tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11566110541377087202024-02-06T19:46:51.770-08:00Chic with the Kool-Aid MustacheThe ramblings of a creative soul trapped in a routine life. Share my adventures in life, upcycling and transforming ordinary stuff into personal treasures. Nadine @ Chic with the Kool-Aid Mustachehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044672900856867824noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156611054137708720.post-49584567689291274412016-01-26T14:52:00.000-08:002016-01-26T14:52:03.716-08:00Man Cave Screens<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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While out doing our yard sale thing this past summer we happened upon a sale at a big ole country house that had a 3 car garage. The woman ran an upholstery shop out of the garage and so she built several large frames which she put screening in to create large screen panels. She then attached rollers to them and mounted those panels on a track on the bottom side of the garage door opening, like by-pass closet doors. We thought it was a brilliant idea and knew we had just the <strike>junk</strike> material to make it happen at our house!<br />
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As soon as we got back to the house that afternoon we found in our <strike>hoard</strike>...'stuff we bought for something but never did' the screen doors we bought at another yard sale the year before. We bought 4 of them, 2 of each size. I'm not sure we really knew what to do with them when we bought them but they were a good deal as it was, but even better since we bought in bulk! They had used them to enclose the breezeway between their garage and house but had since had a larger sun room (they actually call them 3 season rooms here) installed and didn't these them anymore.</div>
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I hopped on the internet and researched rolling doors and all the different ways we could DIY some. In the end we just went to Menards and purchased the hardware for a 2 panel bi-pass closet door, actually we had to buy two to cover the entire opening. </div>
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We had two 32 inch doors and two 36 inch doors. Using both of the larger doors and one of the smaller ones left us 4 inches short on the width and we had about an inch to make up in the height. A brief search through our <strike>hoard</strike> stock and we found the perfect pieces of wood to add a few inches to the garage frame to make up the difference. Hubby then went about McGyvering the track to make it fit and attached the rollers to the screen doors. We hung the doors and voila! </div>
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Looks good but somethings not right. This of course drove me crazy, those who know me well will know why! <br />
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Now the question became, will the garage door shut?<br />
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There was still something not quiet right about it though and it was driving me crazy!!!</div>
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Do you see it? Like I said, those who know me well probably already know what was wrong but for the others I'll give you a hint. Balance and Symmetry.</div>
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At first the two doors on the left were hung on the same track and the one on the right was hung on the other. The right door could slide past the middle door but the one on the left couldn't. Hubby said it didn't matter because we were only going to use the one on the right. It must have been my look because a simple readjustment by the <strike>reluctant</strike> happy Hubby and it's all better now! I can't help it. those kinda things drive me INSANE!</div>
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Here it is all done, the center door is held on the outside track and the two outside doors are set on the inside track. We've found it opens far enough to get whatever we need in and out of the garage including my wheelbarrow and if we need to take them off to get something larger inside or out it's easy enough to do. I painted the raw wood we used to make up the inches in the width so now it doesn't look like an add-on. </div>
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We loved sitting out in the garage during the evenings last summer without being ate up by bugs and the screen doors that sat in the corner and moved from one house to another finally found their purpose! </div>
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Nadine @ Chic with the Kool-Aid Mustachehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044672900856867824noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156611054137708720.post-9503162115848200382015-07-15T13:20:00.000-07:002015-07-15T13:20:02.742-07:00Changes It's been a LONG time since I've updated my little spot in the blogisphere, way too long in fact. It's been almost 17 months which sure seems like a long time when put that way but life just has a way of getting away from you at times, and I've never been a good person with consistency...it's not one of my strengths that's for sure! <br />
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There have been LOTS of changes in my life over the last year and a half and I've accomplished a lot that I'm very proud of. We bought a house, I've lost another 30 pounds or so, I've taken up yoga and I still continue to walk almost daily if I'm not riding my bike. I was also diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes so my "Project Me" has taken on a whole new meaning. Diabetes is a battle that I am determined to win and so far I've been able to keep my numbers in a fairly good range with just diet & exercise and some Metformin. I've adopted a ketogenic diet to help combat this disease so hopefully in the future I'll be sharing some recipes I've tried. Needless to say, all this other activity has put a dent in my creative time but that's not to say I haven't been, just notsogood at documenting anything lately. <br />
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Three years ago I made some <a href="http://chicwiththekoolaidmustache.blogspot.com/2012/06/glass-totems-project-50.html">glass totems</a> and thought that perhaps after doing several of them it was out of my system. The problem however is that I still have several pieces of glass and I compulsively bought many other pieces at yard sales and thrift shops over the past three years. I had a whole tote full of them so what's a girl to do? Glue that shit together...that's what! Besides, I didn't have any of the original pieces I made, I had given them all away as I tend to do. When I took my tote out I had enough glass to make several more and ended up with 4, which means more are inevitable!<br />
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I am being selfish with these though and I'm keeping them all, and just to make sure I would I already placed them in my garden. My new house has lovely areas to put them in, they kinda look like garden jewelry. <br />
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<br />Nadine @ Chic with the Kool-Aid Mustachehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044672900856867824noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156611054137708720.post-72572329406582414452014-02-20T04:00:00.000-08:002014-02-20T07:21:31.194-08:00Thirty Word Thursday-Dinner<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Several weeks ago I was awaken suddenly by a chirp on my phone which meant I had a new message. Normally I don't give them a second thought since I get them all the time. Of course then I was awake, so after getting up to go to the bathroom and get something to drink I checked out what message woke me up. It was an update to my YouTube account, one of the people I subscribe to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/SheSellsSeaShellscom" target="_blank">Debi's Design Diary</a> had posted a new video...since I was awake and all I checked it out...this is one crazy chick, she makes me laugh and she's also really cute and energetic and quirky. Here is her video...<br />
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I just happen to have several thrift shop sweaters already in house since I've done a few other projects using them so I got to work. She had better success with gluing her sweaters to the bracelets but I just made a big ole sticky glue mess when I tried it so I used my trusty needle and thread. I've been collecting and wiring broaches for my Niece's upcoming wedding bouquet so I have some broken pieces just laying around. <br />
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I like the casual look of these cuffs and the added bonus is they're warm! No cold metal touching my skin during this unusually frigid weather.</div>
