DIY, Decor and More
Faux Mushroom Terrarium Ornaments Terrariums are fun, classic holiday gifts. I love these glass hanging orbs from Terrain. Sweet … right? I decided to make some “no green thumb required” terrariums … as in faux terrariums. The little mushrooms are made from Sculpey Clay. One 2 oz. package of white Sculpey Clay made a whole lot of tiny mushrooms. I started by softening the clay… Read More
Easy Halloween Vase Do you need a quick center piece for Halloween. You can make a quick vase out of a recycled jar painted with acrylic paint. It is so easy. Just wash and dry an empty jar. I used a pickle jar, but any size and shape will work. Paint the outside with acrylic paint. I used Martha Stewart multi-surface… Read More
While I had a little down time during our vacation (more on that later), I happened upon this post at A Beautiful Mess. It was a tutorial on how to make a paint-by-number pillow. I knew immediately that I would be making one and bookmarked it for my return home. It has all the crafts that I love in… Read More
Here is an easy update idea for chandelier shades. DIY: Pottery Barn Inspired Chandelier Shades These Pottery Barn woven wicker chandelier shades (below) were my inspiration. Pottery Barn Woven Wicker Chandelier Shades I bought some 3/8″ twisted manila rope at Lowes. It comes in packages of 50 feet for under $9 and I used one and a half packages to update… Read More
DIY: Horchow Natural Cane Lamp Shade I love this Horchow natural cane lamp shade (below), but not it’s $275 price tag. Horchow Natural Cane Lamp Shade $275. Like a true DIYer I came up with a way to make a shade inspired by the original. Materials Needed: drum shade pre-woven caning bias tape hot glue gun scissors I bought the… Read More
DIY: French Linen {Like} Headboard This is one of those projects that morphed from one idea into another. It happens. I was perusing my usual blogs for inspiration and came across this post from Lemonade Makin Mama. Sasha had made a French linen look alike table runner with paint and tape. What a great idea! It looked beautiful. I loved… Read More
Someday I would like to invest in a nice piece of artwork, but I’m not exactly sure what I want and artwork is expensive. Being the die hard DIYer that I am, I wanted to try my hand at painting something to hang until “someday”. I am not an artist (as you can see), but I had so much… Read More
I was perusing a little antique shop and spotted an empty frame. It was out of reach and on top of a tall cupboard. Not being one to put a shop owner out (even if it would mean a sale), I kept browsing around the little shop. That frame kept calling to me look, look at me – wouldn’t I make a… Read More
I’m always trying to keep myself organized. I struggle with it all the time especially the office/crap (I mean craft) area. I found some silver baskets at Target this week (only $2.50 each). They seemed like the perfect bins for organizing crap (I mean crafts). I made some number tags to pretty them up and I thought I’d share the… Read More
