RECIPE: Ding Dong Cake

It's sort of become a "tradition" to have Ding Dong cake at family functions the last year or so. A girl I used to work with made them a lot and would bring them to work for all of us. It's the most delicious cake I have ever eaten, and I usually hate cake. I finally decided to look up the recipe online and make one for myself. Best decision I ever made. It's my dad's favorite cake now! The first 2 pictures are from Thanksgiving. The quality is poor because I used a cell phone. The banner says "Happy Thanksgiving" and I downloaded it from here. (you can always save for next year!) I didn't get any pictures once it was cut into, but I have some from past birthday's and get together's. This particular cake, I got my icing a little to thick...

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Thankful: 6 Things

It seems appropriate to write up a post about the things that I'm grateful for. Considering it is Thanksgiving and all. Of course I could never put down every single thing that matters to me, but these are definitely the top few. 1. My husband. We have been through some crap over the last (almost) 6 years. But we have always loved each other and that made everything else alright. He works super hard at his 2 jobs to support our little family. He has always been super supportive of what I've wanted to do, although these last couple of months have pushed him. I don't know where I would be if it wasn't for him. So I am definitely thankful that he is in my life for good! 2. My family who is crazy and super embarrassing....

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Upcoming Projects!

I mentioned in a previous post that I had purchased 3 new furniture pieces to refinish. As of this moment, I have not started any of them. (Shame!) But I'm planning to get started on the desk tomorrow. They are all pretty dirty in these pictures. We don't have a lot of room to store the pieces I work on, so I usually try to just incorporate them into our decor. That way they don't look so out of place or make the house look junky. We pretty much just unloaded these right inside the front door until I could figure out where to put them. We've been climbing around them for almost a week now.. I love this piece. 20$ for the set. It is pretty scratched up but that doesn't matter when you're painting! Also, the front leg on the left side is...

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Cedar Chest Project

I've had this chest sitting in my craft room for months. I couldn't decide how I wanted to re do it. The top was cracked half way down the middle, so I knew I would have to paint it instead of just restaining. Because of this, I used it as a stand to paint multiple other items, so the before ended up looking something like this. You can see the huge crack that I wood filled and filled and filled. M rigged up the inside with some extra support so it isn't pulling apart any time soon! I used Rustoleum Spray Paint in Winter's Gray and a bright White. I had every intention of selling this piece but after I was finished I talked myself into keeping it. It was the perfect size to fit at the end of our bed. In these after pictures, ignore the...

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FAIL: fantabulous friday!

So, yeah. I forgot to update on Friday. Well, I didn't forget. Mostly I just didn't put forth the effort. Anywho, this is just a quick little (pictureless!) post to say that it's coming. I am actually quite proud of myself for this past week. I finished my cedar chest project. I completely re-arranged the living room. I re-hung all the art in the living room. I got some of the laundry done. I straightened up the bedroom. (not cleaned, just straightened.) I purchased 3 new furniture pieces for upcoming projects. I spent some time with my husband. I spent some time with my family. I've taken lots of pictures which I haven't transferred onto the computer yet. I'm hoping to make a post tomorrow with my cedar chest. I've also been wanting to do a House Tour. You may have noticed I added a button/page...

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