I'm a firm believer that if life hands you lemons, you make lemonade. Case in point, my broken dress form peat pot. I bought some rub-on transfers from Joann's a couple of weeks ago. Now, I'm no expert on rub-ons. I've only used them a handful of times. After rubbing for what seemed like forever, this transfer just didn't seem to be happening. So I kept at it. I must have moved it while rubbing...
We had such a crazy busy weekend that I wasn't able to take in any garage sales. Boy, am I itching! I did pop into our local church thrift store and found these two goodies. Not sure how old the jewelry piece is but I found it to be interesting and unique. Thinking about painting it white. The old compact doesn't have too many markings but it's in great condition for an old piece. I...
I used to love playing with paper dolls when I was little. I used to make my own by cutting the models out of my Mom's Spiegel catalog (remember Spiegel?????). This one I found on Pinterest and couldn't resist! I printed the template out onto cardstock and cut each part out. Then I used some brads so her arms and legs would be moveable. I hand-stamped the Paris on, and added a little bling. She's really sweet...
I'm doing my little Friday happy dance. The weather is gorgeous, the birds are singing and it's the end of what seemed like a long, long week! We have a busy weekend planned so wanted to share some random pieces that I've been working on. This candlestick I found at Goodwill earlier this week. I gave it a few coats of ASCP in Old White. It's kind of hard to tell but there is a...
Remember the little hand mirror I picked up at Goodwill that was missing the mirror? Well, here it is now. I wanted to use a Victorian image for it and found this perfect one from The Graphics Fairy. I printed it out onto cardstock and then carefully measured it so it would fit into the mirror. I used some silver glitter around the inside edges and added some rhinestones and faux pearls to each lady...
I picked up this little crate from Goodwill yesterday. I was going back and forth on whether to keep the natural color or paint it. So I did a little of both. I gave it a "white-wash" instead - basically spreading on some paint and then wiping it off to get just a hint of color. I left some of the natural wood showing too. I notice a couple of little paint oopsies but those...
Super excited by this morning's Goodwill finds. The last few times I've gone, I've come out empty-handed. Not today! Excuse the photos. It's a dark, dreary, COLD day here yet again. Anywho, how cute is the little lantern? It was half price so it was 85 cents. The beeswax candle is getting tossed; I just wanted the little crate. The metal urn will be first up in the makeover department. I love this little flower...
You've probably seen these all over Pinterest. I, myself, have pinned them a few times. I love the look and since I always have a nice stash of Ball mason jars lying around, I figured I would make some too! I only have three ASCP colors: Old White, Louis Blue and Antoinette. Lucky for me they look gorgeous together! I only gave them a coat each of the chalk paint because I find it to...
Just a quick project. A small bucket of starfish for my beachy-themed porch. I used some decal paper to add my starfish images (from Etsy) to my bucket which I believe I got at Target a few summers ago. There are some sand dollars tucked in there as well. Dreaming of beachy weather. It's almost here! Total cost: $0 as I had everything I needed. I'm still have $90 left for my beach makeover budget. Jeanine ...
Remember I said I had another little Ikea pitcher that I was planning to jazz up? Here it is in all of its Spring glory - flowers and all! I used this great image from the Graphics Fairy and some more of my waterslide decal paper (buy it from eBay!). My daffodils were starting to tip over so I snipped the ones that were leaning on the ground and added them. Love the yellow with...
Haven't had too much time for crafting/blogging over the last few days. My hubby's been in the hospital since Friday night. Sigh! I was able to makeover this little porch table Friday afternoon and take pics of it this morning. Here's the before: Yuck! Not even sure how to describe the previous color other than to say "U-G-L-Y, you don't need no alibi, you ugly!" And here it is after a few coats of ASCP...
I must have over 20 recipe books in my house. Sad part is, I hardly ever use them. Each book seems to be filled with recipes we ripped out of magazines, printed off the computer, etc. And now with Pinterest, I have a hundred or more recipes bookmarked on my computer. I needed an easier way to keep our favorite recipes handy without having to dig through piles of pages. I used some off-white cardstock to...
I've had this pitcher from Ikea for a few years now. Last year, I added a coffee label to it using Mod Podge. Unfortunately, it started to peel off. Can't have that, now can we? So yesterday, I gave it a new Frenchy makeover using waterslide decal paper. I have to say this is one of my favorite Frenchy images. It's making the rounds on Pinterest so be sure to download it when you can!...
We spend a lot of time on our porch in the summer. This year, I wanted to give it more of a beachy theme...for not a lot of money. I'm giving myself a $100 budget to work with. Here's what we have so far. This boat oar is from Home Goods. I bought two of them a couple of years ago. They've been hanging by our garage/patio area. Total cost: $0 as I already had...
