- My Sister's Rehearsal -

My sister's wedding crept up on us quickly this past spring.  After all the planning it had finally come to the day before the wedding.  The day of the rehearsal, my sister and all our family worked hard putting together all of the details for the wedding.  My sister did an awesome job with all the preparations, spending months collecting all the perfect antiques to put together her vintage wedding theme.

An old window, baby's breath, and my sister's engagement photos finished off the guest book table.

My sister ordered this picture book to use as the wedding guestbook.

An IKEA frame decorated with a chalk pen.

This was one of the entrance tables in the wedding and reception hall, my favorite to decorate!

My sister found these playing cards at an antique shop with her wedding dates on them.

My sister and mom spent hours making these pinwheels by hand out of scrapbook paper.

All the pinwheels were handmade of scrapbook paper also.  These were to be given to all the guests to hold as the bride and groom left the church.

My sister ordered these adorable shirts for my kids to wear the next day while we were all preparing for the wedding.

I loved my Maid of Honor bag!

My mom, sisters, and I =)

The happy couple to be!

                                 -Karmen

Celebrating Thanksgiving!

- Happy Thanksgiving -

I thought with Thanksgiving fast approaching I would share some photos of my Thanksgiving decor in my kitchen and a fun chalkboard project perfect for your Thanksgiving festivities this week.

I finally bought some chalkboard paint to play with at Michaels in the Martha Stewart section (I have a picture of the bottle below).  The bottle was small, but I have used it for multiple projects and still have some left!  This is a frame that I turned into a challkboard.  I painted several layers of the chalkboard paint onto the glass.  This will make perfect gifts for the holidays & is perfect to use for a display at my craft shows.

This is a free printable I found on Pinterest.  You can find this printable and others on my Lillyan Lou Pinterest Boards under the Fall & Halloween board.

I also printed off a free orange & white chevron patterned paper to accent the other printable

 (this printable can also be found on my Fall & Halloween board on Pinterest).

Chalkboard Tray Tutorial:

This is my chalkboard tray that I made for Thanksgiving with the chalkboard paint.  I used an old plastic charger from Target to cover.  It took several layers painted over several hours and turned out great!

I hope each and everyone of you have a great Thanksgiving holiday with your family & friends! I am so thankful for my family and friends, good health, and all my Lillyan Lou supporters. I am also thankful for my new computer since my MacBook took a dive this week...now I can share my pictures with you!  Thanks for stopping by!

                                             -Karmen

Kid's Bubblegum Bathroom

     

Before (the only picture I took before the destruction began) 

and After!

Our home has been waiting for this bathroom remodel since we moved into our home in 2004.  With the bathroom's 80's linoleum to the worn out ugly, ugly vanity...it was time to go!  After a couple of months, we finally managed to finish our kid's bathroom remodel and I couldn't be happier with the results.  Of course we haven't finished all the trim, need to paint one more coat of paint on the walls, and I would like to add a shelf over the toilet...in due time it will all get done.  Here are some pictures showing our remodel.  I have also included my bathroom print jpegs for you on the bottom of this post for you to print out for your own bathroom...enjoy!

This is a scary picture...Paige with a powertool!

The kid's went to town destroying the old linoleum floor.

 All finished!

My 3 bathroom prints I designed with vintage hooks I found at an antique shop hanging below.

My BATH sign I made from Hobby Lobby cardboard letters & metallic spray paint...

thank you Pinterest!

I found these 3 vintage bubble gum machines at a flea market and fell in LOVE with them...yes I know it is crazy I have candy gum balls in my kid's bathroom =).  I also found the old wire locker baskets filled with toilet paper at an antique shop.

Here are the 3 printables just for YOU!

Print 1 jpeg. For personal use only.

Print 2 jpeg. For personal use only.

Print 2 jpeg. For personal use only.

Enjoy,

              -Karmen