Easter Sunday!

My son, now nearly 3 years old, was so much fun this Easter!  My daughter, almost 10, I think it about to outgrow this fun holiday...  Such a difference in prospective in that 7 year age gap. None the less, they both had so much fun!

My favorite part of the day was church.  Not only did we have a baptism, which is such a symbolic thing to witness, especially on Easter Sunday; however, church service was just so very moving.  I think we all go through the motions and sometimes we just need to stop and feel God's presence.
You can see our full day of fun from Easter morning, to church service, to our amazing lunch, and egg hunt at the kid's grandparent's house in the video linked below.
Enjoy!

Easter Saturday

When you can relive some of your childhood memories, that is just about as good as it gets when it comes to holiday traditions.  We spent the day with my grandmother (my kid's great grandmother).

As a kid, me and my sister spent a lot of time with my grandparents and a lot of our family traditions are passed down from those times.  It's been so great passing these traditions onto my own children.
Saturday we dyed eggs with my Grandma.  Something me and my sister ALWAYS did with her.  We even used the same spoons we used as kids for the dye cups.
In addition to that always fun activity, we also had an egg hunt - which was a little different then regular eggs hunts.  You'll have to watch the video below to see that fun...
Hope you enjoy!

Day in the Life of a DIYer

Join me on a typical day as I juggle work and being a stay at home mom.
In this video you'll see:
-Preschool Homeschool -Green smoothie recipe -Ant killer recipe -Building a pallet style clock
Enjoy!

Updated Contact Paper Kitchen Backsplash

Back in July I updated my kitchen backsplash for FREE with contact paper (that I already had).  You can see all the details from that post HERE

This is the OLD before & after of the 1st backsplash

As much as I LOVED this update, it had it's flaws.  There were a lot of seams.  I have plaster walls and it didn't stick well.  I ended up going back and adding thumb tacks to keep it from falling down.  Due to all the seams, and from the heat of the oven, I was in need of adding more thumbtacks then I would like and decided it was time for a change... I had seen someone make a newspaper template of their wall and made one cut from a roll of contact paper, eliminating the seams.

A light bulb went off - I'll use my existing contact paper backsplash as a template after I pull it down!  So that's what I did!

Here I unrolled the roll of new contact paper, layered the old contact paper template on top, traced and cut.

The start of laying out the new contact paper.  I still needed to use a few thumbtacks to get it started and added in a few places along the way.

Working my way along the first wall, onto the second wall.

Here is where I did have ONE seam.  Apparently my new roll of contact paper wasn't as long as my original.  I had tons of left over from the first basksplash and assumed the same for this and only bought 1 roll... I was wrong - and back to the store I went to buy a second roll.

Finished new faux backsplash

I am pretty much in love with this new design.  It is much more like tile and brightens up the kitchen even more.

Old vs. New contact paper backsplash

No it's not perfect, but it was a beautiful update that cost under $11.00!

***Contact paper is a white/gray quartrefoil from Walmart and about $5.50 per roll.  I used less then 2 rolls.

Video tutorial here:

Faux Metal Letters

Can I just say how much I love my dear friend "J."  She has me creating all kinds of new things and I am just loving how all of them are turning out!

For this DIY project, she wanted faux metal "EAT" letters that she could stand up on her kitchen counters.
I read through a few tutorials and sort of did a combination of them to make the look she wanted.  So here's my technique...

I used these three paints and a foam paint brush

8" paper mache letters from Hobby Lobby

Coat ONE of black paint

Coat TWO of black paint

Then I lightly dry brushed on a coat of the metallic silver paint
Next I hit a few places with the turquoise paint to give it a "patina" look which also matched "J's" kitchen
And then I went over it a second time and lighted brushed on more silver metallic paint.

They look so nice in her kitchen and I just love how great they turned out!
You can find these for sale on my Facebook business page (Heart to Heart Studios) HERE

Happy Valentine's Day!

Long time no BLOG!

I need to do a full post on what I've been up to, but I can tell you this...
 I AM STILL DAILY DIYing!

My hope is to jump back onto this blog train and we will start with Valentine's Day

 Remember the beautiful DIY Cafe Shelves me and hubby built last spring?
~Link to that post HERE~

WELL I LOVE THEM

Here is my Valentine's Day decor in our dining room on those beautiful cafe shelves.

I always (and I mean really try) to hit the after holiday sales.  Last year I lucked out with Valentine's Day.  I found TONS of decor 80% off at Hobby Lobby.  My heart fluttered when I opened my Valentine's Day storage tote and saw some great new things for me to use this year.  I love when that happens.

The beautiful chalkboard heart jars were among those 80% off steals.  The heart wreath I picked up at a craft show.  I love giving other creative artists my support too!

Stay tuned for my new cafe shelf redecoration coming after I have to take all the lovely Valentine's Day decor down. If you want a look at what I've been up to, I've been great about updating my INSTAGRAM account nearly daily.

Time for a break

I have decided to take a tiny step back from my DAILY blog posts.  Although I am still DIYing daily, I have many other projects that are needing my attention at this time.  That limits the time I have to create daily diy blog posts and video tutorial (which takes A LOT of time). As of now, I will post projects, in a much more informal way just to share what I'm up to.  Some might or might not have tutorial, however video tutorial will no longer be part of this blog. I'm very proud of the messages I receive that say "THANK YOU for creating this tutorial!  It really helped me!'  And that's exactly what I was hoping for!  Until I can do some catching up on the other things that seem to have a higher priority over my blogging, I will be taking a break.   This has pretty much become a full time job for me, one in which I really have enjoyed.  You will still be able to access the over 70 video tutorials on my YouTube channel!  So make sure to check that out! Thanks for everyone who has helps support my ideas and projects!  It has meant the world to me!