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Coastal Canvas Art

June 22, 2015 9 Comments

Coastal Canvas Art

I’m a beach girl at heart. But until retirement or I win the lottery, my art studio overlooking the ocean remains a dream. In the meantime, I spend my days being creative in Ohio, and indulging my love of the ocean in my home decor. I’m Carla Schauer, and I make craft and decor projects, […]

Filed Under: artwork, Crafts, guest blogger

Quick changes for the Thanksgiving mantel. (Decor that does double duty)

November 5, 2012 4 Comments

Thanksgving, white shutters, leaves, autumn, mercury glass, artwork, orange, fall

I love to change up my mantel for the seasons. A way to do this quickly is to decorate using items that are easily interchangeable or are reversible. Double sided artwork and a little spray paint can make it happen in just a few minutes.

Filed Under: artwork, Autumn, cheap and easy, Crafts, decor, Fall, mantel, spray paint, Thanksgiving

The Halloween Mantel. For now.

October 19, 2012 6 Comments

My mantel is soooo hard to decorate.  It’s an asymmetrical wooden nightmare. I am still not happy with this, but it’ll do. I will probably continue to tweak it. I do like the sparkle of the mercury glass and silver, and I like the little ravens.  I’m still very enamored of the Raven artwork I did last […]

Filed Under: artwork, Crafts, decor, Halloween, mantel

Ombre Owl Artwork (from Dollar Store Halloween decor)

September 17, 2012 17 Comments

I love “distressed” art projects.  They’re so forgiving.  If it isn’t perfect, or you really mess something up…. that’s ok.  I meant to do that.  That being the case, I really enjoy this type of project.  Here’s my latest: Ombre Owl Artwork, using Halloween silhouettes from the Dollar Store. This was really quite easy to […]

Filed Under: artwork, Autumn, Crafts, decor, distressed, Fall, Halloween, Holidays, tutorial

The land of the free BECAUSE of the brave. (More patriotic artwork)

July 3, 2012 18 Comments

This is one of my favorite patriotic projects! The saying is SO true, and it’s a great reminder of all that our brave men and women have done for this country. This easy DIY artwork project can be done in just an afternoon.

Filed Under: 4th of July, artwork, Crafts, project du jour, spray paint, summer, UseWhatchaGot

DIY Patriotic Flag Artwork in about an hour.

July 2, 2012 4 Comments

I love this country. I love quick art projects. I love spray paint. I dropped the ball as far as getting my patriotic decor up last month, so I am hustling to get some up in a day. This “Old Glory” flag sign was created in less than an hour using scrap wood and some […]

Filed Under: 4th of July, artwork, cheap and easy, Crafts, distressed, project du jour, spray paint, summer, tutorial, upcycle, UseWhatchaGot

DIY Ombre subway art for Mother’s Day.

April 24, 2012 28 Comments

Typographic DIY art work for Mother's Day

Mother’s Day is just around the corner, so when Plaid Crafts sent me a whole box of Martha Stewart Craft Supplies and asked me to create a Mother’s Day project, I jumped at the chance. I decided to make some Mom-inspired, typographic subway art. (This post contains affiliate links) Supplies needed: a 1/4″ plywood board. […]

Filed Under: artwork, craft time, Crafts, distressed, Mother's Day, tutorial

An easy way to turn your everyday wall art into something festive.

December 20, 2011 11 Comments

The things that work with my everyday decor sometimes just won’t work at Christmas time.  For example, I love the Family Rules art piece that hangs over the buffet in our dining room, and come October, its orange color is a perfect pairing with the black and silver of my Halloween decor. However, when Christmas […]

Filed Under: artwork, cheap and easy, Christmas, Crafts, decor

DIY Christmas artwork in under an hour.

December 16, 2011 20 Comments

I love subway art and typography.  Lately I’ve become a regular Art Institute of Five Minute Projects and our scrap woodpile has become my supply source.  I had been wanting to make some nativity themed artwork and put some focus on the real  reason we celebrate Christmas. I saw a great piece of artwork from Red Letter Words […]

Filed Under: artwork, Christmas, Crafts, Faith, spray paint, tutorial

Thanksgiving Artwork – Craft Fans & Grant Fans… unite!

November 19, 2011 8 Comments

I’ve got something for both groups of readers today! I just finished another piece of artwork for Thanksgiving.  (I actually used the flip-side of the Raven artwork, so it’s 2 holiday art pieces in 1! I is smaaaaht!) I’m happy with how it turned out. While I was cutting out the contact paper letters**, Mitch […]

Filed Under: artwork, Autumn, Crafts, Exchange of the Day, Fall, Funny, Grant, just funny, Mitch, Thanksgiving Tagged With: Grant, Mitch

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