There is a fun, little secret behind this upcycled mini chalkboard. It is yet another thrift store find of mine. The backside is riddled with crayon marks, but that didn't stop me from seeing its potential. I way lying in bed thinking about it - seriously! I was wondering how I could print out the word eat and add it to this little pretty. Clear sticker paper wasn't going to give me the look I wanted. ...
Valentine's Day is just three weeks away, and love is definitely in full bloom at our house. Over the weekend, I worked on three different love ribbons that are currently for sale in my Etsy. The first one is just simply...love. I hand-stamped the word (several times!) on some off-white seam binding ribbon. So simple, yet I adore how it came out. So much so that I kept some of the ribbon for myself as...
I've had this pretty, white Ikea pitcher for a few years now. I had originally given it a Frenchy makeover using waterslide decal paper. Since, I'm trying to "shop the house" this month, I decided to give it a facelift. Because... ...the elements were not kind and this is what it looked like yesterday. Yuck! Thankfully, Goo Gone was able to remove the waterslide decal stickiness, and I was able to replace that label with the...
A few months ago while driving my boys to school, I spied a bedspring on the side of the road. Let's just say I could not stop my car fast enough and load it in. It was your standard brown bedspring, and it's been sitting in our garage awaiting the end of the holiday season. Once January 1st came around, I got busy. I started by giving it a few coats of white paint -...
