Happy 1st Birthday Baby Sis!

This past weekend we celebrated Baby Sis's 1st Birthday! I cannot believe it! Where did the time go? It seems like just yesterday she looked like this.

But alas they all grow up...so my sis and I decided we wanted to go with a western theme party but not a cutesy one with the matching plates and cups. This is what we came up with. Its not professional looking by no means but I think we did a pretty good job with what we had.

My little birthday girl seem to really have fun and that's all I can ask for!



DIY Play Kitchen

Hello all! Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!

We had lots of fun around here and Santa brought Big Sis a kitchen!

I have seen these DIY kitchens all over Pinterest and decide I had to make one!

Colorful DIY Play Kitchen

Whats-Cooking

 So a few months back I spotted this TV table at a yard sale for $5! Well already having this little plan in my head I snatched that sucker up! (It was brown, I forgot to take a picture before I started priming.)

When I was in high school I made this little bookshelf in wood shop class. It had been sitting in our building collecting dust as you can tell. But I had big plans for it :)

I don't have pictures of the process but I will show you the finished product and explain everything we did.

 I will give you a bulleted list of all the things we did.

• Primed and painted the bookshelf and TV shelf. (Paint I already had)
• Screwed both together.
• Cut a scrap piece of plywood to back the whole thing.
• Cut doors out of another scrap piece of plywood.
• Screwed the back on and hung the doors.
• Installed the faucet. (Already had the faucet from our recent bathroom makeover)
• Cut a hole for the sink and set it in. (A metal bowl we already owned.)
• Hung a white shelf above the sink. (Already owned the shelf.)
• Gave the whole thing another coat of paint.
• Painted polka dots on the "fridge" doors.
• Installed door knobs that really turn for oven knobs. (Already had the knobs.)
• Installed the doorknobs on the "fridge" and "oven" (Already had the knobs.)
• Hung a little skirt to cover the under the sink area.
• Cut out some "oven eyes" out of vinyl on my Silhouette machine.
• Sewed up some pot holders and an apron. Hung them on cup hooks. (Used scrap fabric)
• Covered with a blanket and waited for Santa to come!

Here is a cute pic of Big Sis playing on Christmas morning. (Looks like I need to clean my TV)

Me and my hubby are so proud of our little project and just in case you missed it, we only spent FIVE DOLLARS!!!

Have a great day!

P.S. Go check out all of the neat Pinterest projects out there!

Young House Love

Hi Sugarplum!