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This past fall as I was browsing Robert Redford's <a href="http://www.sundancecatalog.com/">Sundance</a> catalog and I fell in LOVE with these blooming boots. I know...right!? How cute are those!? </div>
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I did a little yahoo search for blooming boots and came across these. I mean really, red flowered boots! I needed to have these in my life so I began searching hi and low for a
pair of boots to DIY a pair for myself. I then began to have anxiety about the color, these are all one color,
cut from the same leather but I could never really duplicate that. I did find a pair of black Rocket Dog
western style booties but they're pull on, and they don't have
zippers and really...boot full of black flowers? I need color in my life. <br />
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They would have worked but that weird creative quirk I have
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I confess I'm a bit of a shoe whore and the thought of committing any of
my boots for a hack had me sweating! I just couldn't do it, I mean
what if the flowers weren't appropriate with what I was wearing and
wanted to wear my boots? The complete irony in that is I wear the same few pairs with everything and never go into my closet for the <strike>20 or so</strike>..err <strike> many</strike> uhhh <strike>several</strike> umm <strike>few</strike> other pairs I posses. Yes, I'm very aware of this problem, recognition is half the battle right?</div>
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I set to work on my own version of the blooming boot hack mash-up and had tons of materials to work with. I had been collecting leather purses from thrift shops and had accumulated quite the pile of leather I'd harvested from them all. I made a big ole pile of leather flowers in assorted colors and textures then cut a few strips of brown leather from an old coat I hacked up. I then glued all my flowers down with my E6000 glue and clamped them overnight. </div>
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The flaw in my design was that my strips, once all glued together
wrapped around the boots about 10 times! Of course, I didn't really pay
attention to that fact till I had glued all my flowers to the strips
trying to evenly space them out along the entire length. I ended up cutting a strip in half then gluing a plain strip on either end to tie them on my boots. I'd be much
happier with them had I put all the flowers right next to each other but there is a silver lining. I have a whole other garland-length strip to use, so I just have to cut
more flowers and glue them in between, and I think I'll make different
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These boots above are the Rocket Dogs I found at the thrift shop and the ones below are a pair of Clarks that are the most comfortable boots I own. I really could have 'bloomed' either of them, and still may. Oh who am I kidding! </div>
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I really do like the flexibility to wear them on all of my boots. Variety is the spice of life they say!</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Pay no attention to the flower missing it's center...I have no excuses.</span></div>
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I love them...they are kinda Boho...just like me!</div>
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Nadine @ Chic with the Kool-Aid Mustachehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044672900856867824noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156611054137708720.post-88761693968434498082014-02-09T21:14:00.000-08:002014-02-09T21:14:46.504-08:00Butternut Squash & White Bean StewI have a confession, I'm a wanna-be food blogger! I'm a foodie at heart and have long admired many food blogs like <a href="http://thepioneerwoman.com/">The Pioneer Woman</a> & <a href="http://www.spoonforkbacon.com/">Spoon Fork Bacon</a> and the site I really consider the pinnacle of food porn...<a href="http://www.tastespotting.com/">Taste Spotting</a>. Taste spotting is a site dedicated to food porn, a delectable collection of food blogger pictures and each picture clicks you through to the original blog and recipe, I think it was the predecessor of Pinterest although I'm really not sure which came first. <br />
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So many of my favorite bloggers also share their kitchen adventures so I figure I'll join in since I'm always taking pictures of my food. Like I said...I'm just a wanna-be because lets face it, I'm lazy. Although food styling has always appealed to me, by the time I finish something I want to eat it! Real food bloggers take spectacular of their dishes and alas...i just have a little digital camera that I use, when I can find it! Most of the time I'm snapping pictures with my phone camera which takes pretty good pictures but not nearly a good as the fancy pants cameras of the food bloggers. <br />
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A few months ago my office partner in crime and I as well as another co-worker cooked along with a webinar that was part of a wellness program we have on campus. We cooked this stew and made a salad made with kale and barley with an apple cider vinaigrette. They were both delightful albeit vegan, which isn't necessarily my thing. I've made the stew a few times since then but this time decided to add some chicken since I have a hard time getting enough protein in my diet. <br />
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3 Tablespoons of olive oil with a little salt (I used about a teaspoon)</div>
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Once the onions begin to caramelize add 5 cloves of minced garlic, and yes...</div>
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Peel, seed and dice a medium butternut squash into 1 inch cubes, </div>
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about 3 1/2 cups of squash and add it to the pot</div>
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Add water to cover all the veggies, Since I was adding chicken to this pot of stew </div>
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I actually deglazed the pan I cooked the chicken in (just browned with salt and papper in olive oil) </div>
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Another layer of flavor comes from the rind of a slice of parmesean cheese, you know...that hard dense dry piece on the outer edge of the cheese wedge. You can certainly do without it, but make the extra effort to find a chunk of cheese to cut the rind from, it's worth it.</div>
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Bring the stew to a boil then set on low, cover the pot and let it do it's thing for about </div>
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a half an hour or until the squash is tender.</div>
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To finish off the stew just before serving make a paste with one clove of garlic, a tablespoon of fresh rosemary, freshly ground black pepper and a bit of salt with a tablespoon of olive oil, I used my morter and pestle for this job because lets face it...how many times do I get to drag it out!?</div>
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Here is the final result...a nice flavorfull bowl of soup to keep me warm in during these cold winter days. l imagine this is amazing with some good crusty bread but it' not to be for me *sniff sniff* I'm trying to give up bread too.</div>
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Nadine @ Chic with the Kool-Aid Mustachehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044672900856867824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156611054137708720.post-18263220462774439222014-01-31T14:05:00.001-08:002014-01-31T14:05:38.929-08:00More Fun with FeltingA few weeks ago I wrote about my weekend projects with <a href="http://chicwiththekoolaidmustache.blogspot.com/2014/01/weekend-wool-felting.html">wool felting</a> and since I still had lots of sweaters as well as leftover felted sweater material I decided to make a few more. This time I did my flowers much more like the original <a href="http://www.cantstopmakingthings.com/2014/01/flower-cowl.html">inspiration piece </a><br />
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I was kinda diggin' the leaves I made from the olive cable knit sweater so I decided to make them more of a feature on my next piece, which I love. I got several compliments on it when I wore it so that made me happy. <br />
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I liked it so much I made another with powder blue cashmere flowers for a friend! </div>
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I still have tons of materials left so who knows how many more I will
