Hanes Goes Pink

    

 Many Of Us Have Been Affected By Cancer In Some Way Or Another, Whether Knowing Someone Or Knowing Of Someone Who Has Or Had Cancer, Be It Family, Friend, Co-Worker, Neighbor, The Grocery Store Clerk Or Maybe Even Yourself. 
Did You Know That Every Two Minutes, A Woman Is Diagnosed With Breast Cancer In America? Early Detection Of Breast Cancer Can Increase A Woman's Survival Rate By 98%.
Hanes Has Come Up With A New Facebook Application For Breast Cancer Awareness.
You Can Personalize And Send A FREE Virtual Comfort Package To Friends And Family. For Each Package You Send, Hanes Will Donate $1 To The National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. (Up To $25,000) To Promote Early Cancer Detection And Provide Mammograms For Those In Need!  So, If You Send Just 10 People A Virtual Comfort Package That Is $10 That Hanes Will Donate To The National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. If We Can Keep This Going, Then The Donations Will Add Up In No Time.  You Can Customize The Comfort Package With Photos, Videos, Recipes, T-Shirt Designs, Music And Messages.
Please Follow This Link To The Hanes Pink Tab On Facebook To Send Your Virtual Comfort Package: http://on.fb.me/HanesPink
The Hanes Pink Tab Also Contains Videos Of Hanes Employees Who Have Been Affected By Breast Cancer As Well As The “Words Of Comfort Wall” Where You Can Post A Message Of Hope And Encouragement In Support Of Breast Cancer Awareness.
Want To Design Your Own T-Shirt?
For Every Hanes Pink T-Shirt That You Design And Buy, Hanes Will Donate 10% Of The Retail Price To National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc.


DISCLOSURE: I Participated In This Campaign As A Member Of One2One Network And Am Eligible For A Prize Drawing. All Opinions Stated In The Post Are My Own.
 
Thanks for visiting! Have a great day! Mrs. T

A Craigslist Find

I tend to look on Craigslist, Freecycle and sometimes down the street for things that I can use in some way or another. I love to re-make, re-cycle and create. When I find something I want, I ask my husband or one of my sons (or sometimes one of my daughters)  if they will pick it up for me. Their usual question is  "What do you need that for?"  You would think by now that they would quit asking me that!
I found this desk and my husband took me to get it, sight unseen. I usually never get anything that I don't see a picture of first, especially since we went about 50 miles round trip. I usually don't leave my house or at least not my yard, but I needed to get out, so it was well worth it for me.

This is a picture of the before condition. The top had writing on it and the paint was peeling off. I picked it up from a man that said he used it when he was in grade school...so am thinking that it is probably about 30 or more years old.

The back right side leg was also broken (didn't get a picture of it), but I made a pattern from another piece on the desk and cut a new one. I then glued it on and put some screws in to hold it on.
The drawer knobs were either falling off or were loose. I removed the knobs and sanded the drawers and desk. I sprayed primer on it and repainted it blue with black knobs. I sent my husband to get the paint and thought it did a good job of picking the color.

 

Here is an after picture. 

 

And here is another one.

What a difference some sanding and a coat of paint will do! I have to say that I really love how it turned out!

     

I am entering this project in Crafting with the Stars. Please go check it out!

Thanks for Visiting and Come Back Soon!

Mrs T

A Tour Of My Home

So happy you stopped by to visit!
Come on in and I will give you a tour of my home.
We have lived in our home for over 2 years and the entire house was painted this gold color.  It's not that I don't like it, but there was just too much of it!

My sons painted the bedrooms and bathrooms before we moved in, but the rest of the house was left this gold color, because we couldn't come up with a color we wanted.  We looked and looked and looked at paint colors and finally....came up with "almond oil" and "cabin red". I wasn't too sure about the red, but Mr T...well, he said it will look good. I have never met a man that wanted so much input on how a home was decorated! But, he is  and he comes up with some good ideas!! Gotta Love Him!!! I do!
Ok, here is a glimpse of the new color.

It is much darker. At the end of the hallway is a closet that was our pantry. I really wanted a pantry that was closer to the kitchen....so me and all my wisdom..(smile) decided to turn that closet into a partial coat closet and partial shelves to hold bathroom items, etc. The other closet, it became our pantry and it is near the kitchen! Yea!

See the door...the one that says pantry? I really wanted to cut some vinyl on my cricut machine ...so what better way than to dress up this door. I am not sure it will stay there, but for the time being, when my kids come over to cook (smile) they will know that the pantry is in another location.

See the shelves on the wall? I saw these when surfing the internet and thought I had to have some too!

My son Shayne came over and made these for me. Was really easy to make with some 1x4's and a 1x2. He made a decorative edge with the router on the front edge. These pictures are the unfinished project.

And...here they are painted! Now you have to keep in mind....we are not professionals.

Here is the hallway finished.

That is our entryway in the background there...and....

here...and my son, Shayne, (who is sitting way up on top of the  ladder and me being mom....was worried the whole time he was up there, that he would fall) who did a lot of work...along with my daughter, Alicia. I had a vision of what I wanted...or at least of what I thought I wanted....I just am not able to do a lot of the things I used to do...so my children came to help me...or should I say I helped them!

Here is the entry way after it was painted (am still trying to decide what to do with the door)...and Shayne made the shelves with the coat hooks underneath so we could hang our coats up inside the door, since I used part of the coat closet in the hallway for shelves.

This shelf, I made awhile back to store lids that go to my dishes in. I had turned it the opposite way and it sat on my counter (it was painted black). I put wallpaper on the inside and outside, put a board underneath and more coat hooks, so when guests come by, they now have a place to hang their coats.

This is what It looked like before I wallpapered it...I painted it with leftover almond oil paint. I didn't like it, so then came the wallpaper.

Here is the front view...and

And a side view.
Update on the above shelves...changed them again...didn't like the above after all said and done.

So here is the new shelf with cloth baskets to put things in. I am going to put my childrens names on them. Sometimes I have things for them to take with them (things I am giving to them, things they have left at my house, etc), so now there is a place to put those things. 

Here is our fireplace wall before

And after, before it was painted. My son, Shayne built a mantel behind the stove.


  After it was painted.

  This is our south facing wall, before.

  And our south facing wall, after.


Our dining room wall and slider door, before


Dining room wall, after..had to add some more vinyl art, silverware.

      Sliding glass door, after.

 Living room wall and window, before

       Living room wall and window, after

Next time I will show you a different room....gotta keep going!
Thank you for stopping by!
Mrs T