Play Kitchen Progress

Hi all - well I am making progress on the play kitchen. Hopefully I can finish it tomorrow. A lot of the painting is done. There is still a few things that need a 2nd coat of paint.

This is the story of our play kitchen....

It was very heavy - if I would have known it was this heavy, I think we would have not gotten this particular entertainment center. When we got it in the house.... we removed all of the doors to make it easier to get it upstairs.









I did most of the work on it - in the girl's room. So they are unable to play in there when there is wet paint. I did end up painting the doors - downstairs. So I painted and repainted....

1st I actually put up the "Princess Paper" - then I realized I would need to paint the rest of the area since there was so much extra space - and I did not want to cut the Princess Paper down to fit....



Next I started painting the rest of the spaces in some pink paint we had leftover from one of the girl's rooms. Originally, the "sink" was going to be on the left, and the stove on the right.



But then when I looked at it again - I realized it would be better to switch these areas. So I needed to repaint.... LOL So I started with adding the shelf on the left side so that it would be the stove. I put it up a little higher so that I could use one of the shelves for the "oven door".



Then I bought some 12x12 floor tiles - cut them and made the "Counter". I also cut strips about 1" tall for the "backsplash". I love how the counter turned out....



Today I was busy painting - I did the top shelf silver - "stove top". Painted the oven door silver - and repainted the pink oven - to this charcoal cover. I also added the backsplash around the oven area. TO the door I added hinges and a handle. Tomorrow I need to put the door on - and add burners and knobs.... The knobs are closet door knobs painted silver - and I will add some markings with black permanent marker.



I also just did a quick 1st coat to the under sink area in blue - the doors were downstairs drying too. I will add new knobs to the door and put them on - after I do a 2nd coat of blue. It was getting to be too much pink - and the blue paint was on sale at Menards....

Busy-ness, LO shares and fun

Hi all,

Well life is busy.  We started school this week - it is going well. 

Our oldest daughter stayed in MI with grandparents - she is almost 21.  So we are giving her bedroom to the two youngest girls 16 months and almost 7 years.  At least the older one is sleeping in there.  The other day, Jessica pulled the small plastic play kitchen on top of her - it is not very sturdy - so I want to get them a new one.  Well yesterday, I found this cool play kitchen made out of an entertainment center.  SO today I went and bought one for $20 - it is sooooo heavy ( ooops).....  I will be showing before, during and after pics - and I am sure I will be making a LO of it....  I know this will be a lot of fun to make it.  I also decided to make some felt food - there are some great patterns on etsy.... plus I found some free ones I am going to try first.... who knows, I may even just make up my own patterns....

I finally was able to do some scrapping - I got 4 LOs done the other day.  Well I am on the Digitals Team CT - it is a lot of fun - working with all the different designers.  So these are all using Maddy Fernandez' Summer Bloom and Summer Leisure kits.  I also used 2 of Hummie's templates - they really inspired me to make these LOs....











It is so nice to get some scrapping done!!!  Next, I am going to work on the challenges at KJOI Studios.  One is to scrap one photo a week to account for what happened.  So I am going to try and do this for January to catch up - there might be a lot of journaling rather than as many photos.  I think it might be good to journal our year - especially with hubby being gone....

So now onto doing some LOs ....

Cutting Back

Hi all,

Well I decided it was time to do a bit of pruning in my life.  We recently got back from being gone for 6 weeks.  We saw my hubby off at Thanksgiving time - he was deployed and arrived in the middle east on Christmas day.  Then we thankfully went to spend the holidays with my family.  We had a wonderful time around family.

But now, I am looking at all that I am doing.... as it seems like at times I am spinning wheels.... I was looking at all my new kits (thinking it was many) and realized I have been doing way too many collab kits between the 2 stores I am at.  So I decided something has to give.... plus I am getting no time to scrap my wonderful family - and the photos keep stacking up....

So as of the end of this month - I will no longer be selling my designs at Faith Sisters.  I will stay at KJOIs for now - unless I am unable to keep up with everything I would like to do....  SO until the end of the month - you can get all of my designs for $1 at Faith Sisters.... 

Keep an eye on my blog.... I plan on doing a lot more things to help inspire you to scrap your photos.  I would like to offer special deals etc  I so hope to be able to encourage you as well as be encouraged....

Firm Resolutions

Hi all - do you find yourself making resolutions at this time of the year?  Are you making keepable resolutions?  How about joining us in the challenge at Faith Sisters and make Firm Resolutions in Christ!

We have made mini-kits to help you to scrap your resolutions - this is mine...



Here is my LO...



I have made this LO into a QP.

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I hope you will join us in making Firm Resolutions In Christ!