In “Their Own Style” Friday

Every now and then I like to show you some truly genius, beautiful, fun, or just down right amazing DIY projects that others have done.  I have been busy this week trying to get my studioffice makeover started and don’t have anything completed yet to show you, so I thought it the perfect time to feature a few projects that have inspired me.

For starters- since we all have a few hard edged office looking things in our homes, like printers, modems, scanners, etc.  I thought you would appreciate this idea. It is one of those that has you saying to yourself, “now why didn’t I think of that?”   Look what Pamela at PB & J Stories did.   She transformed a drawer front with hinges so her printer can be easily accessed, yet hidden.

I had never been to Pamela’s blog before and enjoyed looking around and reading her posts. I found out that her husband is in the Navy and just returned from deployment. Reading her post brought back many pleasant memories for me when I first met my husband – I stood on the docks in Norfolk… and San Diego… and Bremerton… and San Francisco….. literally waiting for the ship to come in many times. A big part of life as a Navy spouse is waiting and moving – A LOT!  Someday I will tell you the story about how I met my husband. XO It was not your average ordinary boy meets girl scenario.

OK – the printer drawer was genius, now look at what Carrie over at Lovely, Etc. did to her sub flooring!  Your jaw is going to drop.  I have stenciled quite a few floors, but this is just amazing. The detail and the border – I am so impressed with her talent and patience to do a big and detailed project like this.  She said it took a lot of time, but WOW – it was worth it.  Sub flooring never looked so good!

xo Valentine’s Day xo  is less than two weeks away.  Are you ready to surprise someone with a Valentine goodie or treat?

Poppies at Play made the sweetest Valentine cinnamon buns.    Hmmmm…mmm..mmm they look yummy and they are not even baked yet!   Sometimes I like the dough better than the baked buns.  Do you fall into that category, too?  :)  Making them would be such a nice way to send your family out the door on Valentine’s morning, or to take to work to share with your co-workers.  Simple, yet a delicious way to make the ones around you feel the love or as my youngest would say, feel the  “Mommy Love”.   When she was growing up and wanted something from me – to hem her jeans or to make her favorite meal, she would look at me all cute and tell me she needed some “Mommy Love”.  To her, it meant the special things that I did just for her.  I can just imagine her saying she needs some “Mommy Love” in the way of some Heart Shaped Cinnamon Buns come the 14th.

So after genius, amazing, and yummy delicious that I cannot top, I will tell you about the small project I did for Momtastic – it is Valentine’s Day related.   I was having so much fun making the pom poms for my Mondo Pom Pom Throw that I was inspired to make Pom Pom Valentine Flowers. They are easy to make and the best part – they don’t need any water. Give one to anyone who is nice to you on February 14th.  If you want to find out more, you can click over to my post –

DIY: Valentine Pom Pom Flowers

Are you going to tell us who you have a blog crush on?  It is only 11 more days until you can reveal who it is.  If you want to find out more about the Link up here on Feb 14th – just click the button to read the post all about it.

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