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I’d love to show you a method to create decorative painted designs the simple way. I’m talking about stencils. Stencils not only make life easier when painting multiple pieces, but they can serve as a great base for a much more elaborate design! When I sit down to paint, I find that I have a…
While traveling, I’m often inspired by art that I see around the country. I love the beautiful artwork of the Pennsylvania Dutch, and decided to create my own version of this unique folk art. Using a set of cork trivets, I created three different love birds folk art refrigerator magnets. And I’ve included the free…
Love Tiffany lamps, but they are above your current budget? Here is a great way to create your own Faux Tiffany Lamp, by revamping a thrift store lamp. Create awesomeness using a faux stained glass method created with school glue and acrylic paint. I used this method previously for my Faux Stained Glass Peacock. While perusing…
When we bought our home years ago, it was a blank slate full of blank walls. And I did not have a lot of money to decorate with. But I did not let that stop me. Sometimes the best projects come from items found in the dollar store. And the best part is that it…
When wandering through the thrift store lately, I ran across an old cutting board and inspiration struck. Instead of using it for the boring purpose of cutting vegetables, I came up with a way to make my cutting board have a whole new life! How about pretty A is for Apple String Art? Most cutting boards…
I was inspired by the beautiful artwork of the Pennsylvania Dutch, and decided to create my own version of this unique folk art. Using a set of cork trivets, I created three different love birds decorative folk art refrigerator magnets. And I’ve included the free patterns for you to make them too! Shopping at the…
What is more appropriate for this time of year than a little bit of snowflake bling? This craft idea occurred to me the other day when I was trying to come up with a snowflake themed centerpiece for my table. Yep, I really need to get a life. But humor me here. And that is…
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I’m in the midst of putting together at least six different tutorials for you, including a series on beginning quilting that will be posting starting July 12. Please be sure to stop by and check it out. I am teaming up with Patricia at Discount Sewing Supply who will be offering an exclusive, limited selection…
A great way to not only refresh a couple of old stools, but create works of art depicting vintage seed packet art! This post covers basic instructions on how to make your own vintage works of art! A few weeks ago, my daughter and I went yard sale shopping together. We were mainly out to…
1- An industrious week last week led to the completion of two projects. This Ukrainian egg is called, “Night of the Peacock”. It came out well, even though the color scheme wasn’t quite what I was going for. The thing with Ukrainian Egg Dyeing is you really don’t know what it is going to…
The week I was snowed in, I got very adventurous and decided to finally do something about the little sewing table that sits in my hallway. It is one of those tables that folds up and hides a Singer Sewing machine. Not what you would exactly call antique, but definitely an older model. The top…
Today I am featuring Maggie and Mary from The Decorative Paintbrush. These two ladies are an awesome design team from Syracuse, New York, who create incredibly unique furniture pieces. Mary says, “We love giving used/vintage furniture a funky facelift! Whether we are fusing two (or 3, or 4 or…) pieces together, creating a piece from scratch or…