make, I'm thinking they will make nice gifts for Christmas this year.Nadine @ Chic with the Kool-Aid Mustachehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044672900856867824noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156611054137708720.post-18966965440789014142014-01-23T03:00:00.000-08:002014-01-23T07:01:16.669-08:00Thirty Word Thursday's -Sunflower<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This last spring I entered several projects in my local Habitat for Humanity ReStore's Upcycle Challenge. In talking with the store manager I found out they hadn't had much interest in it at that point so I decided to just make a bunch of easy stuff that people could easily reproduce themselves. I told her not to worry, crafty creative people are also notorious for being 'last minute' and procrastinators...they had lots of entries! Two more of those projects I made are below.</div>
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During one of our Saturday visits I found a few three foot finished boards that had nice rounded edges already and they were nice and smooth, they were about 8 inches wide and who knows what they were originally but I scarfed them up at $1 a board. I cut them into thirds so I have plenty to work with. I also found these peel and stick quotes from the Dollar Tree that I used, I love both quotes. The blue sign is sprayed with Krylon spray paint that I also got at the ReStore...as you can tell, I REALLY like my ReStore! </div>
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I painted little flowers all over the sign around my sticker on the blue one by dipping the end of my paintbrush in paint and making 5 dots in a circle then I went back in and added a red dot in the center to make my flowers. You can kinda see the sticker in this picture but only if you're really looking. In hindsight I would have added a coat of poly to seal the sticker in because it did start to peel while on display.</div>
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The next one is my favorite, I love this quote and try to live this as a personal philosophy, luckily I bought two of these so I can make myself one too. </div>
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For this one I used my DIY chalk paint that I used for the <a href="http://chicwiththekoolaidmustache.blogspot.com/2014/01/restore-upcycle-challenge-part-2dog-bed.html" target="_blank">bog bed</a> project and stuck the sticker on before I did anything else. I waxed it with the sticker on and buffed it and the sticker stuck far better on this one. I added two small screw eyes from a picture hanging kit and some copper wire to hang them with, of course I forgot to take pics of the signs once they were all finished. I've been fighting with myself over that since I could swear I did, but I just can't find them *sigh*.</div>
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I also purchased several cupboard doors one day for like $.50 a piece and I really liked the way this one had the little dippity-do's in each corner...anyone ever use Dippity Do in your hair back in the day? We used to use it when braiding our horses manes and tails to keep it all laying flat. Back to my project...I taped off the molding cause I wanted to leave that the natural wood color and I painted the inside with some...you guessed it...homemade chalk paint. I use some red spray paint...yes, from the ReStore...for the outer edge then used another technique I learned from Lucy over at <a href="http://www.lucydesignsonline.com/2012/06/before-and-after-carved-nightstand.html" target="_blank">Lucy Designs</a> where you use your Dremel tool to carve a design into the wood. She used it on a dresser, which is on my list but thought I'd try it out on a smaller scale first and this seemed like the perfect opportunity. I pulled out the brand new Dremel tool my wonderful daughter gifted me for Christmas last year and got to work. I just used a simple scroll all around it red boarder...of course trying to make them all relatively the same size and going all directions was quite the task for me since I kinda like things to go the same direction...but that just looks so un-random.</div>
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Once I had them all carved in I glazed it so the carved areas filled in with the dark glaze and it gave the red and antique feel to it. I attached some old knobs in the bottom corners to hang items from and used the original hinges and strung some copper wire between them as the hanger and once again...forgot to take a damn picture of the finished project! Luckily the ReStore Web page has pictures of all the projects turned in last year so you can see it <a href="http://www.restorelima.org/#!DSC03186JPG/zoom/c5co/image1nss" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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I also made a serving tray out of an old wooden calendar holder but somehow managed to not get any pictures of that at all. I painted the wood that same color blue as the sign above, lined the tray part with cork tiles and added two old door handles to the ends...all with stuff from my ReStore...luckily you can see it <a href="http://www.restorelima.org/#!Cork-Serving-Tray/zoom/c5co/imagel02" target="_blank">here</a> as well as all the entries that were <a href="http://www.restorelima.org/#!upcycle-challenge-photos/c5co" target="_blank">submitted last year</a>.<br />
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Nadine @ Chic with the Kool-Aid Mustachehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044672900856867824noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156611054137708720.post-84224577801587000412014-01-16T19:40:00.001-08:002014-01-16T19:51:23.529-08:00Thirty Word Thursday's -Angels in the Snow<div style="text-align: center;">
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back when I had a Yahoo 360 blog with a group of friends who fancied themselves as writers, we used to do a
few challenges that provided a lot of inspiration and were a lot of
fun. One of them was that someone from the group would choose a word and then we'd all search for or take a picture and post it that represented that word for us. The
other was someone would post a picture and we all wrote a short story
inspired by it. It was funny to see personalities emerge through their
pictures and stories...some were poignant, some were dark and some were
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: teal;"><span style="color: black;">I was thrilled when I discovered a similar challenge on </span></span><span style="color: teal;"><span style="color: black;">one of the other blogs I follow <a href="http://treasures-found.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Treasures Found</a>,</span><i> </i><span style="color: black;">where she blogs about her gorgeous jewelry among other things. She has an <a href="http://www.tesoritrovati.etsy.com/" target="_blank">Etsy shop</a>
where she sells her work and I've admired them for a while now. She's doing a things she's
calling "30 Word Thursdays" and the premise is simple enough, Take an
image and write 30 words about it...exactly 30. No more. No less. Post it to your blog and then link up on her page. </span></span></span></span><br />
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Nadine @ Chic with the Kool-Aid Mustachehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044672900856867824noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156611054137708720.post-82994107186152205362014-01-14T09:25:00.001-08:002014-01-14T09:29:23.327-08:00My Chocolate Fix- Chunky Elvis TreatsOne of the things I'm really working on eliminating from my diet is sugar. That means...you guessed it *gasp* no chocolate! It's not like I had a bad habit although I think I was a sugar junkie and did go on candy binges. Candy bars were my comfort and often the object of my mindless eating. I could inhale one and not even taste it!<br />
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Part of eliminating sugar is identifying it in it's many forms, the hidden sugars. Banana's are another thing that I've always loved and never thought about the calories or sugar contained in them...I mean, they're a fruit and healthy right? An average banana is 110 calories but a whopping 19 grams of sugar which is almost 5 tsp of sugar and although it's filled with so many good things it's one of the things I don't have on a daily basis anymore...and I miss them! <br />
