You need to know Stella and Dot!

So, Stella and Dot is this new company that I have partnered up with to become a stylist. I am very excited to be able to promote such a great company, and get to throw girlie parties..and they jewelry!

Did I mention the jewelry? ;)

   

This company makes a great line of jewelry for women and young girls. They are a company that is run by independent sales women(I'm now in this bracket) who want to enjoy making money their own way in their own time and have fun doing so!

I would love to host a show for you. These shows last about an hour and a half and in that time you can mix and mingle with your girlfriends, look and browse the entire jewelry line, and have fun!

I can be very flexible to your schedule, and work with whatever theme or party idea you have in mind...and oh, yeah! I don't want to forget to tell you that by hosting a show, you will receive FREE jewelry of your choice form the entire collection based off the sales of the show.

Click on photo for more Hostess information!

I hope that I have peaked your interest and that I can host a show for you very soon!

Please contact me if your interested!!!

See my Stella and Dot Web page (click on the Stella and Dot logo below!)

On the hunt.

I am needing some pendant fixtures for my kitchen bar. I have been looking at all the high-end lighting I have access to at work, and just don't want to pay the price! :/

Some are reasonable, but of course the ones I want aren't!

Anyway, here is what I am looking for.  In the long run I want to add coordinating fixtures throughout my home, but I don't want everything to match necessarily, or come from the same collection.

Here are some of my picks so far...cant decide.
Comment and let me know which ones are your favs!



    



 

           

                                                     

  

All photos for Lighting are from Currey & Co. and Arteriors



                                     

These are a few of my favorite things...

I wanted to compile a few of my favorite things. Some of these items I've used for years, others are new that I cant live without!

Through these photos I would love to share them with you.
(links to all images for source are below)

Items from Upper Left to Bottom Right:

~Click on the item to be directed to the website~

• Barnes and Noble Nook
• Etsy Shop-I LOVE Etsy
• Sewing Supplies(I'm really starting to feel comfortable sewing more)
• Mrs. Meyers Cleaning Supplies-Basil Scent is my fav!
• The Body Shop-Love Body Butter
• O.P.I Nail Polish in Bubble Bath
• Skinny Girl Margarita

Items from Upper Left to Bottom Right: 

~Click on the item to be directed to the website~

• My love of my nightstands, and paints from Sherwin Williams
• Pinkberry Frozen Yogurt
• Vibrams Footwear(This is a photo of mine in the N.Ga Mtns)
• Bare Minerals Make-up (Thanks Mom for the recommendation)
• Close up of the "Jewelry" on the Nightstands
• Bull Frog Sunscreen
• Yelp(My favorite IPhone App)
• Firewire Stainless Coil Skewers for the BBQ

Hooray for favorites!

Get Grillin'

Well, not surprisingly, I have painted something yet again! Haha!
This time it was a very quick, very easy, and very satisfying to the wallet as well!

I literally only bought the 2 cans of spray paint for this, and put in about an hours worth of work total..and this is what happened!

New Grill

(kinda!);)

Before



Before-Rusty and not pretty!



To say the least I wasn't thrilled about our grill rusting from not being covered over the past few years, but it works great and I hated to buy a new one just because it was looking bad.

When the thing breaks I will buy a new one.

First, I taped the entire grill where all the stainless was exposed(see below). This took no time at all, and I used trash bags to cover as well.

Ready for paint!

Then I started painting! I chose a Rustoleum product because this paint will adhere well and keep the painted areas from rusting more!

Here's the finished product! Easy Peasy!

And no...I didn't paint it pink or aqua or green!
But it did cross my mind!:)

My green THUMB!

If you remember back when I posted this, then you will remember how much I wanted to get my garden started.  Well, my wedding anniversary was coming up and that's one thing I asked for!...can you believe it?  Yes, as an anniversary gift, I asked for a vegetable garden...my how things have changed as I have gotten older. I remember as a kid when holidays or birthdays rolled around how I would ask for things a lot more expensive, and needless to say useless other than for materialistic reasons.

Now as an adult, I love the presents and gifts that I can enjoy for a long time to come, and that I can enjoy with some one during the entire process.

My husband took me to get all my goodies the weekend of our anniversary, and boy did I rack up! If you think that a garden is an inexpensive gift, your wrong! Its a pricey item, but one that pays off in the end from being able to not really have to purchase any vegetables from the grocery store for the entire summer season through the fall.

If you remember I wanted a "raised" looking vegetable garden. After looking online and researching a little more, these are more permanent places to garden, and don't necessarily do well with all vegetation.

So I decided to use landscaping timbers to get the same effect, at a lower cost. And in the years to come I can move my garden around to any location in our yard because its not a true "raised" planting bed.

{landscape timbers}

The garden still has some filling in and filling out to do, but we are looking at having a great supply of vegetables to be able to eat, pickle and can as well! I'm excited about that because I loooooooovvveee home-made pickles! and having fresh tomatoes for sauces!

 

And because I cant have tomatoes without basil, I have my herbs planted in pots.

(they do much better in pots than in the the ground in my opinion)

And last but not least as a little extra...Keith and I has set up a Scupernog vine!

Remember Me?.....

Well you should already know the answer..yes, I've painted the RETRO RE-DO 

Remember my color schemes? Look here if you don't remember... well I chose to paint it

PINK!!

I have been wanting to paint something pink for a while, and this piece was perfect for this color! I have the original hardware on one of the photos, and I played around with some glass pink/clear knobs to see what it would look like....

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My intended use for this was for my closet. It is a shared closet with my husband..and he is a great sport for letting me have a PINK piece of furniture in there.

It is going to hold my bathing suits, and seasonal items in the two lower drawers...but the top drawer is going to contain these little beauties to hold my jewelry.

 

 

   I have seen people using "egg cartons" for earring holders. I thought this was brilliant and when I stumbled across a ceramic one, I couldn't resist!

Isn't it perfectly girlie? I love it, and such a fun re-do!

Curiouser and curiouser!

This past weekend I had so much fun! Not only was it Memorial Day weekend and I got to have some fun in the sun, I also had to work a couple of hours on Saturday for an

"Alice in Wonderland"

themed birthday party.

I had meet the Cole's at a Springfest Event where I was painting faces and she wanted me to do face painting at her daughters birthday party.

If you aren't already aware, Kreations which is the name I use for my business that includes furniture painting, face painting, and all things fun and creative! The Cole's picked up a business card and the rest is history.

I arrived at 11:30 for the birthday celebration and oh how I was shocked!

This was going to be a huge party for and 8 yr old girl!
She was very lucky to have such a great birthday celebration.

She had a setting for a tea party, a hat making station, and other things such as FACE PAINTING and a magician at her party(with rabbit tricks) non-the less.

Here are some photos from the party, I hope to have more from the family soon..it was hard for me to take pictures in the middle of painting and all.

The Ensemble!

Here are some photos from the party, I hope to have more from the family soon..it was hard for me to take pictures in the middle of painting and all.

Birthday Girl!
 (She was trying not to smile in the photos so that you could see the HEART drawn on her lips!)