Fourth of July Dessert and a July Giveaway!

Howdy sweet peeps!  Happy Independence Day! I'm here to share a quick and yummy dessert I made  just a few hours ago for a 4th of July cookout we are invited to.   How to make a 4th of July Dessert It is super easy and delish! Here's what you'll need: 2 packages of crescent rolls 2 packages of 8 oz. cream cheese chocolate chips 1/2 c sugar 2 bananas 1 lime/lemon 1 pint of strawberries 1 pint of blueberries whipped topping/cream 9x12 glass pan     1. Take the crescent rolls and flatten them on your baking sheet to form a rectangle. Then bake them according to package directions.  In the meantime, I washed all the fruit and sliced them. I used this handy little gadget to slice the strawberries.  I put some lime juice on  a plate and I sliced my bananas on the plate. Then I squeezed some more of the lime juice on them to keep them from turning brown :)   After the crescent rolls were ...

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4th of July-Let Freedom Ring-Denim-Wreath

What do you get with these:         Why, a patriotic wreath of course! How to make a denim wreath for Independence Day!    First, gather your materials:  2-3 wire hangers or semi-rigid wire jeans or denim fabric wooden letter red paint ribbons of your choice hot glue gun staple gun  fabric scissors cricut or any other die cutter  or white star stickers   Step 1:  Make your wire hanger into a circle. You will need one inner circle and one outer circle that is slightly bigger. The idea is that one fits inside of the other. This is to make the wreath look fluffier. Begin by cutting or tearing strips of the denim and tying them around the hanger. They don't have to be perfect or the same size.  It's good to have a helper :) Once you have them all on there, make sure they are nice and scrunched together tight.  For my wreath, I used a large sized denim s...

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Come Link Up With Us!

Hello sweet peeps! It has been another awesome and productive week here in Texas. I am participating in this great link up party. I am currently working on two projects for Independence Day. A cute wreath and a yummy desert.  I'll be back tomorrow with the wreath! In the meantime-link up!   xoxo Patty   The Click and Chat Social Media Link up party #14 !   Thank you so much for stopping by The Click and Chat Social Media Link up Party ! We are all about networking and helping you grow your social media numbers! This month we are excited to announce that this linkup will appear on 11 amazing blogs!! That i s 11 times the exposure for you and your links! We are also looking for co-hosts for the coming up months, so if you are interested please contact either Amber or Kim on any of their social media and we will chat about it! We will also have a featured blogger every week. Being chosen for our featured blogger spot means that we wi...

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Spiffying Up the Front Porch and Click and Chat Link Up Party

Happy Summer! I've been pretty busy around here finishing up all my projects. First up the Sofa is done!! I have started on my coffee table project next and I can't wait to share it with you. In the meantime, I decided to paint my front door, the kickplate and add some snazzy address numbers to the door.   Before: You can see that I had already given it the new coat of  black paint. I simply took black paint that I had and added unsanded grout to create the chalk paint. I gave it about three coats, letting it dry in between. Then I applied dark wax. I first painted the kickplate with chalk paint  Then I gave it two coats with this: I pretty happy with the way it looks. I simply cut out the stencil with my Cricut and used the same metallic paint I had on hand.  Now it's your turn to show me what you got by joining our click and chat party!! The Click and Chat Social Media Link up #13   Thank you so much...

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Click and Chat Social Medial Link Up Party-Network with us!

The Click and Chat Social Media Link up Party #11!   Thank you so much for stopping by The Click and Chat Social Media Link up Party ! We are all about networking and helping you grow your social media numbers! This week we are excited to announce that this linkup will appear on 9 amazing blogs!! That is 9 times the exposure for you and your links! We will also have a featured blogger every week. Being chosen for our featured blogger spot means that we will share your picture (or logo) and your social media links just to let even more people see your awesome blog! To be considered for that spot you must have shared about the link up on at least one of your social medias and of course had good blogging manners and followed or liked the hosts and co-hosts on at least one or more of their social medias. Ready to meet this weeks featured blogger? Karen King- To Work with My Hands Blog / BlogLovin / FB / Pinterest / Twitter / Google+ / Instagram Go on by and s...

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Vintage Sofa Reupholster Project

It's already a scorcher here in North Texas. Have I mentioned that I really don't like summer time? Well in case you missed it-I don't. What I do like is getting myself into as many DIY projects as possible at one time! Yeah.  The doozy has been this vintage sofa that I so crazily took upon myself to recover.  I talked about it here in this post: How to Reupholster a Vintage Sofa   and let's just say I ran into some snags. First  I found out that the seat cushions were made up of a wooden frame and real springs!  So I had to improvise quick and I ordered some upholstery foam from good ole' Amazon.com :) Then I had my mom just make me the seat covers.  Here it is: Before and  After As you can see I still hadn't put the other piece of molding on the right arm. I will take some more pics of it with some cute little pillows I'm working on.  I learned quite a bit from this project, such as : Cutti...

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High Chair Re-do {Jenny Lind}

Well hello, howdy and hey! It's been a while but I am back.  I'm taking the summer off to spend with the kiddos and make some good memories. Of course, I'll be busy sprucing up my space. I finally finished the vintage sofa.  I'll take some good pics tomorrow to show you all. I have some cute pillow covers to show you and how I made them too.  For now, I'll share the Jenny Lind high chair I scored for my grandbaby! I've been wanting one of these for her for the looongest time. Finally, I found it for a steal on one of those facebook garage sale pages. Do you have them where you live? I am totally hooked on those and I have found so many bargains, as well as sold so much of my stuff.  Here's the before: I simply made my own chalk paint in a pretty red color that my hubby picked out.  All you need is a quart and that itself will last you a long, long time. To make your own chalk paint you can just click on this po...

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