Inspired by another Blogger!

Sandra with Stone Creek Market made this adorable wood sign.

I absolutely love this sign... so simple and so adorable!

I love the colors and the ribbon is too cute!

This became inspiration for my next Valentine's Day project...

I made this sign... I love it! I think they are both just so cute!!!

This flower was inspired by the flower I used on my throw pillows!!!

Love the polka Dots! I made the flower, the same way as I made them for my pillows.

Go Here for the Tutorial!

Thank you Sandra for the inspiration!!!

My sweet little canisters...

Saturday I was on a roll... We went shopping. I found some of the SWEETEST Deals Ever. I was so excited. I found these little Bitties at Hobby Lobby.

The big one was only $5.46 and the two small ones were $3.40 a piece. It was just TOO good to pass up! $12.26 for three really pretty porcelain canisters. The big one has a chip on it, but with a little Elmers Glue, you can't even tell. Plus, I will put it to the back anyway. No Sweat!

I took that and turned it into this....

Three beautiful canisters to hold Doggie Treats, Flour and sugar... Oh joy!

With a little Ribbon and

Vinyl

and maybe some buttons...

Beauty!!!!!

I added this little puppy foot... I love the buttons. I think it is just a little something extra! I love it!

TIP: I only have the regular stick vinyl. So in order for the vinyl to stay on for years to come and last through washes, I just put a little dab of super glue on the backside of each of the letters.

This works.... the vinyl is not going anywhere.

I love it! Only $12.26 for these beauties...

Good Luck and Happy hunting!!!

Mod Podged Coasters

I went shopping on Saturday... a habit that I have been doing more and more lately... Not good! But oh man, I am finding the best deals.

Like these "Christmas coasters..." I got them on sale for 20 Cents... Yes that is right $0.20. Hahaha I love it!

They are tile and they had red and white stripes stickers on them. I removed that and painted them black.

I love the little holder for them. so simple, but so cute!

I Mod Podged patterned paper on each coaster and then put more of

 The Vinyl birds on each coaster.

I then took Sand paper and sanded around the edges of each coaster to give it a more distressed look. I love that old school boho chic look.

I added my Dollar Store stickers to each coaster

On this coaster, I added the extra "leaflet thing-a-mabob" and sanded the edges of it as well to make it pop off the coaster. It gives it more dimension

Mod Podge... You have to Love this STUFF!

Here they are, all stacked and ready to use... I used Mod Podge on the surface to make them more water resistant and user friendly.

These will look great in my Black and White with Red Living room. Now I just need a coffee table to put them on... Anyone got an old one they need to get rid of, just let me know. I would love to refurbish it and use it! Thank you much!

The Perfect Bow!

The other day I was needing a cute bow... What is a girl to do???

Ronda showed me this nifty trick that has probably been around for YEARS and just didn't even know about it!

The two finger bow...

But what about those of us who don't have an extra pair of hands around to assist us in our bow making???

What is a girl to do?

Well I got an idea and went to work...

I took a board, two dowels and a drill and got busy!

I took a ruler and a pencil and marked on the wood board inch intervals where I would be drilling the holes.

I drilled the holes... notice they are not perfectly straight... hahahaha that is so funny. That is definately something I made!! haha

You can leave it like this and it is totally functional this way.

Just insert your dowels at the different sizes of the bow you want and craft away.

* However *

I cannot just have a wood colored board laying around all my beautifully decorated craft supplies... so I put some pizazz on my "Perfect Bow" Maker. I painted it black... Added ribbon...

I added White Vinyl letters so that anyone else would know what it is for.

okay... now how in the world do you use the darn thing??? I will show you!!! No worries!

How to make

"The Perfect Bow"

*Wrap your ribbon around the two dowels and cross in the front.*

*Hold onto the bottom ribbon and pull the top ribbon underneath and through the middle of the two dowels.*

* Bring ribbon to the front *

*Tie the two strands of the ribbon together*

*Ta Da!! you have just made the perfect bow!!!*

I will soon show you my favorite use for little ribbon bows!

LOVE BIRDS...

So, I was working on my mailbox when I got the idea to do kissing

 "Love Birds" on wood blocks!

The birds are vinyl cutouts.

Heart is just paper

I love knotted ribbon on crafts. I love the look. It is so whimsical and cute to me.

Not like a bow which can be so young looking at times. Love Ribbons!

Sticker from the Dollar Store

My Mailbox inspired my LOVE BIRDS theme for this Valentine's Day.

The blocks are two separate blocks, but I just think it looks so much better together.

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More Valentine's Day love coming your way....

I love LOVE... What can I say!

 So, yesterday... lots of snow led to EVERYTHING in New Mexico being shut down and closed. Everyone stays home and holes up in their houses to avoid the snowy roads.

I went home a couple hours early from work, so that gave me some time to finish up some of my Valentine's Day decorations I had in progress.

They are so super cute! I love how they turned out. I even impressed myself a little...

I started with this chipboard mailbox I got at Hobby Lobby! Ronda and I both got one so that we could sit on our tables.
 What a cute little box to invite people to give you "Love notes"

I started by spray painting the flag and the inside of the box with Red Spray Paint. Continuing with my black white and red theme for the day of Love, I chose this paper that had the amazing detail on it. The other papers in the pack had the same detail on them, but with white birds. I loved the silhouettes on the paper, but didn't like the placement of the birds after putting it on the box. So, instead I used the paper that didn't have the birds and used Vinyl birds I fell in love with and cut out a long time ago.

I put the birds on and took a good look and realized that it didn't look Valentine's Dayish at all! Then it hit me...

 LOVE BIRDS!

I added hearts...

Ribbon....... and more hearts...

This has to be my favorite side and part of the whole mailbox.

I took more of the patterned paper and cut along the outside of the "flourishing pattern" and put it on the box. So now it has a 3-dimensional pop out. Oh I love it!

Alright now it is here and ready to recieve Love notes...

* * *  Hint Hint * * *

The Black white and red "LOVE" I got from Hobby Lobby.

My mailbox inspired my next project!!!

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