an august sunrise- from our back porch!

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remember my back porch makeover? today i’m going to share with you one of my thrifty diy projects that gave the space the right kind of feel- a thrifted frame tray!

i bought this lovely from goodwill for a buck.  beautiful, isn’t it?

i painted the frame with high gloss white spray paint and then covered the cardboard insert with this red print fabric (from ikea). i secured it with a little hot glue and voila! i had a matching tray centerpiece within about twenty minutes!

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in order for our back porch makeover to be affordable, i had to get a little crafty (not to mention thrifty)!  here’s how i made all those yellow vases (super easy peasy).

i paid less than $2 for these three vases- all plastic and all thrifted!  with a little high gloss spray paint…

{peach japanese masking tape and red and white washi masking tape}

and a little japanese washi tape…

you can have brand new, beautiful vases!  the three of these were finished within about 15 minutes.

i’m not sure which stars aligned that allowed me to find this yellow lace at a thrift store one day, but i bought a realm of about 200 yards for $2.  woot woot!

i still need to find a little plant to go in this one, but she’s waiting patiently here until i do.

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happy friday lovelies!  i spent most of last weekend making over our last-on-the-to-do-list back porch, and i’m to share with you the before and after’s!  with some serious thriftiness and diy projects, i was able to do the entire makeover for under $300.  there are lots of little projects that i’ll be sharing with you over the next few weeks, but here is the big picture of our back porch makeover:

before

after

before

after

this table, fan, tic tac toe game and vase were all thrifted, for under $20!

so, this is pretty much where you’ll find me this weekend! do you have any plans for the weekend?

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{photo: the pioneer woman’s tres leches cake}

just popping in to say hello!  i’m planning on making this tres leches cake from the pioneer woman for our family’s memorial day get together tonight, and thought i would share it with you!  doesn’t it look delectable?  i’m planning to top mine with blackberries, blueberries and strawberries, yum! i’ve been working all weekend trying to get our last-on-the-to-do-list back porch decorated, and i’m so excited to say, it’s coming together!  i even moved this huge (i mean huge) swing thing up the steps and through this tiny doorway all by myself, someone really should’ve seen it (but since i hid out of embarrassment every time a car passed, i guess no one did)!  i have big plans to surprise david and both of our parents tonight, so all the men in the family were out of the question when it came to asking for help  (yes, i was secretly hoping that someone would see me and offer a hand, ha!).  stubborn?  yes.  did i totally wreck my back?  yes. will it be worth it? yes!

luckily all the heavy lifting is done and now all there is to do is make a few pillows and hang some artwork.  i hope to share it with you soon!  what are you doing for memorial day?

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