Mirror Mirror On The Wall

Hello Hello. I hope you all are spectacular today :) Mine has been full of lovin up on my cousins, just cause they're the sweetest things ever!

 I also finished one of my last DIY projects, MY MIRROR! I originally found it in our basement when we were remodeling this past winter, it was old, rotten, and was covered in nasty, blue, chipped paint.  Nothing a little sanding cant fix! I forgot to take a pic of the "before"

First, I had my dad cut off the rotten piece on the bottom and then I was going to pick it up to sand it and the whole bottom fell out of the mirror. Seriously. This is when I had to do some thinking. So I packed the mirror up and brought it to my gramps.  He's pretty much amazing and managed to cut a whole new piece for me! And it's not rotten! Wahoo!

I then brought it home, sanded it, and sprayed it metallic.  The picture looks a little streaky because of the way the sun is hitting the "Shiny"ness, but I promise you it's not.

Isn't the shape of it just so fabulous?!?!?

I plan on setting it on top of my yellow chevron dresser! Do you like it?

The Blues

Hello dearest folowers! Sorry for the lack of blogging lately but I've been totally stumped on my DIY projects. Thank goodness for my sweet sweet cousins for helping me out today on the descion making process!

So I found my mothers childhood twin headboard in storage a while back and I loved the structure of it.  But of course it wasn't spunky enough for me! Nothing a little paint can't fix! :)

But that was the hard part, picking a color that matches a stripe in one of my pillows.  It felt like the longest moment in the hardware store today as I was indecisively picking the color, and seeing my cousins as well as the store owner continually stare at me, probably thinking I should hurry up. There is so many shades of blue, it's not even cool people. But I finally picked a color called Horseshoe.  At first I was so scared of the color. I painted my last ceramic owl in that color also. 

During all of this my assistant for the day sanded down the headboard and made it all soft and stuff.  Then we had some cousin bonding time as we slapped a couple of coats of primer on that baby. 

Ready for the final result?

I love the color now! One less DIY untill college! Here's what we got so far:

-Blue Headboard
-Yellow Bedding
-Coral Pillow
-Blue/Yellow Chevron Pillow
-Yellow Chevron Dresser
-Coral & Blue Owls
-Painted Globe


Here's whats left:
-Mirror
-Side tables

That's all folks!

Dresser DIY

Here we go folks.  The moment we've all been waiting for.  Drum roll please!!!!!

See this ugly thing? It's been cooped up in storage for aproximatley the last 10 years.  I thought it needed some refreshing before we head off to college.  Notice the power tool on top of it.  I actually used it! I'm not a power tool virgin anymore people. Are you excited to see the end result?








Wait for it........................................













We're almost there.......................






















BAM! Isn't it a beauty?!?

All I need is to find some knobs for the drawers and this baby is complete! It wasn't that hard overall but it was kind of time consuming with all the taping. Tape. Paint. Dry. Paint. Dry. Paint. Dry.  Repeat.

Next DIY is in process!

Owl By Myself

Hello, ladies and gents.  I hope you had a spectacular day! I did some more DIY, can't get any better than that :)

This project could not be possible without Sandra J. Gunter. She's pretty much amazing. We share our love of decorating, and I admire all of her garage sale junk buys.  Including this one!

You're all probably thinking I've gone to far with this craze, but owls are sooooo cute! So since this one doesnt really go with my color scheme I decided to do a little revamping.  Hold on to your pants folks.......

I know! Cutest thing you've ever saw! This is going to look smashing in my apartment! HOLLA for college!

I bet you think this cute creature is saying, Im going to college owl by myself with Katie, great news for her, there's 2! I'll prob be painting him blue. Im thinking I should name them, Fiona and Fenwick.

Tell me your thoughts! :) 

All I Do Is Save

Hello dearest blog pals.

Today has been quite the exciting day! College registration in the a.m!  Im all ready for classes in the fall and cant wait to experience life.  Greatest news of the day? I have an attached garage at my apartment! You see, I hate winter.  Every part of it. Snow. Bad weather. Coldness.  You can't wear white shoes. So you know what I decided to do? Move 1 hour closer to coldness.  I swear I wasn't thinking straight, but the attached garage takes some of the pain away!

Anywhoooo, back to what this post is about.  I got another deal guys. Im so amazing at this.  Brace yourself. Ready? HERE WE GOOOOOOO!!

These wedges look like a million bucks.  But let me tell you a little somethin.  $8. Can you believe it? Don't worry, I couldn't either.  I'm floatin on cloud 9 with these babys. Stare at these suckers as long as you want, no ones timing you.





P.S. I got the ugly skirt yesterday in the mail. That's all I really have to say about that..........

cheap ugliness.

I don't know if you know this, but I am a MAJOR bargain shopper. It's a disease. I admit, I buy clothes that I don't need, but if the price is right I make myself love it.  I go psycho crazy when I can get a pair of nude wedges for $8. My friends make fun of me whenever they ask me about my clothes, "I got this really cute purse the other day, only $16." or "Check out this amazing dress, $14!" Frugal=Fashion in my eyes people.  But what I did tonight tops it off.  To make a long story short, I had this visa gift card that had $14.86 to be exact. What am I gonna get that's only $14.86?! Wellllll, I never cease to amaze myself sometimes. A skirt and rings from my friend Charlotte Russe totaling in at $6.98, shipping $6.99 (STUPID). You may be thinking, "Wow, thats a great deal!" Indeed it is, although, you haven't seen the skirt yet.

Is this not the ugliest thing you have ever seen? I think so! But it was only $2.99! Thats INSANE! I made myself like it at that price. People, you need to tell me what to wear with this thing. *sigh*

Fashionably depressed,
Katie :)

Where In The World?

I'd like to start this blog post by giving some shoutouts to some lovely peeps. 1st off. Hailey G! It's your birthday today! I hope you had a great day and that God blesses you with amazing things this year! Next. Paige S! I apologize for screwing up your birthday.......it's not today. I owe you! Lastly, Teagie M. Thank you for being such a devoted Fabulous Life of a Shopaholic blog follower, you are awesome. :)

So let's get back on track.  I've been working on a DIY the last two days!  I saw this project on Pinterest so I can't take full credit :) Here's how it started.

I know. You may be thinking, "Where in the world is she gonna put that globe?" It's comin to college with me folks! It'll be great decor in my bedroom don't you think?

I had to add some glam to it because nothing is ever enough for this girl. :)

This will be perfect on a stack of books on my yellow chevron dresser (that i will be starting this week!) What do you guys think? :)