Beach! Woooooo

Wow we had a great weekend, Rose, Katie, Emily, Kendall, Andy and I got to visit Kanani and we gave her Mom the new bed we made. The boys and I got to go to the beach. I have been waiting all summer to get to the beach. It was lovely.

We are sitting on the blankets soaking up some rays. I want to go back soon. I felt like such a beach babe in my swimsuit with my blonde hair. Wish I had some tan but that didn't happen. Mom used SPF of 90 on us all. She burns bad, and is a bit over protective of our skin.

I am a happy girl.

Love ,
 Beth <3

How Mom and I built the bed.... Kanani themed

Over the last few weeks Mom, Ryan, Poppa and I began a project. We built a bed for our friend Kanani. Here is the finished bed. OMG soo cozy. Wish I got to keep it.

Here is what we did.

We found these tiki plastic shot glasses at the dollar tree. Originally we thought that we'd leave them clear  and use the 4 blue with maybe some led lights, well... that plan changed when we shopped for the fabric. We found pink orange and magenta hawaiian print fabric, so the blue legs were not going to work.

We painted the glasses with Nutmeg brown apple barrel paint. Very thin coats, and it took about 3 layers to cover the plastic parts. 

We then sanded and painted the board we got at AC Moore that was 12x 24.

 and we clear coated all the legs and the board when the brown paint was dry.

For the headboard, we used Modge Podge fabric and we used cutouts from the scraps of fabric and bonded it to the wood we chose for the headboard. I only wish the board we chose was a bit bigger.

After the fabric was well attached we coated with Royal Coat but regular Modge Podge would work as well. I had Royal Coat at home. Mom did not think that it was building fast enough because we were looking for a high shine, like a wood surf board with a decal look. So we coated it with two coats of Polyurethane.

Mom made the bedding in a similar fashion as I did the bedding for the crayon bed I did make one change, and I made a quilt for this bed in replacement of the blanket.

I helped by testing the merchandise. (lol)

Poppa cut a dowel that fit tight in the end of the shot glass and Mom and Ryan glued the wood to the plastic with a glue that required contact a store brand of contact cement. 

After we had that done, on both the flat part of the leg at the top (aka the part you drink from ) and on the bottom of the bed we glued and made the contact adhesive work, we only did 2 of the legs at a time so the glue did not set up too quick on us.Poppa screwed the legs to the bed. We covered all the screws with some tacky glue so they would be more smooth on the top .

Mom also made some under the bed storage boxes. To learn how to do this go here. Super easy project. Your humans might like this project for other things, like themselves. 

Kanani and her mom loved it. Kanani couldn't wait to try it out.

If you build a bed in a similar way show is we'd love to see it/

I love shopping....

Hi Everyone, I am taking a quick break from Birthday Party Prep with mom to shop. (My brother Avery's birthday party is on Saturday.)

Click all the purple links to see what I am looking at.

I am a girl. I love to shop and I love clothing. I just found a gorgeous (but out of my little budget) slip I would love to own. I think that it would make me feel so grown up. The Slip is available on Etsy.

I found a winter coat that I would love. I love the look of a shearling coat. How adorable is this?

Ohh my friend Kanani would love this dress. This is so her. (see, not only shopping for me, lol.)

Ohh so edgy, this outfit is me. I do see my self as a mini fashionista.

I just found the cutest summer skirt that I know my younger cousins would absolutely love. It is very affordable. Cute, Cute, Cute.

Ohhh I want to buy this baseball outfit for Andy. He has a bat, ball and glove, and cleats already. How cute and NOT PINK. Love it!.

Well, I need this! It has my Bonnie on it. (We have a real Scottie Dog, and she is nice to all of us 18 inch kids, she has not chewed any fingers or toes.)

Snoopy! I love love love Snoopy. I think I would mix this up though. I'd wear the T with jeans or a jean skirt and I would wear the pants with a white shirt.

