It was chilly and rainy here yesterday. Yes, in July! Since we were trapped in the house most of the day, I took advantage of the down time to make a new set of lavender jars. I made some a few months ago and they are sitting on my kitchen window ledge. This time I used some aged-looking French script paper. I ripped the pieces to make the paper look older and used some...
I scored this little plant table at a garage sale a couple of weeks ago. It was $3. I finally got around to painting it this week. It was a bit hit and miss. I painted it white. Then I tried the Mod Podge method to add a French graphic. Fail - I peeled it right off. Then I tried to do a farmhouse stripe design. Fail - I smudged the paint. Sooooo.... I went...
I spied this cabinet on the curb back in April. Yes, April. It sat and sat and sat in our garage. I was waiting on the weather and going back and forth on what color to paint it. Finally, I decided on gray, and this past weekend - with a little help from the hubby - I finally gave it the makeover I had been envisioning. The girlfriend who helped load it in the car...
What do you do when you come home from a short vacay to Philadelphia? You whip up some pretty jars using waterslide decal paper. Well, at least that is what I did. I saved these pretties a few weeks ago. One contained jar sauce and the other held jelly. I gave each jar a few coats of white spray paint and some sanding. Then I printed out my images onto waterslide decal paper. If you're...
My boys are officially off from school and you know what that means... I won't have much time to craft or blog for the next 8 weeks. Still, I did find some time to make this easy July 4th banner. I simply used some vintage dictionary paper and Dafont's Ringmaster font. I opened up a word document and typed each letter onto its own separate page. Then I took turns printing each one out on...
Our porch swing had definitely seen better days. It's one of our most favorite spots at home. We sit there at night, chatting and watching the cars drive by for hours. We got it from Lowe's about 5 years ago (if not more!) and the white was dirty and dingy. No amount of scrubbing was making it sparkle. Even the pillows were looking a bit sad. So... We gave it a makeover over the weekend....