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I've also been missing grapes which I absolutely loved to freeze and eat, they are like little frozen Popsicle in my mouth. I still buy bananas on a regular basis because the hubby takes one for lunch every day I end up with at least 1 or 2 bananas that turn brown before he can eat them, usually I peel and freeze them and use them for banana pancakes or banana bread. I thought I'd try freezing some banana slices then I could enjoy and savor a slice or two when I wanted something sweet, of course being the kinda girl who can't leave well enough alone at times I took it a step farther. I thought a dab of peanut butter between the banana slices would be fabulous, and of course introduce a bit of protein as well, so I made some mini peanut butter banana frozen sandwiches. I love peanut butter and banana sandwiches so these just had to be delightful! <br />
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They were ok but thought I could make them even better with...you guessed it! Chocolate! That heavenly, velvety, melt in your mouth goodness that I'd been craving.<br />
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One of the other things I've been experimenting with is introducing coconut oil into my diet...and hands, face, arms and legs! My hair will be the next great experiment...it's so dry and fizzy. While perusing some healthy *cough* cookie recipes to make for the Christmas season I happened upon a recipe homemade Magic Shell...you know that stuff you pour over ice cream and it gets all hard and crunchy but melts so gently on your tongue? Guess what? I had the all the ingredients...coconut oil and chocolate chips! I had a bag of Hershey's Milk Chocolate chips in my pantry and a 1/4 cup of coconut oil melted in a double boiler...or in my house, a glass bowl set on top of a pot of simmering water and in no time I was ready to make my frozen banana chunks of goodness. <br />
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I put them on a rack with wax paper beneath to catch the drips and began topping each one with a dab of my homemade magic shell. I popped them back in the freezer for a bit before attempting to coat the rest of them, I found just dropping them in the bowl of chocolate worked the best them stabbing the peanut butter center with a toothpick to pull them out was the best method. Of course I tried to make them all fancy pants <i>Chocolatier</i> looking with tongs and stuff till I remembered most chocolate dipped candies were still done the messy way, with their hands. I let them harden on the wax paper in the freezer for a while then pulled them out, peeled them off the wax paper and put them in a bag in the freezer. Where they wait for a snack attack. <br />
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Last year I became interesting in felting old wool sweaters after
pinning a few items that used that technique. Although I was interested
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As I've written about before, Saturday mornings usually mean a trip to our <a href="http://www.neighborhoodrelief.com/" target="_blank">favorite thrift store</a> and last Saturday I knew just what I was after! I immediately checked the rack with all the 75% off items and found a green sweater that would make good leaves...score! After rummaging through all the other stuff I made my way over to the racks and racks of sweaters feeling my way through until I found a beautiful royal blue sweater as well as a amethyst colored one and red one too, luckily one was another 75% off and one was 50% so I only paid full price for one of them. What is full price you ask? A whopping $2.29 is the full price so I paid less then 5 dollars for all 4 of these wool sweaters.<br />
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One of the other projects I'm working on is making a brooch bouquet for
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Once I had amassed my collection of wool sweaters washed them in hot water then dried them on the highest heat my dryer could muster and pulled them out half the size they were when they went in! On purpose I shrunk them...lol. I really wanted to give someone that cliche tearful heartfelt apology for shrinking their favorite sweater and thought about my hubby...but then I'd have to have had to explain it all to him first place! <br />
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I pretty much followed her instructions for making the flowers, I cut the felted sweaters in several circles, I used 8 inch circles for the pink vest and got about 5 of them and using 6 inch circles for the blue sweater. I then went back and cut notches in the outer circle then used a wavy kinda crazy line to cut into the circle making spirals. To form the flowers I departed from her tutorial a bit and just layered the center of the spiral around itself till I got the the tail and then tucked it in. I secured it all with stitches and sewed buttons in the center of each flower. <br />
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Here is the pale pink vest transformed into a flower scarf, of course it was my first project and I was too busy playing to stop and take any pictures. I'm not liking the big pink 'buttons' I used so I may take it apart and rework it using her tutorial for making the flowers cause I like hers better.</div>
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This is the blue sweater transformed into flowers and I like it much better, and the buttons in the center add just a touch of bling are at least proportionate to the flower...I like it!</div>
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Nadine @ Chic with the Kool-Aid Mustachehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044672900856867824noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156611054137708720.post-349655979388046372014-01-07T17:23:00.001-08:002014-01-14T14:00:48.347-08:00ReStore Upcycle Challenge-Part 2~Dog BedMy last post was the beginning of my sharing the projects I submitted to our local <a href="http://www.restorelima.org/" target="_blank">ReStore</a> for their Upcycle Challenge last spring. The challenge was to take items purchased in their store and transform them somehow and it was right up my ally! I mentioned in my previous post how I love to create and make things but often don't have the space or in this case, the need for the things I make. <br />
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While cruising the aisles of our local ReStore one day I came across this end table and although in pretty good shape it had seem better days. She had gorgeous curvy legs and some pretty details which I knew would really stand out with some chalk paint and stain. I've already <a href="http://chicwiththekoolaidmustache.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-bed-for-casey.html" target="_blank">made one of these</a> for my friend Liz and her <strike>terror</strike> terrior Casey and I loved the way it turned out so I wanted to make another one.</div>
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Although I'm pretty sure I took pictures of each step I can only find the ones I took with my phone and I've procrastinated too long already to get these projects posted so I'm just going with what I have. I used the DIY chalk paint with some Ooops paint from Menards ($2 a quart speaks to my <strike>cheap</strike> thrifty little heart) that was a nondescript cream color. Since it would be going to someone else's house I needed to choose a color that was fairly neutral although I really wanted to make it green or turquoise. I also found some <a href="http://shop.hobbylobby.com/products/1-1/16-birch-finial-dowel-caps-with-1/2-hole-621672/" target="_blank">dowel wood caps </a>I fitted and glued to the ends of the table legs to give it a little fancier detail then the leg bottoms.</div>
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The joy of using the chalk paint is that you don't have to prime or sand it prior to painting it, or paint it very neatly either which is great since I'm too impatient to do all that. I gave it one coat of the chalk paint and then went in and painted the pretty scrolls and some of the accents on the piece with some blue chalk pain I had used on another project. Once it dried I did a second coat of the cream colored chalk paint and let it all dry overnight.</div>
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I used a wet rag to rub over the areas I had painted blue to expose a bit of the color until I was kinda happy with how much of it was exposed. I then sanded the whole table with a fine grit sandpaper to make sure the chalk paint was nice and smooth. I went over some areas with a courser grit to expose some of the wood beneath the paint, mostly along the edges and some parts of the scrolled areas. I then applied a brown glaze on top of the paint, wiping it off once I got one area coated. This picture below shows the leg on the left after the glaze and the one on the right before.</div>
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I glazed then wiped the whole piece until I liked the way it looked. The haphazard chalk painting technique allows the paint to hold just enough of the glaze to give it an antique feel and the glaze stayed nicely in the recessed areas of the piece giving it just the look I was going for. Yea, Lets go with that!</div>
