I'm sure many of you, like me, receive a lot of product pitches via email. Some are clearly not a good fit for my blog, while others seem to hit the nail on the head. Case in point: Labor of Love Co. I was beyond thrilled to receive one of their DIY Soy Candle Kits. I love candles and I love DIY, so it was a match made in heaven. If you've never heard of Labor...
The past few days have been a bit of a blur. You see, our 11 year old fell last week and split his chin open. Fifteen stitches later, I'm still a nervous wreck. Since he's taking it easy this week, I did the only thing that would calm my nerves: I crafted. I had some sachets hiding in my craft room. I broke them out and put my new RV/camper rubber stamp to good...
I had my big state test on Tuesday, so for the past couple of weeks I've been studying non-stop. Studying does not leave a lot of time for crafting. Still, I was able to squeeze in a few random projects. I bought these wood arrows from Etsy. They came un-stained; so I had my husband stain them for me. After a few coats, they were the exact shade I was looking for. We added them...
Even though the weather forecast called for heavy rain, we ventured out to The Elephant Trunk (New Milford, CT) yesterday. Yes, the same flea market featured on the show Flea Market Flip. All I can say is wow! It was amazing. But note the dark clouds in the sky. We got rained on several times. Still, we were all troopers. My eight year old barely complained. Barely. So much vintage and antique goodness to be found....
I bought this vintage chalkboard a couple of years ago at an estate sale. For a while, I covered the ugly green paint with sheet music and book paper. Yuck, right?! I always knew I wanted to re-paint it with black chalkboard paint and this weekend was the perfect time to tackle this project. So I broke out the chalkboard paint and got busy. Here it is now. Using a chalk marker and stencil,...
Wishing all of my bloggy friends a safe and happy July 4th! Jeanine ...
