Live. Love. Eat.

My Inspiration

So as I mentioned before, we've been painting our kitchen. Well its finally complete, HOWEVER... I am in the process of now getting back to clean and organized and trying to figure out how to decorate it. The sign to the left is my whole inspiration for the theme of my kitchen. I love the colors, the quote... everything about it really. The walls are the color of the light yellow in this picture, and I want to use alot of white milk glass type items and the teals, salmon and green for accents and pops of color :) Its so fun and shabby chic don't you think? I promise I will be sharing pictures of my kitchen soon but not until I get it the way I want it. LOL. Its a process and difficult when I have no clue where to start. I finally got the table and counters cleaned up after all of the cardboard and stuff stacked everywhere to get it out of the way for painting. :D For now I wanted to share with you the signs that I made for above my sink in the kitchen... I absolutely LOVE the crackle paint effect and had so much fun making these.These are pretty much handpainted, and the crackle effect is super cheap, easy and effective... let me know if you're interested in a video tutorial and I'll put something together =} The phrase is just funny and very suitable for me & Tim. =) So without further ado, here they are:

And this is an apple color although in
this picture it looks like a weird yellow. 

Salmon love =} 

This is really more teal than baby blue,
sorry for the color weirdness!

And here they are hanging above my kitchen sink as planned =}

An angled view

Front view

I'm considering putting some butterflies or something in between Live and Love and Love and Eat, but I'm not sure yet. I'll figure it out. Its a big area so there's some space in between the signs, but for now this will have to do. Anyone have any idea's/suggestions for decor for this type of theme, now that I've shared a little example? Would love to hear from ya!

Home Sweet Home Wall Hanging

Eesh, its been a while since I blogged anything. I have been pretty sick the last week or so and then I also started a new job and just havent had the time. Luckily I'm getting it together haha. Last week I put together this wall hanging for my living room and thought I would share.

The bases of each section is wood planks that I sanded down and rounded the edges using my dremel tool. I used matching sheets of decorative papers and pink, and blue cardstocks. I also used green and pink Flowers by Prima, and 2 large pearl like buttons. (I cut the backs off the buttons and shaved it smooth with the dremel) It helped to be able to attach them to the flowers flatly.
I also used crystal glitter glue for the top and bottom of each panel (sorry the pic doesnt show this) The cord to hang it is made of 3 different colored floss's that I braided together to match.

It was something different and fun for me to try. I hope you enjoy. Thanks for taking a looksy =)

Stay tuned more to come today.

B is for Baby painted frame

It seems like a long while since I updated with my creations. I have had so much going on and havent been feeling well either. I hand painted this wooden picture frame last week. The white sparkles. I enjoyed putting this together. I have added it to my shop as well. It was fun to create. I love the fact that it can be used for a girl or a boy.

~andrea

Spring & Summer

Today I finished the spring and summer sides to the Season's wooden tissue box I have been working on. I think they turned out nicely. I still think that fall is my favorite of the 4 but I like the summer one also. :) Now I just need to finish the top and bottom of the box... Get some good shots of it for my shop.. and it'll be up and ready for sell. Fun Fun. Im so tired right now. I think I am going to head to bed early tonight. Good night all!

Handpainted Cardinal Star

This is another wooden unfinished item from Michaels. I added a suction cup to the top so that I could hang it in a window, but it can be replaced with a ribbon if you chose to hang it elsewhere.

The background is dark blue with lighter blue swirls. Then of course the cardinal as the focal point. The stars and the edging is in gold sparkles. The back is also painted but in solid gold. It took me a bit longer to complete this project because of all of the details and the little additions I kept adding *lol* I wish the photo was clearer but with the clear varnish the flash put a glare on it :( Here's another view, not sure how much better it actually is lol.

Holiday Magnet Clips

Another unfinished wooden item set that I found at Michaels. *lol* They are Magnet clips. You can hold cards, photos etc in the clip and stick it on your fridge :) I thought they were adorable. So I painted each one.. again there is sparkles involved. And added crystals to each one. Clear on the bear, and multi-colors on the tree :)

Snow wooden sign

I found these great wooden signs at Michaels on Discount and I just had to grab a ton of them. This is the first one that I finished. You cant tell in the picture but the snowflake and the white stripes and circles on the letters sparkle. And the crystals on the snowflake are pink, green and clear. :)

My lil sis liked it so much that she requested one in red and green :D So I finished one for her and the crystals are in clear and red. And the white parts sparkle as well, you can see it a little better with this picture but not as much as I was hoping. I hate how pics and scans never show all the details *lol*

Wooden Keepsake Box

I thought it would be nice to work on some wood items so I found this cute little unfinished keepsake box at Michaels for only a few bucks. So I painted it, added gold leaf to the top and some jewels and then varnished it. I thought the gold leaf made the carved designs pop. It turned out really nicely, I have it sitting in my living room on the coffee table at the moment :)