Oh how I love popping into our local church thrift store. They are only open on Friday, so I treat myself as much as I can each Friday. Today did not disappoint! The kitty was only $2. I have to find a cute corner spot for her before my 4 year old stakes his claim for her. He loves animals: cats and dogs being his favorite. I also picked up some wood hangers for my Etsy...
I confess...I started buying some Halloween decorations already. I don't feel too guilty because these all came from my local dollar store. I saved two glass jars with Halloween in mind - one held pasta sauce and the other honey. I put some fake moss on the bottom of each jar. Then I added my black spiders to one and the fake eyeballs to the other. I used some coffee-dyed hang tags to hand-stamp each tag to...
I was so excited when our mail landing this morning! See anyone you know in here? =) Me! And my tool caddy! Cover. My page! I feel like a mini celebrity of sorts! Thanks to Romantic Homes for featuring me in your beautiful magazine! Jeanine ...
When I got my new Pottery Barn catalog this morning, I spied these wonderful newspaper text candles: Photo courtesy of Pottery Barn While I wouldn't mind stocking up on a few, I wanted to take a quick try at making my own version. I used this French newspaper image from The Graphics Fairy. I printed it onto clear Avery label paper. I trimmed the image down to fit each candle and then simply peeled and sticked. ...
I finally got a bit of my crafting mojo back! It's been a rough week sleep-wise but I was happy to churn out at least one new project. The best part? I had everything I needed on hand to make this Marie Antoinette-inspired penny jar: I had purchased this fabric image from Etsy months ago. I didn't have any fabric to match it for a pillow at the time so it sat and sat. Today,...
Another favorite repost from my old One Cheap B*tch blog: I have a thing for bugs. I don't love actual bugs (lady bugs and water bugs being the exceptions!) but for some reason I love them in my home decor. And if you've seen the latest Ballard Designs catalog, they have bees everywhere which led me to this: I used my newest Cricut cartridge to print out a bee stencil and then got to work...
