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MIA Pole Play

Wanna know what I've been up to?? Take a peek inside my guest room!

YES! That is what you think it is! About 2 years ago I started watching youtube videos of poe work and when I saw Felix Cane I fell in love I watched videos of her day in and day out...I'm sure my sister loved our everyday conversations about poling! I started going on forums everything I could to learn about this sport. Finally after over 2 years I got my very own pole!! My goal for the pole is to enter the Ms. Texas pole Competition in Dallas. So here are a few tricks I've learned in my three weeks of pole play...

Now you know why I have been MIA between this addiction a business with sister (I'll let you in on soon) and everyday life. I promise I have tons of things coming up so come back and see me soon!

Itty Bitty Coat Rack Tutorial

So here is another project from little ladies room makeover. I needed something to hang her tutu's and purses ,but wasn't liking anything out there. They were way to pricey or so not what I was looking for. So I headed to home depot and got inspired. I love the way this turned out. So now on to telling you how you can make your very own.

What you need

* Wooden leg... I bought mine from home depot. They use them for tables or stairs.

* 2 Wooden disks...Bought mine from hobby lobby...these are going to be the base of your coat rack

* Drill

* round wood knob...Also from hobby lobby

* Hooks...got mine from WalMart

* wood glue

* Spray Paint

Step 1. take the first wood disk that you are going to use as the top to your bottom!? Come again? lol Does that make sense? If you look at the pic's below you should understand because I can't really think of how to explain this since I'm working on "mom brain" right now. But you are going to drill a small hole into your top disk. This is just so that when you screw the leg on it doesn't crack the wood disk.

Step 2. Glue your top wood disk to your bottom wood disk. The you are going to screw on your table leg or stair thingy whatchamacallit. My "table leg" came with a 2 way screw already attached. If your's doesn't then ask for some help locating a 2 way screw ,and I'm sure the super men of home depot would be more than willing to find it for you. Once you have screw your table leg to your 2 disks then glue your wood ball top on.

This is what you will get after all that screwing!

Last step. Spary paint your coat rack then add your hooks. This was the perfect size for my 20 month old to be able to hang her purse and tutu's. Hope you enjoy!

Faux Bear Rug Tutorial

Happy New Year Everyone! Were your holidays as crazy busy as mine? I know I haven't posted in a while ,but between the flu, Holiday's ,and a new baby in the family I just didn't have the time. BUT now that everything has calmed down I'm ready to get going again. Over the next week or two I will be doing a lot of home decor projects and I'm sharing my first with you today! I am redoing Ladies room and decided to start with the rug. I have been trying to find a Faux Bear Rug and haven't had any luck either the color wasn't right or the $150 price tag wasn't working for me either ,so I made my own.

What you need

* Faux Fur Fabric. I bought mine at JoAnn's because I had a coupon ,but you can find it at most craft stores and even online. I bought a yard.

* Scissors

*Pen

1. Turn your fabric upside down on the floor... Just in case that wasn't clear you are going to draw on the fabic side that DOES NOT have fur on it! You are going to draw your pattern on now. I'm not the best drawer in the world ,so I just googled Bear rug images and eyeballed it. You can see in the pic below. You also don't have to do a bear you could do any pattern you want!

2. Now cut out your pattern. Then shake your rug to get rid of any loose fur... I recommend doing this step outside!

Now your finished! I ended up spending $8 on my rug !! WAY better and just as cute as the one I was looking at for $150!

Salt Dough Ornament Tutorial

I love Christmas and the best thing about Christmas is the decorating. I was so excited to find out that we are changing our plans and having Christmas in our new home. So since it is finally December I will be crafting all kinds of fun holiday decor. The first on my list were ornaments. I needed to make something easy, quick, kid friendly, and CHEAP! After a while of thinking Salt Dough Ornaments it is! Now you can make them too.

Side Note* Why did my camera decide to put the freakin-a date? Ugh!! O well.

Here we go....

What you need

* Mixing Bowl/Measuring cups/Rolling pin

* Table Salt

* All Purpose Flour

* Water

* Cookie Cutters

* Paint, Pens ,Glitter whatever you want to use to decorate your cookie. I just used a red pin.

Step 1.

Mix 1/2 cup of water , 1/2 cup of salt ,and 1 cup of flour until it becomes doughy!?

Step 2.

Knead your dough until it becomes stretchy. They flour your work space whatever it might be and begin to roll your dough.

Step 3.

After you have rolled your dough out. I made mine 1/4" thick. Cut out your shapes with your cookie cutter. then take a pen, toothpick ,knife whatever you like and make a hole in the top of your cookie. This is where you will later put your string , twin etc... to hang your ornament.

Step 4.

Set your oven to 325 and bake for 30 min. Be sure to keep an eye on them just to make sure they don't burn. When they are done take them out and set aside for them to cool.

Step 5. Decorate!

Hope you enjoy your ornaments and the fun with the little ones!

Cupcake Costume Tutorial

When I was pregnant with Lady I saw the cutest cupcake costume on etsy and I knew right then I MUST have it! Well this year she will finally be able to wear this adorable costume! So I go online with such joy to order it then I saw the price $90 and that was on sale from $140!!!

(insert shocked face here) I was so heart broken but wait I can just make one myself and I did just that. I spent day's thinking about how i could construct it ,and after a few days (because I was to busy to finish it in an hour) and a million hot glue gun burns later I had made the cupcake costume of my dreams shown above! I couldn't wait for lady to try it on a share my awesome pictures with you! Then my heart was broken once again she wouldn't wear it! She is afraid to stick her head into it! I'm crushed! I wanted to cry! O well I guess we will be saving this one for next year ,but I thought that maybe since lady won't wear her's I can live through everyone else and you can make your own cupcake costume! So let's get started.

What you need

* Poster board

* Fabric for your cupcake top and liner

* Batting

* Hot glue gun

* Felt

* Tulle

1. Cut your poster board into 2 strips ( I eye balled this and just made them come to her knees)

then using your glue gun connect your two pieces together to make a ring that will go aroung your little girl or boy I don't judge.

2. Hot glue your fabric for your cupcake lining around your poster board I used hot pink satin

3. Hot glue your batting onto the top of your poster bored/ lining

4. Hot glue your cupcake top fabric over your batting I used white sheer fabric not sure what kind.

5. cut out felt hearts for your sprinkles and hot glue them onto your cupcake top.

6. Cut 4 strips of tulle and hot glue them onto the inside of your cupcake so you can tie them together and this will hold your cupcake up. See picture below.

Now you are done! I hope you enjoy and I would love to see your finished project!

Happy Birthday Lover!

That's right today was big daddy's birthday! ( I would say how old he is ,but let's just say he's been around awhile! ) I woke up early while he slept in and made him a big breakfast. He really wanted an "English" Breakfast ,but the food god's where on my side because the british grocery store was all out of black pudding AKA blood sausage. Ya.... gross! Then we just stayed lazy all day until about 5 when we went out for dinner.... He get's the senior discount now : ). And when we got home we had cake.

Yes I know Happy is not spelled right ,but I have a great reason for that. I was to lazy to go get candles so I used leftovers from Ladies birthday and these were all I could find. I'm just going to keep telling myself that this is what all the cool kids do now a day's.

And what do you get the man that has EVERYTHING!? Car magazines and a Star War's birthday card of course!

Happy Birthday honey I love you super lot's!