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Just a quick project.  A small bucket of starfish for my beachy-themed porch.
I used some decal paper to add my starfish images (from Etsy) to my bucket which I believe I got at Target a few summers ago.
There are some sand dollars tucked in there as well.
Dreaming of beachy weather. It's almost here!  Total cost: $0 as I had everything I needed.  I'm still have $90 left for my beach makeover budget.

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Remember I said I had another little Ikea pitcher that I was planning to jazz up?  Here it is in all of its Spring glory - flowers and all!
I used this great image from the Graphics Fairy and some more of my waterslide decal paper (buy it from eBay!).
My daffodils were starting to tip over so I snipped the ones that were leaning on the ground and added them.
Love the yellow with the off-white and black lettering.  Definitely screams Spring to me!

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Haven't had too much time for crafting/blogging over the last few days.  My hubby's been in the hospital since Friday night.  Sigh!  I was able to makeover this little porch table Friday afternoon and take pics of it this morning.  Here's the before:
Yuck!  Not even sure how to describe the previous color other than to say "U-G-L-Y, you don't need no alibi, you ugly!"  And here it is after a few coats of ASCP in Louis Blue:
Love, love, love it now!  Works so much better for my porch beach theme now.  Did I ever tell you I paid $7 for the table at a garage sale like 5 years ago?!
And I'm happy to report that my Dad is working on making a wood whale for me like the one I previously posted about.  Thanks Dad!
One more peek.  Love the shade so much that I'm going to use it on a corner cabinet in our diningroom too!  Wish me luck on that job.  I've never painted anything bigger than a chair.  Doh!

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I must have over 20 recipe books in my house.  Sad part is, I hardly ever use them.  Each book seems to be filled with recipes we ripped out of magazines, printed off the computer, etc.  And now with Pinterest, I have a hundred or more recipes bookmarked on my computer.  I needed an easier way to keep our favorite recipes handy without having to dig through piles of pages.
I used some off-white cardstock to make these quick - and handy! - recipe cards.
I used DaFont to add the word recipe into a simple Word document.  Then I just added some lines and printed out onto my cardstock.  I cut each to my desired size, and added some Frenchy stamps to each side.  Pretty easy right?
What I think is my genius moment, is adding the metal ring.  With the metal ring, I can easily hang it in the kitchen for when I need it, and I can add more recipes when I have the time.

It's less bulky and a quick grab for when I don't want to spend time flipping through all of those recipe books.

Linking to French Country Cottage: Feathered Nest Friday.

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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 simply printed the image onto the decal paper.  Then I give it a couple of coats of clear spray paint so the image wouldn't run.  Once that is dry, you add it to a bowl of water and within minutes the decal separates from the paper and it can be placed on your item.
What I love the best about decal paper is that the image looks almost painted on depending upon the surface.  For the pitcher, my husband had to do a double-take because he thought it was indeed painted on (as if I could paint that well!).

I have another pitcher in the works (also from Ikea).  Meanwhile, I'm running low on my decal paper so I'll be ordering more through eBay.

Linking to French Country Cottage: Feathered Nest Friday.

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We spend a lot of time on our porch in the summer.  This year, I wanted to give it more of a beachy theme...for not a lot of money.  I'm giving myself a $100 budget to work with.  Here's what we have so far.
This boat oar is from Home Goods.  I bought two of them a couple of years ago. They've been hanging by our garage/patio area.  Total cost: $0 as I already had it.
This lanterns are from the Pottery Barn outlet.  I picked them up about 5 years ago.  Again moved them from the backyard to the porch.  They need to be cleaned up a bit and candles added.  $0.
Nevermind this table.  It's getting an ASCP makeover this week.  I just ordered Louis Blue which I think will look pretty and work for a beach theme.  The lantern/starfish/candle - already had.  The sea urchin was blue but I gave it a fresh coat of red paint.  $0 for that too.  The seahorse is from the Christmas Tree Shops.  I spent $9.99 for it.  Down to $90 now.
Starfish also from the Christmas Tree Shops - from 2 years ago.   Need some freshing up.  Now here's what I want:
From FolkyBirdSandFish.etsy.com.  It's $34 but I'm trying to talk my Dad into making a wood whale for me.
This cute crab pillow is from FrenchCountryDesign.etsy.com.  I believe it's $15.
Another fab pillow.  This one is from White Apple Designs.  In the $15 range as well.
Doorstop from NextDoortoHeaven.etsy.com.  It's $10 and I love, love, love it!

Wish me luck as this will likely be a long work in progress given my budget.

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