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Upcycling boring lampshades with fabric, spray paint and a glue gun.

June 6, 2012 14 Comments

Last month I was given some beautiful fabric to play with and I did a guest post at Mom It Forward, sharing how to recover some basic, boring lampshades using new fabric, a glue gun and a little bit of spray paint.  In case you missed it, I am sharing it here today. I love […]

Filed Under: Before and After, Crafts, decor, fabric, no-sew, Simple, spray paint, tutorial, upcycle, UseWhatchaGot

Turning thrift shop frames & fabric swatches into decorative chalkboards.

March 13, 2012 19 Comments

Have you heard of Scribble Shop?  It is an amazing online resource for crafters… tons and tons of craft supplies at awesome prices, plus inspiration and tutorials all in one stop! They sent me a big box of mystery goodies and challenged me to get creative.  Here’s what they sent me: I got some great […]

Filed Under: craft time, Crafts, fabric, Mod Podge

I planted tomatoes but got Christmas trees instead. (DIY lighted trees.)

December 7, 2011 15 Comments

I shared this tutorial over at Tatertots & Jello last year and thought I would dust it off and post it over here, in case you missed it, or in case you have a memory like mine (which is non-existent these days…) We had several old tomato cages laying around in our side yard. (Me? Creative? […]

Filed Under: Bargain, Christmas, Crafts, fabric, garden & outdoors, Holidays, project du jour, winter

The world’s easiest Glue-Gun table runner.

October 27, 2011 26 Comments

Yep.  Seriously the easiest table runner ever. Step 1. Find two long scraps of fabric. Match up the pattern and hot glue a seam. You could use fusible webbing too, but then you’d have to find your iron. (Seriously, if the wrinkles don’t come out with a spritz of water and a quick tumble in […]

Filed Under: Accessories, cheap and easy, Crafts, fabric, Fall, Halloween, Holidays, no-sew, Tables & Decor, UseWhatchaGot

More Pumpkin foolishness…. Necktie Pumpkins

October 24, 2011 26 Comments

Today we’re recovering pumpkins with  neckties! I picked up a couple of neckties at Goodwill that I thought would fit in with my Halloween decor. I used a seam ripper to dismantle them and a rotary cutter to cut them into strips. With a dab of hot glue on the bottom of the pumpkins, I […]

Filed Under: Autumn, Before and After, cheap and easy, Crafts, fabric, Fall, Franken-Crafts, Goodwill, Halloween, Holidays, Pumpkins

A spookified dining room chandelier.

October 19, 2011 15 Comments

In keeping with yesterday’s Halloween lampshades, I thought I’d show you my spookified dining room chandelier. It normally looks like this… I’m going to recover them for Christmas, but am too lazy to do it for Halloween.  Weird, I know.   (Click here for a simple tutorial on how to do yours) To add a bit […]

Filed Under: cheap and easy, Crafts, decor, fabric, Halloween

Halloweenify your lampshades.

October 18, 2011 19 Comments

OK. I admit it.  I change out the lamps on my dining room buffet seasonally.  (Don’t you judge me! It could be worse! I could be addicted to handbags or shoes or seasonal dishes! Leemealone!) Anyhow, for Halloween, the black with the woven shades needed to go, and the silver with the white shades had […]

Filed Under: Accessories, cheap and easy, Crafts, decor, fabric, Halloween, Holidays

The cutest ruffled pillow ev-AH! A tutorial from Maggie at Midwestern {Sewing} Girl

July 22, 2011 11 Comments

ruffled pilow diy - an easy sewing project.

Pardon the pun, but everything that Maggie at Midwestern Sewing Girl does is sew cute, I knew right away that she needed to share one of her projects with you.  (Enjoy, peeps! The Lord only knows when you will ever see a sewing tutorial that actually uses a sewing machine instead of a glue gun […]

Filed Under: Crafts, fabric, guest blogger, sewing, tutorial

So many possibilities with this burlap wreath! A guest post from Jen at Scissors & Spatulas.

July 20, 2011 7 Comments

Burlap.  We all love it, right?  Jen at Scissors and Spatulas made an adorable burlap wreath and she has been kind enough to come on over and share the tutorial.  Not only is this wreath super cute, it can be modified for any season or occasion. Hey y’all! I’m Jen and I’m from good ole […]

Filed Under: burlap, Crafts, decor, fabric, guest blogger, Paper, Spring, tutorial, Wreaths

Easy updates for basic Flip-Flops… a guest post from Nicole at Thrifty Decorating

July 19, 2011 9 Comments

I have eleventy billion old flip-flops sitting around.  As soon as I get back from my camping trip, I am going to try updating them with Nicole’s  brilliantly simple technique…. Hi, I am Nicole from Thrifty Decorating and I am so excited to be here at The V-Spot today!  I just love Viv’s blog…not only […]

Filed Under: Crafts, fabric, guest blogger, summer, tutorial

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