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Black & White Pumpkin Topiaries: another DIY Halloween craft.

October 4, 2012 29 Comments

These black and white pumpkin topiaries are an easy to make project. All you need are a few items from the Dollar Store and some paint! The ravens holding up the Halloween banner make the project extra fun. Check out the easy tutorial.

Filed Under: craft time, Crafts, decor, glitter, Halloween, Holidays, Pumpkins, spray paint, tutorial

Decorating with {free} sticks.

September 20, 2012 6 Comments

I love decorating with sticks and twigs. There are so many options! The best part? They’re usually just laying around, waiting to be picked up.

Filed Under: Autumn, Centerpiece, decor, Fall, Free, Sticks, Tables & Decor, Thanksgiving

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

Elements for creating outdoor rooms… summer time or any time.

July 25, 2012 4 Comments

We love to be outside, especially during the summer and, being in Southern California, we can pretty much be outside all year long. We have a big family and we LOVE to entertain, but being near the coast in Southern California, our house is on the smaller side.  As a result, we frequently end up […]

Filed Under: decor, Entertaining, garden & outdoors

Banana Boats… a tasty twist on campfire desserts.

July 24, 2012 8 Comments

I’ve done plenty of camping posts and dessert round-ups, but a few months ago I heard about “Banana Boats” and I knew we had to give them a try on our next camping trip. These were yummy and SO easy to make! You will need: a few bananas, mini-marshmallows, peanut butter, chopped chocolate (or mini […]

Filed Under: camping, decor, Desserts, recipes, Simple

Seaside decor made from Salt Dough

June 8, 2012 4 Comments

Salt-Dough DIY Starfish

As we head into a new summer, I thought I’d do a quick recap of some of the projects I made last summer. Specifically, those I made from a basic salt dough. I made dough starfish…. Click HERE for the tutorial …and a wacky, free-form piece of “coral”…. See how I made this HERE … […]

Filed Under: cheap and easy, Crafts, decor, summer

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

Using Wheat Grass for Spring Decor. (For less than $2)

April 6, 2012 8 Comments

Yes, yes, I’ve talked about wheat grass before.  I’m going to talk about it again, just because I love it so. I love that you can buy it in a pint size container at the grocery store for a buck fifty. (How often do you get a flower arrangement for less than $2?!) I love […]

Filed Under: Bargain, cheap and easy, decor, Spring

Silly shutters… more robin’s egg blue.

March 23, 2012 10 Comments

I haven’t felt too spring-y, but I’m slowly adding a bit of color around here.  I have frequently complained about how much I dislike my asymmetrical mantel, and I’m not really ready to tackle it, but I did want to at least do something. I sprayed these smaller with Valspar’s Aqua and leaned them up […]

Filed Under: Crafts, decor, mantel, spray paint, Spring

Time to shop for wheat grass…

February 21, 2012 8 Comments

Wheat grass… I know you can grow it, but I think it’s faster and easier to buy it. These were my thoughts on wheat grass last year….  I haven’t gotten more time in my schedule, so I am on the lookout for a cute container or two and wheat grass in the produce department.   […]

Filed Under: Crafts, decor, Spring

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