Sneak Peek {Advent Calendar}

Just wanted to give you a little sneak peek on a project I'm working on with a friend. It turned out to be a bit more work then we had anticipated but it will be worth it in the end....who wants to craft junk? Not me!

Here I've laied out the pictures and card stock how I want them to look on the calendar, now the task of keeping this all in order! 

 Up close of one of the images of Christ. I just LOVE Liz Lemon Swindle's art! This one is called Prince of Peace, she's one of my FAVORITES when it comes to images of Christ.

 Wish us luck on this one! Hopefully it will be completed BEFORE Christmas this year....at least we'll get plenty of use out of it in years to come!

{coffee table}....finally done!

This project has been sitting around for so long I no longer have the early build pictures. Well, I probably do somewhere but with our computer crash the beginning of this year and the loss of some pictures they may just be gone forever. However, that doesn't take the joy out of a finished product! Just in time for the {Holidays}!

Tu es ma joie de vivre

Just a little something I gave as a gift. Tu es ma joie de vivre, it's French for you are the joy of my life. Plaque is hand painted, distressed and given a rustic aged look. Notice the chips out of each side, I think it really gives it character.

Kids picnic table

So about a month ago my son and I were shopping when he came across a kids picnic table that he REALLY wanted, the only problem was the price tag. $80.00!!!! Sorry kid, I love ya but it isn't going to happen right now. I knew that it wouldn't be a hard build so I promised that I would make one.

I am so bad about getting 'in progress' pictures, by the time I remembered I was practically done with the build.

The original plan I started with only had a 31" long tabletop. My four year old wouldn't be able to sit more than one more friend at the table with him. I realized that I would be altering these plans for sure!

Another view, here you can see the under support which wasn't in the original plans. I felt it necessary to add this with the length added to the top. I also wanted to add an umbrella and felt that the lower support would be helpful with the umbrella as well.

 My four year old enjoying the table before the umbrella addition.

 Finished product!! I'm so happy with how it turned out, I even like it more than the table we found at Cost Plus World Market.

table dimensions

Tabletop: 41" wide by 18 1/4" deep

Overall depth: 34"

Height (without umbrella): 18 3/4"

 Happy Crafting!