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No Sew Project: How to recover your outdoor cushions using fabric and a glue gun.

March 3, 2018 91 Comments

Re-cover your outdoor cushions using fabric and a glue gun - no-sew project

Because we are in Southern California, we’re able to be outside most of the year.  We do a lot of entertaining and much of it is on our patio.  It’s nice to change up the look of our patio furniture, and we can do so pretty regularly with just a little fabric and a glue […]

Filed Under: cheap and easy, Crafts, fabric, garden & outdoors, no-sew, Simple, tutorial, UseWhatchaGot

Upcycle project: plain flower pot into decorative ceramic planter.

February 18, 2018 22 Comments

A while back  I upcycled a boring, everyday, can’t swing a dead cat with out hitting one, terra cotta flower pot into a shabby chic, chippy pot by using spray paint and candle wax.  Click here to see the full tutorial. For this upcycled pot transformation we use many of the same materials and techniques, but we’re […]

Filed Under: Before and After, clay, Crafts, Featured, spray paint, tutorial, upcycle, UseWhatchaGot, Valentine's Day

Drying Hydrangeas. It’s so easy.

August 19, 2017 77 Comments

Easy tips on how to dry hydrangeas.

I love fresh flowers.  I love Hydrangeas.  I will even tolerate dried flowers…. as long as they’re Hydrangeas. Here’s an easy way to dry them, and it’s amazing how long they will keep! First, find yourself a Hydrangea bush.  If your neighbors have one and you don’t… make friends with your neighbors. Go ahead and […]

Filed Under: cheap and easy, Crafts, floral design, project du jour, tutorial

A quick and easy DIY mat and frame project. (No tools. You just need tape!)

March 22, 2013 3 Comments

This easy DIY mat and frame project doesn’t require tools, just burlap, ribbon and tape.

Filed Under: burlap, cheap and easy, craft time, Crafts, frames, Free, photos, project du jour, tutorial

Faux Foil Wrapped Chocolate Eggs

March 7, 2013 5 Comments

Over the weekend I was feeling a little crafty.  We’ve all seen the faux foil wrapped chocolate bunnies, but how about some faux foil wrapped chocolate eggs?  (And believe it or not, I did it using foil wrappers from Valentine’s Day chocolates!) Faux?  Why?  I’ll tell you why… because I ate a bunch of Valentine’s […]

Filed Under: cheap and easy, craft time, Crafts, decor, Easter, Eggs, Featured, Mod Podge, Spring, tutorial, upcycle, UseWhatchaGot

An easy spring craft: golden eggs in peat pot “baskets”

March 6, 2013 2 Comments

Easter seems like it’s coming so early this year!  Why is it in March?  I don’t get it.  Half the country is still buried in snow, and even here in normally sunny SoCal the weather doesn’t quite feel like spring yet.  At any rate, I’m not ready for it.  I can’t get on board with […]

Filed Under: cheap and easy, craft time, Crafts, Easter, Mod Podge, Spring, tutorial

Easy, handmade cards using nail polish. (What?! Genius!)

February 20, 2013 4 Comments

I’m so lucky today to have my friend Shannon from Madigan Made here to share this cute project with you.  It’s one of those projects that make me want to smack myself in the forehead and say “Oh my gosh!  How brilliant is that, and why didn’t I think of that!?!”  I just love these […]

Filed Under: blogs I love, craft time, Crafts, glitter, paper crafts, project du jour, tutorial, UseWhatchaGot

A cute DIY garden flag… just in time for Valentine’s Day!

February 12, 2013 17 Comments

Today, Katie from Sew Woodsy is going to share a quick, cute little project with you, just in time for Valentine’s Day: A DIY Garden Flag. Hi V Spot readers! I’m so excited to be here today and share with you how you can create a Burlap & Felt Heart Garden Flag in under 30 […]

Filed Under: blogs I love, craft time, Crafts, fabric, garden & outdoors, gardening, guest blogger, tutorial, Valentine's Day

Make an Anthropologie inspired cup & saucer serving tower.

February 7, 2013 2 Comments

Today’s guest post is from this fabulous blogger that I met on twitter, discovered we were both Southern California girls and decided to host The SoCal Social together.  We totally hit it off and I am so glad we’re friends.  She is one of the nicest people ever, super duper creative, has fabulous jewelry tutorials, […]

Filed Under: blogs I love, cheap and easy, Crafts, guest blogger, tutorial, upcycle, UseWhatchaGot

When Pigs Fly: a cute Dollar Store piggy bank.

February 1, 2013 2 Comments

Hello, my dear V Spot Readers.  You know that I am pretty open about my family life and I try to  keep it pretty real around here.  On Wednesday afternoon our son, Mitch, was hit and run over by a car.  (A Suburban!  Good Lord!)  He is going to be alright, thank God, but while […]

Filed Under: blogs I love, craft time, Crafts, Dollar Store, glitter, guest blogger, Mitch, tutorial

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