projects by mandi

Lyndy Butler= AMAZING

2011-07-08T12:46:00.000-07:00

Lyndy Rogers Butler She is from St.george utah she is my husbands cousin and
she knows how to sing you want to check her out click here

Rasberry Lemonade PIE

2011-07-08T10:59:00.000-07:00

Yes you read that right! rasberry lemonade pie who would have thunk that right :) well my sister did she made it last night and it was absolutely AMAZING and it only has four ingredients total I'm making it tonight so when i finish i will snap a picture so you can see how yummy it looks

1 can of frozen rasberry lemonade (or regular if you don't like rasberry.)

almost a half a gallon vanilla ice cream

mix those two together put in graham cracker crust
and then stick it back in the freezer
when frozen again pull out and put fresh rasberries on top

AND ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!

Stupid Rain

2011-07-06T13:56:00.000-07:00

I cannot believe its raining i feel like every time i walk out the door to work on a project it starts raining i will have a few new projects coming up and also i will have a tutorial for a diaper clutch so keep checking back i know i haven't posted in a while but i promise I'm working on getting better.

paper flower decor

2011-06-25T14:14:00.000-07:00

I made these cute flowers i though i would share with you how to do it in the past i have seen other people use different things to make them but these are the products i found best to work for me.

Items You will Need for this project:

Coffee Filters

Food Coloring

Pins

Styrofoam ball

1: dye your coffee filters

2: Lay them to dry

3: crinkle them to give them character

4: then lay them all flat

5: Fold in half

6: fold 1/3 of it over

7: turn over then fold over the other 1/3 of it

8: Put in a pin and attach to styrofoam ball

Old Clock

2011-06-22T09:30:00.000-07:00

over at alchemyjunk she made this wonderful clock i love it so much its fabulous so i just thought i would share she some other amazing projects so go check them out and give her some love <3

OK... so I want to know WHY is it that all the cool stuff in Pottery Barn is never for sale? You know those neat little treasures you see on the coffee tables or on the walls in the background..... [not that I could afford it anyway] BUT STILL it's like a mean tease!

When I saw this clock on the wall I KNEW I had to have one!

Soooo... much to my hubby's dismay, I started yet another project and left my many unfinished projects to sit and mingle while I worked on this one. [This happens to me a lot! I'm what I like to call, a starter/stopper- I start one project and then stop it [unfinished] and then hop on to another one, and then back to my previous one.] Drives hubby NUTS

anyways... back to the post

FIRST I went down to my local LOWES and got a 4x4 board cut down to 32"x32". Pick any size... just make sure it's a square. Board MUST be square or your circle (which must touch all 4 edges) will not be a circle, it will be an oval. FYI

Price: $12

Next I primed it with a creamy white and the white washed the top very lightly so the cream would still show through in spots.

(I used watered down white paint)

For the rest of the piece I used the following supplies:

a rusty red paint

a canary yellow paint

an antiquing glaze (very important. MUST be a glaze)

a knife

a rag

a cup of water

First I stabbed/picked holes randomly around the whole piece especially around the corners. I put some close together so as not to make it look like a pattern or intentional

I found my center and stabbed a large hole (where the hands would have been centered). I made the hole larger then the others.

(my camera broke when I was in the middle of this project so I'm showing you how I did the holes on my finished clock by just adding another hole. FYI :] )

Then I dabbed my rag in the paints, not really mixing them together on the plate. This way if it was too red or too yellow I could just add a bit more. After dabbing the rag in the paint, I dabbed the rag with the paint still on into water to water it down a bit so it wouldn't be so stark and be more plyable on the wood.

then I simply went around and "rusted" all the holes by dabbing them with this paint solution. I rubbed it into the hole really well and then just barely around it. I also "rusted" the large crack in the clock and the corners.

Then I went and put a bit of the glaze, also watered down, onto the rag and then wiped it over all the corners, edges, the center hole, and rusted areas. I also wiped it in and around the entire clock to age it a bit.

It's important to use the glaze because it will wipe off ENTIRELY if you mess up.... and leave NO TRACE it was ever there. I was really able to perfect my clock by using the glaze and not black paint.

Then I traced a large circle all the way around the clock and took a paintbrush and filled it in with the glaze paint (this time not watered down)

I traced the circle by insterted a pin into the exact center of the wood. Then I tied a string to the pin, and the other end of the string to my pencil. I made sure that the string was exactly long enough to let my pencil barely touch the edge. Then I just moved my pencil all the way around and it formed a perfect circle

Next I stenciled on all the numbers... again with the glaze.

I cut out my stencils onto paint chips using an exacto knife (if only I had a cricuit!) I traced an X, a V, and an I onto 3 seperate paint chips and with that combination made all the 12 numbers.

Then I sanded the finished clock down a bit, especially the numbers and circle to age them a bit

And there ya have it!

here's a close up of the original:

and here's my attempted version

with poor lighting :)

Long Week

2011-06-18T15:06:00.000-07:00

Sorry i haven't posted in a few days I i finally got time to upload a project that i finally finished two days ago so i hope you enjoy

This is going to be the before picture

and sorry i already started to sand before I took the picture.

(below)also you are going to want to make sure you take all

the hardware off your piece of furniture

Then if you want your hardware a different color spray paint

and then let them dry i put 2 to 3 coats on my hardware

then when I'm all finished sanding, painting and putting it back together

here is the finished product

Sorry it has taken me so long to update

2011-06-12T18:17:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't posted in a few days my husband has had the camera at work taking pictures since they have a new class of rookies coming to the firehouse i finally went and picked it up today so I'm finally going to post the new end tables that i found at the DI which is Utahs goodwill

I'll post the finishing products at the end of this week if you have any ideas for the smaller one

please let me know because I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it.

Another giveaway

2011-06-09T14:08:00.000-07:00

60$ VALUE

tatertots and jello has another giveaway for some amazing fabric that you could do so much with.
so click here to go over and get your entry details

Luminess Air Makeup System

2011-06-09T13:46:00.000-07:00

Tatertots and jello is have a give away of this amazing machine head on over and put in your entry.
click here to go to the entry details

A few new projects

2011-06-08T20:19:00.000-07:00

Okay so i found this at a hoarders yard sale also bought a trunk that i will post a picture of later it is in storage so here is a before and after

and last weekend i while i was searching yard sales i found an old gun cabinet for a whopping $2.00 thats right i said it $2.00 i turned it into a coat rack and i absolutely love it so here is a before and after of that i also found a antique bench that i will have a picture of at the bottom of the post.

before

after

And then i have this wreath that i made last month i want to put it in the house but i just have to find a huge picture frame to grunge up and hang it in front of

Accessories

2011-06-07T21:01:00.000-07:00

A few bows that i made a few months back

bow made from green tulle

black nylon headband and pink fabric flower

same flower as above but a hat i crochet

zebra flower with white nylon headband

white, cream, and pink nylon headbands

rolled fabric flower

white polka dots fabric flower

pink fabric flower with black button

cream and brown fabric flower

pink and brown fabric flower