Homemade Bird Feeder

Okay! First of all let me apologize about how long it's been since a blog post. Things have been super crazy because I got sick. I'm scheduled to go in for surgery next week, so I've been running around to all these doctor appointments. Add family drama into the mix and well I just haven't had the energy to do anything. Sorry!

I also want to thank everyone that is following us. You guys are great. Thanks for the comments and all the encouragement. You have no idea how much that means to me right now.

Now, with that said...

Here is my most recent project. A homemade bird feeder. Now, I'm not sure how I got this idea. It just came me. I knew I wanted to make one because my Grandmother was suppose to come down and visit in April. She likes to watch the birds and I thought this project would be a perfect surprise for her. Alas, plans fell through and she won't be here until sometime in September or October. Anyway, it's still a nice project and one I wanted to share with you guys. this project definitely leaves a lot of room for creativity, so just go with it.

Pizza Braid

So last weekend and the beginning of this week I was sick. So finally when I was able to eat real food instead of soup crackers and toast all I could think about was pizza for some reason, just craving pizza. Maybe because it was the farthest thing from soup, who knows. 


Wednesday I thought about doing a pizza braid, never done one but it sounded good. I had to go to the store anyway for dish soap so I mean... that's the perfect excuse to pick up things that I need instead of doing the chicken that I already had thawed out right? "Honey I went to get dish soap and the pepperonis just jumped in my basket I swear!" 


But I'm glad I did because Scarlett ate it up like she was a bottomless pit and my husband's exact remark was "This is so effing good" (and yes it was effing not the other word, toddler ears!)


Because it was last minute I didn't get the prettiest pictures, so bare with me. 

St. Patrick's Day Wreath

Hi everyone! So, I'm always stumbling around the web looking for great inspiration for DIY projects. One of the most prominent things that I see are wreaths. Wreaths for Christmas. Wreaths for Halloween. Wreaths for spring, fall yada yada yada. Anyway, I'm pretty low on decor for St. Pat's Day. I mean the only thing I have is a bouquet of green flowers with shamrocks, two figurines, and some gold coins to go on my bar. It's pretty sad. My bar is always decked out for Halloween ( MY FAVORITE!!!) and Christmas. So I decided to make a St. Pat's Wreath...which is going on my front door and not my bar. (We're not going to talk about how this project was SUPPOSED to add decor to my bar. Or how my bar isn't actually a bar but more like a bistro table that holds TV trays. But I digress.) This wreath turned out really cute and I was extremely happy with it considering it was the first wreath I've ever made. The pictures, however, are not. I'm still playing around with my camera and I've yet to create a lighting box, but I'll get there...eventually.

Easy St. Patrick's Day Garland

Megan and I are in Savannah GA, in case you guys didn't know we have a huge St. Patrick's day celebration here, like 3rd in the nation. So we decided to dress up the office just a little bit.

We found this site. And since we had everything needed, we decided to make one. 

Cereal Box Clock

YES!! Finally a clock I actually like that I can put in my kitchen. Now, this project is great for college dorm rooms or kitchens. It's pretty simple to make. I think it took me all of like 15 minutes to do (minus glue drying time). I've been toying with this idea for ages and finally this weekend I decided to just go with it. The numbers on the clock are kinda hard to see though and I think that's just because of the cereal box that I decided to go with. I had painted the numbers with an acrylic glow in the dark paint, but the numbers hardly glowed. I have since then painted the numbers black so you can see them better. This clock was a huge hit with my boyfriend who has requested I make a Cinnamon Toast Crunch clock for our bedroom. The other thing I like about this clock is that there is so much variety now with cereal; you can pick just about anything you like. Can someone say Magically Delicious? 

Cookie Decorating Kit

So Megan and I were trying to figure out what our last Valentines Day blog post should be. We had come up with many  ideas however time got away from us and we didn't really have time to do any of the ideas we had come up with. So then in the middle of that I remembered that I did not get a final count of how many valentines I needed for Scarlett's daycare, so I called to confirm and they said they were also throwing a party and going to ask parents to bring stuff. 


What?!  They tell me this the day before valentines day? I'm not the type to grab a box of cookies from the store and call it done, so we came up with this idea and solved both of our problems, something for daycare's party and another blog post. 




We decided to make up kits that kids can decorate their own cookies. A little more fun than grabbing a cookie out of a plastic container from the grocery store. Of course because of the time crunch we used premade cookie dough and frosting. There is no specific order they have to be done in though. 

Paint Chip Bookmarks

So, next week is the big week! Valentine's Day is almost here which will bring us to the conclusion of all of our Valentine's Day crafts. (Just one more after this week!!) This week's tutorial is a short, sweet, and easy bookmark. It will probably take you all of 30 minutes to do about ten of these, which is perfect. This is something nice and inexpensive to give to co-workers, your book club members, or classmates of your little ones. Just grab a couple of paint swatches at your local hardware store, (or Wal-Mart. That's where I got mine.) a heart hole punch and a single hole punch, (which you probably already have laying around the house anyway) and ribbon. (Again, you probably already have.) You are ready to GO!!