adios snowman...

so i bought this beastly thing for $2/$3

{yes i seen past all that beastly-ness}

i sanded it some {i'm not a big sander so the less sanding the better}

and then i took it outside to spray paint it black.

after i was done spray painting it, it looked like this:

{remember this paper from here?}

i had my paper picked out and i got out my mod podge.

this is the biggest surface area that i have mod podged.

it was a challenge, harder than i thought it would be.

wanna see the end result??

{don't you love all of my picture taking places? haha!}

yes it is glorious!! it will be my center of my kitchen table...

although it does need some friends other than the salt & pepper.

one last look? okay you talked me into it. =)

happy monday y'all!

i'm linking to these parties here.

a bird gets a house...

so i was looking around hobby lobby

{i <3 hobby lobby, i could live there, well almost}

and found these cute bird houses unfinished... half off... so around 1.50.

{i thought it was cuuuute!}

so then i took outside, gave it a good coat of black spray paint.

i let the dry and brought it in.

i had found some cute swirly paper from HL and decided to add that to the house.

{i loooove the paper! sorry it's sorta blurry, i need a new camera!}

i mod podged them onto the roof and let it dry...

AND then it turned out like this:

{i added the white dots because it seemed really dark}

what do you think??

i was going to put it outside but it's too cute, sorry birdies!!

ONE more look...

AND

YEAH, i pretty much love it!! all under $3, can't beat that!!

you can find the parties i'm linking to here.

4th of july blocks...

so with the 4th of july right around the corner i thought i would do something festive. i headed to hobby lobby and came home with all this:

1. "u" "s" & "a" blocks... .72 cents a piece

2. wooden stars... .99 cents for the pack of 5

3. 2 cordinating paper... .29 cents a piece

4. red & blue paint... .66 cents a piece

AND i had the mod podge, white & yellow paint, and brushes on hand.

TOTAL: $5.05 {not bad at all!}

so first off i painted the whole blocks

i had a wonderful helper, she wouldn't allow any pictures though. haha

secondly i decided what paper went where and then traced my letters. then i cut them out and made sure they lined up.

{forgot to take a picture of that step, sorry}

thirdly, {is that a word?} i mod podged' the crap out of 'em.

yep, i slathered it on waaay too much. oh well. =)

i had to wait patiently for them to dry.

in the mean time i a star yellow

{no picture of this either, bad bad brandi!}

then when they were both dry, i got some wire from my cute hubs and twirled it around a pencil to make it look like a pigs tail, {pretend that there are pictures... k?}

then i hot glued the star to the wire and then the wire to the block,

AND it turned out like this...

what do you think?

yeah, they are awesome aren't they?

not bad for a little over FIVE dollars!!

lets look at the before and after...

&

yep i'm satisfied!!!

i hope everyone has a super and safe 4th of july!

i'm linking up to these parties:

1.the shabby chic cottage

2.somewhat simple

3.seven thirty three

4.house of hepworths

5.everything etsy

6.fingerprints on the fridge

7.it's a hodgepodge life

8.the shabby nest

9.remodelaholic

10.the inspired room

11.fabulous design

12.kojo designs

13.romantic home

14.it's a blog party

15.a few of my favorite things

17.tales from blogaritaville

18.finding fabulous

19.chic on a shoestring

goodbye dora, hello polka dots...

so of course my daughter loved dora, so what did we change her nursery over to? dora, of course... did you get my past tense... LOVED?? yes we are so over dora, so we are redoing the room again, a big big girl room. =) no more dora! hoorah!!

so we start with this dora night light.

{i appologize again for bad photos, remember i craft after bedtime}

i didn't want to get rid of it because it worked perfectly. it was just that ugly cover {no offense dora, we've just had enough of you!}

so i got to thinking... what would be the easiest way to make the night light awesome again??

MOD PODGE... my newly found love of course!!

so we whipped out the mod podge, our choice of paper, scissors, pencil, and sponge brush.

and this is how it turned out...

