I survived Thanksgiving! Hope you did too! Our Xmas decorations are in full swing now given that according to my 6 year old, there are 26 more days til Xmas. This was a Pinspiration. I found something similar on Pinterest but now I can't for the life of me find the pin to show you. I believe the pinner used metal letters to create their banner. Mine are wood (from A.C. Moore) but I painted...
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Creepy Halloween Book Stack
Remember those books I picked up last week at our local thrift store? After a couple of coats of black paint and some creepy stickers, here they are now: I found the images on both Pinterest and The Graphics Fairy. I printed the images out onto label paper and simply peeled and stuck to each book once the paint was dry! I have them displayed in our corner cabinet with some other Halloween goodies. Jeanine...
Yes, I know I'm incredibly early for fall, but I just couldn't resist making some shabby fabric pumpkins this morning. I've been seeing them all over Pinterest and they are just so darn cute that I couldn't resist. I used some fabric pieces that I had stashed in my craft room for over a year (one of the benefits of never throwing stuff out!). I used some tea-stained seam binding a French fabric tag for...
Or is it a milk tin?! Whatever you call it, I picked this up at Home Goods a few years ago. We used to have it on our porch but it didn't quite fit with my beachy decor, so off to the shed it went. I dug it out yesterday to give it a Frenchie makeover. This seriously took four coats of white spray paint to cover. Holy moly, I was in a cloud of...
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'm a huge fan of decorating with bottles. Old, new, big, small - you name it, I love em! These two are old sparkling lemonade bottles that I got from Home Goods a few years ago. The lemonade was yummy and the bottles have been embellished. I printed out both images onto label paper. Both were found on Pinterest. I love this religious one. It brings me back to my goth days. I distressed the...
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!...
It's cold and stormy here yet again, but I'm definitely thinking of summer. Wouldn't these be great for sipping some lemonade on a beautiful, warm summer day? Someone added the No. 7 clipart to Pinterest. I downloaded it onto sticker paper. Before cutting and adding to my recycled Starbucks bottles, I gave them a coat of clear spray paint. Cut, stick and done! The only real messy part is getting the Starbucks label completely off. ...
I picked up this little wood plaque a few months ago at the local church thrift store. Last night I gave it a few coats of white paint and decided to make a sweet little French bird plaque with it: I used some waterslide decal paper again. I had used it a couple of weeks ago on a terrarium and love the look. I used this great French bird image which is floating all around...
It's snowing here and boy am I glad I was able to get in some spray painting on Saturday before the temperature dropped! This is another salvaged piece from my late mother-in-law's house. She had some dried flowers in there but I took it a part and gave it a quick makeover. The frame was originally gold but I gave it two coats of flat white spray paint. While that was drying, I used a...
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Shabby Rag-Tie Banner
Drawing inspiration from Pinterest and Sissie from Sissie's Shabby Cottage, I made my first ever rag-tie banner last night. I used a bunch of leftover fabric pieces that were taking up space in my craft room. You know what they say about lemons and lemonade! I love the shabby look. Makes me long for spring though. Sigh! I just kind of looped and pulled each piece of fabric onto some twine. I think there are about 50...
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Wanted to share some cute feather angel wings I came across on Pinterest. I wanted to add wings to each chair for our diningroom this year. These were a little smaller than expected but still cute to display for the holidays. I love how they look over a mirror. This is in our bedroom. But see how small the wings are? I bought four of them and I'm adding...
I'm sure I'm not the only one drawing inspiration from Pinterest. I love it when I find a pin and have all of the components needed to be a copycat. I saw a beautiful knife block someone did and knew immediately, I had everything I needed to make one too. Our boring, old knife block now looks like this! Of course, when I took my pictures most of the knives were in the dishwasher - doh! I...
Saw some lovely mason jar candle holders on Pinterest yesterday. Since I have a ton of them, I decided to make a few myself: I took some vintage sheet music and ripped it on both sides so it would fit around each jar. First, I distressed the edges a bit for a nice aged look. Next, I wrapped the sheet music around each jar and used a glue dot to hold the overlapping piece in...
I couldn't let Valentine's Day come and go without making at least one little heart pillow. I used my Cricut to cut out the heart shape. I traced it onto what has become my favorite shabby fabric. Before sewing it up, I hand-stamped the little Paris in the middle. Then I stitched it up and added the stuffing. The button was a bit of an after-thought. It has some French script stamped on it too so...
Wanted to send a big thank you out to Shirley from HudsonHolidays! Shirley came to my rescue and sent me over this perfect reminder for my 4 year old: I got my inspiration from this one on Pinterest from HGTV. I'm happy to report that it's working already! My second thank you goes to Rhonda from A Little Bit French. I won one of Rhonda's fabulous giveaways and yesterday my prize arrived!!!!! Look at how...
