~ A Sweet Little Treat for the Home ~ Pink Champagne Truffle Hello My Sweets! Welcome to the first Sugar Plum Sundae blog of 2021! I decided to start the new year with my favorite transformation of 2020. I am a pink-loving kinda gal ~ add to that gold leaf dipped legs, gold polka dot… Read More Pink Champagne Truffle
~ A Sweet Little Treat for the Home ~ Sparkling Jello Mold Hello My Sweets! I have to admit, MCM is not really my style. I decided to give Mid Century Modern a try because for one, the pieces kind of fell into my lap, for two, I wanted to stretch my creative comfort zone,… Read More Sparkling Jello Mold
~ A Sweet Little Treat for the Home ~ Hello My Sweets! Last Thanksgiving, I had to come up with a quick and easy tablescape for our Thanksgiving Day guests. I did not have a lot of time to create something and I didn’t want to spend a lot of money on it, so I… Read More Easy DIY Holiday Tablescape with Rose Gold Leaf
~ A Sweet Little Treat for the Home ~ Bon Bon Hello My Sweets! With the weather changing, a lot of people have gotten into the crafting mood! So, I decided that this weeks feature would be an easy thrift store craft transformation. I know you all glance through the thrift store “wood” section and… Read More Bon Bon
~ A Sweet Little Treat for the Home ~ Beaches and Cream Hello My Sweets! I found this OLD, handmade chest of drawers during the Liberty Antiques Festival in Staley, NC. It was not in the actual grounds of the event, but in a field leading up to it. There it sat, all worn out… Read More Beaches and Cream
~ A Sweet Little Treat for the Home ~ Lime Sherbert Hello My Sweets! So, I got this little table at a garage sale, pretty chewed up, but handmade. It actually has a name stamped underneath. I googled the name and it was a gentleman, Mr. Carlton, who passed at 83 years old in 2008… Read More Lime Sherbert
Hello My Sweets! I get private messages all the time with questions about how to refinish a project. Each project has it’s own challenges and requires different tools and products. However, there are several steps and items that I use almost every time that I work on a piece. I thought it would be helpful… Read More 5 Steps for Painting Furniture
~ A Sweet Little Treat for the Home ~ Cappuccino with Foam Hello My Sweets! This weeks transformation is a very popular look right now – the base of the table painted, while the top is stained. Since it is so popular, I thought I would share how to get that look. My trusty sidekick… Read More Cappuccino with Foam
~ A Sweet Little Treat for the Home ~ Midnight Blue Velvet Cupcake Hello My Sweets! This week’s transformation was a very popular one that had many questions about how I created it! It turned out very glamorous, but it’s former life was anything but! I found this piece on Marketplace in Boston for $15.… Read More Midnight Blue Velvet Cupcake
~ Sweet Little Treats for the Home ~ Bedroom Trifle Hello My Sweets! We have finally come to the completed bedroom transformation! My goal was to create a more cohesive, pretty, restful, and intentional space. Our bedroom had a mismatch of furniture pieces and a lack of an intentional style. For some reason, it is… Read More Bedroom Trifle