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Turning the dog’s chew toy into a chair. A Mod Podge make-over.

April 17, 2011 89 Comments

This was my project for Round 2 of One Month To Win It’s craft competition. Now that the voting is over I can share it with you. The challenge was to do something that involved Mod Podge. Mod Podge and I go way back, but we have a sort of volatile relationship. (There have been […]

Filed Under: Before and After, Crafts, Furniture, Mod Podge, project du jour, spray paint, tutorial, UseWhatchaGot

The Mod Podge Challenge.

April 10, 2011 9 Comments

image “Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue…” Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCrosky The second challenge for the One Month To Win It contest is to create something using Mod Podge. Voting starts tomorrow (Monday 4/11) and will be open until the evening of the 13th. I can’t tell you which […]

Filed Under: contests, Mod Podge

Easy monogrammed ornaments.

November 10, 2009 35 Comments

Make pretty, monogrammed ornaments. Take horrible, plastic, over-sized ornaments from the Dollar Store…. Spray paint them, add a monogram and liberally apply glitter….  Ta-da! To do this, I used a Cricut (calligraphy cartridge) and black cardstock.** I watered down a little ModPodge in a shallow dish, then floated the cut letter in there for a […]

Filed Under: Christmas, Crafts, glitter, Holidays, Mod Podge, project du jour, spray paint, winter

A simple thing.

June 30, 2009 22 Comments

I have been more and more crafty lately. (In a good way…) With Doctor’s orders to slow down, and dump some of the perfectionism/responsibility that I heap onto my own plate, taking the time to be creative has been therapeutic for me. And for our budget. I needed a little something to go over the […]

Filed Under: Before and After, cheap and easy, Mod Podge, project du jour

Not quite trash to treasure, but I left it better than I found it.

April 30, 2009 52 Comments

Mod Podge is one of my favorite mediums that l use when attempting to turn crap into a craft project… And? It’s cheap and easy, so if I don’t like it, I haven’t committed a lot of time (bad enough) or money (yikes! worse!) to the project. Like most frugal/crafty Mommies, I love Goodwill, Target […]

Filed Under: Bargain, Before and After, Mod Podge, project du jour

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