Today is my mom's birthday so I treated her to her local Goodwill this morning. Of course, she picked out one thing while I, on the otherhand, went a little crazy: The Target shelves will look great in my 7 year old's room. I never pass up faux eggs and vase fillers (also from Target). The little frames were a steal! I will be adding those to my Etsy shop once I add the perfect...
This weekend is my boys' birthday party so the last few days have been tough in terms of crafty time. I did manage to whip up some quick numbered, burlap lavender sachets, though. I used a black fabric pen to trace each number onto my burlap bags. Then I colored each one in. I like that the ink isn't dark-dark; kind of gives them a more aged look, don't you think?! I filled each one about halfway...
I used to be quite the organized person. I am a Virgo, afterall. However, once I had kids, my life sort of resembles the picture below: Yes, that is a drawer in my craft room holding my tea-stained seam binding. It ain't pretty. In my quest to get more organized, I did a copycat of Creative Carmelina and my sister, Kathy from Creative Home Expressions. They both made sweet little cards to add their ribbon...
I didn't participate in the Where Bloggers Create party - even though I really, really wanted to. You see, my craft room also doubles as my office for my day job. Still, I wanted to give a small peek inside where I do most of my crafting: When you enter, you walk past two big cabinets. I just got this frame at an estate sale. I was going to paint it until I noticed it...
I get to enjoy summer Fridays from Memorial Day to Labor Day. And even though today was a rainy mess, I ventured out to an estate sale not too far from my parent's house. As luck would have it, it was held by a woman who is a mixed media artist and shabby chic collector. I could hardly contain myself! The two painted wood frames were $1 each. I plan on painting the memory box/letter...
I've been dying to try the Mod Podge transfer method for months now. I finally took the plunge last night using a pail duo that I got at Goodwill yesterday. First I painted over the floral pattern with white spray paint. Once that was dry, I used ASCP in Antoinette for a pretty, pale pink color. I printed off this great French grain image (be sure to mirror the image first) on plain white paper. ...
