this didn't post earlier so Im re-posting it now.  But I dont know how many of you have little ones.  I have a new babygirl who was born in March and she was 5 ozs shy of 10lbs. lol  Our record is 9lbs 15.5ozs. but she came in under the wire.
 
Anywhooooo.......I've been seeing the new Huggies commerical on television for the new demin patterned diapers.  I was holding off because I thought it would be a waste since she is breastfed and has lots of diaper changes a day.    And I believe they start at size 3 which is big, but turns out that size starts at 16 lbs and my little bugga bugga is already 17 3/4 lbs.  so she meets the weight for them.

While shopping at Babies R Us the other day with my oldest daughter (15 yrs old) and my 3 1/2 yr old and they were having a SALE.    By one pack of the demin diapers for $11.99 and the second pack was 50% off...so they are 29 diapers in a pack her size so I estimated 1 a day for a month.  I dont plan on using them regularly.....theyre really cute but I think I will just use them under sun dresses.  Like the ones that dont have the matching bloomers....its been so hot in NJ lately no use in layering a poor baby.

Above is a picture that my daughter took of the baby wearing her new denim diapers!   I gotta admit they are cute on a 4 month old body.

WHAT'S UP WEDNESDAY

Okay so many of you know I have mentioned RATE MY SPACE before.   I decided to transfer over my uploads from there to my blog.  Even though alot of the stuff has since been changed, due to the fact that the photos were taken when we just moved into this rental home (I was 7 months pregnant).   Although I cant do alot of things I want to due to the rental situation.  I've the best that I can....hopefully we'll be in the Carolinas next year.   I will do some re-takes and post them in the sidebar at a later date.  Now that I think I've unpacked every box and have found my stuff (well maybe not every box)hahahha.

MANIC MONDAY....GREAT GIVEAWAY!

I was visiting Susan from Between Naps On The Porch blog and she has this great giveaway posted.  I clicked on over and what an awesome item.  I entered and hope that you'll do the same.   Have a great Monday!