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!!!

Throw Pillow REWind!!

Remember this post...

I was talking about these cute little red pillow covers that I got at Target for $4.00 a piece. I said I was going to add something to them and now they are finished!!!

I LOVE HOW THEY TURNED OUT!

Here is the Before...

* After *

I love when your former "After" becomes the Before!! haha

I love Love LOVE how they turned out! I couldn't be happier with them!

Did you know that you could paint on acrylic flowers???

I used white acrylic paint and the end of the paintbrush.

How I made the flowers...

I took a bushel of flowers that I got at Hobby Lobby at 50% off!

I took apart the flowers

Restacked them on top of each other in the order I Love!

Even added my painted flower!

And a button of course!!!

I used a needle and thread and sewed the layers together first.

This is the back of the flower... I know it is not professional looking AT ALL! But no one sees the back anyway, so I always have a mess on the backside of the flowers.

I then took these sweet little pearls and sewed them in a swirly whimsical pattern by hand. I think this is by far my favorite part of the pillow!

The completed pillow up close and personal!!!

OOohh!! La La!

I still have these three pillows that need some recovering! I told you I am really trying to PHASE out that PURPLE!! I had a ton of it! I love what I am working on for these!! You will too!!!

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Funky Junk's

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!