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If I was making this for someone I knew then I would have made a plaque with the dog, or cats name however a generic dog bone would need to suffice. I had also picked up a piece of foam that I fit into the bottom of the table then used a pillow and blue pillow cover for the cushion. I think it turned out pretty cute.</div>
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Nadine @ Chic with the Kool-Aid Mustachehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044672900856867824noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156611054137708720.post-58646567477425176302014-01-06T16:15:00.000-08:002014-01-14T14:06:30.153-08:00ReStore Upcycle Challenge-Part 1~Daisy WhatchamathingThis past spring my local <a href="http://www.restorelima.org/" target="_blank">ReStore</a> had an Upcycle Challenge to bring awareness to their store and mission and to raise a little cash. I was so excited because while I love to do projects and repurpose things I don't have a place to keep everything I want to try or make, this gave me a great excuse to try a few things I'd been wanting to make. I ended up making several things so I'm gonna break my sharing down into several blog posts. Today I'll start with the favorite thing I made, really the only thing I wish I had kept!<br />
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I know, I can hear you now...what the heck is a whatchamathing? I don't really know either but I've seen them on people's tables, they usually hold things like a napkin holder & salt & pepper shaker, maybe things you don't want directly on a wood table?<br />
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This project was inspired by another of my blog stalk-ees <a href="http://www.sawdustandembryos.com/2012/07/burn-pile-buffetpart-2-using-stain-to.html" target="_blank">Sawdust and Embryos</a> where she redid the top of an old buffet she rescued from a burn pile, she redid it with a 'charcoal shading' type of technique using wood stain. I fell in love with that technique however I'm years removed from doing any fine art type work myself, although I've been itching to rekindle my love affair with pen and ink old barn drawings. I know I couldn't pull off a large scale project like she did so when I found this chunky wood cabinet door I figured it was the perfect chance to try it on a much smaller scale, plus it was only .50 with the tag color 75% discount...BONUS!. The original door was from one of those octagonal end tables that open for storage, the sides were slightly beveled and not completely square, it might just be the rebel in me...but it made me like it even more. </div>
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I sanded all the old finish off till I was down to bare wood and drew my offset daisy on the wood with some chalk and began laying in some color with the stain. Although Beth gave a pretty detailed tutorial for how she accomplished her design I know I'd have to just wing it, I couldn't copy her style because the flower I chose wouldn't work for that exact shading technique so I just used hers as an inspiration. </div>
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I wiped off the original stain from the inner circle and then went back over it as well as I started laying in the beginning of the petal layers. I kept wiping and reapplying the stain where I wanted the darkest areas. I then began adding in the secondary petals in-between the bigger ones. </div>
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Once it all dried I went back in and sanded some of the stain back off to achieve the look I think I was going for. Notice how I carried the design onto the side as well? </div>
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This is how it looked once the stain was all dry and finished and although kinda cool, I was disappointed. It didn't even come close to the image I had in my head but I was hoping that once it was coated with a finishing coat it would tie it all together and I would like it more. My mojo was deflated so I sat it aside for a week or so before deciding my next move. </div>
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I figured that once again, since nobody else could see the image I had in my head it was probably good enough, besides...I wasn't gonna keep it anyway...right? Although I did want it to bring in some money for the ReStore, and I have a habit of overthinking things at times so I figured I'd go ahead and wax it before I changed my mind again. I was going to put a coat of poly on it but I had the wax out because I was doing some chalk-paint projects too so I just waxed and buffed it. A few coats of wax and some elbow grease buffing it out and I fell in love with it, it was much closer to what I'd imagined. It mellowed the color a bit and the gradual fade around the flower smoothed out a bit so it looks much more unintentional. </div>
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I found some <a href="http://shop.hobbylobby.com/products/1-birch-ball-knobs-with-1/8-hole-211250/" target="_blank">wooden ball knobs</a> at Hobby Lobby and stained them to match the top, to attach them I found the double ended screws and screwed them to each corner of it so it would sit up off the table. Of course I forgot to take a picture that showed them but here is my finished wooden daisy whatchamathing! </div>
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Nobody is the boss of me here so I can do what I want, when I want and how I want<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">...it is MY blog after all.</span><b><br /></b></span></div>
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When I started this blog I also started my Project 50 as I was heading into the celebration of my first half century of life and although I didn't fully realize all my goals I did accomplish a lot and I'm in a much better place emotionally and spiritually then I have been in a very long time. I'm continuing this project into this next year with <i><b>Project Me</b></i>! <br />
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Three months ago I embarked on a wellness plan with several of my co-workers that was paid for by my employer and although I volunteered begrudgingly I've had great success and it was really just the kick in the ass I needed to begin to take care of me. Both of my kids left the nest about the same time so all my excuses were wiped out, I could have made up a few but I decided to take advantage of the opportunity. I met my 10 week goal of losing 25 pounds and as of now, three weeks post program I'm down 32 pounds and walk about 3 miles a day and I'm feeling better then I have in more then <strike>two</strike>...three decades. I'm motivated to keep going, during the program we had to identify our seven vital needs, two of mine are needing to have a project to work on and time alone...my walking satisfies both. <br />
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Speaking of projects...my walking time has cut into my creative project time but I did two quick ones over the weekend that I'm going to share. Those that know me also know I'm a collector of <strike>junk</strike>...<strike>stuff</strike>...treasures that feed my ever growing list of 'thing I wanna make'. Several months ago at a yard sale I purchased two small-ish pillows I bought for throw pillows on my couch...and threw them on my couch. Plain. There they sat, plain, unadorned, for months...but I had intentions! My couch is a hand-me-down from a friend and it's just plain ugly tan microfiber <strike>crap</strike> material and I hate it, but hey it's still good, and it fits, and I'm too cheap to buy new. Now that the kids are gone maybe I will but until then I found two great floral print Waverly fabric covers that I love and it gives me the French country cottage feel that I love. While out thrifting over the weekend I found two sweaters that I thought would look good on my forgotten pillows and they were only $2.29 a piece! A blue chenille one and olive wool one with flowers all over it.<br />
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It seems that my blogging has been on hiatus for some time now but I certainly didn't realize it's been since March since I've posted anything! I could unleash a thousand excuses but in the end it doesn't matter, what does matter is getting back on the horse, time to saddle up! I've been doing plenty of projecting during my absence but my chronicling and editing pics for posting I wasn't so good at. The best way to get back in the water is to just jump so I'm jumping. </div>
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I'll post the projects completed as I find, collect and edit all the pics for them, I did quite a few projects for our local Habitat ReStore's Upcycle Challange! I made several of these dragonflies for the challenge and due to an error, someone who'd bid on the daisy one didn't get it and she was disappointed so Karen, the store Manager asked if I'd make her one, which I did, and I think it's my favorite!</div>
