Having Fun @ Tryst

I love happy hour @ Tryst downtown St. Pete. $3.50 per wine glass doesn't suck.

Yes ladies...u can buy these heat lamps from Tryst @ Lowes

Yes ladies...u can buy these heat lamps from  Tryst @ Lowes

Tryst St. Pete- riesling what? What?

 

Tryst St. Pete- riesling what? What?

Check out my article about the place HERE

Chocolate lollipops!

I just made a chocolate lollipop at Picture This Candy Company @ MOSI! U like?!?

I want: Cupcake Car Chime!

$7.99 & so cute! it hangs from your car mirror. I just love cute thangs :)

Pinterest Project: Valentine's Day!

This is a Valentine project I found on Pinterest. Pin is HERE and initially came from THIS SITE.

I just had to post this because I think it is an adorable Valentine gift idea for my husband. I got myself a deck of cards, I got some paper and glue and I'm actually working on my list of 52 things I love about my husband now. This is already a really sweet project for me because its fun realizing all over again all the things I love about him.

Consider doing this project for your spouse or boyfriend. It could make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside!

Pinterest Project: Paper Wall Art

My inspiration was found HERE on Pinterest and it was so simple and easy to do! It didn't come out too well in the picture but my favorite part about my wall art is that two of these sheets are glittered so it just shimmers in the room. Glitter makes me happy!

Materials I used.
+ Two stryofoam pieces 36" X 12"
 - I got these instead of the 6 12" X 12" pieces because cutting them myself was MUCH cheaper. $6 each for the two pieces that I got versus $18 for 6 individually cut pieces. Grant it the pieces I got were a little thinner but it worked out better for me because I was able to get thinner ribbon which was cheaper anyway! Besides that, I also used a 40% off coupon for each piece to save even more. Making the total $7.20

+ Two spools of 1/2 inch ribbon brown ribbon. If I had been smart and gotten the spool with more yards at Michaels I could have saved a few dollars but my mistake was I got a 3 yard spool at Joann's for $1.99 but then had to go back and get more. I was at Michaels thinking I could pick up the same thing but they only had 10 yard spools for $2.99. If I had just gotten the one at Michaels first I never would have needed the one from Joann's (Sure only a $2 savings but still!)

+ 6 pieces of 12" X 12" scrapbook paper
  - These were on sale at Joann's 5 for $1. That meant I had to buy 10 because the individual prices applied if you didn't take advantage of the sale. Considering the 6th piece would have been $0.79 alone I opted to get 10 pieces and set 4 of them aside for another project.
+ Regular glue ($1 at the Dollar Tree)

The rest was cake!
All I did was cut the stryofoam to size, glue the paper to each styrofoam piece and then glue the ribbon around the edges.

 

To hang- I used a 6 piece framing kit from Joanns I got for $1.49 but while hanging learned (and should have known-duh!) that double sided tape was really all I needed but I guess the stability of the framing kit makes sense. And voila! I now have a color coordinated wall art set that matches the decor I want in my room for just over $16! (That was the cost of a single 12" X 12" print that I kind of liked.) 

This cost would have been under $15 without the framing kit and extra ribbon.

My favorite part about this project is if I ever get tired of the paper I can just glue another sheet on top and it will only cost me $2 to get 10 more sheets (as long as I get them on sale again). Of course, the cost will go up if I have to change the ribbon too, but $5 for change is okay with me!