Love Your Guts

I just wanted to take a moment from all the DIY-ing and tutorials and say a HUGE THANK YOU to all of you for taking time to follow along with me! I seriously love each and every one of your guts and wish I could hang out and get to know all of you personally. Honestly, that would be a-maz-inggg! 🙂 🙂 🙂

When I started this blog I really didn’t have any expectations of what was to come. Actually, I knew NOTHING {when I say nothing, I mean nothinggg} about blogging besides the fact that I followed a few blogs here and there. You’re probably wondering how I ended up blogging then right? Well folks, here’s the story…

I got married in June of 2010 and by December of 2010 {just 6 months later} we found out we were pregnant. {Surprise to meee! ;-)} I had my little bundle of joy in August of 2011 and as soon as I laid my eyes on her I decided there was NO way I could go back to a full time job sooo I took on a new role as a stay at home mommy! I loved it but it also became quite overwhelming being home day in and day out when I wasn’t used to it. DIY-ing/crafting became an outlet for me… my escape from the new mommy stresses. I ended up falling in love with it and anxiously started the process of re-doing our home with DIY’s! That’s when my sis-in-law {lemondroplife.com} suggested I should start a blog sharing my DIY’s. I was extremely apprehensive about it and was curious why anyone would be interested in reading what I wrote…? It has now been 9 months {eeps!} since I first started DIYconfessions.com and it has become my TRUE passion. I LOVE connecting with all of you and hearing all of your suggestions from week to week! You are all so creative, intelligent and the nicest people! I can’t say thank you enough for taking time to read these posts and follow along with me! Honestly… You’re all THE BEST and I’m extremely excited for what 2013 beholds for this blog and the opportunities awaiting!

Thanks again!!

—>>>> Ceara

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CONTEST

I just wanted to pop in on this Monday afternoon juuuust for a moment.

I’m going to sound like your typical crazy mom out there but I wanted to ask all of you {as niiiiiicely as possible :)} if you could vote for my little girl {Lyla} to be on the cover of the American Baby magazine! The reward would obviously be to be on the cover BUT even better than that, funds are also given for a college tuition!  I’ll love your guts forever if you help us out with voting!

P.S. It goes by daily votes so if you get the chance to do it multiple times that would be WONDERFUL! Voting ends the 23rd of this month.

Click here to vote. {A link will be attached on my last tweet or last facebook post!}

https://twitter.com/DIYconfessions OR www.facebook.com/diyconfessions

{Here is the picture you will see when you vote for her :)}

THANKS AGAIN!

P.S. Oh and here is a random quick tip from “Grandma’s Tips” I thought I’d share! 🙂

Out with the old in with the new…

Well folks, I am stuffed to the gills after eating fair food {again}. Going on Tuesdays to the Indiana State Fair is the best because it only costs $2 to get in and they have $2 “taste of the state fair” at every booth! Hubs and I bought a huge pretzel for only $2! Another booth was offering two sides for $2 so you bet your bottom dollar we were there, buying our sides. Oh yeah, get this… they were selling DONUT HAMBURGERS at the fair. {I feel a gag coming on…}. It seems we have ran out of foods to deep fry so we are turning to donut hamburgers now. I couldn’t get past how many calories had to be in the sandwich so unfortunately I did not try it. Speaking of counting calories, I decided I just couldn’t pass up Dippin’ Dots! 😉

In my last blog post, I mentioned I was on the brink of doing a mini bathroom makeover and by golly, I have been kickin’ booty. My poor hubs mentioned the other day that my daughter and I are on one speed…GO! I started this bathroom makeover and I haven’t taken a break {and i L.O.V.E. it}. I was thinking about posting before and after pics of the whole bathroom mini makeover but I did so many “here and there” projects, I decided to break it down a bit.

First, I had to get rid of those terribly outdated oak cabinets. Don’t get me wrong, they are in perfect condition but just NOT my taste. As always, hubs and I get our thrills off doing makeovers on a budget so instead of buying a new bathroom vanity I sanded and painted that bad boy up and it looks brand new!
Here is the before pic of my luxurious {Uh-hum, let’s rephrase that… “modest” cabinets}.