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One of my blog crushes is the <a href="http://www.lucydesignsonline.com/" target="_blank">Lucy Designs Blog</a> <br />
which is where I saw her gorgeous dragonflies made with fan blades. She has since had such great success she uses regular plywood now for hers but the originals were make from fan blades. Check out her <a href="http://www.lucydesignsonline.com/view/snapshot" target="_blank">photo gallery</a> to see how incredibly talented she is!</div>
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I was out of blades and body parts (table legs, rail balusters, etc...) so a quick trip to the ReStore and I was ready to craft! I came home with a toilet paper holder, some blades and a few rail balusters for the body. </div>
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I glued marbles in the sockets of the TP holder for the eyes and used marbles for the end of her spiraled wire antennas. The buttons are made from two sets of knob back-plates (from the ReStore too) and I painted the smaller set blue to match the wings.</div>
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I cut one end of the baluster off to create the tapered end, then topped it off with a vintage doorknob I also found at the ReStore. Two scrolled knob back-plates I <strike>pillaged</strike> rescued from an end table on someone's curb and two more blue ones adorn the body.</div>
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I'm joining a link party with another of my blog crushes, Gail over at <a href="http://www.myrepurposedlife.com/" target="_blank">My Repurposed Life</a> <br />
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On a recent outing to our favorite spot, our local ReStore, I found an original watercolor painting that was framed and I loved it. Watercolors is a medium I've never been able to conquer but I'm in love with the inherent softness achieved with them so I bought it! The $30 price tag was a bit steep but I was in luck because red tags were 75% off that week. SCORE! </div>
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I was in love with the picture but the frame itself had a lot to be desired. It was just a plain. As we made out way through the store I found another stack of pictures and found this ugly sailboat picture that used to hang in our Red Lobster. It was $15 and another red tag 75% discount score. The picture was alright if you're a sailing kind a person I suppose, but the frame was beautiful! It had little holes all around it where they nailed it to the wall but they were fixable. I eyeballed them both and judged them to be the same size so I figured a little paint and this frame would be perfect for this watercolor. </div>
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I put it aside for a few days and then decided to recover it with white and reveal a little green beneath. I've been seeing different techniques for distressing and one of them was to use Vaseline where you don't want paint to stick and thought I'd try it. Discovering we had none, and I wasn't buying any to smear on my furniture. I remembered something I'd had success with in the past, and that is to use a candle to coat areas in wax that paint won't adhere too, so I waxed my frame kinda willy nilly. I covered the green with another layer of white and when dried I sanded it lightly and all my green bits began to come through! I coated it with a few coats of wax and buffed it to a sheen but I still wasn't happy with it. I then tried a little glaze and did a little more sanding and I think I'm happy with it now. </div>
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Nadine @ Chic with the Kool-Aid Mustachehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044672900856867824noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156611054137708720.post-86529844316427892042013-01-31T17:00:00.000-08:002013-12-24T06:44:34.255-08:00Project Catch-up and the Winter Blues<div style="text-align: center;">
I confess...I haven't abandoned my blog or my projects, I've just been in a bit of a funk! </div>
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After the hoop-a-la of the holiday season and life settles back into normalcy is about the time my SAD kicks in. I know I'm not alone in my battle of this disorder and I've heard many friends remark this season about how it effects them, and read many bloggers who seem to be suffering from it as well. </div>
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For me, it manifests in anxiety and depression...the depression I can logically deal with because I know it's there, underwriting my emotions and I can fight that inner demon. Anxiety is the much bigger issues for me because it takes me so long to recognize it. My imagination takes over and feeds on that anxiety and pretty soon whatever trigger (something I've heard, read or seen) has been activated eventually takes on a life of their own. My latest spiral was last week, after seeing a student with a car issue in the parking lot (his whole front wheel/tire fell off or broke) I immediately 'heard/felt' something in my truck and I thought it would happen to me next. I shook that thought off and ordered it out of my head and I hoped that the student could have it repaired without too much of a strain on his finances. That thought soon began to spiral in my head and by the end of the day I could hardly breath. I couldn't figure out why I was so worked up...my chest was tight and I felt like I was on the verge of tears all day. It hit me late that afternoon...when I took a moment to catch my breath and collect my spirit and I realized that my inner trouble-seeker already had me jobless/homeless/divorced and alone because something happened to my vehicle that insurance wouldn't cover, so I had no vehicle to get to work...no job means no money to pay bills...which means I'd lose my house and everything else. Irrational much? Once I recognized the anxiety trigger I could deal with it...and I did...and that inner trouble-maker hasn't made a reappearance since then. </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Spring is right around the corner thankfully! </span></div>
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Today I'm going to share a couple of projects from Christmas that I didn't share earlier. </div>
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<a href="http://tamicurbalert.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Curb Alert</a> is another of the blogs I follow and when I saw this project pop up in my feed it spoke to me for some reason. I pinned that baby!</div>
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Why? No clue! I'm not even one of those decorating chic's...I like cool things, but putting them together in my house to create a 'decorating style' of my own but I thought "I could do that!" so I began my hunt for an oval frame. I wasn't very lucky in that search so with about 2 weeks to go before Christmas I had to switch tactics. </div>
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I found this among all of my treasures and figured it would do just fine, even though the frame wasn't as substantial as I would have liked. </div>
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I took it all apart and grabbed a can of spray paint and went to town. It took about 3 coats but it covered well. </div>
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I found these great ornaments at the Dollar Tree, some ribbon from my stash an next thing I knew I had a great new quirky wreath! </div>
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I just wish I had thought to take pictures of it on my actual door! </div>
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Traditionally I don't buy gifts for my circle of friends and co-workers for the holidays. I don't know why, perhaps it all feels so phony and trivial to me. I hate feeling obligated to buy something for someone because it's the holiday! I prefer to gift my friends with things throughout the year...something special because I've thought of them or knew they'd love something! I have in the past picked one item to mass produce for the holiday gifting season and this year I found my project on Facebook of all places. One of the pages I stumbled upon belongs to Charlotte and her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/romalandwoodcrafts?ref=ts&fref=ts" target="_blank">Roma Land Woodcrafts</a> page. She has a shop in Tennessee and does the cutest decorative painting on wood and other found objects. </div>
