sewing day...

So I haven't sewn anything in a while and I saw this tutorial on pinterest. I knew I had to make it. So I spent the morning sweating it out in my sewing room while fighting off the cat (who is super needy lately)
So here is side # 1 it holds sanatizer, gum/meds, lip gloss, mascara, and another lip gloss (hey a girl can never have too many,

side #2 is my business side it holds, phone, pen, business card holder, my card organizer, and oh lol well as I am going through the inventory as typing I guess a tampon lol. Too late to edit that pic lol .

and in the middle of the fold is my wallet and coupon organizer :)

So everything is staying in its place in my purse and next time I want to trade I just pluck it out and move it over. :) I love it.
Then I cleaned cooked and decided to make these. I had looked for one yesterday but didn't find everything that I love. Since we spend hours and hours in our car just for trips to the cities a month this was a necessity. I made then to fit each kids gadgets and needs.
Monkey butts houses the portable dvd player (if any one would like to donate a set of double ones that attach to the head rest I would love you for ever lol) her ds, her ds games, her ipod, the dvd player charger, headphones, a tablet and two pens.

Fire monsters houses her leapster, leapster games, gameboy, disney mix stick, headphones, tablet, and two pens.

Well I have my nephew all week and while my hubby is trying to sleep the three kids are jumping and screaming up stairs and since threatening isn't working I am off to put all three non listening monsters to bed early. Wish me luck!

4 point+ ww toffee coffee cooler /purple and grey room progress

Soooo I don't know what the deal is but blogger moves the order of all my pics every time I upload them. Any who... I have decided my room will be purple and grey and I have been slowly working on changing up the room. I got new bedding last week that I love love love.. I also painted night stands . But also I got that awesome shade in the right hand corner on my side of the bed.

I picked it up from Italy Ava. Here in town. I love it soo cute.

Also I decided that it was time to get the strangers out of the frame in the jewelry box my sis gave me. I made a page and threw it in there.

So there is a little peek at the process. Well seeing as my evil step monster in law called me fat a few weekends ago (real low point trust me) Anyway. I am back working out and watching what I eat (I am 4 pounds down so far) But I made up a Toffee coffee cooler recipe. I am picky I used to work for a very popular coffee chain. So what I used was these ingredients: 3/4c.cold press, 1/2c. almond milk, 1/8C. fat free sweet cream,1/2T toffee chips, and 1Tinstant vanilla pudding and one splenda packet.

I have a bella (magic bullet type ) blender I picked up on black Friday two years ago for 10$!!! I love it I put ice in then add all the other ingredients and blend and a super yummy coffee treat for 4 points. Beats the heck out of caribou @ ten points for a JUNIOR caramel cooler and 8 for a TALL caramel frappachino @ Starbucks. To make cold press is super easy I throw a cup of coffee grounds in my 2Q jug and then fill with cold water and throw it on the counter over night or up to 24 hours. Then run it through a filter. :) Refrigerate and you are good to go. The sweet cream I found on another site. It is one can ff evaporated milk and one can ff condensed milk. It stays refrigerated super yummy.

mine is HUGE and yummy if you wanted to drop the points even lower leave out the sweet cream and the toffee and use sugar free vanilla instant pudding powder (but I couldn't find any) So I am off to the cities to spend some much needed time with my family I am getting home sick and can't wait to see everyone :)

they are back

In a effort to get back on the healthy track i was on premove (and fit in my pants) 8 am making better choices one of which is bringing back green smoothies people. I do one a day and it is going great. I am also back to working out. So far this week I have walked/jogged 7 miles , did bosu (i had to just go through and do what my tiny killer of a teacher stacy used to do because they dont offer bosu here) and a zumba class (they only offer ONE a WEEK here!!!) As well as taking the girl swimming 2ce so far this week and getting in a few laps during that (nothing like squeezing into a swim suite to reiforce the reason you want to change lol). Today we are walking to the library 1.27 miles each way and then swimming later :) i am making healthier choices but not going full on weight watchers point counting because i dont want to burn out but cold weather will be here before i know it :|

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more refurbs lamps, desks, and cubbies

Okay guys I have been hard at work and have lots of fun new refurbs to show you. This one was great. When I got this hobnail milk glass lamp at a thrift shop for two dollars the shade was UGLY and then metal was ruined too so I covered the milk glass and gave it a quick coat of silver spray paint.

Then recovered the ugly shade in this damask print and then used hot glue to attach the quilt binding for a finished look. I love love love it now

Then I finished painting the roll top desk ivory.

and added some pretty scrapbook papers to the back cubbies. I love this desk now. It is soo much more me then the old way it was. So happy with it and how it turned out. Totally worth all the blood sweat and tears.