Well mom needs to print some party stuff so I have to get off her laptop/

Bye and happy shopping!
Love,
Beth<3

Contest....another contest

I am a faithful follower of

Karen mom of three's craft blog

and I thought that you'd love to enter her latest contest. 

It is an outfit from 123 Mulberry Street.

Get the details here.

Say Hi to Jillian her (doll)  guest blogger for me.

Contest....check it out

Wow, I'd love another sister. I would like Kaya to be my sister, or Julie, Ivy, or Rebecca. I'd also like the doll known as number 24 for a sister, and Caroline is so pretty. McKenna is almost my twin, we'd be so cool together... oh wait what? Darn these guys would cost a lot of money to adopt. Wish we could get them all.

Want a chance to win one of them? (I'd tell you that the Elizabeth American Girl doll is the best and you should pick her but she's retired. I was Elizabeth in my former life. I had the fancy gowns, pincurls, Felicity... ahh I was so beautiful when I was new. Now I am living a modern life as Beth and I do love it here. Those Colonial gowns were restrictive.)

If you would like to win a doll go to The Doll Wardrobe Blog  and read the rules. Enter if you're 18 or get a parent (or two) and a grandma, aunt, uncle, grandpa. neighbor, anyone who loves you to help you out as it is one entry per person.

I think I would pick Kaya. No, Julie, Ivy? Well I guess I should stop the self torture as to who I would add to the family first.

Go, Enter!

Love,
Beth <3

Give Away News

Well I have been trolling the net again, (Mom was not looking so I got on her computer again, shhh) and I found another give away so I thought that I should tell my friends about it.

Soo you need to check out this blog. Day Dream Doll Boutique. They have an online store as well. and you can find that in here.

I want some of the furniture (and my own room). I want this. I also want the dresser, tower, vanity, and bed.

They even have something that would work for Andy, how cool is this wind breaker ? I think he might like that in green. He'd love the red hoodie.  He has quite a few pair of shoes and he'd like these sneakers.

As for me, I have a shoe problem... so I want these, silver sneakers, leopard booties, shaggy boots, red plaid, and the ruby slippers. I love all the clothes in Super Trendy department.


Well have fun entering, shopping and reading this cool blog. If you win, tell me.

Love,
Beth<3

NOOO back to school supplies...

While I love new school supplies, I also dread getting them this means back to school.... Mom brought some home today, and she brought an activity book as well. (Factory Card Outlet .25 cents each) We got composition books and note pads. Still need some new pencils. Then we will be all set for our home school to start. We do much of it on computer so we need very little actual paper.

Well as the end of summer looms on, I guess I best get going in hopes that I can enjoy some more of it before it is gone.

Love,
Beth <3

My Brother's Birthday Gift

August 30th is my brother Andy's birthday. He is going to be 7. He got his camping gear for his birthday and we gave him that early. He is also getting a new pet. He decided he wanted a bird. While he was out with Kendall this afternoon, Mom and I had the bird out here at home, and we were playing with him. We have to keep the bird hidden and since it is a parrot this is hard. He says "Hello" often. We have to keep him at a friends house until Andy's big day. He is also getting another kitten. Andy really loves his animals. He has a horse and a cat named Ginger and fish and hamsters and now a second cat and a bird. Andy is going to have a zoo soon. 

For a kid turning 7, he is very responsible. He has a high IQ and he does need some help with caring for his zoo, but he is very good about it. He can do much of it on his own. He needs help with cleaning the litter pans, stable, and food dishes, but he knows how much food they are suppose to get. I believe he will grow up to do something with animals. Maybe he will be a vet. He is home schooled and he breezes through his work, it comes easy to him. Then he can care for all his pets and he plays with them. I have a great brother. This guy will get a bunch of love. All the other kids enjoy Andy's pets too.