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She painted wineglasses turned upside down to look like snowmen and then used the bottom of the wine glass as a stand for a candle. They were super cute and I thought I could take that idea and take it one step farther. </div>
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Another of my holiday traditions is making treats to gift, you know...cookies, candies etc... I figured if I glued a plate or bowl to the upside down stemware it would make a great container for the goodies. I got all my craft paints out and went to town on my snowmen. </div>
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They all got faces with noses all pointing different directions so they are all different.</div>
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They all got a hat next which is where
some of their personalities began to emerge. Most of them were painted
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Next I glued on some plates and bowls I had collected in my thrifting and yard-sale adventures. </div>
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One of the dishes filled with baklava, cheese straws, <a href="http://www.madincrafts.com/2009/12/say-yes-to-christmas-crack.html" target="_blank">Christmas crack</a> and a few types of cookies. </div>
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I wrapped them all in Saran Wrap and ribbon and they were ready for gifting! </div>
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It's been a particularly hard year at work and thought some of my co-workers could use a little pick-me-up and I do believe they all loved them! </div>
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I'm linking up the one of my blog crushies, Gail over at <a href="http://www.myrepurposedlife.com/" target="_blank">My Repurposed Life</a> even though I'm a linky failure...somehow my pic didn't show! I figure all this bloggy stuff out one day! </div>
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Thanks for the idea Charlotte!</div>
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One of the first blogs I began to follow in earnest after discovering the blogisphere is <a href="http://www.myrepurposedlife.net/" target="_blank">My Repurposed Life</a>. I fell in love her benches as soon as I saw her first tutorial and just knew I would be making one...never mind that I didn't even have a headboard/foot-board to use for such a project! I read as many of her tutorials and looked at all of her posts on <a href="http://www.myrepurposedlife.net/2012/10/25-benches-headboards-more.html" target="_blank">this kind of project</a> as I could find as well as other bloggers over the past year. </div>
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I was on the lookout for headboards and foot-boards at yards sales and thrift shops and could never find anything I thought would work well, and lets face it...price, cause I'm <strike>cheap</strike>...<strike>thrifty</strike>...frugal. Whenever SF would see me looking he would ask what I was going to do with it, I would mumble 'project' and that look of "what's she up to now" would come over his face. One day I shared some of my Pins of the benches and my need to make one...he was intrigued, but not sold. I also shared them with my friend Liz and a few months ago Liz made me a proposition. She had an antique bed that belonged to her daughters Paternal grandmother, the bed was broken beyond use as a bed anymore and she asked if I'd make it into a bench for her daughter. It could never be a bed again, but it would still be a piece of heirloom-ish piece of furniture from her Grandmother. I took the challenge! </div>
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Then I saw the pieces! </div>
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The top rails were off both ends and all the spindles were out, the bottom rail for the spindles was broken on the headboard, and both curved corners on the foot-board were broken, again...the attempts at repairs evident. I only had 5 of the longer headboard spindles that I was able to piece together so I could take a picture of it all. </div>
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I decided to use the foot-board but had to use the top rail from the headboard because the two corner pieces weren't broken. It had the same number of spindles so I figured the holes would still line up. </div>
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SF became my reluctant partner in this endeavor and it was right about this point that I needed his help! We did some measuring and figuring, trying to use only the original pieces we had we began to formulate a plan. He cut the headboard off just above the bottom rail, and then cut the end off each of the sideboards. We had to take it in the house to work on it because suddenly it was winter! </div>
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We formed the box for the bench of the base using the sideboards with the original hardware on the frontside just like when used as a bed, and we used the original brackets meant to hold the box spring frame to attach it to the back. Once the box was fixed we had to figure out how to reattach the top rail and capture all the spindles between the rails. Every single one of those spindles was a different length and all different in one way or another. This piece of furniture had already been put back together several times and it was just loaded with this black stuff I had to pry off, some old wood glue and spots of Gorilla glue here and there as well. I had to clean all this gunk off of each spindle end and out of each of the spindle holes. </div>
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The top rail tapers slightly toward the end so the longest of the
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While I loaded the bottom holes up with glue when I glued them back in the tops of the spindles were just barely seated in the top holes so I had to secure them or they would just break off again. I brought it in and turned it upside down. </div>
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I made a filler using the sawdust I collected from the cuts we made and some wood glue. I also found some plastic droppers we purchased at some yard sale...somewhere...but they worked great. </div>
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The two remaining pieces were enough length wise but the two of them were about 6 inches short of making the bench top, so we had to add in a non-original piece of wood. We had to do a little adjustment to compensate for the different thickness and we had to make it a little wider so we could create a small lip under the top.</div>
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It worked! I then applied a thin layer of wax all over and buffed it out. I won't even begin to tell ya what a pain-in-the-butt it was to get into all those nooks and crannies! I did two more layers of wax and buffed them out till the wood felt smooth as glass.</div>
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We were able to get it finished in time for our cookie date with Liz and I was so glad that she liked it! The real test was if her daughter would like it as much, since it was her Grandmothers bed that we hacked all up! </div>
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Thanks to my hubby and reluctant partner SF, for making my vision happen!</div>
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Last week I got another of those '<a href="http://chicwiththekoolaidmustache.blogspot.com/2012/09/wild-hairs.html" target="_blank">wild hairs</a>' and decided to color my hair again. I've always been blond of some sort but always wanted to be a red-head. I tried many variations of strawberry blond yet it never satiated that <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy5THitqPBw" target="_blank">Jessica Rabbi</a>t moment I wanted. Soon after my hair was <strike>butchered</strike>...<strike>chopped</strike>...cut I decided to color it and even out my color since I still had some sun-bleached ends and I used Lightest Golden Brown. </div>
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It pretty much accomplished what I wanted it to and evened my color out. This time I decided to go just bit darker and tried the Medium Golden Brown which I really like as well. </div>
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It's frizzy from blow-drying which I never do but I'm kinda diggin' it!</div>
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I bought this ugly old stained bench at my favorite spot, our local
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See that price tag? Yup, $2! How could I not buy it?</div>
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The color is kinda yellow-creamy-dingy and old so I knew it needed to be painted. Another project for my DIY chalk paint and I wanted to experiment with some black. I took the top off the bench and put it to the side to reupholster another day. </div>