{again remember the reason for the bad pictures}

it was such an EASY project!! i would do it again in a million years. can you tell what theme we decided to go with? stay tuned to see how her room redo goes! it's still very much a work in progress though.

lets look at the pictures one more time...

yep, i'm satisfied!! hope you all have a wonderful tuesday!!

i'm linking to these parties:

1.the idea room

2.between naps on the porch

3.making the world cuter

4.the girl creative

5.sumo's sweet stuff

6.the diy showoff

7.super stinky boys

8.crafts keep me sane

9.tools are for women too

10.mad in crafts

11.avid accents

12.it's so very cheri

13.reinvented kb

14.today's creative blog

15.craft edition

16.all thingz related

17.new nostalgia

18.the gypsy corner

19.silly little sparrow

20.coastal charm

21.creativing a house of grace

22.life in my pj's

23.women who do it all

24.bargain shopping paradise

25.santa's gift shoppe-all year round

26.nikki's nifty knacks

27.creations by kara

28.the trendy treehouse

29.the thrifty home

30.life in the pitts

31.my backyard eden

32.we are that family

33.sew much ado

34.someday crafts

35.me and my bucket

36.blue cricket design

caitie's polka dot mod podge letters

so last night after buying my first bottle of mod podge i got to work.

we bought my daughters name in wooden letters four years
ago (yep she's four, i'm old)

they were white and looked beautiful in her nursery.

when we did her big girl room we took them down and

never put them back up.
i am planning a redo on her room

and thought this would be the perfect first project.

these were my supplies:

(minus the scissors and pen)

step 1: clean them.

step 2: figure out what paper you want where.

step 3: trace your letters.

step 4: cut them out. i used scissors, probably

much easier with an exacto knife (which i need to buy).

step 5: cover your letter with mod podge and lay

paper over it smoothing out all bubbles.

step 6: put a layer of mod podge over the letters and let dry.

(step 6)

step 7: repeat step 6 if you wish.

step 8: enjoy them!!!

(finished project)

what do you think??

(boring white letters)

(just awesomeness!!)

yep it's love. even from caitie!! she says "thank you mommy!"

it was so simple, if i can do it, so can you!

i can say now we will be doing MANY more of these projects!!

happy almost friday! =)

i'm linking to these parties:

1.house of hepworths

2.somewhat simple

3.thrifty thursday

4.the shabby chic cottage

5.chic on a shoestring

6.remodelaholic

7.fingerprints on the fridge

8.decor mama

9.fun to craft

10.shabby nest

11.simply sweet home

12.toddler awesome

13.my scrappy gifts

14.the hills are livin

15.a little lovely blog

16.funky junk interiors

17.i am along for the ride

18.tatertots and jello

19.tidy mom

20.kojo designs

21.its a hodgepodge life

pax's surgery & mod podge...

so we found out a couple of months ago that my little man is tongue tied,

 where his tongue is connected too closely to the tip.

it results in bad feeding, speech impediments, and more.

we switched pediatricians at 6 months and our new one (who is wonderful) discovered it.

poor pax has suffered for a long time, he's almost 8 months and still on newborn nipples, switching formula many times, gas, and not eating more than 5-6 oz in a sitting.

it makes me so angry they didn't find it sooner, but i won't get on my soap box =)

we made an appointment asap to get it clipped. =(

today was the day. i made the hubs go with me and stay with him and of course i'd cuddle after.

it went very well. he screamed for a good while, very hard for a momma to hear.

but so far so good, he's been eating and in a good mood.

so glad!

he keeps clicking his tongue... i guess he's noticed the difference. =)

i took the day off because i wasn't sure how he was going to react (which he ended up doing well) so we decided to take a trip to HOBBY LOBBY. the closest one to us is 30 minutes away so i only go every once in awhile. today while i was there i bought my first bottle of...

i know how exciting, right?

we played around with it and oh how i'm in love!!

so many projects come to mind!!

anyways, i enjoyed my day off.

hope everyone else had a happy hump day!