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Friday, September 28, 2012

My NEW Craft Space...

If you've known me over the years you may have noticed that I like to change things often. From my shop banner to my living room furniture...to even rooms in my house. I think it all stems from moving quite a bit...17 times in 34 years. {Geez...it looks even worse when I type it out.} Well I've done it again I've moved my craft room to it's original space...where ELB all started.

I painted the walls gray to contrast with the white vaulted ceilings. I also ripped out the carpet and painted the floor a light gray with concrete paint and sealer. I also made my craft desk using pre-made white shelving and closet organizer shelves.

I found these super simple and modern desk at target for $20.00 each and the chairs were $9.00 each. This is my kids' art/homework station. They LOVE their space and are always creating something. They are both crafty like their momma!!

This is how I store all of ELB's items. I pre-make just about everything, seal it and organize them here in these storage containers, which are actually sock organizers for drawers. They work really well for my products and getting orders out is a cinch!

So we will see how long I stay in here! For now I'm just going to enjoy it!

Monday, November 28, 2011

A Place of their own...saving mommy's dinning table

I got a new dinning room table a few months ago and when I saw my daughter banging her fork on it during breakfast creating tiny dents in it.. I decided right then and there that I needed a little table just for the kids to eat at when we aren't sitting as a family. This is their spot...just for them!

I went to a few yard sales, searched on craigslist, and finally I went to a local thrift store and found this beauty:

Okay...I realize it doesn't look attractive, but I saw potential and for $35.00 I couldn't pass it up.

My nice dinning room table is black on the bottom with a dark walnut color on top. I wanted the

kids table to match it as close as I could. I sanded the top and stained it with a black walnut polyurethane. I'm not much for painting so I found this spray paint for wood...OMG...LOVE IT!!! Goodbye paintbrushes. :0)
WARNING: When I painted the wood it left a bit of black residue... so when it's dry go over the painted surface with a wet rag and wipe off any excess...especially on the seat of the chairs. Lesson learned on my son's tan shorts... ;0p
Here it is finished...so much better than when I brought it home and I love the leg design.

Now for their wall. Of course I had to decorate their spot and make it personal. The only thing I bought was the shelf $20.00 {Target} and sign $10.00 {Marshalls}. I already had 2 8x10 black frames and I decided to do a silhouette for each of my kiddos. The way I did it was I took a picture of my kids side view. Loaded it on the computer and cropped it to a size 8x10. Printed the picture in black and white, plain paper, on low quality {don't waste your ink}. Stapled the picture to thick black scrapbook paper, cut out their silhouette, taped it to a piece of 8x10 white paper, framed it, and hung them up. I really like the way they turned out and the kids like it too.

Monday, November 14, 2011

Paper Art...so fun!

I've been inspired to create framed art work using scrapbook paper. So many cool ideas on pinterest and so easy too. This weekend I went ahead and tried it out for myself and I like it...the possibilities are endless. My living room colors are turquoise and chocolate, with a hint of white and black.