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I have been a very busy lady, but you wouldn’t know it from how silent I’ve been. I’d thought about doing an end of the year wrap up to recap all the projects I’ve done throughout the year. However, you can just click over to …
Those cute girls from Bower Power (Katie) and Young House Love (Sherry), along with a couple other blogging rock stars, have thrown down the gauntlet and issued the Fall Pinterest Challenge.
I’m sure by now, you’ve heard all the chatter about Pinterest. I love the ability to create a collection of things that interest me.
Last year I purchased a dark walnut dining room set in the hopes that I could refinish it and make it work for our family. It moved to the bottom of my To Do List while I worked on other projects. I finally realized the …
Several months back I found these “decorative spheres” at Pier 1. (Pier 1 likes to call them “spheres,” I just call them balls). I immediately liked them, but seeing as I don’t have any J’s, Q’s or X’s in any of my names, I was …
Last summer I went to my neighbor’s garage sale and picked up a cute little settee for $20. She told me her mom gave it to her and it was an antique but she didn’t have a place for it. Having been in her …
I was thrifting with a friend a few months back when I came upon a couple of narrow frames. They were $1.91/each and the store was advertising a “Huge 50% off” Sale. I was all excited to only pay a buck for each of my …
If you want to learn how to emboss pictures frames, you’ve come to the right place. Today I’m going to show you how to emboss on a flat wood picture frame using the cake decorator style of embossing, aka The Piping Method. Here’s what you’ll …
Many years ago, my Mom made a beautiful ceramic nativity scene. Each piece was lovingly painted, glazed and then fired. It took her weeks to make and when she was done, we had this truly special Nativity. Over the years, we were rough and, sadly, …
