Penny table; Part 1

Penny table beginnings ... I suggested to the husband that I really wanted a table for the back porch, we have an outside dining type patio set, but I want it on the front porch so I can do homework out there. I wanted something big enough to hold a few drinks out back. 

So he tells me ok he will take a piece of board we had left over from another project to work and have it cut into a circle on the water jet machine they have that cuts wood like butter. So while he's at work he sends me a text and asks me if I want a design like a scallop.... And I'm thinking of this table at the miller house...

And of course I was super excited and said YES! And he brings me home this beauty....

I had already planned on recycling my old milk can....

Then I start thinking how can I make this table a little more "stylin" I love the brass of the miller table, but I live in an old farm house, and remember I wAnt this table to weather the summer outside. So fancy isn't going to cut it for this household :) 

My first steps were to spray paint the wood a copper color ( here's a pic with my door plaque and my rose wreath all being spray painted the same day) 

And here's the beginning look with my glass of inspiration, modeling a "before" shot. 

Then me and Wes, started searching the house for pennies, it wasn't too hard, the husband had a bunch hoarded in a drawer and I had a few more stuck in an old purse waiting to get cashed in. So we got some super glue and put them down.

We ran out and I ended up taking Wes' penny stash to finish it! Poor kid, the things he gives up for the sake of my art sometimes :)  he had a whole 5 pennies left when I finished gluing them down. 

So now we are stuck at this stage. I have some heat and bond foil to go around the edge, but I want to pour a resin top on it and I'm still in the research stage of that. I've read where people use duck tape to hold an edge while pouring and curing resin, but I haven't figured out the right resin to get either. After all I don't need a gallon of resin for this table, maybe a quart probably a lot less.

So we are at a stand still at this point. I have finals next week and then 2 whole weeks off before summer classes start, I'm hoping to finish it before then. I'll keep you posted :) 

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House numbers super cool nail art sign

So I've seen a few different house signs on Pinterest that I thought were pretty cool. I wanted something that I could see from the road,so I went into Photoshop and made a mock up of #s on a regular piece of paper! I did a few different designs and ended up not using this first one... 

I did use the tracing paper , but as you can see I cheated a little and used so e rusty old roofing nails that were In the shed from the previous owner and used snips to cut off 4-5 nails at once and hammer them in on the line. 

And here's the final product, I like how it looks, unfortunately from far away it's kinda hard to read unless you are almost in front of it. So the husband hung it by the back door for me as art :) 

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Clock redo.

My father in law made this clock many years ago and it hung at a grandparents house for years. We inherited it recently put it on the wall and couldn't see the numbers or the hands from 5 feet away. 

So I broke out the crafting supplies and found clock parts from another clock that had broken and did some reconstructive work on this one 

But it was missing something. So looking around I thought I would use some canvas that I had left over from recovering the footstools in my living room and came up with this : 

All I did was cut strips and hot glue them to the back, and weaved them over under to make the pattern. 

Ta da! Easy. 

Simple wine glass holder

This is my shelf in the kitchen, it has been everywhere from my mothers living room, to my living room and now it's gracing the wall of my kitchen. I love it. My Uncle Roger made it for my mom years ago. I don't know the story of "why" he made it, all I know is that it's been around as long as I can remember, I can even still remember a few of the trinkets mom used to display on it. It was a dark walnut color until we moved here a few months ago. I knew I wanted this rustic beat up style, I love it. (I've had comments about how crazy I am to like this style, it's ok everyone's entitled to their opinion). 

So anyway, I'm not a huge drinker, but if you looked at my kitchen you'd think I'm a daily wino. Nope sorry can't afford daily drinking. Not sure if I'd want to drink that often anyway. So anyway to get this story a little further in.... 

I've got a lot of wine glasses, not sure why. But I thought why not display them? They are pretty after all. Besides I needed something else to collect dust, as if I don't have enough already. 

So with the ever amazing talents of my husband and his wonderfully helpful father, I suggested we do this to the shelf, & Eric and his dad came up with exactly what I had envisioned. They really are that awesome! So anyway, without further ado, check out the shelf and the glass holders. They are shorter on the inner sides so that I can just slide in the glasses and have no fears about them shaking out when the little elephants are running around the house. (And by little elephants I mean Wes and his buddy who like to run up and down the stairs behind this shelf as much  as they can on nice days :) )

Please over look the decorations, this is not how it will end up styled, this is just the hodge pudge of what's left over and is trying to figure out if it's staying or going. Plus Eric suggested we find a cool wine bottle holder to go right there in the middle space, I agree it would probably be a cool place to display such things.

