Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone!  Any plans for parties or trick or treating?  You can't trick or treat in our neighborhood, so we are taking the girls to a local church where they have a festival/carnival type event every year.  They still get candy, so it keeps them happy.  :)

Sorry it's been so long since I've posted last.  I've been doing some thinking about my blog, and where I want to see it go.  I think I have some decisions to make, I'm still working it all out.   I haven't quit blogging - figured I should make an appearance so no one forgets about me.  :)

Hopefully I will have some new pics of my master bedroom makeover to share with you later this week.  And I will post pics of the girls halloween costumes too.  I am making Kalyssa's costume this year.  Fingers crossed it turns out how I want it too!

Anyway, happy Monday everyone, and HaPpY HaLlOwEeN!

Freebie Friday #2

Hey Everyone!

Welcome to Freebie Friday #2.  Every Friday, I will have a new freebie available for you, so you can start collecting the layouts and design your own album or photobook! How fun is this?! Maybe you've always wanted to start a scrapbook, but don't want to invest the time or money. This is a perfect chance to "try it before you buy it" With My Memories, everything is done online - fun and easy.


This is the Freebie available for you this week. Feel free to download away and get started on your scrapbook.

http://mymemories.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2db59f577e9668b002ca5c0af&id=17a9656ad6&e=9e1f5b04b6

I'm thinking of having a link party once a month where you can link up your scrapbooks so hurry and start downloading and creating!  I'd love to see what everyone is doing with their free pages!  Or if you have purchased the digital scrapbooking software, you could also share pages you've created there as well. 

Don't forget you can also get a $10 discount off of the digital scrapbooking software AND a $10 gift certificate to use at My Memories Just be sure to use the coupon code STMMMS47694 to get your discount and certificate.


Have fun creating, and check back next Friday for your next Freebie!!

Feel free to follow along, so you don't forget about Freebie Fridays!

Table Lamp

I got the idea for this lamp at Not Just a Housewife.  The minute I saw it, I knew I had to make one.    I did not, however attempt to make a hand painted lampshade.  LOL

For the lampshade, I just hot glued clothesline rope all the way around all the way up - I used a lampshade that I already had.  I tea stained the rope so that it would look more like twine.  I know, I know - it probably would have been easier to just buy twine.  But I already had the rope and I wanted to finish the lamp.  The wood was all scrap wood that we cut different sizes and drilled holes in.  I already had the stain (Minwax Dark Walnut)
The only thing I had to purchase for this project was the lamp kit, which was around $10 at Lowes.

This lamp will also be part of my Master Bedroom Makeover which is coming along nicely!

The pictures are unedited because I was having Picasa issues.  Seems like I always have picture issues... what can I say, I'm not a photographer.  :)

The side table was a previous Master Bedroom Makeover post.  Bedroom is coming along nicely.  Next big project is to paint our bureau and dresser.  I have 2 50% off coupons from Michaels, so I think I am going to get some spray paint from there for the dressers.
Happy Monday everyone!!

Freebie Friday #1

Hey Everyone!
Something new that will be going on at Because I Said So - every Friday I will have a Free gift available for you from My Memories.  They are giving away 2 quick pages and all the papers and elements used to create those pages.  Every Friday, I will have a new freebie available for you, so you can start collecting the layouts and design your own album or photobook!  How fun is this?!  Maybe you've always wanted to start a scrapbook, but don't want to invest the time or money.  This is a perfect chance to "try it before you buy it" With My Memories, everything is done online - fun and easy. 

I'm thinking of having a link party once a month where you can link up your scrapbooks so hurry and start downloading and creating!  I'd love to see what everyone is doing with their free pages!  Or if you have purchased the digital scrapbooking software, you could also share pages you've created there as well. 

This is the Freebie available for you this week.  Feel free to download away and get started on your scrapbook.

http://mymemories.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2db59f577e9668b002ca5c0af&id=0a9aef7f92&e=9e1f5b04b6

Don't forget you can also get a $10 discount off of the digital scrapbooking software AND a $10 gift certificate to use at http://www.mymemories.com/.  Just be sure to use the coupon code STMMMS47694 to get your discount and certificate.

Have fun creating, and check back next Friday for your next Freebie!!

Cedar Chest

I've had this cedar chest for a few years.  My aunt bought it for me for my 30th birthday I think.  I had been wanting one, and she is a master thrifter/antiquer so she found me this one.  One of the best things about it, is that it came with the original skeleton key!  I love skeleton keys, they have to be one of the coolest things ever.

Anyway, this chest has been in our master bedroom at the foot of the bed ever since.  It houses extra blankets.  Well, since I am in the midst of a master makeover, I decided to paint it blue.  The blue is the same as the stripes that I put on the wall - my oops paint that I got for $5.  You can see my stripe wall here.

After I painted the entire thing, I distressed it with a palm sander.  I wanted it to look pretty beat up.  Mission accomplished.  Then I applied one of my most favorite products - Valspar's antiquing glaze in asphaltum (black)

I may add a stencil to the top, but I'm not sure yet - I kind of like it just the way it is

This is going to make a great addition to my master bedroom makeover!

I started painting and then remembered the before photo

Awesome skeleton key - love

Check out the cute wheels, love those too

You can also see other parts of my Master Bedroom Makeover here.  Links to each post are on that page.