Ashlee Creations , part II

 Another installment of Ashlee Creations.... leather earrings!

Valentine Gnome craft

Oh My Gosh these are too cute!! I had to make my own!!

Happy Valentine day!!

Mothers Day gifts from Girl SCouts!!

Our May meeting we crafted some paper straw tulips and hand painted Cups for Mother's Day gifts!

Fun with Friends!

Sure was nice to visit friends and work on some craft projects and just plain have some fun!

DIY scented ornaments and Personalized Mugs!

they turned out amazing!

Sawyer's New bed!!

For the last year or so we have been looking for a big boy bed for Sawyer's room. So far not much luck.

 He has been sleep on a ikea futon. It was a great option at the time due to it being close to the ground?!!

But it is time... I want to be able to use all those great sheets and bedding sets we have for him. Gifts over the years ...

I have been searching for the right look and I think we found one but it's more of a clone of two bed plans we have found. 

I am excited to see how it turns out. Even with all the snow today we were able to get the wood to start on the bed!! Yeah.

a look at the headboard..........

and the foot board... still need some finishing touches and paint!!!

I am impressed with how it is turning out! Only some sanding and painting left to do!

Oh my!! it is really coming together!  He really wants a Star Wars theme... so found a new sheet set and comforter!  plus some great wall decals... now to just finish up!!

Here are some while we were assembling

All made up for now.... Still waiting on the new bedding!

Valentine crafts

I was on Pinterest the other night.. found the best idea for kids' teachers. Valentine s'more mix in a jar!!

From Anightowlblog post of Mason jar crafts!

This is from Anightowlblog!! So cute. 

So we decided to try it out only with our own twist in it ..

Instead of the print out labels we used the heart punch, sharpie and tape runner for handmade labels. 

The lids are simple scrapbook paper and a twist on lid.

Now just to make the actual s'more mix!!

It is a mixture if three items 

1. Valentine m&ms

2. Mini marshmallows

3. Graham cracker gold fish

We decided to make a couple for teachers and Family. 

Cannot wait to hand them out!!! Happy Valentines day!!

Kitchen makeover... Finally RESULTS

So I have been wanting to change my cabinets in the kitchen since we moved in this house almost 8 years ago.  I have had a long time to think about what I want and we are on a tight budget so brand new is OUT of the question... so I have come up with ....

Painting my cabinets.... 

I have always thought that my kitchen was dark, so bringing in white and maybe a pop of color would help to brighten it up!  Chalk paint is the answer!!!

 Annie Sloan Chalk Paint... Old Ochre and Duck Egg Blue... 
OOH LA LA LA!!

and finally after much hard work and let me tell you...... a lot of WAXing later.... some finished cabinets!  

 this one is to show the great color contrast!

 I am loving the country farm home feel I get when I enter my kitchen.  Thank you Annie Sloan and Cheryl from Big White Goose Barn for showing me that all it takes is a little bit of paint and some imagination to transform your look!!!

We also added beadboard to the breakfast island and wow does that look nice!

I love the textured that the bead board adds to the ends of the cabinets... such a great idea!

 I wish I was a better photographer so that I could show you how great my kitchen actually looks as a whole put together! :) 

  Love it!! There are still a LIST of wants to be had in here... like the counters and new appliances, but like I said I have NO budget right now... more on those later (sooner than that I hope).