The Kid's Art Center

A few months back I created this little space in my kitchen for the kiddos to do some of their crafting. We have had the table for a while, but I had it hidden in the basement. The paper organizer used to house some of my scrapbook papers. The shelves were Target clearance years ago. I had everything on hand. A fresh coat of paint and everything is good as new! It was great to transform a space just for the kids! They LOVE it!!! Adler got right to work :)
The polka dot bulletin board just isn't big enough for all the creating my two little ones do. With Summer coming and the kids around more often what will you do to help them explore their creativity?

A New Mural

My sister asked me to come over last Thursday and paint a 'mural' in her foyer. This is right after I finished it. She still needs to accessorize the area, but I am pretty happy with it. I originally painted the bird a blue color, she added a shimmer coat, I liked it better before the shimmer coat. Oh well it's her house. It is just a simple graphic, but I like it :)

Finally Reworked

I am totally known for having a million projects going in mind and nothing really finished. This weekend I finally finished this lamp! I bought it before Gina was born at a thrift store for like 3 dollars. It was tarnished brass and missing one crystal, but I just knew I could rework it. So here it is like 6 years later (I also never throw anything out), and it is finally finished. I painted it ballet pink and tied lavender sheer polka dot ribbon to it. I also added a pink gingham lampshade I had in the basement.
This little shelf was a yard sale find, also before Gina was born (Thank God I had a girl)! It was missing the drawer pull when I purchased it and was a terrible shade of green. I seriously need to start taking before shots. This too got a coat of Ballet Pink and a drawer pull picked out by Gina at Lowes. (I really wanted to use a vintage glass one, but the princess won)
This is just a princessy dress up corner in Gina's new bedroom, it is still kind of a work in progress.

Decorated by Gina

There are areas in our home that Gina has "decorated". This cute little shadow box is in Gina's room. We purchased it at a garage sale the beginning of April. Gina helped me spray paint it ballet pink to match her princess room (it was originally a antiquey white color).
I thought she wanted it to put some of her My Little Pony's on, but after we hung it up she came up with this lovely arrangement! I am sure it will be ever changing.
This collage of paintings was done completely by Gina. It hangs in the hall by the loft and playroom. She decided to paint a few members of the family, and chose colors she thought they would like. I need to have her paint new pictures these were done in August last year.

I used 9 cheap frames from walmart to frame them. I mean really cheap, I think they were like $1.48 each. Perfect in a collage like this. We love the Art work and she gets compliments from everyone that comes to our home.