Breakfast Tray Upgrade

This is what happens when I find myself at home with nothing better to do.
{Well, in all fairness, there was probably more important things I could've been doing.}

I had neglected to actually "create" anything for over a month. And by "create" I really mean getting to use my mod podge! I found this tray that was rather boring and turned into something more fun {more fun for myself anyway}.

I used a combination of 3 different papers that had coordinating colors on this piece. I had been saving the paper for a project I was planning for my dining room. I figured that since we are moving I will probably change the colors in my dining room anyway... probably... most likely...
{and it definitely doesn't match my kitchen}.

Overall, I'm really pleased with how it turned out and I already have a phase 2 in the works for it!

Photo Frame

I really thought I posted a picture of this a while back but I guess I didn't!

I made these 2 matching photo frames for myself and for one of closest friends, Michelle! We have known eachother for over 22 years! {Now that number makes me feel old.} To make a long story short we were neighbors most of our lives :)

Well she totally came through for me during my wedding planning and on the day of. So I wanted to give her something handmade. I kept the 4" x 6" frame and I gave her the 5" x 7" (which I think is totally the nicer of the 2).


I purchased these frames from IKEA because they were really inexpensive and nicer then the crafting frames at Michaels and Joann Fabrics I've seen. When I was finished with my favorite tool - Mod Podge! - I adorned them with genuine Swarovski crystals.

Addicted to Crafting

I truly enjoy crafting. It is something I can escape into. Lately, I've been making jewelry. My last mod podge earring post- here. Here are some of the earrings I've made in the last few days...

{my new sparrow earrings, arrrgghh}

{front+back}{safari chic}

Pantone books are expensive, so no I did not take these out of a swatch book just to make earrings. I had a coffee accident on my desk at work a few weeks and couldn't bring myself to throw them out so I saved and recycled the coffee-stained swatches. :)

♥ Happy V-Day ♥

What day do you celebrate Valentines Day on when it falls on a Monday? We sort of celebrated throughout this past weekend and we toasted to our 1st valentines day (even though it's like our 4th).

I also spent part of my weekend crafting! I got inspired on Thursday and NEEDED to make something. So these earrings are sort of the outcome! My original idea was to make Pittsburgh Penguin earrings because we went to the Pens vs. Kings game on Thursday, thanks to a lovely couple my husband knows for sharing their extra ♥ Captain Morgan Club ♥ tickets with us! (Bill Cowher was sitting directly behind us...) ANYWAY, I'm getting off topic -so typical!

I messed up my hockey earrings (though I plan to try again). But I had lots of misc materials so I think I made like 8 pairs. Here are a few pairs that happened to get photographed during my busy weekend. The backs of the black+white pair are pink.

{These ears, and blonde hair, belong to my brothers girlfriend, thank you Brooke for humoring me.}

They are made from random materials in my crafting box (that I severely need to organize) including pieces left over from the earrings I made my bridesmaids last year, Swarovski crystals, etc. (The only real reason the black+white+pink earrings were photographed was because my sister claimed them as hers, so I pulled out my little digital to get photos before I never see them again.)