Ikea is one of my favorite stores. Every time I go there, I stock up on these pretty red-striped grain sack-ish dish towels. I've been wanting to use them for a pillow for quite some time, and this weekend I finally took the plunge. After measuring and sizing for my pillow insert (20"), I started by sewing three of the four sides together. I then turned it right-side out and broke out some black fabric...
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!...
I have been waiting literally months for my local Ikea to get the pretty aqua blue kitchen cart that you've probably seen all over Pinterest. Guess what? I grabbed mine this morning! Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! I'm so very excited! As soon as my hubby steps foot in the door, he's putting this baby together. I'd do it myself but I don't have a great track record with assembling Ikea products. Better to be safe than sorry! Jeanine...
Ikea has these sweet tart tin ornaments. I forgot to take a before photo but they had a red gingham pattern in the middle and red ribbon to hang them. I decided to give mine a Frenchy touch: I used some distressed vintage French book paper for the centers. My Cricut didn't have the exact circle size so my circles are a little smaller than the centers. Once I glued the paper in, I added some...
Hurricane Sandy is on it's way to New York. I figure I better get some posts in before we lose power. With Hurricane Irene in 2011, we went 6 days without power. Ack! Fingers crossed, it won't be as bad as they are predicting. Yesterday, I ran a bunch of errands to prep for the storm and popped into Ikea. I picked up this four-pack of little metal stars. So petite that three easily fit...
I've had this little Ikea jar for ages. Tried to unload it at our garage sale over the summer, but no takers. So after walking past it for the 1000th time this week, I decided to give it a quick makeover. Excuse the dark photos, it's really dreary here today: I knew I wanted to do something Christmas-y because this is actually going to be filled with goodies for my Mom. I found this perfect angel...
I wanted to make a grain sack towel for fall. You see, I don't have a lot of fall decorations; I seem to have a lot of Halloween decorations. So, I decided to make a quick grain sack using this image from The Graphics Fairy. It's the same one I used on a bucket over the summer and it just screams FALL to me! I used iron-transfer paper and simply ironed it onto this Ikea...
I popped into my local Ikea yesterday and found these really cute apple baskets. For only $9.99 each, I knew I could add a spooky twist to them. So I did! Because I also want to be able to use them for other holidays/seasons, I knew I did not want to spray paint anything on them. I recently bought Cricut's Halloween cartridge, so I printed out this spooky graphic onto black cardstock. I used Sticky...
Guess who has strep throat now?! Thanks to my adorable 4 year old, I spent most of the day in bed. Yesterday I put together this quick vignette in the kitchen using the vintage Pilgrim crate I found at a garage sale last week. (Not sure if I'll get any sales in this weekend - boo hoo!) I am thinking of adding some colorful straws or vintage silverware to the mason jars. The little pitcher...
Hope everyone had a lovely Valentine's Day! I was in chocolate heaven thanks to my hubby and boys. In between my candy fixes, I decided to use an Ikea dish towel to make a faux grain sack pillow: At first I was going to make it into a tote bag but I just wasn't feeling it. Plan B was to use this great image from The Graphics Fairy and turn it into a pillow for our...
**There is still time to enter my giveaway here.** If you saw the February issue of Romantic Homes, then you saw these little cuties from Ikea. So cute and I love the colors! I'm the world's worst cake baker so I appreciate the non-stick, squishy plastic they are made of. However, my husband claims I failed on my New Year's Resolution not to buy stuff, but I gently reminded him it was: not to buy...
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! I can't believe how fast it came and went. Today was so dreary here that me and the kids actually started taking some decorations down. Then we hit Target for some lights for next year. Somehow I came home with two of these pretties: Yup, Target already has some Valentine's Day items out. So of course that made me start working on a Valentine's Day windowsill for the kitchen. The pink...
I'm not the biggest fan of working with glitter. Mainly because I always seem to make a mess with it. But I do love the look in the end. This week I broke out my German glass glitter and some Martha Stewart glitter for some quick Xmas touches. First up is this old pocketwatch: I've seen this look on Etsy and wanted to take a crack at it so when my husband dug up this...
