Birthday Chalkboard Sign

Remember when I redid my kitchen, Kitchen Makeover  in 2012.  Well doing my chalkboard wall has been the best DIY idea.  It has a great purpose.  I use it for everything.  I use it for notes to the family.  I use it to decorate for parties.  I get good use out of my wall.  And it looks like this is the new trend this year to have chalkboard signs at parties.  So this is the sign I did for my daughter's birthday, today!

The great part about it was that if I messed up, I could start all over.  I personalized it with information about my daughter.  I used colors she likes.  It was the perfect backdrop for her party.  I also cut out a picture to add because I was not about to try and draw a princess.  It turned out great and I really had fun coming up with things to fill up the wall.

Happy 3rd Birthday to our little Princess Lil Bit!

The Green Refrigerator Machine by Ozonator™ Review

The Green Refrigerator Machine by Ozonator™, like the fabled Justice League, has a mission to stop the billions of dollars of annual food waste by arming Fresh Food Heroes and Families with the Green Refrigerator Machine. The Green Refrigerator Machine (GRM) is an eco-friendly, award-winning and inexpensive refrigerator update that uses patented ozone technology to keep food fresher longer, preventing waste, and extending healthy life of refrigerated foods. Even though the Green Refrigerator Machine by Ozonator™ cannot control the initial cost of fresh fruits and vegetables, they strive to share the message of their solution that keeps the cost of eating this lifestyle much more affordable.


Scientific Data:

For more than a century, ozone has been safely produced for commercial and industrial purposes. It was first discovered and named by the German scientist C.F. Schonbein in 1840. The world’s first water treatment plant using ozone was installed in Oudshoorn, Holland in 1893. And today, there are thousands of public municipalities – including many of the largest cities – around the world that are using ozone to clean their water. But there are many more useful benefits that we derive from Ozone. Ozone is used safely and effectively in air conditioning systems to enhance air quality, health and comfort. Ozone, in sufficient quantities, will reduce levels of airborne bacteria, fungi, mildew, mold and viruses that multiply in ductwork and filters. Ozone has also been used to help eliminate odor, mold, and mildew in poorly ventilated bathrooms. Watering houseplants with “ozonated” water will add oxygen and nitrogen to the soil and raise the pH, which will promote growth and healthier plants. Washing your fruits and vegetables in ozonated water can help remove some residuals for pesticides and herbicides used by growers. New uses for ozone are being discovered everyday. There is little doubt that ozone will continue to play a big part in nearly everyone’s life in the future. And of course the Ozonator™ is now perfect for helping your refrigerator smell fresh and clean, while helping to protect your perishable foods from spoilage.

My thoughts-About 3 months ago I told you about juicing.  Juicing requires lots of veggies and fruits to be purchased at one time.  You have to be stocked up at all times, especially since all the entire family was doing it.  Well what happens when you have a refrigerator jam packed with stuff?  Heck what just happens when it is regularly stocked?  I hate wasting money by throwing food away.  What I like about the Ozonator was that it helped keep the food in our refrigerator fresher longer.  We even had my daughter's birthday cake, cupcakes, rice krispie apples, heck what did we not have in that refrigerator.  Over Thanksgiving we also filled up up with lots of great goodies and then when it was all over, lots of left overs.  The machine worked great and I had no need to throw anything out because it got ruined.

For more information, head to The Green Refrigerator Machine by Ozonator™.

***Disclosure-Sample product provided.  Thanks to MomSelect and The Green Refrigerator Machine™ by Ozonator™.

My Kitchen Makeover

I am going to share my kitchen makeover with you to show some of you doubters like my husband that it can be done.

6 years ago, I moved in to my brand new house.  It was perfect.  New paint, new doors, new everything.  But over the years, it started getting worn out.  We had parties, and gatherings.  Our walls took a toll.  I told myself I wanted to paint the house.  I even picked the colors but never had the guts to actually do it.  I told myself at year 5, I would actually do it.  Then what happened I was pregnant.  My husband takes a little encouraging, so he was only able to do the nursery and my son's room last year.  So with this year coming to an end I decided we were not waiting one more day.  See a couple of months ago, I visited Karen from Design with Your Dime In Mind.  She opened her doors and showed us how beautiful her home was.  She had done some great ideas.  One of the ideas she had done, I had only thought of doing but was always scared to do.

Chalkboard paint.  I have always liked chalkboard paint and the many uses.  The above picture is her kitchen-yes-chalkboard paint wall.  You know you think of ideas in your head but when you see them come to life, it is awesome, and for me this meant it was do-able.

Here were some of my inpirations, items I already had in my kitchen that made me decide on what to do and what colors to pick:

1st item is a chalkboard/pushpin board that has hooks for keys.
2nd item is the curtains I purchased when I first moved in.  I like the color combination.
3rd item that is not pictured is my EAT sign that was a burgundish color.
So the wall colors picked were red and chalkboard black.  Once we painted, I rearranged items, used items in the kitchen, and/or repurposed.  I do not have a before picture because I wasn't planning on sharing but after the makeover came out so well, I had to share.

I decluttered the area above my kitchen cabinets.  I had so much junk above there.  We also painted my EAT sign black so you could see it on the red walls.  I am very happy with this space now.  I really love the color combination I did.  I think the chalkboard paint on the opposite wall from this picture really goes well.  I do not have a picture of that wall as it is getting prepped for my daughter's 1st birthday.  I will share the pictures then!

What do you think?  Is your kitchen a bold color?  Is there anything you would do different?  Any suggestions?