Creative Juices Decor

This was a long and drawn out journey.  Remember me telling you about a serious mistake I made in the design process??  This is it. In the beginning I really wanted opaque glass in my sidelight windows next to my front door. (Who likes people poking their head in to see if you are home??? I don’t want people to know it’s noon and I am still in my bathrobe!!!) So I ordered the glass in what was called “Cross Reed” privacy glass.  I saw a 2”x2” square sample of the privacy glass and even though I wasn’t sure what it would look like, I thought it would be a fun option. Well it comes in and SERIOUSLY it looked like  80’s DISCO/TECHNO glass next to my Tuscan front door.  I was horrified, what did I do??? LUCKILY there was a minor malfunction with the glass and I got to replace it for NO CHARGE.  I was pretty skittish with picking any opaque glass so I just ordered it clear.  I told myself that if I wanted to add some texture to ...

After the last piece I did with my winning chalk paint (my vintage desk re-do )  I just had to do another one.  This cute little beauty was a Christmas gift from my mom - actually, I saw it in her house and was like, “Mom, can I have that!!!????”   (It’s so fun being a daughter…..where else can you spot something you like and ASK for it!! ha!)  And the AFTER shots! For this piece I did a really LIGHT second coat (even watered the chalk paint down a little)  It made it a lot easier to distress. SOOO, wondering where and what this piece will be used for???  It is going to be my daughter’s hamster table !  I know, doesn’t sound classy but it fit the cage PERFECTLY!  Once I get her desk and this piece all set up in her room I’ll snap a shot for you guys. Updated shot! Linking up to YHL Book Party - Painting your furniture is tip #214. STAY TUNED! ~CreativeJuicesDecor~

I realized after I wrote the post about my honed kitchen granite that I never mentioned that I DID do the regular shiny polished granite in my master bathroom (really, I love BOTH polished and matte finish)  This granite was a remnant, left over from someone else’s large job that I picked up for a great price.  I matched it to a neutral tile and picked out these little gemstone accent tile (aren’t they BEAU – TI- FUL!) and away I went with the bathroom colors picked out.  Once again, after holding my breath and wondering if it will all come together, I think it did!  I love natural stone, you can’t go wrong.  Honed matte satin finish or the highly polished granite – it’s all good Thanks for tagging along with me through my house adventure! ~CreativeJuicesDecor~

This is the EASIEST recipe ever !  Not only is it my kids all time favorite meal it was MY favorite growing up too.  Feel free to change this up for your health needs.  I have experimented using whole wheat flour but it doesn’t “puff” up like the white flour.  Dutch Puff 1/4 c (1/2 cube) melted butter 1 1/2 Cups milk 1 1/2 Cups flour 6 eggs. dash of cinnamon and a touch of vanilla (if you want) Turn your oven on to 400̊ F Put the butter in an skillet oven pan and stick it in the oven to melt.  Put all other ingredients into blender.  Blend and pour into the pan once the butter is melted. Bake for 20-25 min.  When golden brown and puffed up take out and serve!  Typically this is served with powdered sugar on top but we like syrup or agave nectar.  And yes, I serve it for breakfast, lunch or dinner!  ha!! Yes, that is delicious butter sizzling on top! If you want link up your favorite EASY family meal is on the comments....

Building a new construction home is quite the journey!  It can be full of challenges.  For me, one of the hardest "choices" was finding the right kitchen counter tops.  I eventually decided on a GRANITE.   Luckily, I did find ONE granite warehouse that carried what is called a HONED or satin  finish granite . (I guess they have only been installing honed granite in Europe for YEARS, it isn’t highly polished so it’s not shiny, it has a matte finish.)  When I saw it, I turned to the guy helping me and said, “this isn’t granite – is it?”  I thought it must have been limestone or some other exotic tumbled stone that was expensive only because it was not granite….WELL, it was a granite, and it was in my price range!  (a lower B level and they go all the way up to E I think)  I was so overwhelmed after looking at 1000 slabs of granite but I really felt that was the slab for me so I told my contractor to buy it. Five months ...

Oh my, have you seen this fabulous boutique The Shabby Apple on other blogs?  They are so much fun…..very RETRO and full of spunk. They contacted me and asked if I would like to do a giveaway for my blog readers and I said, ABSOLUTELY! (I was pretty excited, I had seen their stuff before and drooled over a few things already……) For those that are visual,  let me show you some of my personal favorites. I love the fit and the neckline – such a vintage classic dress I could totally see this dress worn casually or dressy in the spring/summer. This picture says it all -  blue, red and white wonderful, right? If you are in the shopping mood and want to grab your own Shabby Apple clothing,  just enter this coupon code at checkout to receive 10% off your entire order:     creativejuices10off  (expires Feb. 15) Actually, right now they are having a site wide sale of 20% off which is really great, but if that goes away use my 10% off o...

Oh…….My…….Word……. Yes I’m still talking about the clay because when I told you I was done with the it and gave you that nice before and after shot, I really wasn’t done because it is the Clay That Never Ends …. Want to know why? 1.) I decided to really get creative with the powder room (the guest bathroom)  Not a BRIGHT idea when really all that you should be thinking about is just FINISHING up the job .  The end result was so worth it though!  If you want to see my amazing trick for hanging plates - be sure and click over! 2.) My hard working husband who works from home mentioned how much he would love a few of his office walls in the clay (how could I say no, even after 75 hours of hard labor???)  Not the greatest photo - but it's a soft muted green called Savannah Moss 3.) My cool iron piece I bought had a mighty hard time fitting in the hole they made for it so basically they had to tear apart the wall opening   a...

Do you guys like entering giveaways?  I try to enter them because wouldn’t it be fun to win?? Well I DID win some chalk paint from Southern Hospitality’s Blog by Stylish Patina the other day.  (super cool, I checked and I was 1 out of 250 – wow!)  Anne Sloan Chalk Paint So I get this chalk paint and wax in the mail and to be honest with you I had NO IDEA what this stuff even was???  I totally had to research on the internet and hope to find other blogs that have used it.  I did – actually a LOT of bloggers have written posts on it, one of my favorites was Perfectly Imperfect .  I guess this stuff is the HOT product on the market. Want to know why????? There is NO need for SANDING OR PRIMING your furniture piece before you start!!! Yep you heard me right – you get to completely skip those LONG tedious steps!  I always felt so scared of painting furniture because I always thought I wouldn’t do it “correctly”.  I have spray paint...

I just love pretty breakable things and I just love my little 4 year old but the combination of the two don’t always bode well together…… I got this beautiful set of glittery red candle holders from a friend for Christmas.  I still had them wrapped up in the box and my daughter decided to move the box off the table to, who knows where, and KABOOM!!   The bottom of the box fell to the ground.  (no, I did not take a picture of this……there is a time and a place for everything folks!) I – Couldn’t - Believe - It!  My new gift had all the stems broken and the only thing that kept the top together was that it was a broken mosaic in the first place!  I was super sweet and understanding   OK, I  was VERY upset.  My daughter said she was sorry and that I could just fix it with glue. That didn’t help me much at all. My mother in law heard about the story and went out to buy me TWO more (the last two) that were left at the store (isn’t she swee...