Lake Erie Beach Day 2012

So we took off and headed to Lake Erie, Ohio for the day with the temps in the upper 90's some swimming and beach time was in order! The kids had a great time and after 8 hours at the beach we were all beat! After coming home and relaxing a short bit it was off to watch McDonald's fireworks!

 

 

Large 16 x 20 Frame- Total cost $3.00

Another garage sale find is my $2.00 16 x 20 picture frame I sprayed painted black to match the rest of my frames and to hold Kaitlyn's latest photo shoot 16 x 20 photo.

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After- Completed Project!!

Chandelier Make Over

This is the $3.00 chandelier I bought at a recent garage sale to make a over the top cute chandelier for my daughter's room with out that high priced tag! Well the Hubby rewired it, a little white spray paint and tons of crystals and it turned out so damn cute and all for $20.00 bucks. If I bought this online I would have paid big $$$$$$$$$$$$ money!!!

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After- Completed Project!

Jet skiing 2012

One of my family's favorite pass times during the summer is heading to the lake on the weekends with a picnic in hand and Jet Skiing. My daughter for who is 4 just loves it!

Patrotic Banner

This is the banner we made to dress up the fireplace in the living room for the up coming 4th. I used my new Martha Stewert score board to make the fancy cute paper flower rosettes, burlap and lots of patrotic scrapbook paper. Turned out so cute! need to make on in the fall for Halloween.

4th of July 2012

As always the night before the fourth we do a fire pit with hot dogs, marshmallows, s'mores, chips and other sweet tooth goodies with family and friends at our house. At dark we set off enough fireworks to fill 4 garbage cans full... at least that's how many garbage cans it takes to clean up the mess!! lol Then in the morning on the 4th of July off to North Jackson for their parade. We usually after the parade hit up the Trumbull County fair but it was just way to hot this year being in the upper 90's. Then family and friends gather again at our house for a hug spread of picnic food and desserts!!!

Dean's Drive-In Theater- Backyard Movies

Well for Christmas I asked Santa for a projector. I wanted a projector which hooks up to a VCR/DVD player and will project movies on a screen. A King sized bed sheet works great for the screen hung on the back of the garage and we also used a old stereo to have better sound. So with that said, The Dean's Outdoor Drive-In Movies was open for business. We have really enjoyed the using of the projector and doing movies in the backyard on warm summer nights along with the company of family and friends.  We usually do a fire as well for hot dogs, marshmallows and s'mores!! So yummy!! Then after snacks we settle in and watch a movie under the stars.

Kaitlyn's got her chair ready for the movie to begin! Next to her you can see the projector on top of the VCR/ DVD player and the stereo and speaker to give us that theater sound.

This is cousin Garret and Kaitlyn roasting marshmallows and in the background on the back of the garage is are large movie screen.

Fire for hot dogs, marshmallows and s'mores is one of the favorite pass times around here on the weekends!

Pool Side 2012

So the first warm day of the summer before the big pool is opened then  it's swim time in the small pool to cool off.

 

 

Swimming in the big pool.

Just silly!

Posing!

 

 

 

Large Ornate Frame

This is the $3.00 picture frame I got a recent garage sale. It's like 4ft x 3ft frame I painted the frame purple to match the new purple bedroom we are working on for Kaitlyn. I add a thin piece of sheet metal to the inside and painted it with chalkboard paint so chalkboard/ magnetic board. These sell on ETSY for $130 and up. I paid $3.00 frame + 2.50 spray paint + Metal $6.00 + already had chalkboard paint free= $11.50

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Garage Sale Season 2012

One way I found to enjoy my Hobby Crafting on a budget is to garage sale. I always find the greatest things for cheap to create $$$$ new big priced items or crafting supplies to contiune to help me be creative. I also use craigslist when looking for special items I need. I also like that my sister and I get to hang out. Soon to come is some of the great buys I got and what I did with those great buys. So thank good for garage sale season and craigslist or I would be totally be broke 24- 7!!!! lol