I made this sign for my new PINK kitchen
Made this one too!
Bought this one at TJMax and repainted it colors
Here is Chef Holly in the kitchen whipping up her
We're talking serious YUM here!
Holly wanted to treat her Papa and Nana who were
Nana bought Holly this "holly" apron she found
Papa did a lunch show for my 
Since we live so far from all our family,
He had lots of support
Turkey~Mashed Taters & Gravy
While the boys played Mario Bros.
How cute are these two dish washers??!!
Jesse getting pancake making lessons
My Daddy can make the BEST pancakes.
Monday night we had our friends,
Brad is a musician, so he and Dad did a
Welcome to my new
Here is the original white frig. I put the
Cupcake anyone??
Here is my cookbook shelf over the stove
The original range....
I am so glad for the appliance fiasco....
I picked little glass tiles for the back splash that match.
I can't show you a full kitchen picture because
Here is my beloved new mixer
The colors look great with the new
I love how the red accents look.
Just pretend like you don't notice the lower
This is on the left side of the sink.
Here is the other side of the sink.
This is my new PINK door 
My aprons are hanging from my new iron 
As most of you know, 
I had decided on my pink and got the walls all painted before the installers arrived to put in the granite.
Here is a little sneak peak of the granite now installed.
Lowe's Valspar American Traditions paint
Home Depot's Behr paint 
These are pretty pinks too...The small chip is from Lowe's and the larger chip is Glidden paint from our little local Ace Hardware store. I think I am leaning toward one of the top 2 chips.
This is one of 2 pillow covers I found at TJMaxx. It has just a hint of robin's egg blue which will be my accent color. I have had the HARDEST time finding just the right robin's egg blue. I wanted a nice aged, vintagey shade. I found it in this beautiful chip. "Hidden Spring" by Lowe's Biltmore Estate Collection by Olympic paints.
These are some fabric pieces I have to make pillows, etc...with.
Pink leopard, heehee!
I am going to use this fabric to back some book cases I have in the adjoining family room. I love the paint color in there. It is about the same sagey green as the large circles on the fabric. I do child care in that room and it needs to have more of a whimsical feel to it, but still needs to coordinate with the adjoining great room. The bookcases are currently yellow....I need to pick a new color to paint them too.
Just what is there not to love about this guy......He is handsome, cheerful, he does a good job cleaning the bathroom, rubs my feet and HE COOKS DINNER! Any of you ladies got daughters age 13 -15 who are sweet, Christ loving, outdoorsy gals.....Keep an eye on this possible future husband material. He is being groomed!!
He made this sweet potato pie almost from scratch. OK, so he did use an organic frozen pie crust from Whole Foods. He also used canned organic sweet potato. The recipe came off the back of said can. I didn't feel like cooking dinner (surprise, surprise!) So we ate it for dinner. Nice and warm with lots of whipped cream, YUMMM!!
Firstly.... I want to thank everyone for their kind comments on my Kitchen Redo. They were greatly appreciated! Now I wanted to show you some close ups of little collections in my kitchen. This first one shows my vintage Hamilton Beach mixer. It came as a white chipped up mess. Now I know a lot of you would have loved it as I found it. (got it at the Habitat for Humanity store btw) but I knew it was begging for a coat of red paint. Now, I have painted LOTS of stuff and am NOT afraid of a spray can, but......I was intimidated by this project. I knew it would need to be taken apart and the pieces painted, the inside cleaned and oiled and then the whole shebang put back together. I have no problem admitting to NOT being a rocket scientist and doing this myself made me feel a mess. Soooooooo I started to beg the men in my life to do it for me (WHY do we do that??). My Dad was not interested and Hubby......well, lets not go there. Sooooooo I said, like the Little Red Hen....I WILL DO IT MYSELF! And I did..I took out all the little screws, cleaned all the parts, painted what needed it, greased the mechanism, put it all back together and TADA! It works good and looks even better. I can not say how proud I was to have done it MYSELF!
Here are some of my old gadgets. I LOVE old gadgets...I have a box with LOTS more. When I get moved, I am going to paint all the handles to match my NEW kitchen....I don't know if they will need to be pink, red or robins egg blue.
I HAD (notice I bought the cutest one I could find, heehe!) to buy this scale when I had my shop. We used this on our candy counter. It now adds just the right amount of red to the top of my frig. I could totally buy every Bailey's face cup I find, they are adorable!
Yes, I do love my Mary Engelbreit! I am still sad I won't be getting any more "Home Companion" magazines. I have many of her books and calendars etc...Her art just cheers me up!
Here is my collection of yellow birdie S&P shakers. It all started with the set on the right of the 3rd shelf down. I had them sitting on my microwave for a long time and they just made me so happy every time I saw them. So their family grew.........Don't you just love big families!! I also collect the vintage potholders. The colors and patterns amaze me since I have never learned to do knitting or crocheting. Maybe someday.....
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