I started the makeover by taking off the TP holder and nobs. Then I proceeded to sand ALL of the oak completely down to where it was baby butt smoooooth.

Once sanded, I brought out some paint I already had on hand. It was a small can that was actually  in the returned paint section at Walmart and I bought it for approx $2. It’s just your basic brown but turned out awesome once it dried.

{{Ignore the raggedy paint brush. I like to “re-use”. :)}}

I ended up having to paint around three coats for it to look finished. After it was all dry, I screwed on our TP holder and our new nobs. I bought these amazing nobs at hobbylobby.com for 50% off! Check it out!

I stepped back, looked at it and it was perfect, too perfect {weird, I know}. I needed to rough up the edges a little too add a rustic vibe and so glad I did! I’m pumped with the results!

Check out the BEFORE and AFTER pics…

The only thing we still have to do to it  is put a sealer on it aaaaand it’s finished! It’s amazing how much money you can save by just doing a “makeover” instead of purchasing a brand new vanity.

Well, that’s all for now! …Have a good day! :))

P.S. I’m so excited I just have to share that DIYconfessions.com has hit over 100,000 views now! WOOO-HOOOO!! {{Thanks to ALL of you who follow along with me!}}

It’s that time of year…

Hey DIY-ers! I apologize for being MIA for the last two weeks {which feels like years}. We have been hoppin’ like craaaaa-zy and it seems the ONLY time I have a moment to sit down is when it’s time to snooooze. {zzzzzz…} We’ve had lots of fun happening around here though folks…one of them being my little girl {11 months} started walking! Yes, walking! {As if her turning one isn’t enough to wreck my emotions she has to start walking early. ;-)} The girl keeps me on my toes but I wouldn’t have it ANY other way.

So, it’s that time of year again….the STATE FAIR! I gotta admit I’m on the lame side. I’m not into all the spinning, let’s vomit, get dizzy, rides. I have a incredibly weak stomach that just can’t take that much fun in ONE setting. {I know, fun-sucker…booo.} My husband on the other hand can’t get enough of them. This year was a different pace though since we took our little girl with us. She was ecstatic when she saw the animals and all the flashing lights from the rides and my husband and I were ecstatic when we saw all the food. 😉 We honestly had some of THE best almonds in the world there. {Maybe a little stretch of the truth but they were mighty fine.} Well, I should have a DIY project to share coming up this weekend {can’t wait} but for now I just wanted to share some fun stuff….PICS from the fair!

{Hi. My name is Ceara and I am addicted to buying bracelets at the fair….}

{<3}

{Playing peekaboo….}

 

Well that’s all for now!

—–>Enjoy going to the fair! :)))

 

P.S. Here’s a couple extra tidbits…

*I now have sponsored advertising at the bottom of some of my blog posts! Be sure and check them out.

*Also, I was featured on TIPJUNKIE.com and truebluemeandyou.tumblr.com

SO EXCITED! Be sure to click the links and see what they have going on as well!

http://www.tipjunkie.com/top-10-crafts-to-make-this-week-722/

http://truebluemeandyou.tumblr.com/post/27769708682/diy-no-sew-scarf-to-vest-tutorial

Party Break

Hey fellow DIY-ers!

I just wanted to stop in and say a bigggg THANK YOU!

DIYconfessions.com has now hit 20,000 views! {sirens sounding, drums banging, angelic choir singing ‘ahhhhh’…}

Thanks to every, single one of YOU, this blog is taking off and I couldn’t be more happy, pleased, blessed, thankful, excited, stoked…{I could go on forever}.

Thanks a million folks!

Love your guts…

-Ceara 🙂

LOWES GIFT CARD GIVEAWAY

Goooood morning!

It’s that time again…Time for a GIVEAWAY! {insert girly scream here}

Enter for a chance to WIN a $25 gift card to Lowes!

How do I enter the contest?

• “Like” my DIYconfessions fan page on Facebook {Click here: www.facebook.com/DiYconfessions}

• Leave a comment on the DIYconfessions fan page ‘GIVEAWAY’ status explaining why YOU should win the gift card. {The more creative/funky the comment is the better :)}

*Contest starts now and will end July 26th. Winner will be announced July 27th!*

Good luck everyone!!