Oh my! I didn't realize I hadn't posted anything since July. Yes, July! It's always hard during the summer months for me to blog - with the boys being home and all. Somehow I managed to tackle a bunch of projects though. I just never seem to get around to posting them here. If you follow me on Instagram (which I hope you do!), you probably know we took quite a few trips this summer...
I've had this cake dome (I'm not sure what the official name of it is) for a few years now. It was a Home Goods find many moons ago and was banished to the basement after I tired of its boring brownish color. After walking by it 100 times over the last couple of weeks, I decided to give it a fresh makeover. It's amazing what a few coats of white spray paint can do! ...
I can't take credit for this project. It's a copycat of one I saw on Pinterest. Once I saw it, I knew, finally, what I could do with all of the random baseballs in our garage. My boys played baseball briefly, but somehow we had all of these balls hanging around. I started by breaking out some red, white and blue acrylic paint. I painted the colors randomly on each ball and added some stars...
While at our local thrift store last week, I spied these wood pieces in their craft area. I wasn't sure what they were for or what I was going to do with them, but I grabbed them anyway. And here they are now! I turned them into coasters. I started by giving each piece a few coats of white spray paint. Then I printed out the words onto vinyl transfer paper using my Cricut. I...
Some white-washed, French script wood clothes pins for this lovely White Wednesday. Cheers! Jeanine ...
I am NOT the best sign maker. I am horrible at stenciling. I do not have a steady hand. Most of my signs have been epic fails. So when I saw Live Craft Love's post on making a reverse canvas sign, I was intrigued. (Click the link above to go to her post.) I bought a rinky-dink canvas from Target for $2. First step was to remove the canvas from the wood frame - including...
