Subway art is a fun way to dress up any room for any occasion or, as in this case, for any given holiday. Halloween has brought out more subway artists and I’m happy to share some of the designs I … Read the rest
Spray Painted Pillows for Halloween
Maria from You Craft Me Up has a great tutorial on how to make spray painted pillows without sacrificing the pillow itself. She created pillow covers, decorated them, then covered her current pillows with them.
… Read the restBallard Knockoff Spool Side Table
If you haven’t visited the blog Flamingo Toes yet, you are missing out. A recent project shows how she found inspiration in a rope wrapped spool table from Ballard Designs and was able to create something totally cool herself.
… Read the restCard Catalog Buffet
I came across a blog called Dream Book Design where Adri and her beloved bought an old card catalog cabinet from Craigslist and transformed it into this unique and beautiful buffet.
… Read the rest10 Ways To Use Mason Jars in Your Home
I came across a marvelous collection of ways to use mason jars over at Frugal with a Flourish. I know that many of us collect empty jars just waiting for inspiration to strike, well Jess has done the legwork … Read the rest
Family Tree Wall
Kim over at A girl and a glue gun made this marvelous family tree wall. Then she took it one step further and dressed it up with paper leaves.
… Read the restLocker Redo
How fun! I want some lockers for my house now, just like these from Paper Glue Etc. In fact, this has inspired me to paint that ugly file cabinet that I keep in the garage but really need in … Read the rest
Rasterized Wall Art
I found this fabulous wall art collage over at the amazing Ikea Hacker blog. Once you head over there you will see that each of the hanging prints is pixelated and when displayed together creates a fabulous piece of wall … Read the rest
Easy Fall Centerpiece
I am in love with the beauty of this centerpiece that Allison put together over at House of Hepworths. Such an inexpensive project with spectacular results. Nicely done.
… Read the restRedo: Black Crystal Chandelier
I love it when I see old chandeliers getting a makeover. I shudder to think how many of these old 80’s and 90’s brass light fixtures are filling up landfills. I’ll be tackling a similar project of my own soon … Read the rest
3 Unique Lamp Ideas
You can make almost anything into a lamp. When I owned my craft store back in 2003, I used to paint designs on large wine bottles, add a lamp kit and a shade and had a wonderful custom lamp ready … Read the rest
Making a Log Bench
Amber Lou from The Paisley Cupcake has a step by step tutorial on her blog that shows you how to make this bench. She warns you that it’s not an easy project and requires some special tools, but if you … Read the rest
Halloween Crafts Round Up
Are you guys getting tired of seeing all the pumpkin ideas and wreath crafts I’ve been featuring? I still have more in my arsenal 😉 but for now I’ll share some other fun projects I found for Halloween. I’m sad … Read the rest
4 Creative Dresser Redos
I love seeing makeovers of old furniture, especially the ones you find at garage sales or thrift stores that might have otherwise met an untimely end. These 4 creative bloggers turned these old dressers into cool new pieces of furniture.… Read the rest
Jingle Bell Acorn
Acorns = Autumn. Yes it’s true, tons and tons of them fall from trees each year so that cute fluffy tailed squirrels can bury them all over your yard and forget where half of them are. 🙂 Silly squirrels. I … Read the rest