Our humans have a dog, she is a scottie dog named Bonnie, and Bonnie, it would seem had pet sea-monkeys. (Ok they were my Human brother's but they need to get indirect sunlight and the best place is the kitchen window sill and Bonnie stands up at the window sill and watches them, so we joke they are her pets now, lol)

I'll add more pet pictures this week, I promise!

Do you have many pets, just one, or none?

My sister Rosemarie and my brother Andy's backyard camping

Meet Rosemarie...

She is my newest sister. We either call her Rose or Roza for short. She is a very kind person. Today, our human brother went to camp and our doll brother Andy felt left out. Rose set up the tent in our yard and took Andy camping in our yard. I took photos of them, because it was so cute.

Rose is a bit older than both Andy and myself. She already knows how to shoot an arrow. Rose is really great at Archery, so she took some time to teach Andy.

One of Andy favorite foods is hot dogs, so Rose cooked them for their dinner over the campfire she built in the yard. Andy thought they were the best hot dogs he ever ate.

She served them some healthy bananas because she decided to keep the camp out food simple.

They used the camp fire pop corn popper to pop some delicious pop corn. It gets a smokey flavor when you cook it on the camp fire. Then Rose put it in a bowl so they did not burn themselves on the hot popper.

No camp out is complete with out toasting marshmallows.

And, when you toast marshmallows, then you need to make them into smores.

It was getting to be Andy's bed time, so Rose and Andy crawled into the tent to go to sleep. I then came in to upload the camera, of course :). I don't camp. I am far to girly to enjoy that.

Rose is much tougher than I am. She already graduated from St. Vladimirs Academy and she is employed already as a body guard for a queen. Andy is very safe tonight.

Well I hope you enjoyed meeting my newest sister.

Love 

Beth <3

New Sister~Other updates

I have a new sister. Her name is Rosemarie Hathaway. She is tons of fun to hang out with. I hope to have some family photos of all of us together soon. If I can get the boys to cooperate too maybe all 4 girls and the 2 boys at one time. (getting that many kids to cooperate at one time is tough though.)

Rosemarie is very athletic. She is training to be a bodyguard for a royal. The royal is actually her best friend. She works very hard and she always puts Lissa, her best friend first. I admire her strength and her loyalty.

Emily, my baby sister is so sweet. I love to hug her. She's grown some hair now. She looks so cute.

Oh...I forgot to tell you that I'm a blonde again. Mom helped me change my hairstyle. I went from this look...

to this look.

I also got a cool wig so that I can dress as Merida from Brave. Did you see Brave? I loved it. My human brothers, dad and poppa all have kilts, so we all thought Brave was awesome.

I love to change my hairstyle and color.

Well, I need to go, Mom and I are busy designing a Hawaiian themed bed for my friend Kanani. Mom is snapping photos for a tutorial as we build it. I of course get to model and measure.

Have fun and stay safe this summer.

Love <3 Beth

Beach!

The boys all went to the beach with Mom and Dad.  All of us girls stayed home. Mom needs to make us swimwear. Boys are lucky, all they need is a pair of shorts. We have dresses and jeans, no shorts though so we stayed home. I have some cute photo's of the boys though that they took to share. They had fun. I hope I get a turn one day. Maybe in the fall Mom will take me for a walk on the beach.

Hope you are having a great Summer!
Love, <3 Beth

Mom had a patient and I made a new friend

In July we had a visit from Laurel. She had a bad run in with something inky so she came to Mom for some Spa Treatment. I am not posting any before photos because the ink made her look like someone had beat her up and she was covered in bruises. Poor Laurel. Anyhow,  Mom got her all clean, added a removable blonde streak to the front of her hair after she washed and styled it, and helped her into her new clothes. This was a surprise for her human. Her human was so excited to see her all new again, at first she didn't even know her own doll. It was nice to meet a new friend. we took some pictures before she went home.

Miss hanging out with you Laurel, hope to visit you soon!
Love <3 Beth