My Taylor loves sock monkeys, he has like 10 of them.  He has been collecting them for a while so when I saw this cute blog post on DIY sock monkeys I thought I could probably do that.  It took a segment on Studio 5 to get me to try it. Not sure I would […]

 Oh i know its painful to look at.  I’m not a big fan of the primary colors!  but I knew that i was going to make the cutest center piece for a carnival so I ripped all the paper off it and got started with my creation.   The colors for the party were hot pink […]

I knew when we moved in that this house, had a lot of things I wanted to change.  Our master bath has got to go!! (even our arctitect said it was one of the weirdest/ugliest master baths he had seen) and he’s seen a lot! The master bath  however its way way far down on […]

 I was hired by a client to make over her lacquer vases/jar/things…  I was a little worried because they were so shiny and and well lacquered.  She wanted them white for her new spa and I said ok lets see what we can do. So I gave them a little bit of sanding and then […]

Oh Its all most the weekend!!! I love Saturdays Its the day for flea markets. Lacrosse games, and being outside in the yard.  This is the little number I acquired from a friends mom. I did pay more for this little hard case than I ever have (30$)  but I think it was worth it.  […]

Seriously I need to take a blogging how to class.  would love for you to just click on the photo of studio 5 and have it take you to the clip…. but can’t figure it out LOL!  so just highlight this link and right click to open it.  Then you can leave all the funny […]

Apothecary jar make overs.  That’s what I’m going to call this  studio 5 project.  Cute Mindy wanted me to find a fun  take on DIY jars.  Ok with that being said I was still a little hesitant about doing this segment because face it I love my clear glass jars I have 10 all shapes […]

 So I’m a little obsessed about silver leafing right now.  Its amazing!!  I have also dabbled in gold leaf as well.  It’s such a fun way to make over rusty old things.  This is the base of my coffee table in the living room.  Its huge and it takes up  a lot of space.  I […]