I bought a dress at a thrift store in the spring and I have never worn it. It was super cute and summery; sleeveless with sweet little ruffles on the front. It is sooooo NOT me. In fact, it actually started mocking me every time I opened my closet…. Really? Planning on going to […]
Make faux Mercury Glass pumpkins out of Dollar Store cheesiness.
Another Dollar Store pumpkin transformation… faux Mercury Glass. This is sooooo dang easy. Take a cheesy fake pumpkin… Spray it black. Immediately, while it is still wet, lightly spray it with metallic silver paint. Krylon has a good one. This is outdoor paint, but any silver paint will do. Spraying the silver paint onto the […]
A Zebra Striped Pumpkin. (More fun pumpkin crafts.)
OK, I told ya I was on a pumpkin binge right now. I made a flannel covered pumpkin, a punker pumpkin, some pumpkin house numbers and now… a Zebra Striped Pumpkin. I may, in fact, have a bit of a pumpkin problem. Thanks to zebra print duct tape, this entire process took me about 3 […]
A plaid pumpkin? From a thrift shop flannel shirt? Yep!
I was in the Dollar Tree the other day and I picked up a few of those cheesy fake pumpkins. There is also a Goodwill a few doors down… so of course I had to stop in. (If I were a dog and Goodwill was a fire hydrant, there would be no way I could […]
Scary Places chalkboard Halloween globe (huh….?)
OK, yes…. chalkboard globes have been done. I’ve seen a couple of them that are inspirational. (Can’t remember exactly where… so sorry..) So when I found a globe for 50 cents and Halloween is just around the corner, I knew exactly what I wanted to do to it. I wanted to map some of the […]
My 3 favorite words: “You Were Right” (the great media cabinet victory.)
OK. I forgot to show you something that I did last summer. And I’m really surprised I didn’t show you this earlier, because it was one of those decorating things that my husband told me I couldn’t do…. but I bugged him and bugged him until finally decided that this was not the hill he […]
Is there anything that spray paint can’t make at least a little bit better…?
Our patio furniture needed a serious upgrade. We bought it several years ago and it was looking a little faded. I decided to paint it with this: source Rustloeum’s Hammered Metal in Dark Bronze. What was looking almost a mauve-y color…. Now looks 100% better! I almost always start a paint project upside down. It’s […]
The fixer-upper update….
OK, remember just a few days ago I told you my friends were moving into a real fixer-upper and I was going to get to help….? They didn’t waste any time and they are already starting with the fixer-upping. I took some before shots and added the text as to what I thought would […]
Update an ugly 70s table with metallic paint and glaze. A guest post from the Sisters Of The Wild West.
Give an ugly 70’s table an update with metallic paint with the Sisters of the Wild West. We are so excited to be guest blogging here at The V Spot! HI!! We are Amy and Emily. We absolutely LOVE treasure hunting and finding awesome pieces of furniture that we can restore or bring back to life, […]
A kitchen re-do & thrifty artwork from Laura & Joe’s House
Last week while on twitter, I met a lovely couple who are recently married and just moved into their home. They are adorable and crafty. And thrifty. And DIYers. And basically all the things that we like in a blogger, yes? You can follow their journey at Joe And Laura’s House I am taking a […]