SweetTalkin' Sunday Linky Party #7

I love when Sunday rolls around so I can see what all you have been working on.

~ Thanks ~ Thanks ~ Thanks ~

for linking up all your creative ideas.

On Wednesday I will be picking at least 3 links to feature.

This is link party #7 so it may go all the way back to #1, but you all are so creative and I would like to show my appreciation by doing the feature.

Plus there will be a button to add to your blog that you were featured!

Okay I'm not going to list a bunch of rules this time.  I want to give you a chance to visit some give aways and maybe some shops that we all didn't know about.

So there is only 1 rule!
Please grab this button and add to your blog, linky list or post.

Many Smiles!!!

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{SweetTalk Shop} DIY Ceiling Light Update

I don't usually have more than one post a day.

But I've been inspired by all the great DIY home improvement blog posts and pictures you see on Pinterest. I've been looking around my home seeing what I can do on a very limited budget.

Well today I tackled a very simple project that I' just thrilled with the results and can not wait until tomorrow when I can do more of the fixtures in my home.

This is what I am talking about.

This is so early 90's looking.  These lights hug our ceilings all over our home.

I bought one can of flat black paint and Ab-ra-ka-dab-ra!

I have this beautiful light hugging my ceiling in my Master Bath.

I started there in case it was a fail. No one would be the wiser but me and Mr. B.

I have to say I am thrilled and don't you think it's pretty!!??

Oh and this cost me a total of $3.06 for a can of paint, but then I will have to divid that by how many I get done with the can tomorrow. YAY!!!

 

{SweetTalk Shop} Decorating Tip ~ Curtains

Wow did that title catch your eye??

I tell you every time someone wants to give me decorating advice or tip I listen.

Cause decorating is not my forte'!!!  With that said, you probably wonder why I'm giving out advice Huh???

Well because I learned it from my Aunt Net (short for Annette).

And she is a Decorating Diva.

Should have had her own biz way back in the day.

Back in the summer of '08 when our current president decided all families or people should get some tax refund to jump start the economy.  Remember that??  Well Mr. B decided he wanted to use the money and get a huge flat screen tv for our living room.  So we needed an updated look!!  YAY!!

We had those vertical blinds over our french doors and the huge picture window in the dining room.  And I wanted curtains and we didn't have the extra money. So in comes my Aunt Net with her wonderful decorating advice.  So off we went to Bed Bath and Beyond to pick them out.

This is what I got.

Burgandy Flat Sheets

I love them!!!

And when I decide I want a different color, it won't break the bank. 

The set cost me $16. I think we got the full size ones.

I just had to buy a rod and these hooks to hold them up. Used the same color in both rooms and I could not be happier.  When they need washing I just wash and hang back up and let them dry naturally. The reason being, since we have vaulted ceilings I had to hem the length and since I don't sew. I used the iron on webbing stuff that is sticky and I don't want that coming off.

{SweetTalk Shop} 3-2-1 Cake Update

Do you remember these sweet little cakes??

I posted the recipe here.

And yes, I still have the mix to pop one in the microwave when I get a hankering for some chocolate.

I wanted to share that tonight at the end of the cooking cycle, I added a splash of liquid coffee creamer.

Oh the yummy goodness. Even Mr. B said it gave it a richer flavor.

I used this one tonight.

But I bet a tad of Kahlua or Bailey's would be just yummy too!!