Decor

I wanted to post an update picture of how I have decorated my turqouise table I painted.
Ross, TJ Maxx, Marshalls and Target have some of the neatest finds for decorating!
This table is one of my prized DIY projects.
My room focuses on browns, teals and pops of coral. I try to stay in that main color palette even though I may toss in some metallics and bronzes too.

The table has a dahlia flower bronzed candle and tall white pillared candle from which I bought at Hobby Lobby.
The flowers are also from Hobby Lobby, the colors on these are so pretty in comparison to some of the typical cheap faux flowers.
I have my awesome Etsy wax burner in a brown color. The small silver candle holder is from Bath & Body Works, and the Silver Owl is from Ross. The mirror is also from Ross.

The basket is a nice touch because it gives a natural feel to the room, I try to throw in nature elements whenever I can.

One element that is easy to find for cheap are those dried stems and flower bouquets that are put in large vases. I can't get enough of those!



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Frame Improvement

I find myself going to hobby lobby a lot with my best friend and finding the most delicate looking scrapbooking stickers and embellishments.

After venturing down the aisle, I came across these flowers and I didn't know exactly what I would do with them, but it was one of those impulse buying moments.
I had to get them!

They were 3.99 regularly but I ended up getting them for about 2.60 or so with a coupon.

I wanted to display a photo in my room but wanted to design my own frame. Ross had a basic brown/black photo frame that was a simple wood frame but with a unique shape. (Wide on the top and bottom)
Got it for 3.99 and decided these flowers would work great with it!

Materials:

• Hot glue gun
• Embellishments 
• Frame

Just heat up the glue gun and put a small dot of glue on the back of the embellishment.
I pre-arranged the flowers to make sure I knew where I wanted to glue them. Once they are glued, good luck getting them off! :)


I didn't want to put the flowers exactly side by side, so I moved them slightly diagonal from one another.
Here is the end result. :) Have fun with it! Pin It

Addicting Chocolate Chip Cookies

These are CRISPY on the edges and CHEWY on the insides. I would use this recipe as a base for other types of cookies!


The recipe directions can be found HERE.

However, I tweaked the ingredients and will list them below:

Ingredients

• 2  cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup SEMI-SWEET Morsels
• 1 cup White Chocolate Morsels 
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Necklace Hanger

I've been wanting to make this for awhile since I saw it on DIY Pin.

I found an old piece of wood in the garage and made it out of that.
I went to Home Depot for :

• 4 Decorative Door knobs
• House Paint
• Clear paint lacquer 

I first measured out where to place the holes evenly, then my dad drilled the holes for me... :)

Next, I painted the wood a nice Coral Pink color.

After it dried, I sprayed it with the clear lacquer.

I fastened the knobs to the board and my dad drilled it into the wall for me using gold screws.

Lastly, I hung my fabulous Necklaces!

Truly, this lets me display my necklaces and keep them from getting tangled.

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Lemon Blueberry Bread

First time making this, I found it on Pinterest:

http://www.eat-yourself-skinny.com/2011/07/blueberry-lemon-bread.html

What I did was half the recipe and made 2 small mini-loafs to slice up a small decadent bite to go with my coffee in the morning.

I followed the recipe... and like I said, I halved it! Worked pretty good if you ask me, aren't they cute?!

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Cake Batter Cookies

Incredibly easy and addicting!


1 box (any cake mix, I chose white mix)
1 cup sprinkles
1/2 cup Canola/Vegetable oil
1 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
1 tsp Vanilla

That's it!

You can add anything to it, I added some mini-chocolate chips.
HAD... I HAD the ingredients, I would have added...

• white chocolate chips
• chocolate chips 
• pecans
• sprinkles
• walnuts

YUM!

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Dry-erase Labels

I admit, I am a coffee-holic. End of story.
Whenever I find myself in the grocery area of a store, a new bag of coffee might make it's way into the basket.

The question is, did I finish the one at home? Usually the answer is, No.

When I store my ground coffee, I put it in an air-tight container. For me, it keeps it fresh.
However, sometimes I forget what coffee I have in the container, so I thought of this little idea.

Today I made a Dry-erase label for my container so I can write what type of coffee I have.

VERY EASY!

What you'll need:

1. Packaging tape
2. Labels (I printed these off of Word using Smart Art, Scrapbook paper)
• 1st label is 1.5x3.5
• 2nd label is 2x4
3. Scissors/Glue

I cut the labels out and glued the first label on top of the second. 

Next, I cut off 2 pieces of packaging tape over the labels (To cover the entire label and sides)

Then, I cut around the shape of the label, slapped it on the side...and done!

Finally, I wrote with a dry-erase marker what type of coffee I had in there :)

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