Category Archives: Crafts

The Wood Connection Giveaway!

Happy Labor Day everyone!  I hope that you are doing something fun today and not having to LABOR! {Or even worse, be in labor!}

Today I am a featured guest over at The Wood Connection.  They are featuring my monogram window frame!  Go take a look at their fun site and look at all the great ideas that they have.  I guarantee that it will inspire you to want to make something!  Then come back here and leave a comment to enter a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to their store, just in time for your fall decorating or to get a jump start on some of your Christmas gifts! Continue reading

Monogram Window Frame

I was lucky enough to find an old window frame at an antique place a couple of weeks ago and I already had an idea in mind of what I wanted to do with it!  Since Monograms are such the rage right now, I decided that was what I would put on my window frame!  I am pretty excited about how it turned out…what do you think? Continue reading

Thought for Today

I have been working on several projects lately.  It seems like when the weather starts to cool down just a tiny little bit, I start getting the crafting bug to make all kinds of things for all the fall and winter holidays!  Is that nuts?   It is still August for heaven’s sake!   I am excited to share some of these ideas when I get them all completed.  But for today, I have this wonderful thought for you to think about for this weekend!

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Garage Sale Nightstand Make-Over

My daughter and I went garage sale-ing at the first of the summer and she picked up a nightstand for her daughters bedroom.  She did not take “before” pictures, so that means that I have not trained her very well yet! :)

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Ikea- Ruffled Scarf!

I was invited to a Blogger Mixer & Networking Event at Ikea.  It was so much fun to make some new blogging friends and to be able preview some of the new displays at Ikea and get a sneak peek at their new catalog! They fed us breakfast and then they sent on on a shopping spree!  It doesn’t get any better than that!  Thank you Celeste and Ikea and Tauni at SNAP for putting this great event together!

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Hydrangea Wreath

I planted a hydrangea bush last spring because I love the big balls of blossoms that they produce.  I found a beautiful pink one and I have loved it all summer long.  But little did I know that when the blossoms die they fade into a beautiful green and yellow color!  I saw a hydrangea wreath somewhere out there in blogland and decided that I would try my hand at making one and I have to say that I am so excited about the results! Continue reading

Painted Mason Jars

When I did the visiting teaching handout for this month I pictured it with a painted mason jar.  These are so easy to make and all you need is a bottle and some spray paint and of course some cute ribbon!  These are perfect for a vase for flowers from your garden or a bunch from the grocery store. I just went outside in my yard and picked these Shasta Daisies, I had the jars, ribbon and paint so this project cost me nothing out of pocket to make.  Bonus! Continue reading

15 min Pillow Slipcovers

I have some old pillows that I use outside on my patio and they were getting pretty hammered, so I decided that I would just make some new slipcovers to put over them.  They were sooo easy to make and yet made such a difference that I wondered why I had waited so long to do them. Continue reading

Garage Sale Chair Find!

I have been looking for an old chair without a seat in it for a couple of months now.  It is one of the reasons that I started going to garage sales!  And a few weeks ago I was able to find this chair at a garage sale in Wanship, UT!  It was at this really cool antique place, but I did not take a picture of it.  I know shame on me, but if you are ever in Wanship, it is right on the main road across from the old Spring Chicken Inn.  Anyway I could have looked around for hours, but my husband was waiting, so I just grabbed this chair and he shook his head as I loaded it up!  :)  It is perfect for what I wanted! Continue reading

July 4th “Lollie” Garland

Have any of you made these fun “Lollies”?  I saw them over at Heartland Paper and decided I wanted to try them out. I think that they are called “lollies”, because you can also put them on a stick and then they  look like a lollipop!

So I went to the Heartland Paper Store in Woods Cross, UT a couple of weekends ago and got some wonderful double-sided card stock paper and look at how festive they turned out!

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