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Reviews of nail places I've been to in Columbus, Seymour and North Vernon

It used to be I loved to go to "Lees nails" in NV. For the first year I went in they did a fantastic job. I never had any complaints. Then I guess they started getting busier and the quality went down hill. 

What do I mean by quality? I'm not one of those people that are so picky that a little extra polish on my skin freaks me out, I know that will come off in the shower or when I was my hands.when I say quality I mean, was the acrylic smoothed out or did they leave ridges? Did they smooth out the cuticle area? Did they check and make sure the length was the relatively the same and were they straight or were they on a weird angle?  Then there is the price. Are they consistently charging me the same price for the same issue each time? 

So with Lees it depended on who was doing my nails. Danny was always super nice and did a great job. Kim just acted like she didn't give a shit and it showed. I finally got to the point that I stopped going there. I usually walked out of there with crooked nails, and I never knew how much they were going to charge me. 

Then I started going to Rose nails in Seymour. I never could tell you the guys name that did my nails, it was hard to pronounce and I never saw it soooo. But he is either the owner or manager or whatever he's the first station by the check out desk. I never had bad service here. The prices were always the same, and they have the pretty tips in a hundred different colors and patterns and they charge the same as white tips to put them on. They also have the glitter acrylic, which is just gorgeous and not much more expensive than plain white tips. It takes longer to get done, but they are so gorgeous. I'm seriously thinking about making the drive to go back to Rose in Seymour just because I'm so disappointed in Columbus so far! 

Ok which brings us to moving to Hope and I need a new place to get my nails done. 

So I went to that pink n white place by hobby lobby 2 x's now. I had an older guy fill the first time and he did a half ass job. Not smooth, I could ( and have) done a better job myself at home. Then the next time I went some kid did my nails, and it was like the heavens parted and I had a perfect set of nails when he was done, the next time I went in he wasn't there so I left. Stupid me didn't get his name. Sigh oh well. 

So this past week I went to Tina's by chuck e cheese. I'll admit that when I walked in I was impressed. It's clean, up to date and at first look it seems like a nice place. And again I got a new person. I must have a sign on my head that says I won't complain give me the newbie to let them practice.... Sigh....

So anyway, she did ok. She didn't make them all the same length, and the aren't smooth on all of them. And I'm not sure she got close enough to the cuticle ( if not there will be a noticeable ridge in am few days).  And they are the most expensive place I've been to so far for a full set of designer tips was $35 ouch. And they don't look all that great so I'm disappointed. 

I will probably try a few other new different places until I need a new set and come back and review them as well. 

All in all I would say Tina's is over priced. And all of these places have 1 thing in common. Their machines and tables need cleaned. Seriously take a few minutes and clean off those gel nail lights, they look gross no matter where I go! 

Let me know if this helps anyone, or if you have suggestions on other places near, in or around Columbus Indiana I should try. 

A hat for me :)

Blue hat :) and photo taken with the perfect 365 app. Lol no under eye circles from an app! 

The badly written directions. If you want to try it out. This is a revised pattern I found from a few different patterns on ravelry.  The first one I made was for my youngest Wesley. Which made me name it after him tada! 

I designed and made something COOL!

Hi all! So I have been searching Pinterest high and low and looking for an organizer type holder that would hold my most frequently used items: my iPad, day planner, and moleskin notebook.  I couldn't find anything. Surprised? Yeah me either. I mean on a daily if you carry these things they aren't needed all at once. Well I am a  student, and when I need them it's for class, all at once.  Up until now I haven't used my iPad much for school, but I've had many instances where I thought it would have been handy to have it with me. 

    So now going into my 2nd semester I'm wanting to get a little better prepared. Which means carrying more crap with me, and I want to keep this stuff together. Sooooooo...... 

Ok I was blessed with a bunch of fabric samples from school ( thanks Jan) so I used what I had on hand and drew it out first. Nothing fancy just a few boxes. Then I cut and put it together as I went.  No I didn't take as I went photos. Why? Because I really didn't think it was going to look decent. 

So here are photos of the finished product. Once it was done I realized a few things I should have added. 1) handles, I wish I would have added a handle on each side just to be a pick up and pull out of a bag help. 2) a closure. Im not a big fan of buttons or straps to close. But I may redesign this later with a top zipper added. Oh and I'm horrible at adding the stretchy bits to hold in the iPad so it does look funky. But there it is. 

Thanks for visiting! If I do remake this I will do a full tutorial. Don't hold your breath class starts next week and I'm taking 18 credit hours. No time for sewing until summer 😝