My New Coffee Station - Part 2

Good Morning!

My last post was about my new coffee station area, where we got it, the before & after, etc... You can check it out here. Well today's post is just to show you all the end result, all ready to use! Here are some pics!

Everything I used to put our coffee station together I either had or bought at the goodwill. My inspiration actually came from a post I saw on Toni's, A Bowl Full of Lemons,  Instagram.When I saw hers I decided to try doing my own version. This shelf I found at Goodwill for like $5. I spray painted it burgundy. I think the blue cups look good against the burgundy.

 

The canisters came from Home Goods. I love that store!

 

 

 

 The bookends came from a used furniture store. They were plain white so I spruced them up by spray painting them Oxford Blue. The small crate & jugs came from the Goodwill.

 

                   I just love my coffee station!

Would love to hear your thoughts! Have a wonderful day!


                                                                 ALLISON

Linking to Tatertots and Jello

My New Coffee Station

                                 Hello friends!
                                                              
            This post will be a short but quick post about our new coffee station area. A couple weeks ago the hubby was walking home from work & one of the neighbors was having a tag sale, well he got talking to them telling how I like to refinish old furniture. The sweet old lady told him she had a piece for him to look at. He saw it, liked it & quickly came to get me for my approval which of course he got! The best part it was only $10!! Here it is:
                              



So, I got the sander out & got to work. I never took an in between picture. This piece was also a little rickity so my father in law came over to help me tighten it up a little with some wood glue. The color stain I used was special walnut, which I'm also using on my cabinets in my kitchen. I decided it was going to be our coffee station on top & I would store my cookbooks on the bottom.
                Here is the finished product:

This piece had red tones so it ended up looking to be more like a red mahogany. Which is fine with me, I love how it came out! My brother had suggested getting a piece of plexi-glass to put on the top since we were using this as a coffee station. So, I went & got a piece which cost me more then I thought it would but I figured it was worth it so all my hard work wouldn't get ruined from coffee spills. I bought new handles at Walmart for $5.

                          Total amount on this project:
                          Stand - $10
                          Plexi-glass - $35
                          Handles - $5
                          Total - $50

Now I just have to get this all filled up! I'll post pics at a later date once it's all done!
I would love to know what you think! Have a great night!


                                                        ALLISON





                                                    

Picnic at the Lake

 

Hello all!

Last week we went to one of our local lakes & met up with 2 of my siblings & their kids & my mom. We packed up a picnic dinner & had a nice relaxing evening at the lake. The kids all behaved really well together, no fighting, which is always nice! Here are a few pics of my kids... You won't see any of the oldest because she didn't go, she's not fond of lakes & also being 17 well you know teenagers, they don't really care to hang out with their parents & siblings all that much.

 

This is my youngest, Leah, she's 2 1/2.

 

 

She is a HUGE Daddy's girl!!

I love this pic of them!

 

Here she's playing with my nephew, Liam.

 

My second oldest, Laci, who's 10 being a good big sister taking Leah into the water.

 

My baby boy, Rylan, 5

 

The hubby, Leah & my third child, Braedon who is 7 1/2.

 

A few shots of the lake.

 

My boys, best buds.

 

Braedon

 

Rylan

 

Leah being silly.

 

It was a nice way to end the day!

 

 

ALLISON

Rylan's 5th Birthday Party!

          Hell all! I've had a crazy week between getting ready for & having Rylan's 5th birthday party this past Sunday, staining my cabinets in my kitchen & working on refinishing a piece of furniture for our kitchen that we will be using as our "coffee station".
         Rylan wanted a Spongebob themed party this year, (insert rolling of my eyes) I'm not a SpongeBob fan but he insisted & I figured it was HIS party...

        
    I had asked him if he wanted a cake or cupcakes & his answer was both!
So I made this mini cake & my sister made the cupcakes.
         

 

 

 

 

Of course I had gone on Pinterest for ideas & found a pin for Sandy's Acorn Cookies & I knew I had to make them! They were a huge hit & were gone in the first hour of the party!

 

 

Here is the backround of the dessert table

 

 

 

Pinata Time!

 

Present time!

 

 

Cake time!

 

Such a big boy now!

 

 

It was a great party! He received lots of new clothes for school which made me so very happy! A backpack & lunchbox as well. One less kid I have to school shop for! Yay me! He will be the cutest Kindergartener at Craneville in September!

 

 

ALLISON

 

 

 

 

Rylan Turns 5!