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We found some Ooops paint from Menards in 'Licorice' so I whipped up a batch of the black chalk paint and got busy. It didn't quiet cover as well as I was anticipating with the first coat but the second coat covered it completely. </div>
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Once I got the two coats done I left it to dry while I turned my attention to choosing a fabric for me new bench. Choosing a material and covering the bench top were next on the agenda.</div>
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Once I took the gawd-awful brocade fabric off I found this lovely green naugahyde pleather and in removing it I was gifted with yet another layer of pleather in an even more horrid color! </div>
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The animal print trend has been going strong in the fashion world for a few years and it's extended into the home-decor world as well. Once something becomes 'vogue' I'm pretty much done with it. Although I covet the big bold zebra, giraffe and leopard print purses I would never buy one, because I don't want to be 'everyone else'. With all that being said...I chose Zebra! </div>
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In the end, it cost me less then $10 to finish this little project and I have a cute little bench for my bedroom! It has really come in handy there too. It makes me happy! </div>
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Where is the final picture showing my new bench in it's new place in my bedroom?</div>
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Nadine @ Chic with the Kool-Aid Mustachehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044672900856867824noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156611054137708720.post-70065366386648283372012-12-06T13:11:00.000-08:002012-12-06T13:27:29.239-08:00Bridle Leather & Hooker Material-Project 50<div style="text-align: center;">
I had to make a Brides Maid dress for my daughter and the colors were navy and silver. Since I'm only a wanna-be seamstress we chose a pattern she liked and I altered it to fit her, we chose navy material and the silver we just thought we'd figure out later. Once the dress was made I thought I could use some silver trim in a few places to achieve the 'silver' in the dress and we looked high and low for something appropriate. I ended up with this stretch silver material that my daughter immediately nicknamed the hooker material. Needless to say she rejected it immediately and she wore a silver broach instead. </div>
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This past summer a friend purchased a large box of leather at an auction and he gave me first dibs on it...yea me! In it were bridles, reigns, breastplates and misc. horse related pieces, all leather that I could re-purpose...which i did.</div>
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I sewed a sleeve of sorts with the hooker material and threaded a strip of leather through it, using a small leather 'keeper' for the middle to form a bow...and I have a new bracelet! The picture doesn't do it justice, the material is really shimmery. </div>
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Nadine @ Chic with the Kool-Aid Mustachehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044672900856867824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156611054137708720.post-54036817531432879722012-11-11T20:07:00.000-08:002012-11-11T20:07:12.880-08:00Thankful-Veteran's Day EditionFor several years I was a member of a national veteran service organization and my daughter was involved in their junior group. We were blessed to have been able to do many things and attend our annual state conferences with our Junior group. One of those trips took us to the <a href="http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/" target="_blank">Air Force Museum</a> here in Dayton. We were doing a self guided tour and working our way through the WWII section when we stumbled upon a elderly gentleman who was mesmerized by a plane. He stood stoically looking up at an airplane, I wish I had paid more attention to what kind of plane it was.As we approached him and the plane the girls were chatty and <strike>loud </strike>exuberant which broke his attention long enough to look over our group and a large smile erupted across his face before he turned his attention back to the plane. <br />
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One of the girls asked a question about the seat located in the glass covered nose of the airplane and before I knew it a frail voice began from the elderly man in response to her question. It turns out that was 'his' plane hanging there in that museum and his job during the war was sitting in that seat and aiming the big guns. He began to reminisce and as his eyes glazed over he began to tell us of his downing over Germany and his eventual capture and life as a POW, he called his fellow soldiers by name as if we would know them. His voice quivered once or twice and there were several long pauses as he appeared to get lost in his own memories but the girls seem to hang onto each word and cheered when he told them of his release and all the while his gaze never left the plane. <br />
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The younger girls were getting restless so we thanked him for answering her question and the girls thanked him for his service and we made our way towards the giftshop for <a href="http://www.astronauticecreamshop.com/home.php" target="_blank">Astronaut Ice Cream</a>. As the rest of our group finally met up with us the girls all began to retell the story of the hero they just met and it made me so happy to know he made an impression on them. I know he did on me. <br />
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Thank You random Vet at Wright Pat that day, thank you to my husband, thank you to the men and women who serve in any uniform...Thank you for your service an sacrifice so we can continue to live as we do. Nadine @ Chic with the Kool-Aid Mustachehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044672900856867824noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156611054137708720.post-83677621399501937642012-11-07T19:46:00.001-08:002012-11-07T19:54:39.186-08:00More Thankfulness<div style="text-align: center;">
Now I know why I've never done any of these 30 day (insert thing) blog or Facebook things...I get distracted too easily and although I intend to post the time just slips away from me. I have taken a picture almost every day but I haven't gone that extra mile to actually post it. However...this is MY blog and I can make the rules so I am, I'm posting a few things at once that have touched me over the last few days. </div>
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This summer I made a herb drying rack made from and old wooden frame that I stapled a piece of screen into and hung by hooks I put in each corner. I've been drying herbs on it all summer and I pulled that last of my Tarragon and Lemon Thyme. I still have Basil drying on the bottom so I had to put it in a box...on my rack. I'm thankful that my Mom cooked with fresh herbs and spices and I learned to appreciate how they enhance food. I wish I had paid more attention. </div>
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A local grocery store had two great buys this week, one of them was squash for $ .19 lb and the other was pork sirloin roasts for $1 lb. I love a great bargain and I'm thankful we had some extra cash to stock up. We went and bought 3 roasts and 2 acorn, 2 butternut and 2 buttercup squash and spent less then $20, 17 and some change. The impressive thing is what we saved, $43.03! After walking to the car we decided to go back for more so I ran back in and picked up 4 more roasts and a few more squashes. I spent another $21 and saved $45.75.</div>
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What the hell as I thinking buying all this squash!!?? I cut two of each in half and roasted them. We ate half a buttercup squash for dinner that night which was yummy and I packed the rest up for the freezer! </div>
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Last weekend was the annual changing of the closet, you know out with the winter clothes and the summer stuff gets put away. A horrid horrid chore and hopefully one day when I grow up and I'm rich and famous I'll have a closet big enough for everything! Underneath a pile-o-stuff on the top shelf I found my old scrapbook and in there was a copy of my High School paper, that I and my horse Stormcloud were on the front cover of. WOW what a flood of memories!</div>
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I'm thankful that my Mom went the extra mile to provide me with the best friend a teenage girl could have...a horse.</div>
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