Birthday Cake Stand....the hoooooorrrrrooooooor

So there's this blog that I love looking at called Bent Objects (http://bentobjects.blogspot.com/)

His sense of humor speaks to me at times.  The life of inanimate objects occurs to me often.  Although I have never seen him do this idea, it is along his line of thinking and I salute him.

This is the stuff I'm going to be using.  A couple of dollarstore bowls, birthday candles, wire, sweat, tears, and a few harsh words.

This is the cast, birthday candles and their offspring. 

So the life of a candle has only one real enemy. 

You eventually have no where left to hide! 

Unless you are smart and very, very quiet. 

Oh yet another birthday tragedy!!! 

It is reassuring to know some have escaped, or have they?

I also have been inspired by Sunni over at http://sunnyslifeinrehab.blogspot.com/ and her wonderful easy

cake stands.

This cake stand is just like my birthday, can't escape, no where to run, today, and just plain funny.

1 plus 1 = BAM!

Ok this is sooo easy I feel bad even posting this.  Not bad enough to not post it though.

  Let's not get that confused. 

 I do apologize for not bringing to you said bathroom redo. 

 I did go to a hardware clearance sale (fill a bag for ten bucks!!!). 

 So I now have pipes and other plumbing stuff.

Ok, so on to a simple project you really could do with your eyes closed.

Simple wood frame (a dollar at Michaels) and vase filler I found at Walmart for a few bucks on clearance.

All you need is, you and some glue.  I used wood glue, because it's wood and it will hold better.

Then put glue on wood frame (small sections at a time, wood glue dries fast) and place pieces of wood on glue.  I did random but you could take the time to do a pattern.  I was going for super easy.

So here it is......TADA!! 

I haven't figured out if I wanna paint it or not.  Kinda like the natural look.

So there ya go gluing one thing to another.

I am finally working on my twisted idea for a birthday cake stand.  I'll give ya a sneak peak.

But you can't tell anyone it might ruin the surprise.

I was inspired by

http://bentobjects.blogspot.com/

Another birthday tragedy, oh the horror!!

Sometimes ya just got no where to run.

I hope to have this finished by Monday (it's my birthday).  Which is why I'm not very valentiney, kinda rebelling on that.

Until then......

What is it?.......FABULOUS

Let's play a game of what is it?  It's made of wood and has a metal rod in the middle.

Any guesses?

Awwww come on, it's no fun if you don't play.......

Did ya figure it out?  How about what I'm going to turn it into.  Feeling talented?

I will give you a hint...I am using fabric and a pool noodle.  I also painted it red. 

So are you confused?  Good. welcome to my state of mind. :) heheheh I love to share.

Well it use to be one of these. 

I had hopes of organization when I bought it but the wooden things broke easily.  Then again my family is not dainty or gentle on wooden objects.  After a majority of the wooden rods had broken off.  I put it out of it's misery and broke off the rest.  It hid in shame until I found it the other day and decided to bring it back to life.  A can of red paint and some fabric and a pool noodle and BAM!  Do you see it? 

No?  Well let me make it a little more clearer.  Think teenage daughter with lots of headbands all over the floor.  Easily stepped on and broken accessories on the floor.

(Oh excuse the thread it was left over from another project.)

So without further delay introducing my new creation (drum roll please)

HEADBAND HOLDER PARIS STYLE!!!!

TADA!!!!! 

why yes, I did mess up on the fabric and put them in different directions (hangs head in shame)

I have just saved me a ton of money in protecting the headbands and the cost was nothing.  It was all stuff I had lying around.

I do have a confession, I still have not installed sink in downstairs bath.  I am hoping to do that this week.  Please  hold me accountable and kick my butt if I don't have pics up within a week.  Thanks <3

Floor accomplish!!!!

I am soooooooo thrilled with the floor!  Why you may ask?  Is it heated?...  No

  Is it travertine?....no

Hardwood?.....nope

So why are you excited about a floor?

Because it no longer looks like this

No look closer...... 

Scared ya didn't I?  I know, only a teen boy would go in there and not care.

I had found some black tile at the ReStore for 5dollars.  I think there were 40 in all, but they were 8x8.

So had to figure something else out.  I took a trip to Home Depot but they had no black tile.  So I wandered over to their clearance section (another one of my favorite words cle a ra nce, see it just rolls off the tongue).  They had these wonderful cheap tiles for around 5 dollars a box.  They were a close-out and had only a few but that was more than enough for my task.  YAY I could see it in my mind.  I would rent a tile cutter be done in a day and then be able to install a sink.   So did not work out that way.  I rented a tile cutter but it was too small and didn't want to pay triple for a bigger one.  I decided I would wait and go to Home Depot again and just pay to have the pieces cut, ( I only had 6).  Yeah, HD doesn't do that any more...sigh, I turned to leave totally bummed, only to see a tile cutter big enough, for 3 dollars more than what I paid to rent the one I never got to use.  I was suffering mixed emotions.  I was happy, disappointed, hostile, and satisfied, it truly is a wonder I didn't wink out of existence with all the contradictions.

