The Easy DIY BackPack Tassel
Sis started another year of preschool on Monday. Oh my goodness, that girl is cute. But her backpack is lacking a little …something. She is all excited about having a […]
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Sis’s Blank Wall Gains {easy & affordable} Painted Frame Mirror
Sis’s room got a little update recently, thanks to a consignment shop and some paint. Sis and I found this gorgeous mirror at LuLu’s Consignment in December and we snatched […]
Kitchen Furniture Makeover {spraypaint & sandpaper}
Okay, so let’s flashback to about August. It was the Big Furniture Paint-a-thon of 2013… We had found on CraigsList a rounded rectangular table with a butterfly leaf to replace […]
{super easy} Shabby Fabric Flower Corsage
Okay, so remember how on Monday we talked about organizing a class bouquet for your kids’ teachers? well, that was actually the first time I’ve ever made a tissue paper […]
Take A Seat In Your Happy Place {my brilliant friends week}
When one of her boys finally asked her why she kept walking into the kitchen to look at this chair, she knew what needed to be done and moved it […]
…And One More Tweak: Owl Necklace Transformation
Gah! You know me: hard to call a crafty project done. So… Let’s pull out yesterday’s owl necklace… …and grab some tacky glue and a scrap of fabric. Put glue […]
Life Of Crime or DIY? {for the love of a painting}
If you hear about a robbery at my in-laws’ house, you’ll know what happened. It was me. I always do an internal gasp-swoon when I see this painting in their […]
How To Score And Refinish A CraigsList Furniture Piece
Thrift stores, yard sales, and CraigsList are about the patience and the pounce. And when I saw this piece listed on CraigsList as a “dirty 20’s buffet,” I pounced! TWENTY […]
Custom Fabric Wreath: A Tutorial
If a photo is worth a 1,000 words, this tutorial post should be worth about 24,000… Here’s a heavy-on-the-pics tutorial for my non-crafty cohorts out there (for my crafty compadres, […]
