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Need a coat hanger for your entry way?  An old cabinet door, some paint, knobs and a creative touch, it's done!  

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In honor of V-day I whipped this together for Birds of a Feather.  

Silver Swirl

This nightstand did not have much shape to it, so it could have gone two ways.  It could have been a more boy style kitchen or I could totally girl it up.  I opted to go completely girly.  It was one of the few times I got a kitchen completed and felt like it was REALLY missing something.  Something big.  I was up against a weekend of Birds of  Feather Vintage Market being open and took it over anyway.  Once I got it in its place I was even more unhappy with it.  So the pictures you see at home are those that show it as I took it in.  I went in this afternoon and redid the backsplash.  I will get more pictures of the kitchen as a whole tomorrow, but I wanted to get out of the way so the ladies could go home :-).

The updated backsplash.  Much happier!

Crib Easel

I snagged this crib from my sister's garage over Christmas.  It is a drop side crib, therefore not going to be used as a sleeping place for my new, adorable little nephew.  I was helping them out really, by clearing the space in the garage, doing a good deed as it were ;-)  Immediately I knew the ends would become an easel, but the details still had to be worked out.  A few trips to home depot and a few days of rummaging through my stash of stuff and it all came together.  I took a poll from our friends on Facebook and a few of them mentioned leaving the backside open which I really liked.  I did not want to do a chalkboard on one side and a white board on the other.  Ikea and Melissa & Doug have perfected those easels already.  I wanted it to be different.  So I considered cork, thinking it would be a great way to display children's art work, or if a store buys it, to display ads or specials.  The thought of push pins and littles did cross my mind as a bad idea.  A mom suggested mounting clothes pins.  Good idea, but I wasn't sure now sturdy, long term they would be.  So I opted for knobs with string (that can be replaced as need be with ease) and tiny clothes pins.  What do you think?  

Contest Kitchen!

I am soooo excited!  The winner of the kitchen giveaway should be here soon to pick her up!  I think for the limited amount of time I budgeted for this piece it turned out pretty well.  I love this fabric so much.  I brought it back from Korea along with a bundle of others before I knew what I was going to do with them.  I couldn't sew, I wasn't making kitchens at the time, I really just bought them because they were pretty.  I used this fabric on my own kids' kitchen set.  It is interesting how different it looks on this ivory kitchen as opposed to our blue ones.  I love it!  I cannot wait to see what the kids think on Christmas.  I will have to beg mom to send me pictures of them playing with it :-)

Kali

Kali turned 5 this fall and LOVES to play with her kitchen.  The problem with a 5 year old playing with a kitchen is that the plastic ones are so small.  So mom approached me about making her a big girl kitchen.  It took some time to find just the right piece of furniture, so thank goodness they were patient with me!!  When mom asked her what her favorite part of her little plastic kitchen was, she said the light.  So an over sink light sweet girl shall have!

Pizzazz!

Bright pink and spunky to boot, that's Pizzazz!  I made this kitchen with the thought that the bright kitchens that always feel like a big risk always sell first.  All be darned if this little girl didn't leave the sales floor before I even got in on Saturday!  I had to turn right around and go pick Bold Blooms back up and bring her over.
This little pink piece just kind of happened.  I had plans for a darling grey and light pink piece, then somehow, I ended up with bright pink paint in my hand and away I went!  Ooops!  But she is going to be loved at Christmas.  Grandpa and Grandma just couldn't resist when they saw their sweet little granddaughter playing away.  And when she said "I want" they had to say yes :-).  Check out Pizzazz.