the Decorating Chica

Pin It When I think back, I have been a rebel from a very young age. Maybe always was but only my mom could answer that. I remember questioning all the time my teachers, my babysitters, my parents. I'm not sure where that came from but I have always had a strong urge to question 'why'. Cinnamon Oatmeal muffins As in most cases with my projects, I start with a Pinterest or website that inspires me and I adapt it. This muffin recipe is no different. The fact is that when I adapt recipes it is usually to suite what I have on hand.  This blueberry muffin recipe came from About.com Culinary Arts and I adapted it from there. Adaptations in red. Ingredients 2 cups blueberries Can substitute chocolate chips, nuts, etc. 2 cups all purpose flour 1 cup flour, 1 cup oats 1/2 cup granulated sugar  I always  cut back on the required sugar. In this case I put about a 1/3 cup 1 Tbsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt I totally omitted the salt 1 cup whole mi...

Pin It It's Secret Pal week at work. This is the second year I've participated and our goal is to not spend more than $20. for the whole week. This is not so easy! Used a scraper to round out the edges. Today as I was thinking on what to do for my Secret Pal gift I remembered an extra piece of board that I saved out from a recent project. I saved it because I thought it would make a good wooden sign even though I didn't know what I would do with it!   After the 'aging' process I started stenciling letters. Still not knowing what I would do exactly I decided to sand and carve the square edges, then aged it with a vinegar/steel wool mix, and antiqued it with a black glaze. As each step was taken, I determined my next step by the success of the last step. Have you ever done that? Crazy process I know. So I got the aged part looking the way I liked but what to do now? I found some homemade letter stencils and decided to use them to stencil on t...

Pin It Several months ago, I bravely rescued several yardsticks from my father-in-laws house as we were cleaning up the estate. Why? Because they were cool. Isn't that a good enough reason? Rulers cut and laid out MDF cut out purchased for 2.99. Dry fit . I find I've been doing that more and more as I get older. Not  sure if age has anything to do with it or that hoarding gene is rubbing off on me! Geesh, I hope not but seriously I couldn't pass these up they were just way too cool! Painted with leftover grey paint. Added silver leaf . To me, the coolest thing is the history they represent. Kresge Co., Augusta Lumber, and Alexander Elevator Co. All  businesses that are no longer. I love historical houses and buildings so it was really a no brainer for me. Rustic meets glam . So as they sat in my basement for the past six months as I viewed all the cool yardstick Pinterest projects I wondered what to do with my measly 3 yardsticks. ...

Pin It What do you do when you live in a state that is breaking records for snow and cold? Top is made of recycled wood. No sanding, no staining. Simply cleaned it off and waxed with AS wax. And you're stuck inside foreEVER! And you fear the kids will never go back to school? Finished table after building base. Wood 'as is' pulled from an old garage.  You build. Pull out the old 'to do' list and have at it. Legs/base built from 2x4s and given an aged paint treatment. Start of the painting Linking up this week to: Funky Junk's Party Junk Redoux's Link Party be different act normal Home Sweet Home @  The Charm of Home Any Link Goes Party @  Bacon Time With The Hungry Hungry Hypo    Ha ppiness is Homemade Link Party Palooza   Tatertots and Jello  Serenity Saturday @  Serenity You Show and Tell Saturday @  Be Different, Act Normal   nifty thrifty things DIY showoff...