Bored Cone heads!

Day two: House bound

Woke up to this...

 Snap!

 No more umbrella and the candle piece gone too! Oh well, just stuff.
So what is a girl to do, who is bored? I KNOW...craft! Because you know how good I am and all, I would never want to disappoint my friends here. So I started off with this...

I have seen some gals make cute felt trees and topiaries..I of course had to come up with something a little more zany....

I have said it before and I will say it again. Magazines hold so much inspiration...I have Modged podged my life away with magazines this past summer. And this page here, I just tore out and stuck in a frame..I loved it, and with Valentines day coming RED was perfect.

I just added the heart, I picked up from Michaels, for a buck, painted it, added a little bow embellishment, that I took off some candy I purchased at the Dollar tree. Waste nothing when it comes to crafting...you never know what you can use it for.

And there you have my first Valentine vignette. 

I sprayed the cone with Elmer's spray glue and took the moss and just adhered it to the tree. Messy job, but easy. 

Then I took some cute candy I bought from the dollar tree and added that.  

This may fall into the category of bad craft, but I was BORED people, had no kids all day yesterday, and hubby was working. SO that's what you get!

Now these guys, I don't think their going to make it much longer.  

HOWEVER, all you newbies who have contacted me, left your links, etc.  Have no fear.  

First let me say, don't give up if this is something you feel you have enjoyed, but you are just getting a little frustrated at not getting activity.
Quick tid bits here before you go....

Put yourself out there, go introduce yourself to another like minded blogger, and start following. Do you really think people are just going to magically appear at your blog, because you have one? NOPE..

  For some reason, I try to be polite and follow back people who follow me.  You will get your skeptics on that, however, I don't mind that way at all, it has worked for  me thus far, when I know the person has followed me.

TURN OFF Word verification, NOW, NOW, NOW!!~ Blogger has been very good about weeding out spam on the blogs. You may get some in your inbox, but it is not going on the blog, most of the time.

Last bit for today.....if you are new, chances are you do not have a lot of comments.  IF  and when a gal comes and visits you, HEAD on over there, NOW, NOW, NOW, and say hello, give back the same.
Now that does get increasingly more difficult as time goes on...but don't worry about that now, you are new, and you need to make a good first impression, you only get one chance at that! So go have fun. I will be having my first featured blog this weekend.

HERE is the info on my new feature OPTION

And if you think I sound demanding and bossy, well I am! In a good way.....XXX000

Joining Marty for tabletop Tuesday
Kim from boring to better party 
Domestically speaking 
A glimpse inside

Before and After, PARTAY STARTED!

Happy 40th Birthday to my sweet sister. I love you Ang...and I can't believe you are 40....Lordy, Lordy where does time go?

A poem for you......

A sister’s love is special
in oh so many ways
Now miles stretch between us
and minutes turn to days.
We’ve shared so much as children
the tears, the joys, the pain
A lifetime spent together
those memories remain.
In times gone by we’ve pondered
the paths our lives have taken
Knowing that in spite of this
our sister love unshaken.
A sister’s love is special
in ways that are unspoken
Still that binding force exists
our sister love unbroken.
This poem was written/submitted by Cute Fairy.

Have a great day Sissie...wish I was there to celebrate with you.

GALS I am using this link for my Before and After party...as you can see my sis and I before we got OLD! HA!

Sometime's it's the little things!

When Mike and I were married back in 95, a very nice gift that was given to us, was our wedding invitation framed. Although at the time it went with our decor, it no longer has in many years. As you can see it was more of a shabby chic style, which at one time we did have, in our bedroom and guest bedroom. I dug this out a couple of weeks ago and decided I would do something with the frame so I can enjoy it again. It really was an easy fix, come see for yourself.

This is a closeup of what the frame looked like before. The other pics I took, turned out blurry, so this is the best I have.

This is what I had on hand. First I used the darker color, let it dry, then put the gold glaze on it, and lightly sanded after it dried.

Here it is all finished on our bedroom dresser. Now I get to enjoy it again.

Tomorrow is my BEFORE and After party! Hope to see you then.
Joining my uncommon slice of suburbia

Before and After, PARTAY STARTED!

First off, THANK you so very much for all your awesome suggestions, opinions, two and three cents worth on my friends mantel.  Turns out, the mantel part is actually concrete, so that WILL not be changed.  We have some ideas  that will be coming up in the future. It is so awesome to put a question out there to all of you  and to receive such an overwhelming responses. You gals ROCK!

We did a room make over for her guest bedroom. Now you all know how much I love the Better Homes and Gardens collection at the Walmart. In fact the entire project is all from THE WALMART! I think I need to do a commercial for them, don't you think?


