{Sleep Talking}

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of ZzzQuil for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Most of my adult life I have had horrible problems sleeping.  I can be EXHAUSTED, not able to keep my eyes open, but once I get into bed, BOOM WIDE AWAKE! Or, my most recent sleep problem, I fall into a deep, deep sleep for about an hour or two and then wake up (around midnight) WIDE AWAKE and unable to go back to sleep.  I don't know why, and I've tried everything from over the counter sleep aids to prescription medications that had me sleep shopping...yes, I would shop from my phone in the middle of the night and have no recollection of it until a package arrived at my door. CA-RAZY! (THAT was an expensive prescription! HA).

So you can imagine my eagerness when I was offered the opportunity to try the new ZzzQuil from the makers of Vicks Nyquil! It looks and taste similar to Nyquil, but doesn't have all of the cold ingredients, it's only for helping you sleep! The first night I tried ZzzQuil I waited until the weekend, because I sometimes have a hard time waking up the next day after taking a sleep aid and I hate that groggy "hung over" feeling you can sometimes get.  But, that didn't happen with the ZzzQuil! I woke up feeling well rested and not groggy at all! I LOVE that! 

I have since used ZzzQuil several times when I want to get a really good night's rest and I just love it! I will definately be buying more! I tried the liquid version, but I think I'd like to try the pill version, I'm not a big fan of the taste of the liquid, tastes too much like cold medicine for me. 

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{Pin It to Win It}

Hey Y'all! I have something fun and exciting to share with you.  You know how Pinterest is where all of our beautiful dream houses, amazing crafts, delicious recipes, super fun kid ideas, and other fun ideas live (kind of like our own little dream world)? Well what if I told you that you could have the chance to make one your Pinterest board become reality? Consumer Crafts is hosting a Pin It to Win It contest, and the winner will win their dream craft tools from their pinterest board, up to a $500 value! 

How do you enter? It's so simple, just 4 easy steps!

1. Follow Consumer Crafts on Pinterest

2. Create a Pinterest Board called "Craft Wish List"

3. Go to ConsumerCrafts.com and pin 10 craft supplies you'd love to win

4. Then enter to win HERE. 

I know, right? I created my {Craft Wish List} board, check it out if you want to see what I dream about. But hurry, the contest ends March 31st!

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 Happy Pinning and Good luck!!

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NOTE: this contest is being run by Consumer Crafts and I am merely sharing the details so you can join in the fun.

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{Painting the Dining Room Table}

Hi Friends!

I'm not quite sure what got in to me this weekend, but I decided to tackle the beast...or at least poke it with a stick...

Here's the "beast" before, 1 VERY large table, which contains 2 inserts (you can tell that my grandmother only used those at the holidays by the discoloring). And then there are the 8 chairs, 6 without arms and 2 with arms, and lots and lots of spindly legs and backs....what was I thinking? Oh Geez!

So I grabbed a dining room chair and got to painting.

And then I took a quick instagram break to share this photo.

I'm using Annie Sloan chalk paint in Paris Grey.  It sort of looks like the color of primer, but once you sand it and put a nice clear coat of Annie Sloan wax it looks AmaZing!

Well, it will look amazing, eventually, once I'm finished. Except that I've only finished painting 2 chairs and that does NOT include the sanding and waxing part.  It's likely that I'll be finished with this project sometime in 2015.  What was I thinking!

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{Painted Table}

I have a HUGE dinning room table that I inherited from my Grandmother.  It's a table that my Grandmother had in her dining room for as long as I can remember. There are lots of great family memories that were made at that table.  

But it's BROWN (wood)...like seriously brown. And it's HUGE so it's A LOT of brown.  I've really been itching to paint it and give it a face lift.  But it's going to be a massive undertaking, so to amp myself up I've been reminiscing about some smaller table make-overs I've done.

How about a little blast from the past table make-over!

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Hey Y'all! Last summer, I bought 2 tables at yard sales with the intention of painting them and...never actually got around to it! That is, until NOW! Yep, in the last month I've refinished 3 tables! WOOT!

Here's the first one for you.  Oh and by the way, I'm an AWESOME blogger and didn't take a "before" picture for you.  

But use your imagination, this one was a hideous lacquer 70's 2 layer beast beauty. I paid a whooping $2 for it.  It was in pretty good shape, that lacquer is apparently some durable stuff! But it was ugly!

Using my Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Old White I painted the table.  It covered that lacquer like a champ!

Then I decided it needed to be a little more fun, so I drew on a harlequin pattern, and taped it off using my Scotch Blue Painters Tape! And painted it with Annie Sloan in Provence.

I sanded the pattern a little bit to give it a tiny bit of distressed look, but I didn't sand the legs or any other areas.  So, what do you think?

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