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 As some of you know I have been really sick with pneumonia and my food allergies... 
  I haven't felt well enough yet to come up with lots of darling ways to display these... Look HERE for some inspiration from the printables at Valentines.

 I scaled the tag down to a 4X6, punched a hole in the corner and tied it with some bakers twine. Couldn't be easier than that!!

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Vintage Kitchen {Makeover}

My Mom picked up this Vintage Children's Play Kitchen Cabinet at an antique auction almost 4 years ago. 
My Dad was going to re-finish it and give it to my daughter for Christmas that year... 
Well he must have given up because I found it in his wood pile ready for demolition! 
I asked if I could have a go at it, and this is how it went.......

It was in pretty bad shape, not only were there a gazillion layers of paint on it, someone {my dad} had already tried stripping the paint off... unsuccessfully.

It was weird how the paint wouldn't strip off, it just got all bubbly and gooey and it seemed to make it adhere to the wood even more.

I have never seen anything like it. 

The old laminate was all cracked and had chips in it everywhere.

This picture was taken AFTER I had been sanding it, it was horrible to work with. 

1}I went through lots and lots of sandpaper! And I mean LOTS and LOTS!! ~Finally! All sanded and ready for paint!

2}First coat of cream paint {with help from my sweet hubs and lil darling}                        

3}I printed a few shapes on my cricut and used them to stencil these cute designs on to the cabinet. 

 I Mod Podged some scrapbook paper right on top of the ruined laminate counter top. 

~{after I cleaned/scraped it off really good first}~

I can't believe how perfect it matched the paint!

~~{P.S. My little doll has 'made tea' & spilled water, and they have held up great so far.}~~

All FINISHED!!!! I had nightmares about sandpaper for a while... ha! but it was so fun and SO rewarding! 

My little bean LOVES it!!!!

{I actually did this 2 years ago, but since I have pneumonia and can't do much, I thought I would share this with you}

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HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

 Happy Valentines Day!!

I really hope yours is a lot better than mine!I have had pneumonia now for a lil over a week, and it is NO fun. 

As I am sitting here I am daydreaming about snuggling in my soft warm bed... which is where I am headed shortly, so don't worry!

How cute is my little doll!! WOW is she PINK!!! 

She got up and got herself all ready for school all by herself!! {well, I curled her hair when I got enough energy to pull my sick tush outa bed}!

It is crazy how stressed I have been about blogging tho, I am serious, I am so scared about loosing readers interest because it's been over a week since my last post. 

I know I don't have a huge following, but I don't want to disappoint anyone.. 

I once heard 'it's not about QUANTITY it's about QUALITY' 

So I have decided not to stress about posting every single day, but I at least want to have something for you once a week...  till I feel all better, but even at that it may only be twice a week :)

 I have been adding some fun lil things to my Valentines Decor throughout the last few weeks. I wonder if you can spot them??
Here is a link to the previous Valentines post I did, just in case you want to see the differences... but I am sure you are too busy for that... but just in case.. Here is another one lol.

I hope you all have a LOVELY day and spend time with those you truly care about! Pretty sure my hubs will be cooking dinner for his 2 ladies, since I am pretty much useless and the other lady is 6!
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

{Don't worry air kisses and hugs are not contagious!}