Free AFTER SCHOOL Print Out

So I am on CrAZy TiME...theses past few weeks. I am sure all us moms know what that is! Anywho I needed a little something for my kids to know what's expected after school, but fun. So I saw "something like this" on a blog last year and thought I'd tweek to my own "likes."

I put mine on the fridge and bought the 5X7 Magnet frames at Walmart 2 for $2.50  All they need is a Dry Earse marker and they can keep on top of what's excpected daily! :O)

(That's the plan....anyways)

Here are a Boy/Girl Template for you! Hope you Enjoy!

Kid's Art Frames: my first D to the F!

Okay, it's not the first time I've bought something old and fixed it up and used it for household decoration . . . it's just my first time posting here on Drab to Fab about it.  I'll be bringing back "Tasty Tuesdays" when I have more time . . . my cooking these days (at 37 weeks pregnant) is completely for eating only.  Not for photography or florid descriptions . . .

Moving on . . .

I bought these frames for $2 apiece at Deseret Industries thrift store (I thought briefly about hanging them up "as is" to go with my quilted hunting lodge decor, but decided to branch out and try something else).

Kidding . . . these framed fabric prints are hideous.

First thing to do was to remove the offensive fowl.

Already looking better . . .

Next, four coats of high-gloss white Krylon.  Oh yeah.  (I already had this spray paint on hand, but I think the can was around four bucks).

I love how the wood-colored scrollwork still shows through.

Then, a 4-pack of corkboard purchased at Wal-Mart for $5.

Finally, hot glue to attach the corkboard inside each frame.

Hello, I am jealous of myself, and have inspired my kids to new creative heights.  They have been busy making art since I hung the frames up in my short blue hallway.  My six-year-old son said, "I know why there's four cork boards.  So when the baby is born we can teach it how to do art . . . wait, do you have another frame?"  I wish I did have another frame (hello, where's the mallard duck print?), but three will have to do for now, until "it" learns to "do art."

TV Hutch to Book Shelf and More

OH, I am a wretched human being.

I LURVE before and after pictures but somehow forgot to take a before picture of my old TV hutch. Let's just say she was a "sweet spirit". Her hinges sagged, her doors barely hung, the backing was gone and all her pieces were MIA. 

But I love hutches (as do all our sisters) and still knew she could be a beaut again.

I decided to try to spend zero, zilch, and not one dime on this project. So I used all old odds and ends around my house to refinish it.

Notice all the mismatching wood? Yep, that's right. Odds and Ends BABY!

My husband added 4 shelves in the hutch. I really love my books. Not only reading books but all of my photo albums too. I just hate the cluttered look of book shelves and really wanted doors, so this was perfect!

I had this old decal left over from my kitchen project!

We used two different pieces of wood for the backing.

I added some new hinges that I had left over from another project.

I really really really wanted to paint it a wasabi green or something like Ali did here, but to not spend a dime I just used some black paint I already had. And well, you all know me, I LURVE black! 

Here is the inside.......

All my books are perfectly hidden. 

There was only one problem....

I hated the bench after I moved this piece in.

So a quick touch up paint job and some new fabric... and VOILA.

I even spray painted the basket underneath too! 

 I am loving this space now!!

Wahoo....I love doing projects!

Created anything fabulous lately?

Beautiful Chair Refurbish and Wedding Backdrop

Our lovely talented sister Hanna redid these fabulous chairs for our baby brothers wedding. 

She disassembled the chairs and grabbed some trusty spray paint and spray painted away! 

 She did two of the chairs white and sanded them down slightly to make them antiqued, and one chair she did a cherry jubilee.

 Don't you just LURVE the character of each of these chairs?

She found some great finds with awesome details!

Next she reupholstered the seats with a staple gun.

Hanna always picks the BEST fabric. 

I am digging her color choices and definitely wanted to do some more chairs of my own now!

Now all she had to do was screw the seats down.

 Perfect to finish off a beautifully designed backdrop for the wedding line! 

Don't ya just LURVE??? 

I know I do!!! It was gorg!

XOXOXO , 

Drab to Fab

Happy 4th (Whippin' out a "Star")

Hello Ladies, I decided I best hurry and make myself a craft for the 4th, it being my favorite HOLIDAY!

I LOVE TO BE AN AMERICAN!!!!

So first I cute out a BIG star out of Bead Board

Then I cute a smaller star out of 1x4

Then I painted the bead board red, and left every other white (obviously I didn't care how perfect it was) Then painted the smaller star light blue

Then I let it dry, painted the smaller star dark blue and sanded them

Then I stained them......glued them together, added a star brad

AND VWAAAA-LAAAA I cute Star to add to my HAPPY 4th Porch

Up Close! These pictures are with my phone I hope they look ok!

Meet Savanah

Hey there fellow blog land followers. Meet our latest an newest addition to our family. This cutie is the last to join our sisterhood here on Drab to Fab. She is marrying our youngest brother in two weeks! 

Hooray! 

We couldn't have been more blessed with another wonderful sister.

Hey! I'm Savanah Jo!

I am the newest sister in law to the family.
I am so thrilled to finally have my own home where I can express myself and display my own style. I have recently got into couponing, refurbishing, crafting, and scrapbooking. I love seeing the potential of things and applying my own unique style to them. I enjoy music, running, the outdoors, the gospel, and being with the ones that I love. I am excited to start this new chapter in my life with my wonderful husband. I am thankful for talents that we are all blessed with, and that we can continue to develop new ones each day. I strongly believe that..."You don't find the happy life. You make it."

Teacher Gift (FREE Print Out)

I love the idea of a personalized gift for my kids teachers. I want them to know what REALLY touched my kids or what they REALLY loved about their classroom. Whether it be funny or silly or tug at my heart strings. So I made these simple pages for my kids to write and draw on and then give it to their teacher.  I will upload their after they do them tonight....but wanted to give all us last-minute-moms a quick, yet, heartfelt booklet to give the teachers your kids love!