I'm so happy that my kitchen is finally finished! My husband did everything himself so I can take 0 credit. You can see a bit of the before here. And here are the afters: I'm soooooo happy to finally have a dishwasher! I've gone without one for almost 11 years and I just don't how we did without! He still has to add the curtains back up over the sink. I have so much more...
I still have a ton of these little peat pots left over from the summer. I knew I wanted to do at least one for Halloween and when I saw this image over at The Graphics Fairy, I knew it would be perfect! First I hot glued some vintage lace to the pot. Then I hot glued the picture to the front. I tied some tea-stained seam binding to the top. Then I finished off...
When one dollar store disappoints, another delivers! Look at these adorable ceramic pumpkins I picked up this morning: My usual dollar store did not have them - among other things. I have to say these are pretty good quality. You know how iffy some dollar store things can be but I give these two thumbs up! Jeanine ...
It's official. I have my first cold of the almost fall season. It seems every time the weather turns unexpectedly, I get a cold. Boo hoo! Given my complete lack of energy this weekend, I was only able to eke out two small Halloween projects. First up is this little spells bag: I used some leftover coffee dyed fabric I had from last year. I stitched up both sides of the fabric to create a...
I have a ton of these apothecary jars on hand at all times. Whenever Michael's or AC Moore has them on sale, I stock up because they really work well for any holiday-inspired projects. Of course this morning, I decided to do a Halloween one. I printed off the arsenic image from The Graphics Fairy (did anyone else notice Martha Stewart Crafts has a very similar label too? Maybe Martha's been browsing Karen's site?! Lol!). ...
So I'm slowly starting to put out my Halloween decorations. Normally I wait until at least the 15th but me and the kids were getting a bit anxious. Okay maybe it was more me! I had a random black frame lying around so I made this: I printed the old crow image from The Graphics Fairy onto some vintage sheet music. Then I took out my mini letter stamps ($1 at Michaels!) and stamped: "Quoth...
Oh how I love popping into our local church thrift store. They are only open on Friday, so I treat myself as much as I can each Friday. Today did not disappoint! The kitty was only $2. I have to find a cute corner spot for her before my 4 year old stakes his claim for her. He loves animals: cats and dogs being his favorite. I also picked up some wood hangers for my Etsy...
I confess...I started buying some Halloween decorations already. I don't feel too guilty because these all came from my local dollar store. I saved two glass jars with Halloween in mind - one held pasta sauce and the other honey. I put some fake moss on the bottom of each jar. Then I added my black spiders to one and the fake eyeballs to the other. I used some coffee-dyed hang tags to hand-stamp each tag to...
I was so excited when our mail landing this morning! See anyone you know in here? =) Me! And my tool caddy! Cover. My page! I feel like a mini celebrity of sorts! Thanks to Romantic Homes for featuring me in your beautiful magazine! Jeanine ...
