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Ever see those cardboard letters at the craft store? I just love letters and monograms and typography so rather than add another monogram or initial (there’s no such thing as too many, right?), I decided to do some X’s and O’s for Valentine’s Day. Hugs and Kisses are always a great accessory, right?  :) Materials: [...]

The other day I made this: and decided to give the other side a little something for Valentine’s day…{nothing wrong with double duty decor, right? All the better!} I used: scrap block of wood Deco Art Americana acrylic craft paints Deco Art Glamour Dust Deco Art Roman Number Stencil Rockler TransTint Dye Tools:  Paint brushes, [...]

I love banners and enjoy seeing them all over blogland but couldn’t decide what I wanted mine to look like. I knew I wanted it to be “every day” and not seasonal or special occasion. I finally decided on a Love, Eat, Pray theme.  Materials I used: Canvas Corp. Burlap Minis {4} Canvas Corp. Canvas [...]

I was thrilled when I received these turquoise Fiesta mugs for Christmas… HURRAY! I decided they’d look best on display in our kitchen, where I love having little accents of turquoise to break up the gray and white. Not fussy decor – adding color with something that pretty that will get some use too. Upper [...]

We’re working on a special area for Mr. DIY.  Here’s one of the things we made for the area: DIY Triple Clipboard Tutorial   Materials: Board (I used a pre-cut unfinished wooden shelf base, approx. 4′ x 12′ x 1″) Rockler TransTint Dye (or stain) 3 Rockler Clipboard Clips Vinyl Chalkboard Tags from Ten23 Designs [...]

DIY is madness.  A little back story:  We have an empty nest this year. We planned a vacation in December because it sounded good at the time to ‘get away’ while it’s cold and snowy here and escape to somewhere warm.  However, it’s a busy time of year and panic has set in.  Since we [...]

Today is all about Mirror and Clear Here is some inspiration. Holiday DECOR MANTLES Frosted Candles Ornaments Mirrored Trees Head over to The DIY Showoff to enter your CLEAR and MIRRORED projects.

December will be a fun month. We will be having our normal monthly contest party but we are also doing a fun Holiday Event-the 12 Days of Holiday. Each day the party will take place at a different blog. 12 days 12 blogs 12 color-themed parties Get those projects ready and head over to enter [...]

PURDY PAINTBRUSH GIVE-A-WAY starts now You can go to these 5 blogs and enter to win a set of Purdy Paintbrushes. We will be giving away 6 brush sets. (2 on the DIY Club.) You can enter every day from Nov 29-Dec12 on all 5 sites You can do a blog post, twitter post or [...]

Materials I used: 2 Styrofoam Cones, two different sizes Hot Glue Wood Chips PVC pipe fittings, 2 different sizes Krylon Fusion for Plastic spray paint (sparkly brown) Rockler TransTint Dye Small Star (holiday pick from craft store) Tutorial:Spray PVC pipe fittings. Let dry.Attach pipe fittings to bottom of styrofoam cones with hot glue.   Using [...]

Materials: Canvas Corp. pre-made stretched burlap Sharpie/permanent marker (I love the “Stained” by Sharpie for fabric) Optional: embellishments and hot glue HOW TO: Using a stencil or free hand, make monogrammed art work (or silhouette or anything) using a permanent marker on the pre-made burlap wrapped canvas. It doesn’t get any easier than that! I [...]

This isn’t a unique idea but there are so many variations, it’s easy, fun and so pretty.  I did decoupage pumpkins a few years ago but after seeing the cutest scrapbook paper at Canvas Corp… I couldn’t resist doing another. There’s no such thing as too many pumpkins, right? Supplies:  Faux pumpkin, scrapbook paper (Canvas [...]

I love plate using plates as wall art but I don’t like the hanger showing.  When I first discovered Dischangers, I knew I’d finally have my wall of plates. They’re affordable, super easy to use, strong and invisible! I am collecting plates in white. Bri decided she wanted a plate wall in her dining area [...]

Yes…it is just around the corner  – the holidays are coming quickly! And what a great idea these pink ornaments are. Promote breast cancer awareness with a set of sweet angels on your tree. No, tree, they are a simple addition to any decor to show your support. A set of 4 Handmade Breast Cancer [...]

For the first time in four years since we bought our home, we’re getting out of town grown up guests.  We have a beautiful guest bathroom on the main floor but the adjoining room was my messy craft room/office.  I moved that junk upstairs, leaving me with an empty room void of previous owner’s carpeting [...]

I recently spied this BIG beauty in a local antique/junk shop and HAD to have it…. Of course, it’s just a little buried in the dark in a back room so I couldn’t see the entire thing but I just loved her chunkiness. Upon getting it home, I discovered it was pretty filthy.  Even oily [...]

These…. French Country Bun Feet (paintable grade but I love the wood pattern) plus this… 2 tsp. of TransTint Dye 2 qts. of water (I experimented with a smaller amount of water with the 2 tsp. to achieve a deeper look.) applied with a foam brush… results in this… color: dark mission brown This picture [...]

This was our grape arbor when we bought our home… This guy seemed to like it but we felt it was a tetanus shot waiting to happen. Rusty posts were replaced with wood beams…. Krylon Wood Stain makes the task so much easier!  Using a brush to apply stain in hard to reach areas can [...]

Hi DIY friends! I recently had the opportunity to design a room around a floor with blog friend, Cassity from Remodelaholic as my partner. Ten DIY and design bloggers assigned to five teams of two designed a room for the new HGTV Home line of flooring at Shaw Floors. We were lucky enough to draw “hardwood and [...]

I once saw a clock on a stand alone vintage door being used as decor. That inspiration stayed with me and it seemed like the perfect idea for an old door on our pots and pans pantry in the kitchen.  Look what we have now! It was a super easy project. Here is how we [...]