-Bedding Home and Gardens collection quilt $20.00
-Mainstay corduroy bedding with shams included $34.00
-Throw for chair $12.00
-Shower curtains two of them $19.99 each
-Chocolate brown pillow cases $5.00
- Throw pillows 15.00
Misc. accessories, spray paint, throw rugs, towels $100.00
We did the complete makeover on a budget and I am here to show you the results. Let's start with the
BEFORE

She does not have a headboard so she made the back wall a family wall.  All the frames that where gold got a color makeover

You see my favorite Bahaus Gold, and Olive green:)

I just adore the bedding, and at such a great price, you can't beat it!

Such  pretty room, over looking her wonderful Lake views too.

 

Of course what would a room makeover be without doing the lamp too?

Of course the Debbiedoos embellishing act.

  

Some Fall accessories. The little wire basket was $5.00 and the Fall filler was $6.00

Now onto the bathroom...just a few simple changes started with the shower curtain to tie into the guest room

BEFORE

Pretty, pretty...again very reasonable Better Home and Gardens collection

  

Of course this was all silver with the natural baskets, needed a face lift and brought the Gold in here as well.

 

Added some fresh smelling nuts.

So there you have two room makeovers for very little money.

We also tweaked here and there and pulled from other rooms as well.

I am also linking and joining in on the  (FALL CHALLENGE) over at

CSI Project

and

Today creative blog

Hope studios 

Cindy from My Romantic Home 

DIY 

The Shabby chic cottage 

Mark your calendars....and just a quickie for ya!

My Next Before and After partay is this Wednesday...and I do have some changes to share. Here is just a sneak peek, but I just wanted to remind you.  Today was Mike's birthday and what a great day it was indeed! I will share those pictures very soon, but you are probably getting tired of looking at my family, so for now back to projects! You remember this right? From my guest room....

Remember I mentioned I wanted to paint this?...well the next day it was done...I adore the new color!

 Joining in a few parties this week:
http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com
http://thegirlcreative.blogspot.com
http://thediyshowoff.blogspot.com

This WEDNESDAY be there or be SQUARE!!~sorry that was lame....

Party on! Debbiedoos B & A

G Before and After party, will proceed every other Wednesday thereafter .
Please proceed reading  this post with CAUTION.  As we know this party is a broad range of before and afters, so let's get creative with WHATEVER! Have fun enjoying as many participants as you can.  I have the greatest group of friends here.  You really are thoughtful!
I decided for my first B & A, after some requests, I would show you my eye make up tutorial.  was going to do a video, however, I am over that for awhile:) So here we go, the BEFOREwell, kinda blah for sure......but this is what I have been blessed with, so I work with it!

OK this is a serious matter here, nothing to smile about, I have some work ahead of me here, oh and obviously in need of a brow wax...going this week.....................Yabba Dabba Doo's  get to work on Debbiedoo!!!

Ok one eye has some life in it..now.....

Ok so it took this team to help, what can I say! I pay these Men well!~
Ok seriously,  All I do is take my little shadow brush and apply it generously on half my lid. I like using the darker colors, as my eyes seem to pop out more, I think that would be the case for most of us, however, some are too afraid to try it. I am sure if a make up consultant or cosmetologist is looking at this, she is cringing at my advise.  I also take my brush and lightly go underneath my eye and further out, the cat eye look, I know, all wrong, but that is the way I like it.

After I apply the cat eye underneath, I usually take a lighter color with a shimmer,color depends on what I am wearing, I then lightly brush that color underneath the lid as well....again probably not to make up standards, , but that is what I do.

As you can see this black smokey color has a sparkle to it, I love sparkle anything, I even wear sparkle lotion!

I am almost finished here...as you can see, I trash the bathroom in this process! I really need my lipstick, never leave home without it.  I use the cheap crap wet and wild, I love it, stays on, does not bleed, and they have some great colors. This is what I use for the summer.  Now one thing I hear about women in their forties...we really should not use reds anymore, I would agree with that...

I love pinks, in all variations, this is my favorite one, again super cheap, go to your local drug store and check it out!

I am ready for the day! Total time from shower to make up to hair....40 minutes! Not too bad! When I had short, short hair, it was 30 minutes.  The make up process takes me about 5 minutes!

COLORS:
Lancome eye shadow color design with the new metallic black.  I know it looks dramatic when the lid is closed however it really does not look caked on when your eyes are open, and of course you do not have to cover as much of the lid, you can do a smooth thin line, which I have done that as well.
Blush: Estee Lauder Delux all over face compact you can see the color numbers in the picture above.
COVER GIRL shimmer shadows this one is #600 Sterling Blue...I also use the light pink one often, I am out of it so I do not have the # will be going to get some more today!
Linking up to: THANKS for hosting ladies!
http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com
http://www.dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.com
http://thediyshowoff.blogspot.com
http://www.bluecricketdesign.net
http://www.504main.com

I will have my link up Tuesday evening to start....thanks everyone, and I can't wait to have some more fun!~Hope you  all join in!
This party will be every other Wednesday.