I popped into Ikea yesterday and was pleasantly surprised by their newest candles. Have you seen them? How perfect are these for the 4th of July? Sadly, none with stars but I'm digging the stripes, and they work so well for this quickie centerpiece idea. I'm using a chalkboard painted Dollar Store tray as my base. I used a pretty patriotic image (from The Graphics Fairy) for my candle holders. I printed the image...
**Dark photos alert.** Yup, all week we're expecting nothing but rain here and you know what that means for photos. Ugh! Very frustrating but the show must go on and here is one of my latest projects: Jardin 1914 Frenchy Drawstring Bag. I picked up a couple of these drawstring bags at Hobby Lobby last month and couldn't wait to use them. I was inspired by my friend, Susan from Homeroad, who has a bunch...
We had an impromptu garage sale on Saturday so I was not able to hit any sales myself this weekend. I did, however, make it over to Walmart and look at this super cute Mason jar drink dispenser! Can't wait to use this for summer parties. And how adorable are the cups? I also picked up this chevron burlap ribbon and larger size peat pots. I'll probably start working on the peat pots this...
These are the planters I picked up over the weekend at a local garage sale. They were a yucky green hue and had sunflower stickers on them. Not quite my cup of tea. Here they are now. I gave each a couple of coats of white spray paint. I sprayed right over the stickers because I knew I'd be covering them with this lovely French image (courtesy of The Graphics Fairy). I printed the image...
A couple of weeks ago Lin from A Tiny Cottage in the Woods posted a gorgeous French basket she made. Needless to say, I was smitten. So when I scooped up this picnic basket for $2 at a local flea market, I knew I immediately wanted to copycat. I gave it a few coats of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Paris Grey. I wanted to give it an aged look, so I let some of...
Sharing some of yesterday's garage sale finds. I spent a whopping $7 and lookie what I got! I swore I would not buy any more baskets this year. I'm up to my eyeballs in them. I just couldn't seem to pass this one up though. It's going to get a quick white paint makeover this week - weather permitting. The little flower balls were 25 cents each. Score! Not quite sure what I'm going to...
