I Mustache You A Question...

Do you like my new key holder?

 

 

I have seen these popping up everywhere and finally decided to make one.  The old keychain holder I had kinda sucked, so I needed one that was more fun!

 

I found a mustache silhouette that I liked, enlarged it on my computer and traced it onto freezer paper.  This is the silhouette I used:

 

 

I cut out my mustache, and I was going to trace it onto my wood but it kept moving.  So I took the lazyman's way out and tacked the freezer paper onto the wood, sprayed around it lightly with black spray paint, then traced around the  image that was left.

 

I used my jigsaw to cut it out.  It got a little tricky in the curvy part of the stache, but I managed not to lose any appendages!

 

 

I gave it a nice sanding, stained it with one coat of Minwax Dark Walnut, then screwed on my hooks!

 

 

I bought a nice block of wood from Lowe's for $10.  I'll be able to make two key holders out of it and I have a little wood left over.  Since I used the hooks from my old key holder, this only cost me five bucks!

 

I love the imperfections of the wood!

 

 

Now I've got a funky little key holder!  I'm thinking these will make some good Christmas presents!

 

 

Cheers!

Appliqued Onsies for A Special 1st Birthday!

Happy first day of Fall!

 

I had the pleasure of spending most of my day with my family!  My cousin's little girl turned one so we celebrated her birthday all afternoon!

 

Isn't she precious!

 

 

My cousin made the cute decoration on the booster seat.  I'll be storing that idea for when I have kids!

 

The birthday girl needed some more play clothes, so I made her a few onsies she could prance around in with style!

 

 

I originally saw the owl design on Somewhat Simple where Leslie from The Seasoned Homemaker was doing a guest post.  She used the owl applique on a kitchen towel (super cute) but I decided to slap it on a onsie!

 

 

I also made a bird onsie:

 

 

and an elephant onsie:

 

 

My favorites are the owl and elephant onsies!

 

 

We all had a blast celebrating and laughing!

 

Happy Fall!

 

Cheers!

 

 

Happy Almost Fall - Pumpkin Muffin Recipe!

As far as I'm concerned, Fall is the best season of the year!  You just can't beat bright blue skies, crisp and cool weather, and oh, the smells!

 

I'm officially official at work now - I found out Friday that I passed my certifying exam.  Now I just have a lot of paperwork to complete and I will officially be a PA-C!

 

In the meantime, I'm ready to start transitioning back into blogging!  I've got some exciting parties and swaps coming up, so stay tuned.

 

Today I wanted to share a delicious pumpkin muffin recipe I found online!

 

I took the muffin recipe from The Life of Jennifer Dawn and the pecan streusel recipe from serioustreats.com and combined them to make the most heavenly fall treat!

 

 

 

Ingredients for Pecan Streusel:
8 pecan halves, finely chopped
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons whole wheat flour
1 tablespoon butter

Ingredients for Pumpkin Muffins:
1 box of spice cake mix
 1 15 oz. can of pumpkin puree
 2 teaspoons of pumpkin spice

Directions:
1. In a large bowl, blend together the box of cake mix, can of pumpkin puree, and pumpkin spice.
2. Spoon the batter into a prepared muffin pan.
3. Sprinkle the streusel topping evenly over the muffin mix.
4. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

 

These make your house smell amazing while they're baking!

 

 

Enjoy your delicious Fall treats!  These are very easy to make, and they really impress everyone with your amazing baking abilities! ;)

 

 

Cheers!

Just Popping In to Say Hello!

Can I tell you all how much I flipping miss you!

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I do, just in case you didn't know!

I'm still going to be on blogging vacay for a few more months, but I couldn't stand not to stop by and say hello!

I've had a lot of big events in the past few weeks!

At the end of July I had my 10-year reunion.  Say whaa!

Yep, I'm totally sporting a chevron dress baby!  Doesn't my hubby look dapper in his pink shirt and blue plaid tie!

Next big event?

I GRADUATED!

I thought this day would never come!  I sat down the other day looking through some of my older blog posts and was reminded of how awesome you all are!  I have gotten so much support and encouragement from you throughout my journey.  You don't know how much I appreciate you guys!

On the last day of our didactic phase (last day of classroom) my "wifey" and I took this photo -

In case you didn't notice, we were just a little excited about starting our rotations.

This is one of my absolute favorite photos ever, so we recreated it last week at our final graduation.

Hahaha! I love my wifey - she's been my rock through the entire program.  I don't know how I would have survived without her.

Obviously graduating ranks up there with one of the top happy days of my life, but right up there is the day I found out I had a real JOB!

That's right! I am beyond blessed to have been offered a position as an orthopedic PA with a group of amazing people!

I still have to take my boards in September (gulp) before I start working, but I am so thrilled.  I did my 7th clinical rotation with this group and was offered a job before I left.

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Excited doesn't even begin to cover how I feel.  I'll be spending 3-4 days a week assisting in surgery and the rest of my time will be in the clinic.  These people are so fun I can't stand it.

So that pretty much sums up all the major events since I've been gone.

Oh, and my husband surprised me with Regina Spektor tickets today!  My birthday is in November and she'll be playing here in Nashville.  She's one of my favorite musicians and I haven't been to a concert in years!  This will actually be the first concert hubby and I go to together!

I feel like I've been absent for forever, so I wanted to say hello and let you all know I miss you!  I hope to be back by October, maybe even sooner!

I hope you all are doing wonderful!

Cheers!

Time to Go For the Gold! Paint Projects Linky!

Ok contenders! It's time to link up your best paint projects and go for the gold!

Just in case you missed our projects, here they are again!

I jazzed up this boring old chest using multi-tone stain, spray paint, and chalkboard paint!

Cassie transformed this old bed from boring to brilliant using homemade chalk paint and stencils!

Gwen fixed up this boring, plastic mirror using paint and Martha Stewart glaze!

Now it's your turn to link up your projects!  You can submit any project that was inspired by one of ours, or just has to do with paint of any kind!

We'll be featuring some of our favorites next week!

Don't forget to hop over to Gwen's and enter to win these paints!

Good luck!

Cheers!!