I'm enjoying the last few days of our Halloween decorations. Hard to believe I'll be packing it all away in a few days. I didn't do a lot in the new she-shed/tea room this year. Most of our Halloween decor is in the house or on the porch. Sometimes less really is more. I'm already itching to decorate for Christmas, but I'm going to pace myself. And enjoy Halloween on Wednesday! Jeanine ...
Thanks to my friends at Realtor.com for including me in several home decor/DIY posts over the past few weeks. The first was on utility fabrics and how to incorporate them into your home. The second was on decorating with pumpkins! - one of my favorites! Go to Realtor.com to read the full articles. Jeanine ...
Raise your hand if you've started some Christmas projects. I know I have. First one of the season is this Santa paddle fan. Easy peasy when you have one of these... We got a few of these at a local fall festival and I knew immediately what I wanted to do with it. All I did was print out my image on sticker paper, cut to size and then peel and stick. I finished up...
Halloween is just a couple of weeks away and I've put the finishing touches on a few last minute projects. This one is my favorite! I found this little velvet-y address book at our local thrift store. Once I picked it up, I knew it would make for a great mini book of spells. I found the image on Pinterest and added it to the front of the book using sticker paper. Here's how I...
I had a couple of girlfriends over for lunch the other day and wanted to set a pretty table for them - and play around with some ideas for Halloween. Each setting included a white pumpkin plate from Target's DollarSpot, an orange or black plate from the Dollar Store, a gold charger plate and these great napkins. If you look closely you can see some creepy books I bought from eBay and skull shot glasses. ...
If you're like me, you've probably seen a bunch of candy tin makeovers on Pinterest. What I didn't know is that you can't really paint over them unless you burn them. Yup, you need to burn off the existing paint to have a cleaner surface for glue and paint to stick to. So I asked Mr. Okio to break out his blow torch. After he got done laughing at me (!), he simply used tongs and...
My husband was about to throw this broken shovel away a couple of weeks ago. Guess who grabbed it and made this super simple Jack o' Lantern? I gave it a few coats of orange spray paint and then drew the face on using a Sharpie. My 11 year old thinks I should have painted the handle green, but I'm pretty happy with how it looks. Jeanine ...
