Everyone has their morning routines mine comes with a cup of blackstrap molasses. Yes, you hear that right. Let me say this right, I don’t drink a whole cup of blackstrap molasses but it does make an appearance on a spoon. Mornings are not my favorite but we all have to get up for many […]
Author: Shanice Bannis
City of Links #54
Happy Friday! Welcome to City of Links #54! What a week! My goal was for it to be relaxing but somehow it got busy. I had may potty training craziness, (yes I am still training), throw up messes (sorry if you were eating), sewing machine figuring out (I could not figure out how to thread […]
Huggies Clutch
I am sure you have seen these Huggies Natural Care Clutch and Clean carrying case every where already or you may have own one or two or three. I, myself saw these carrying case and my reaction wasn’t all excitement. I think I said “Why does your wipes need a clutch?”… fast forward to now […]
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Easy Pillowcase Update
To have a duvet finished you must have matching pillows with the fabric matching. Alright you don’t have to but I wanted to but since I transformed curtains into a duvet, it leaves me without pillow cases to go with them and some extra fabric, believe it or not. No fear, I have a solution […]
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How to Turn Curtains into a Duvet
How to Turn Curtains into a Duvet? I bet you never asked that question before. It wasn’t my first idea but my bed was in need of a serious change. Honestly, I was only looking for fabric at Fabricland to create a duvet for my bed when I saw this amazing already made duvet on […]
City of Links #53
Welcome everyone to City of Links #53! It is the first official 2015 week. A new year to remember to write down 2015 instead of 2014 on documents. Do you forget to do that too at the beginning of the year? I always do that. Apart from this being the first week of 2015, it […]
Top Bunk Makeover Reveal
The reveal of the Top Bunk Makeover is finally here. I made a plan of what I had visioned the space to look like. If you want to refresh your memory about my overall plan for the top bunk then you can check that out here – The Top Bunk Makeover Plan. There were a […]
How to Make a Bunk Bed Desk
I was finishing up the Top Bunk Makeover reveal when I realized that I was writing instructions on how to Make A Bunk Bed Desk. I figured… why not just make this a separate post instead of having it in the reveal of the makeover. Which brings me to this how-to. One side of the […]
Bulletin Board Transformation
As we get towards the end of the projects that will equal to the Top Bunk Makeover. I was going to buy a new bulletin board but I decided to save some money and reuse my old bulletin board that I had in my bedroom. Ultimately give it a transformation. My sister had a ton […]
City of Links #52
First 2015 City of Links Party! I can’t believe that it is a new year! If you haven’t noticed already. City of Creative Dreams has gotten a face lift. I wanted to kick off the new year with a new blog design. I worked many hours customizing this blog design and love the result. So […]
2015 Fresh New Look Launch
I am kicking 2015 with a whole new fresh new look launch. It was time! This blog needed to step up more and really showcase what I was looking for. A new fresh look was my goal for 2015 and I am so happy to launch it. Did it take an extreme amount of hours? […]
2014 Year Review
2014 where has the time gone? I can’t believe yet another year has past and I am in my second year of blogging. I feel like the months, days and overall time are speeding past me. Are you excited for a new year? Got your goals set and ready to pop the bubbly? I am […]
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Top Bunk Bed Cozy
You can call it a bunk bed bumper or a bunk bed cozy. Both works for me. My little sister complained about the sides of the bunk bed so her idea was to have a ton of pillows all around her bed. It was old pillows that we no longer had use for anyways so […]
City of Links #51
Welcome to City of Links #51 I hope your week went well. I am still a bit fussy on what day of the week it is lately since being on winter break has caused me to relax for the most part.(In other words, I have been watching endless amounts of One Tree Hill, almost down […]
Upcycled Pencil Holders
Still working on the little projects for my sister’s top bunk reveal and this time I am making a upcycled pencil holder using Gerber cans. My son loves love love loves Gerber’s Lil’Crunchies Veggie Dips on which we call Puff Puffs. He would inhale these cans and after recycling some I decided to hold onto […]