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Easy Halloween Decor – Sticks, spray paint and pumpkins, oh my!

October 8, 2010 19 Comments

I have already mentioned how much I love sticks. They’re free. Spray paint is cheap. People will think you’re fab. No one needs to be the wiser, right? Instead of working on other projects, I gathered and painted more sticks today. This will greet people who approach our front door. I made this today. Took […]

Filed Under: Autumn, cheap and easy, Crafts, decor, Halloween, Holidays, project du jour, spray paint, Sticks

Black twig and pumpkin Halloween porch decor.

October 8, 2010 14 Comments

twigs, sticks, branches, black pot, pumpkin, Halloween, porch, decorations

Sticks and branches are freeee! There is so much you can do with these fabulous freebies, including add spray paint and a pumpkin for fabulous Halloween decor for your front porch.

Filed Under: Autumn, Bargain, Centerpiece, cheap and easy, Crafts, decor, Fall, floral design, Halloween, Holidays, project du jour, Pumpkins, spray paint, Sticks, tutorial

Cheapy, Creepy, Halloween Party Invitations

September 22, 2010 15 Comments

Handsome Hubby and I decided to have a Halloween Party this year. (OK. I decided to throw it and told HH that I hoped he would attend…) I want to do this as inexpensively as possible, but with style. Invitations set the tone. I was able to snap up some silver/black toned iridescent card-stock that […]

Filed Under: Autumn, Bargain, cheap and easy, Crafts, Fall, Halloween, Holidays, Paper, project du jour, tutorial

Mother’s Day Brunch Inspiration: birds, butterflies and booze. Ahhh. (decor ideas)

May 12, 2010 23 Comments

Why do I host a Mother’s Day Brunch? I’m a mom… shouldn’t I be the attendee and not the host…? Why play hostess? Because I get to do crafty things that are purely unnecessary… but they bring me joy. Crafty Joy is my Mother’s Day gift to me. Each year I have a different color […]

Filed Under: cheap and easy, Crafts, decor, Holidays, Mother's Day, Oh Mother, project du jour, spray paint, Sticks, Tables & Decor, traditions

Subway Art + Ballard Designs + sandpaper = Family Rules Subway Art

February 26, 2010 43 Comments

Subway Art is all the rage in blogland. So are Family Rules projects. I liked both concepts, but needed to tweak things so that they fit my style. I love the subway art that Lil Blue Boo did. You can read her tutorial on how she did this piece here. I went over and got […]

Filed Under: Crafts, project du jour, spray paint, tutorial

Artwork from a church bulletin.

February 23, 2010 24 Comments

First, let me explain the why. I’m attending a bible study on Thursday mornings called Discerning the Voice of God. It is the follow-up to He Speaks (both by Priscilla Shirer). In a nutshell, if we slow down, shut up and try to get closer to God, we’ll hear Him. These two studies are the […]

Filed Under: Faith, project du jour, tutorial

MORE decorating with road kill….

February 16, 2010 17 Comments

I love turning someone’s trash into my little treasure. My kids haaaayyyyyyyyyte it when I stop the car and grab something off a curb. I, however, hate to spend money, so I pick up “road kill” all the time. (Old frames are a favorite score.) One of the reasons I like road kill, besides being […]

Filed Under: Bargain, Before and After, project du jour, spray paint

I will spray paint anything that will hold still long enough for me to do so.

January 8, 2010 16 Comments

I don’t know what these ugly-ass shrubs are called, but they are all over the place here in So Cal. However. they have these fabulous little berries that grow in clumps on them. Did you know that you can paint live plants? Yep. I don’t remember what the original color of this little metal piece […]

Filed Under: project du jour, spray paint, Sticks

Thanksgiving Decor Wrap-Up

November 30, 2009 26 Comments

I mentioned that I’ve been a bit busy with my Thanksgiving preparations. We had 20 people for Thanksgiving dinner. My dining room seats 8 people comfortably (…. 10 people uncomfortably). We needed to move things out to the patio. Since we live in Southern California, this is usually a safe move. However, our patio just […]

Filed Under: Holidays, project du jour, spray paint, Thanksgiving

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

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