I'm calling this my accidental Santa pillow. Yup, I never intended to make a pillow yesterday. I was working on some decorative bowl filler sacks using some vintage fabric. I got this great ticking from Etsy earlier in the week from one of my favorite shops - Kitteridge Mercantile. Anywho, I had this long piece and after I had sewed the sides and bottom, I realized it was too long for a sack. Long...
I'm so enamored with religious pictures and pieces these days. It's definitely reflected in some of these random projects I've been working on. This one was inspired by Rhonda from Little Bit French. She made the prettiest French journals last week that I just couldn't stop myself from pinning all over Pinterest. I actually found the religious image on Pinterest after my sister (Kathy from Creative Home Expressions) had pinned it. It's just so lovely. I've used...
I finally got around to Goodwill this morning. Not exactly a banner day for me. I feel like I need a t-shirt that says I went to Goodwill and all I got was this: Chess set and little metal urn. I had my eye on a set of shabby chic plates but they wanted $14.99 for the set - a little more than I was looking to spend. The chess is for my boys. And...
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Dollar Store Reindeers + Cyber Monday Code
Look at these cuties from the Dollar Store. A pair of glittered reindeers - what's not to love? I picked up a few this morning to add around the house. Look how adorable the little bells are too! And as we're decorating for Xmas, nothing like the smell of... Warm cinnamon! We break up cinnamon sticks, add water and boil until the house smells wonderful! And speaking of wonderful, I've started my Etsy Cyber Monday...
I picked up this little table a week ago from a garage sale. I gave it a quick makeover using some Annie Sloan chalk paint and a French graphic I bought from Etsy some time ago. I gave it two coats of ASCP on Sunday when it was semi-warm out. Yesterday morning, I took my reversed image and Mod Podged it to the top. Eight hours later, I used a wet paper towel to remove...
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Upcycled Garage Sale Candleholder
*Don't forget to enter my giveaway here!* I picked up this little candleholder at a garage sale on Friday. It was black when I bought it and here it is now: First, I spray painted it white. Then I used Mod Podge to glue on my French script paper. I used it on the back panel and then cut a little strip for the rim. I hung it up in my tearoom. I added a new candle...
Remember this bottle carrier I picked up at Goodwill a few weeks ago?! I gave it a spooky twist earlier this week. The creepy labels are actually from the Martha Stewart Living special edition Halloween issue. Just scan them to your printer and print out. I did mine on label paper, so I only had to cut, peel and stick. The striped straws are from Etsy. I just love them! I picked up the pencils...
A couple of days ago, I picked up some petite, metal, hanging chairs from Goodwill. They were red and black - not quite my top color choices. So today I gave them a shabby makeover: I gave them a coat of white spray paint before I broke out the pink. Once that was dry, I printed out this Marie Antoinette image I bought off of Etsy a month or so ago onto white cardstock. I...
I just added these cuties to my Etsy shop. Beachy whale frames: In blue. And pink. I used my Cricut Splish Splash cartridge to make the whales and their water. I typed out beach using Word and glued it beneath each whale. I made a blue one for myself to hang in the bathroom. The boys love it...and so do I! Adds just the right touch of beachy charm! Jeanine ...
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Upcycled Clipboard
My husband had some old clipboards tucked away in the garage. I found them over the weekend and decided to give them a French-y touch. Here is the first one I did: First, I glued some sheet music to use as my background. Then I hot glued the vintage lace around as a border. The little white frame is from Michael's but I scored it at a garage sale for 25 cents. I used a...
If you're like me, you stock up on tea towels when you go to the dollar store. I had a few lying around in my craft room and as luck would have it, I had some iron-on transfer paper too. Put two and two together and you get some cute new towels: I bought this image off of Etsy (popalicious, 99 cents!) over the weekend. I spied it on Pinterest (thanks Gina from Shabby Creek Designs!) and thought...
I'm not really sure what La Fabuleux means in French (note to self: Google it!) but whatever it means, I used it on this wood sign for my tea room: I had one sheet of graphite paper left and since it was raining on and off all day yesterday, I decided to use it for this little sign. I bought this image off of Etsy a year or so ago and I simply love it. ...
Ever start a project and end up scratching your head halfway through? That's what happened to me with these fleur de lis candlesticks. I picked them up from a thrift store last week. They were originally white but a little grungy. I thought they would look good with a chocolate brown makeover but... They went back to white. I did indeed paint them brown but it was a flat brown and they looked, well, icky. So...
I haven't had much time this week for any projects (boo hoo!), so I'm sharing some quick tags I made last week using my Cricut: I love this French script image that I purchased off of Etsy (Graphique.etsy.com) and I love how it looks on this Fleur de Lis. I use #80 cardstock so it's a bit thicker than the regular #60 found in most craft stores. I finished them up with some tea-stained seam...
Time has not been on my side this week. About the only crafty thing I was able to accomplish was two more embellished Starbucks bottles: I bought these graphics from Etsy and love, love, love them! How can you go wrong for $1 each? I've already used them for bags, tags and I'll be using them for pillows shortly. I printed them out on Avery Label Paper. Super easy and the paper is pretty reasonably...
I used to display these vintage-ish milk bottles on our kitchen cabinets, but since the kitchen redo, they've been quietly sitting in our basement. I stumbled across them yesterday and thought bottles this wonderful should not be banished to the basement. Since I'm a little pressed for time this week, I gave them a quick French makeover using Avery clear label paper. One image I printed from the Graphics Fairy - it's one of my...
Happy New Year! It's hard to believe it's twenty twelve. Here's to hoping this is everyone's year to win the lottery...ha! =) Since I spent a quiet new year's eve at home, I was up bright and early picking up some treats to add to my vintage milk bottle holder: I'm dubbing this our Valentine's Day Candy Land. It's filled with clear mason jars which I then filled with various heart-shaped candies and vintage Valentine's...
