We're Back from Vacation

We got home from vacation this afternoon and guess what we came home to??? I wish we could say came home to a big "welcome home" sign, but we came home instead to a flooded house! We opened our front door and heard water running, ran into the kitchen and water was spraying everywhere and we had about 3-4 inches of water on the floor. The plastic pipe on the faucet broke (yes, our new faucet). There was water in our dining room, kitchen, bathroom, our daughter's bedroom, hall way, and the garage. So we spent the rest of the day ripping out carpet, carpet padding, removing furniture, sucking up water with wet vacs and now we have fans running to dry out our home. What a great way to come home after vacation...NOT!!! Oh and ya know our kitchen we just finished remodeling....well the cabinet by the sink is ruined! So is our vanity in our bathroom. Thank the Lord we have homeowner's insurance!! The adjuster is suppose to come out tomorrow.

So if I'm not posting for awhile that is because I'm dealing with this!! UGH!!!!!!!!

Charleston, SC was so nice!

We are still on vacation, but wanted to let you all know that we went to Charleston, SC on wednesday and took a ton of photos. It was such a cool town. We will be back home on Monday and I'll post pics then.

Talk to ya on Monday! I'm off to the beach!

Darlene

She Sells SeaShells By The SeaShore

Since I am going to the beach for vacation very soon I have been thinking about things I could do with seashells. Here are a few ideas....

Hmmm, wonder how many starfish are on this stunning mirror??

This is an easy project and so cool!

Here's something to keep you busy for awhile and use all those seashells you've collected!

Use a Rotozip to put a groove in the shell to use as place card holders!

Rope and shells made into napkin rings...perfect for your summer table!

Wow, this is stunning! If you have alot of shells..go find a lamp at a garage sale & get busy!

This is seashell encrusted letters...get the cardboard letters from Hobby Lobby and start attaching the seashells. Makes a great statement on a shelf or mantle!

You could get a fillable glass lamp and just pour in all those shells. Love how there are a few dyed shells in there to match the lamp shade!

Hope I find lots of shells on vacation!!

DARLENE

My Thrift Store Find And MakeOver

Hope you all had a great weekend! They just never are long enough, are they?!

Did you know that every monday you can check out all the thrifting and garage sale finds from about 100+ bloggers? Just go to Rhoda's blog-Southern Hospitality to find all the links or to participate in her linky party called Thrifty Treasures AND you can go check out how people all across blogland have transformed things they have over at Susan's blog-Between Naps On The Porch. Susan hosts the linky party called Metamorphosis Monday. So stop on by both of these blogs to get some great inspiration!

Today I am participating in both of these linky parties- Thrifting Treasures & Metamorphosis Monday.

I scored this framed mirror at the Salvation Army. It was $12...way more than I normally would have spent, but I liked the size and detail!

Now you know that I couldn't keep it as is! I had hubby remove the mirror (for use on a future project) and I proceeded to prime & paint it & distress it a bit. Then I painted a piece of Luann with chalkboard paint and Voila......a new chalkboard!

Now I made this to sell but now I'm wondering if I should keep it for my kitchen instead of the smaller one I made. So I need you to help me decide if I should stick with the smaller one I made for my kitchen or if I should sell the smaller one and keep this new large chalkboard?? Decisions Decisions!

Ok, time to vote on which one I should keep.

UPDATE: Ok, you all voted for me to keep the big one so...........

now I'm selling the smaller chalkboard. Let me know if you would like to buy it. Just leave a comment or email me at darlene@creativecarpetdesign.com

It is $39/$8 shipping

Thanks
~Darlene~

Don't Forget To Watch.........

If you all are obsessed with design and decorating like myself, don't forget to watch the new Design Star on HGTV.

It starts tomorrow 10/9 central!

I just got reminded myself by a commercial, so I made sure it all the episodes were scheduled to record. Too bad Layla didn't make it...that sure would have been fun routing for our blog friend! Maybe next year!

Salvation Army Find....Makeover

I want to start off by saying a "BIG THANK YOU" for all of you that sent me get well wishes and offered up prayers! Vertigo is AWFUL and makes you feel terrible! I had alot of people praying and I honestly believe I was healed! Thank you Jesus! I felt like a new woman on sunday and have felt great since!


Since I finally felt back to normal I wanted to get out of the house so the girls and I went out to our local Salvation Army and Goodwill Store the other day. I found a few things that I am making over. Here is the first item I found. It is one of those covered cheese tray things. It was $2.

I realized after I started painting it that I forgot to take a photo...so here it is half painted.

I sprayed it several coats of black spray paint after sanding it first. Then I polyurethaned it. Hey, if I ever want to use it for cheese...does anyone know if that would be safe?

For now I am using it to showcase a seashell, a starfish, and some sand dollars we found on our last vacation.

I think I may like it better if it was raised a bit so I may add some feet to it.

I am going to save the other things I bought to makeover to show you on Monday, so please come back and see.

Have a Super Day!
Darlene

I'm denying myself

I am missing my favorite foods! I shouldn't be even looking at these because it is just torturing me!






I am on day 8 of a diet and doing great. I have lost almost 8 lbs so far! Although I do fantasize about eating yummy foods again! So are you wondering what diet I am on?? Have you heard of the HCG diet? I had never heard of it until about 2 weeks ago when I started researching the net for ways to reset my metabolism. My metabolism had basically shut down. Anyway, found amazing testimonials from people who did this hcg diet and once they were off of it they had a great working metabolism and could eat normally. You can read about it here

Well just wanted to find out if any of my fellow blog friends have done this or are doing this diet?

This is my goal!

Take Care
Darlene