Tonight's post is dedicated to my 4th child Rylan James. 5 years ago today he joined our family making us a family of 6. He is a true boy all the way! Loves trucks, Mickey Mouse(not as obsessed as he used to be but still likes him), riding his bike & scooter, getting dirty, jumping on things/off things(scares the crap out of me sometimes lol), Spongebob, Pokemon, his big brother who he follows everywhere), basketball, soccer, baseball, yelling(oh he can be oh so loud at times!), the park, loves to go shopping w/me & is a huge mommy's boy! He has one of the cutest giggles around. Looks just like his daddy, so much that sometimes I call him Mini-Mickey. He loves to sleep in in the mornings which is actually making me nervous for when he starts Kindergarten in Sept. He was my second smallest child weighing in at 6 lbs 11 ounces. I miss him being a tiny little baby & wish sometimes I could go back & visit those times. Time definitely flies by and I wish it would slow down just a little! And now onto a few pics of him over the years...

                                                                       

1 day old

 

 

Me holding him for the first time.

 

1 years old.

 

                                                                           

  2 years old.

                                                                     

 3 years old.

                                                                         

4 years old.

                                                                   
                            

 And today, 5 years old.

 

His birthday party is on Sunday so I will post pictures either Sunday night or on Monday!

 

Have a great night!

 

 

Allison

Cool Whip Cookies

      Tonight I am going post one of my favorite cookie recipes. I first discovered this recipe right before Christmas of 2012 off of Pinterest. I absolutely LOVE & am addicted to Pinterest! I have found so many yummy recipes off of there. That year we had decided to start our own tradition of having a Christmas Eve bash! Well I knew I wanted to make a huge tray of cookies for our dessert. We make so many apps, ton of food, plus family & friends will also bring dishes that I figured we wouldn't need a ton of other desserts. People are usually so full that it's sometimes nice to just have a coffee/tea/hot chocolate & a few cookies. I have a sweet tooth so baking is something I love to do. But having 5 kids running around, I also like "quick & easy" recipes! And let me tell you when I saw this 4 ingredient, yes 4 ingredients, I knew I had to try it!

                          Cool Whip Cookies

Red Velvet Cool Whip Cookies

Prep Time: 15 min.
Cook: 8 min.
About 24 cookie

Ingredients

*1 package (18.25 oz box) cake mix, ANY kind.
*1 cup cool whip
*1 whole large egg
*1 cup powdered sugar

Preparation

Set oven to 350 degrees

Mix all ingredients, except powdered sugar. Put powdered sugar into a small bowl. Roll a spoonful of dough in the powdered sugar. Place on cookie sheet and bake for about 8 minutes.

Like I said earlier, try any flavor you want. So far I have done, Lemon, Strawberry, Chocolate & Red Velvet. My family liked Lemon the best!

Lemon Cool Whip Cookies

 

Now go on try them you won't be sorry!

 

 

 

 

ALLISON

Tag Sale/Thrift Store Finds

     Good evening!


     I've had a pretty exciting couple of weeks as far as some great deals! My husband & I love going to thrift stores & tag sales. There is also a group on Facebook I belong to which is a local tag sale site that I have sold/bought things off of. There is nothing better than the thrill you get when you find a great deal! I hate spending a lot of money on household things when we have 5 kids, I mean why spend a lot when there is a chance of it getting ruined?!
      My first find was our new buffet for our dining room which I did a post about here. The before & after is pretty good for my first time, not with painting but with staining.
                                                                     
                                                                       BEFORE
                                                                   

 

                                                                          AFTER

Next was "our new to us" dining room table. The man was selling it for $100, I offered $60 & he took it! I was practically jumping up & down. This table is huge! Which is what I obviously need with our big family. There is a leaf on each end that tucks right into the table itself! No trying to figure out where to store extra leaves. Here it is:

This baby goes out to 9 feet long! Both the hubby & I have big families so this will be great for parties/holidays! Pretty nice huh?! Now I just need to find 8 chairs to go with it....

 

  Next up is this cute sign I found at a local used furniture store. It had no price tag on it so I asked how much and she said how about $12? I said sold! This sign is solid, real heavy. I am in love with the old farmhouse style kitchens so this will be great for my kitchen/dining room!

 

 These were all found at our local goodwill. We didn't buy them all at once. We have been slowly collecting them & found 2 more the other day. We are just trying to figure out what to do/make with them. Any ideas would be great!

 

 This tin can with the fake sunflowers are also from the goodwill. $2.29 is what I paid! It was pretty worn so I just gave it a fresh coat of silver spray paint.

 

 

The other day my hubby was walking home from work, (he works down the street from our house) and one of the ladies in our neighborhood was having a tag sale.  This is what he found:

This little crate was .25 but she just gave it too us. Isn't it so cute!?

 

And last but not least was this great piece of furniture for, ready? $10!!

 

                                         
I've already got it all sanded down. It's kind of rickety being that it's pretty old, so my FIL is going to bring me a couple clamps so I can glue it in a few loose spots before I stain it. This will be going in our kitchen and I'm thinking of getting some cute book ends to use with my cookbooks to store on the bottom shelf & I think the top will be our coffee station. What do you think? So, that is it, I'd say we did pretty darn good!
                                              Have a great night!
                                                                        

                                      Linking up to DIY By Design

                                                                    ALLISON