One more project I took on this week was making seat cushions for the girls totes. I bough plywood and had them cut it to my specifications then using some quilt batting and a staple gun finished the job.

this makes them way more practical and the kids are loving them.

Well I promised to take the kids swimming then I have to get back to shark week ;) I rented soul surfer figured it was perfect to fit in with shark week. Have a good one guys.

toddlers and tiaras/ refurbished desk/taco cupcakes

So my kiddos are with their fabulous aunties for the week but before they left we had a special night watching (one of their favs) toddlers and tiaras, and then we played toddlers and tiaras. I gave them big hair (via bump-its) and loaded them up with make up they were soo funny.

Look at how cute they were lol

check out the mug on this one ...if that isn't her true personality showing through I don't know what is lol

now that they are gone I am working on projects here is one I have finshed..
I painted my hubbys old nasty desk that is fire monsters. She is going to be super excited.

and after finishing that project I was sitting her jonesing for something sweet. I whipped this baby up.
filled the cup with ice about a T of chocolate syrup, a splash of sweet cream, about 1/4 c cold press, and a good spoon full of mallow cream for some thickness and sweetness and a T of heath toffee chips, fill the rest of the way with some ff milk and blend sooooo good. I love it .
I also swung by the thrift shop on a errand and found these fab milk glass things to add to me collection.
then since it was just me and the hubby I made us a dinner using a new recipe found here. it is cupcake tacos. They are soo good. You spray a muffin tin. (mine is ugly and well used) and I put wonton wrappers in

then layer taco meat, black beans, and shredded cheese,

do one more layer

then bake at 350 for 20 minutes.

super yummy they were a huge hit with the hubby. We topped then with cream cheese and him some franks hot sauce of coarse. Super good give it a shot. Anyway I am going to watch some pretty little liars with my yummy new drink and some popcorn and knit. :)

hurricane glasses /my honey do list/i love damask

Okay so I had to mix a few things up around the house. I changed out some stuff that sits on the dvd rack. It is a main wall in the living room and drives me nuts.

I gave my hurricane glasses a face lift with some damask fabric a strip of printer paper and double stick tape. Then to keep the candle steady I put some rocks from the dollar tree around the bottom.

Then I took my (yes fake) hydrangeas out of the half bath and used a mason jar some more rocks and old corks.

Then this is one of my favs. I saw a sorta to do list on line and decided to make a white board one with the things I needed on it using a frame and yes more of the clearance damask fabric. I love it.

I also gave up my "file holder" from the girl cave until I can grab a new one for the girls to have a art center. I

but this is one of my favorite things. Since my shelf that hold my tv now isn't backed up to a wall but to the office area I have to stare through at that area and from the other side it is all cords and a mess I used the iron fabric fuse stuff to stick damask fabric up across the back.

Now pretty from both sides :) Well I need to get moving and actually do the things on my little chart. but here is some food for thought on what my next blog will be about. Check this out :)

My girl cave/ haven/craft room

In many homes I have visited there is a "man cave" A dark creep beer filled many place with possibly dead animals posed in. I have turned the tables.. in my home we have a GIRL CAVE... I love it. It is pretty and full of things I love. I go there to hide and work and relax. I keep all my goodies I don't want my girls to get into. It is my equivalent of a bat cave lol. It is where I keep my super powers hidden. (excuse any messes I have been hard at work lately)

Here is my sofa table which I am in love with. I love love love it the coat of ocean breeze blue made a huge impact.

above it I had my hubby hand this book shelf. It is great.

This is all of my yarn and knitting books. I love the little cubbies hanging on the wall on the bar. Super cheap from IKEA and I keep lots of stuff there. Love it.

This is my filing system. Super cheap dish rack from target and cute folers :)

It sits on a ugly rubber made drawer system that holds my etsy stuff and my wrapping things (gift bags, tissue paper and what not)

my comfy rocker.

here is the view from my bedroom.( notice the lovely tissue poufs they make me smiles)Also the wall art is just fabric covering foam board from the dollar store and the birds are fabric (I linked that to a tutorial) I got the images shapes I wanted by googling them and then I cut the out of the fabric and heatn bond lite. Then iron them straight on the wall. They won't damage and come off easy (since we rent this is moy importante)

this is my sewing table with curtains that are a re-purposed shower curtain. and my frames that have fabric and paper to be cute white boards. I love them. I also save all of my containers from cocoa and what not and cover them and they hold my pens needles and all sorts of things. Well there it is in a nutshell. My girl cave. My haven. I love it!