I went to visit my mom this past weekend with the boys. {not an easy task since my moms house looks like Colonial Williamsburg threw up in it...everything is breakable...e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g.!!!} Now, I cannot remember why we went out to my mom's shed, but we did...and leaping lizards did I find some treasures!! I'm going to go ahead and call my mom and borderline hoarder...{yes, I will have a hay day when she dies...yes, I told her that...} the good thing is, she hoards nice stuff, antique stuff, stuff with POTENTIAL...like this lantern!!

** in true Melissa fashion, I was far too impatient to take a "before" shot of what this thing looked like after I dug it out of the deep dark depths of my mom's shed and stole...made my mom give it too me...asked my mom to let me have it then ran it to my car before she could change her mind.  Here is a quick description...dirty, gray, covered in cobwebs and bugs...I almost weeped**

Sooo, out came the black spray paint and some twine and TA DA!!!

The problem now it that I made this with full intentions of putting it on top of my entertainment center...and it's too tall!! So, it's going to sit on my dining room table until I decide where to put it....

These doors are from an entertainment center that we are no longer using...

but, before I banished it to the garage, I took the doors off, just cause I thought that they were pretty... I mean, about as pretty as doors off of an entertainment center could get I guess...

I think it's cute...

I've had this chalkboard since the beginning of time....

and its been sitting the garage, so I painted it and hung it in my hallway for my boys to use...

Cute huh?!!

Pallet love...

We got a pallet when we bought a whole bunch of block to build a fire pit...{pics of fire pit to come!}

 And I needed something to fill a large wall...

So, I took this ugly thing....

Smacked some paint on it...

And hung it on my wall!!

I think it turned out nice...

{ I have not really taken the time to decorate it yet... so, more than likely, it will *not* stay like this...}

My $10 yard sale table!!

I got this table at a yard sale the other day, I was actually running late for work and stopped anyway!! I told the woman that I would send my husband to get it...seeing as I had no money, or time!!

Being the trooper that he is, hubs went down and picked it up for me...

And I think it looks beautiful!!

OMG, this was too easy, I'm almost ashamed to post it....almost

I love these ready made bouquets from HobLob...

 All I do is "scrunch" up the bottom so that it fits in whatever container that I want to put it in...

Then just find a pretty container.....

Too easy....

look what I made!!

I've had this antique frame for years...like before the flood...as in Noah's Flood. And it sat around for a while and then..........I found some beautiful fabric, some matching ribbon and buttons and threw it all together! And its one of my favorite things cause I get complimented on it all the time which allows me to brag about the fact that I made it.

Now, for all of you "perfectionist" types, looking at the following pictures may give you a headache...fair warning...

I'm putting this at the bottom of this post in hopes that not too many people will see it buuut, I have to give credit to my Mr for this....I more or less just told him what to do and he made it happen....there I said it....

Well, I've already changed my mind....

The black ribbon with the white edge reminded me of a movie reel.....so I found some scrap fabric in crimson color which goes nicely with my sage green walls....

An old window in my dining room with a hand-me-down wreath...I like it...

My Grandmother's hankie....complete with her lipstick stains...and my mascara stains from my cousin Julia's wedding last weekend. It is a special gift from my Aunt Victoria and I will treasure it and keep it here on my nightstand where I will see it everyday...

I truly hope that everybody had a safe and happy 4th!!