Chalkboard Lazy Susan

Happy Monday everybody -- I missed you all last week, it was a little wild around here.  Let's just say that a woman of my size and age should not fall over a child gate.  Yep, that's what happened -- my bruised pride and ribs are healing up fine this week.  Anyway, on to my latest craft.  I love doing daycare (apart from falling over a child gate), but, I always find it a challenge to decorate my home.  If it is within a child's reach, they think it's for them to play with.  What has happened to; You can look, but, not touch Mrs. Rhonda's pretties.  I bought a Lazy susan at Saver's a while back for very little money.  I have always wanted one, but, didn't know how it would work.  As soon as I put in on the table, my daycare kids were catapulting things off of it.  It was not pretty -- a little dangerous at times.  Needless to say, I had to put it away.   

Well, I got it out the other day and decided to paint it with chalkboard paint.  

After sanding it down a little, I covered it with about three coats of chalkboard paint.

This was the original color, and

this was after the third coat of chalkboard paint.

After painting, I covered it with chalk and let it set for a little bit.

Here it is with it's new coat of paint.  I love the black color.  I really didn't think I would like it, but, it sets off all the colors in my table runner.

Now, the super cute bottles and holder came from Decor Steals (I am so addicted to Decor Steals right now).  I took a bunch of red tulips from The Dollar Tree and cut the stems apart.  I put one stem per bottle with the exception of two end bottles where I put two red Dollar Tree candles.  This look is totally me.  A very casual elegance -- trying to find pretty in all of my chaos.  The best part, I can remove all breakables to the counter and  easily return it after hours.

  

I put extra chalk into an egg cup.

I love this rooster.  He is so colorful and just adds the perfect wow to this little table scape.

 Oh, and the kids love it.  They don't even try to fling toys from it anymore -- YEAH!!!

xxxooo

Easter at The Roost

Happy Easter everyone, I am hoping you had a very blessed day.  I got it done just in time to take it down - ha ha..........

Red Hutch

Dining Room

Entryway Shelf

xoxo

Glass Block for Easter - 2013

I think I will be decorated before Easter - Woo Hoo.  On that note, I almost forgot to post my Easter Glass Block.

I was so excited that I learned how to make a quick and easy bow, I thought I would show you.  You start with a pretty ribbon.  I liked this one (the ribbon with wire on each side works best) from the Dollar Store -- where else right?

You figure out how big you want your bow and roll it about five times.  You can tell how big by taking the roll and folding it in half.

Once you have it folded in half, you snip the middle corners

like so.

When you unfold it, it should look like this.

Take a thin piece of ribbon and tie it right in the middle.

Then you just start pulling and plumping the loops.

Pull one loop into the middle and fan the rest around it.  There you have it.  The more you roll it, the fuller the bow.  Easy Peasy.

This year, I found these cute little sparkle eggs at the Dollar tree and cut the loop off.  They were just small enough to fit into the opening -- yeah.

I know you can barely tell, but, I did hang three of the eggs under the bow.  Oh, and do you see the plastic purple egg?  My kids played a trick on me - he he.  Big stinkers (they are definitely not little anymore).

Happy Easter Everyone.

xoxo

I party here when I want to get down and get funky - ha ha.

Eggs on a Stick

I have had this idea in my head for a year now.  I thought of it last year, but, I had no one to drill my holes.  I asked my husband to do it, but, he was/is so busy with my daughters softball and his parents, he really had no time.  So, just last week, I was in the garage and saw the drill.  How hard could it be??  I found drill bits and at least an hour later, I figured out how to change the drill bit.  I plugged it in, started it, and thought that it really isn't that scary.  When I told my son that I was going to drill holes in my wood pieces, he asked me how I was going to hold them while drilling.  Hummmmmm......  That was a good question.  My holding them, apparently wasn't a good idea.  So, I used the vice attached to my husbands work bench.

I know the middle one is a little crooked. but, I did it all by myself.  I now belong to the secret society of  power tools -- Ya Ya!!!!!  

This one is my favorite.

This is what I started with.  I wanted something to go with my new white egg wreath and topiary.  Michael's has these in many different shapes and sizes.  I think this size is about .79 cents.

So, I shot it with the same white paint.  Sanded it, stained it, and glued some pretty paper on the front.  For the stick, I used the same dowels that I used for my ribbon projects.  I just cut them down to make different heights.  The hole was pretty snug, so,  I didn't use any glue.  After the holiday, I plan on drilling a straight hole on the other end and filling the crooked hole in with wood putty.

I used these same ovals last year for my Eggs in a Frame.  I have them on my hutch.

For my first drill project, it's not too bad - just a little crooked - ha ha.  (I got the He Has Risen printable last year -- I can't remember where I got it.  If it is yours?  Please let me know so I can link it to you.)

Happy Easter

This is where I hang out and Party - here