So after a few broken tile (been 18 years since I last tiled) me and my son got the floor tiled.

So without further ado..........TADA!!!! 

I almost can walk in there without the willys.  I still have to wipe it down tomorrow but was too anxious to wait to post. 

Huge difference eh?

Now I have to install this manly sophisticated sink.

Also found at HD for only 49 dollars.  Do I sound like a commercial?  Sorry just love finding great deals. 

So hopefully I will have another post real soon!

Nothing pretty here........yet

My house is not a mansion, nor is it new or quaint.  Actually I think it was a meth lab at one time.  But it is my house and it is being changed little by little.  Kinda like me :)  I love taking things people have thrown away and giving it new life.  So I am hoping to do that with these few things.

First up is the downstairs bathroom.  It is small and dark and basically ugly.  It is also my son's room bathroom.  It's missing a few things, like a sink, some lights, a descent floor and a door.

It also has a small shower, it use to be a cedar shower but was too creepy to use.

I ripped out the wood but haven't gotten any further.  It seems behind the wood was more wood O.o huh?

Did I tell you it was a rental for a long time?  A lot of bad renovations. 

This is the shower part, yeah, pretty hideous.  This is where I really wish I had money for a plumber to come in and just make it fabulous. 

My other "not pretty" secret.

My mantle......they took the easiest way to make it.  It is a 4x8 slab cover in boring tile.  With a 4 inch mantle on top.  Can't do much with 4 inches.  

Oh on top of it, the tile is cheap and breaks easily, so now I have lots of broken ugliness. 

My hope is to tile, the bathroom, and paint and add a  a sink as well as lighting and re tile the shower.  I know I can't afford the plumbing but I can make it look a lot better.

The mantle I want to rip out and put up stone covered columns and put a big chunky piece of wood on it.  Then re tile the outside border with small glass tile..  It's so pretty in my head.  I will try to find something similar.  But right now I'm looking for a couch and it's gonna be from Craigslist so I don't know what it's gonna look like yet.  I have an idea but I am flexible.

So that's what I'm working on and it may take a bit.  Will post pics when accomplished.

Chandi Redoux-The Final Chapter

Yay I have finally completed this mission!!!!

On the last post I had rewired the small chandi and before that I had rescued the small chandi from an outdated contraption that was once a loved light fixture. I think, but it will be loved again <3.

So that should catch you up to speed.  I headed to the Dollar Tree store to find some do-dads to add to the naked chandi.  I found some mardi gras beads,  O.o .... some of you maybe thinking how is that french?  They are not but will become a lot better when I paint them with gold leaf.

See? looking better already.  So then I cut them into different lengths and grabbed my hated glue gun.  Have I told you how much I hate my glue gun?  It's soul purpose in it's life is to burn me and cover me in it's spider webby threads.  But alas I can not craft without it.  (insert pity here)

So without further whining and delay here is completed chandi french style.

TA-DAAAAAA! 

(insert OOOOH AND AAAAAAHS  here) 

Let's take a pause and reflect on the ugliness this use to be.

(shudders) ok enough of that, back to the after 

Ah sooooo much better.  So what's stopping you?

Chandi Redoux part two

So I gave up trying to find the light kit and went to Home Depot and bought some wire and a switch.  I already had the chain so didn't really need a kit.  They had a gold cord so I figured "why not?" and just go all out.  Although they did not have a gold switch but I can fake that.

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So first things first, thread wire though chain BEFORE you feed wire into chandi.  Learned this one the hard way a few lights back.  So always thread the chain before you begin. 

Start at the bottom and go in and out of each link. 

After you have completed that you will end up needing to insert through the hoop into fixture. 

Take off the lid and continue wire through lid and into nut. 

Pull wire through extra so you can knot the two wires.  It will keep it from unthreading. Wrap each wire (there are two) with other wires.  One with the black and one with the white.  Twist wires together and hold together with electric tape.

Using wire nuts, twist them on the wires until they are tight and secure.  Then tuck wires back into fixture. 

Put lid back on and tighten screw top.  There you have just re-wired a light fixture.  Pretty easy huh?

So I added the fake crystals and it just didn't seem like it was done.  So you know what that means....that's right. 

To Be Continued.......