DIY projects

O Holy Night

December 21, 2011

O Holy Night I took a canvas wrapped frame from Canvas Corp and painted it black. I then added DecoArt’s TEXTURE product over it. I applied the texture crackle and allowed it to dry. I love the look of their weathering products. Weathered wood is my other favorite. Here is the difference between the two. […]

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Santa Christmas Pillow-Faux Grain Sack

December 15, 2011

Santa Pillow I received pillow covers from Canvas Corp and decided I was going to make some pillows for the holidays. I had a couple of ideas in mind for what I wanted to make and that usually means I know exactly what I want to do I just have to find what I want […]

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The Tale of 2 Ornaments

December 7, 2011

FOR THE STOCKING ORNAMENT YOU WILL NEED: Canvas Corp paper and hemp cord DecoArt -Metallics-paint Rockler glue gun berries/twigs (I bought one and had enough to do all of our ornaments) I cut out an elongated stocking form and painted around the edges to give it an aged look. The paint had a little glitz […]

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Christmas Movies Vinyl

December 5, 2011

Did you know that my birthday is Christmas Day. Our family LOVES Christmas. We really enjoy celebrating everything about the holiday. We have favorite songs and favorite movies. We love some of the OLD Movies as well as some of the newer ones. I had an idea for a couple of vinyls that had […]

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The Stockings Are Hanging

December 2, 2011

This is my fun twist on an ADVENT Calendar. I went to the Dollar Tree and grabbed a variety of colorful socks. They aren’t Christmasy colors –just fun bright colors in solids, polka dots, stripes and argyles. Most of the socks came in packages of 3 so it wasn’t much to get the variety that […]

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Baby It’s Cold Outside

December 1, 2011

I wanted to make a “chilly” project inspired from the lyrics Baby It’s Cold Outside I used DecoArt paints, paint pens and texture product, Krylon’s looking glass and my Canvas Corp tape measure. I used an old frame from Goodwill cleaned the glass with glass cleaner and went to work. Check out all […]

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Do You Need A Quicky-the evergreen snowman

November 30, 2011

…a quicky Christmas Decor project–that is? When I saw these projects over on Pinterest I had some inspiration and knew what I wanted to whip up. For this project you will need: Wire Wire Cutters Hot Glue Gun fake greenery “scarf” I added a glittery snowflake you could use some string to tie on your […]

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Christmas Ornaments 2011

November 24, 2011

I had grabbed some of those unpainted ornaments last year on an AFTER Christmas sale. I had 2 stockings and I had 4 snowmen. 2 for myself and the hubs and 4 for the kids but Miss G4 loved the pink chalkboard stocking and she claimed it and said she had to hang her Daddy’s […]

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Pretty In Pink Lamp

November 16, 2011

When Miss Goo (also known as Miss G4) was born my mother-in-law bought this lamp for her room. The lamp is adorable but not the perfect color combo for her room. The other thing that always bothered me was the lamp base–it was a different color and didn’t match the lamp. It was a pretty […]

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My Halloween Decor

October 2, 2011

I have been busy decorating the front lanai for Halloween. I threw together several quick and fun projects. This project came from a glass pickle jar, Decoart and Canvas Corp. This project was made with SNAPPLE Tea jars, paints from Decoart and Krylon and Canvas Corp chalkboard tags. The banner was made from Canvas Corp […]

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I made a utility cart OTTOMAN and you can too

September 18, 2011

We had the opportunity to make our own ottoman through the DIY Club. We worked with . They sent us a kit and tools. The kits comes with written, as well as a video step-by-step instructions. Be sure to read to the very end because I have a surprise for you. KITS: There were just […]

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How do you handle things?

September 9, 2011

My youngest son’s bed needed new handles. I got the bed on Craigslist and they had some cheap “gold” handles on them. His bed is a bunk bed with drawers under the bottom bunk. It makes for great storage but I hated the handles so I replaced them with some awesome handles from Rockler. I […]

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