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It all started with this image... Source Can you imagine anything more extravagant??  To have a side table that is upholstered with ostrich leather??  And that brass hardware... stunning.  You all know how I feel about gold.  To die for... A piece like this would cost the big bucks (can you hear the ca-ching sound in your head???) But oh how amazing it would be to own a fabulous side table JUST. LIKE. THIS. Since I've been put on a budget, and I could never fathom spending thousands on a side table anyway, I had to get a bit creative in brainstorming up a little DIY for this end table... Here's what I came up with... SOURCES:  Faux Leather ,   Rast Side Table ,   Trim ,   Antique Brass Pull So that means that with a little patience, and a bit of work that you could recreate one of these side tables for less than $115 -  and for just over $200 you could have a pair of them!  That's my kind of budget! To recreate this side table, I imagine...

Kris hates cake.  It kind of kills me since I LOVE cake.  I could eat yellow cake with chocoalte frosting every day and never get tired of it, but I can barely coerce him into a bite.  For years, I'd make him a cake for his birthday, and he'd pretend to be wowed by it, and push it around on his plate, and ultimately go get a bowl of ice cream.  This past year, I skipped the cake, and bought 4 different kinds of ice cream to make him an enormous banana split.  While he was happy as a clam, it wasn't the same... for me... birthdays need cake damn it! My new solution?   This cake.  This ICE CREAM cake that doesn't conjure up tacky images of Baskin-Robins' confections covered in power rangers, or ninja turtles, or whatever superhero show the kids are watching these days. Source Not only would it look beautiful on a cake tray with candles to blow out (it's not a birthday if you're not blowing out candles) but it's 90% ice cream... so it's a win win! I hav...