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Weekend Wrap Up Party -- and $100 to Loralee Lewis {party packages}!!

Welcome to the party!!

I have sweet giveaway for you this week from -- Loralee Lewis!!

Loralee throws some of the most fabulous events I've ever seen in blogland!

Take a look at one of her parties:

Loralee is offering a

$100 gift certificate to her Etsy Shop

to one randomly drawn winner.

Here is just a sampling of what that lucky winner will get to choose from:

If you would like to enter this week’s giveaway, sponsored by Loralee Lewis, you may do any (or all!) of the following:

Here's how you can win:

Visit the Loralee Lewis shop on Etsy. Pick out your favorite product there, and leave a comment below telling me about it. one entry

"Like" Loralee's FB page - where you can find out about her newest party ideas and giveaways. one entry.

Visit Loralee Lewis’ blog, No Fuss Fabulous. Follow or leave a comment. one entry.

Link up YOUR ideas to the party -- each project linked up = one entry.

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**PLUS, check this out -- order anything in the shop this week and enter "TT&JRocks," to receive a FREE 8x10 Sign coordinating with your order PLUS 10% off.

Good luck to all of you!

Have fun exploring Loralee’s gorgeous
products and events, and enjoy your opportunity to get to know her.

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A couple other things:

Join us Saturdays at tatertotsandjello.com for<br /> the weekend wrap up party!

Please link up the Wrap Up button {a text link is great too -- Tatertots & Jello}

so everyone can join in the fun!

Please comment on TWO posts above you and TWO posts below you -- in addition to any others that you want to visit.

{That way everyone gets some comments -- we all love comments}

Have fun!!!

I'll start going through the links tonight.

I can't wait to see what YOU have been doing!

xoxo

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Pallet Coffee Table

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Pallet Coffee Table

After stumbling upon some pallet furniture ideas (as seen in my blog post here) on Pinterest, I completely changed my mind about what I was looking for in a coffee table. I recruited my husband to help me make a new coffee table out of shipping pallets (I am 9 months pregnant so Nate stepped in to make my idea come to life). He had a few extra half pallets down at his office that would be a perfect size. We wanted something smaller than what we had so that we could actually walk around it to get to the couch. We snagged the 2 that were the closest in size (which was still a few inches off). I love that these things are just thrown together with staples, screws, and nails. The wood is all different and I don't think they really care if they line up or not (I guess they don't need to because they are for shipping...not coffe tables).

Pallet Coffee Table - Tutorial

1) Using shipping pallets, align a few of them in order to get the look and height you want. We ended up cutting about an inch off of one of them in order for them to be closer in size (but not perfect... their shipping pallets for goodness sakes!)

NOTE: ***Before selecting your pallet, make sure that you are aware of how the pallet was treated in order to make sure it is safe for your house. All pallets should be marked with a code that lets you know how it has been treated.
-Heat treatment (HT) (SAFEST OPTION FOR USE IN YOUR HOME)-Methyl bromide fumigation (MB) -Chemical pressure impregnation (CPI)It is also very important to make sure that the pallet is free of insects. Make sure the wood is in good condition and does not splinter easy

2) With nails or screws, secure parts of the pallet that are split or coming apart.

3) With a medium grade sand paper, sand the surfaces of the pallets to prep them for stain.

4) Stain both pallets with your desired stain color. Keep in mind that most pallets are made with a variety of wood. The stain will look different on each piece and each pallet. Make sure to wipe off the extra stain in order for it to dry.

5) Let the pallets dry overnight. Using a spray polyurethane, spray a few coats to protect the stain. Make sure to follow the directions on the can. We did multiple light coats with more than 4 hours to dry in between. After 3 coats, the table was a little tacky to the touch. We used 220 grain sand paper and did a very light sanding over the 2 surfaces to take away the tacky feel.

6) Using wood screws, attach the pallets together.

***Before we attached the pallets together, we decided that we wanted the table to be a little higher. We took some left over 2x4s, stained them, and placed them at the base of all 5 support beams. This rased the table 4 inches but did not alter the look. ***

7) Using your choice of casters (we used 2in swivel plate casters), attach the wheels to the base of the table.

8) Enjoy your new table!

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Summer Project -- Houndstooth Pedicures!!

With four girls in our household, we are into all of the glitz and frilliness that go along with being girly. One of our favorite parts of Summer are pedicures!! We love giving each other pedicures and inviting our friends over for them too!

When Beckie was out filming our webshow this weekend, she mentioned a new (to me) product -- nail polish strips. I immediately had to buy some to try with my girls. The brand that I tried was Sally Hansen Salon Effects. I love all of the different patterns and colors that are available in this line.

PLUS, they are so easy to apply. The strips stick to your nails and you don't even have to wait for them to dry. Genius!! Beckie said that hers had been on for two weeks and they still looked awesome!!

I bought the Houndstooth pattern, just my style!

So yesterday Ella and I experimented with them. This is what we did:

1. Make sure your nails are clean and dry.

2. Hold the stips up to your nails and decide which size will work best.

3. Peel off the clear plastic coating, and then the white backing.

4. Place the strip right up next to the cuticle of your nail and then stretch it slightly so it really grabs the nail. Then trim the excess.

5. Do this to all the nails. Then come back and use the pink nail file (which is provided) and Shape the strips to fit the nail exactly.

And you are done!!

In 15 minutes I had a pedicure that didn't have to dry. And it has a really cool pattern too!

And another company that has cool nail patterns is Jamberry Nails.

Here are some other great pedicure ideas:

Check out these Tie Dye Pedicures. Find out how to make them at C.R.A.F.T.

You can always have a Glitter toes Party like we did. One of my favorite posts of all time :)

You can never go wrong with Rhinestones!

Polka Dot Pedicure

Happy Toes :)

Metallic Toes

xoxo

**In case you were wondering, I wasn't paid to write this post. I just thought this was a really cool product :)

Have a Fantastic Friday!!

PS -- I just found out that today you can get nail shields for FREE if you sign up at Save More. They have 40 different patterns to choose from. Such a great deal!!

xoxox