I have been busy working on Christmas projects to go with my silver theme this year. I wanted to make a corner swag to hang on the old window I hung in the dining room. I had a grapevine base and attached pine & some pretty silver stems along with antler sheds that I painted …
Home Decorating
I was going through my Christmas decorations and found a bin filled with gold beads that I hadn’t planned on using on my tree this year. They were so pretty & I wanted to do something with them. Beaded Christmas Wreath I picked up a foam wreath at the Dollar Tree …
I really wanted to have a gallery wall going up the stairs. It is the first thing you see when you walk in & really needed something. Luckily I didn’t have to buy anything and I had plenty of frames. I just updated the pictures. I laid the frames out on the floor first to …
Hydrangea’s are one of my all time favorite flowers, along with lilacs. Unfortunately, I was never able to grow them myself. But, every year at the Scituate Arts Festival I go to the same vendor who sells bunches of dried ones for $5 a bunch. They last such a long time & there are so …
With a yard of burlap fabric you can make a pretty no-sew valance in about 15 minutes! I needed a new curtain to go over the kitchen sink & knew I wanted something that would not cover too much of the beautiful view, so I thought a valance would be perfect. I looked at Kohl’s …
I have finally accepted the fact that I will probably never have an entire room devoted to creating, but that is ok because what I do have are two large closets in the master. As I really only need one, I decided to make the second closet into a craft closet. There are all sorts of …
Well, I survived moving my daughter into her dorm room & I actually handled it better than I expected. She also handled it well & I am so proud of her for being strong enough to not only leave home-3 hrs away no less-but also for conquering the first week as well as she has. …
I am making items for a craft fair next Saturday & had one more dress form lamp to decorate. I posted pics of one of the lamps a few weeks back when I added rolled flowers to the shade. This time I left the shade alone & added Stampin’ Up! Designer series paper to the …
I am still refinishing my recent thrift store finds from NH. I saw this awesome wrought iron floor lamp in my favorite whitewash finish, but I totally didn’t need another lamp. I figured I’d just peek at the price just for the heck of it-big mistake! This baby was $7.99-how could I turn that down?!! …
Make a DIY repurposed cigar box that is the perfect size to hold television remotes. This DIY repurposed cigar box was easily updated with pretty paper and ribbons. Add some feet and it is the perfect size to holds television remotes! While I was visiting New Hampshire with my youngest for College Orientation, I had …