Category: Home and garden

• Baby Favor: Painted Garden Pavers

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  Painted Garden Pavers I know it is kind of late in the gardening season now, but making garden stones from patio pavers is a fun and frugal craft for kids of all ages. Last month I found lady bug and turtle shaped patio pavers at Menards.   I bought several of the ladybug/turtle shape, which I believe are called colonial or heritage pavers for only .64 each.  I also bought 5 white crescent shaped pavers for only .33 each. We found them the day

• Baby favor: Honeycomb Nursery Wall Canvas Tutorial

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  Honeycomb Nursery Wall Canvas Tutorial Along with the "bee" theme of this week's terrific giveaways (stay tuned for round 2 of the What Will it Bee? Party later today!), I have decided to incorporate bees into the decor in the baby's nursery. This wall canvas idea was the result of my desire to mesh the bee motif with an alphabet sampler. I love the colorful, modern appeal of the project, but what I might love even more was how quick and

• Crafts for home decor: 3D Beachy Wall Art tutorial

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  3D Beachy Wall Art I finished my Beachy Kid Bath about 9 months ago.  Well, almost finished it- I left two things undone:  1) Vinyl lettering above the towel rack.  2) Something to go above the toilet.  I had a few ideas in mind for the toilet wall decor, but couldn't ever come up with an exact plan that I loved. I finally came up with something.  I have to admit, it didn't turn out quite as awesome as it was in my mind;

• Beautiful paper tree for home: Scrap Paper Tree Centerpiece Tutorial

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  Today I would like to share with you all our newest craft. It's a fun and easy DIY Spring scrapbook paper tree. Tristin and I both love scrapbook paper. We love the large variety of gorgeous patterns to choose from and the lovely, convenient low prices (so you can indulge when needed). But the funny thing is, neither of us like to scrapbook. We are constantly searching for new and innovative ways to use scrapbook paper. Today's feature project is




• Crafts for home decor: FELT LAMPSHADE tutorial

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  FELT LAMPSHADE I've been fixated on wool felt for most of last year and I thought I'd give it one last seasonal spin before moving on to the lighter materials of spring.   I decided to try covering a lampshade for my February column in Family Circle. I wasn't sure how, or if, it would work but it ended up being surprisingly easy to work with and I loved the textural effect. For the column I wanted to create a design that would

• Crafts for home decor: Glass Hurricane Luminary tutorial

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  Spray Painted Quatrefoil Glass Hurricane Luminary {Using Vinyl Stencils} I have wanted to make this luminary for quite sometime; ever since creating the paper luminaries last year. Since paint is more permanent than the paper, I just needed to find the setting that I could put it and enjoy it before feeling the need to change things around. With my new love of Krylon metallic’s {found around my latest living room creations} I knew I finally had the perfect place and

• Crafts for home decor: twinklers

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  Materials Bulb Guard (sometimes called a bulb cage or a site light. You might find aluminum ones at smaller/local hardware stores, or just get a plastic one and paint it yourself) Bulb/Chord Kit Sparkly Stick Thingies (these turquoise beauties came my way for $1.00 after Xmas, but you can find similar items in the floral or bridal section of most crafty shops all year round. I would link you to something online but, alas, searching sparkly stick thingies isn't giving me the most

• Crafts lessons: Faux Stained Glass tutorial

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  Stained glass is a beautiful thing and I am lucky enough to have a front door that's surrounded by it! Unfortunately that front door is 151 years old and the stained glass is starting to show it's age. Eventually we will have to replace it with something else and gone will be my beautiful stained glass...sniff, sniff. Goodness, enough of that! Anyway, my beautiful stained glass has inspired me to try to recreate this look on a dime...or um, $8.86 which was what it

• Crafts flower pot tutorial

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  to fabulous. . . I think I got this old terracotta pot from my mom last year. Nothing wrong with it. But why settle for average when you can have fantastic?! I promise, it's easy. Here's how I did it.   First I cleaned and primed {the outside} of the pot. I didn't have any spray primer so I just brushed it on.   Once the primer was dry I sprayed two coats of Krylon Ivy Green spray paint, allowing about an hour drying time in

• Recycling paper: Flowers made of Tiolet paper rolls on the wall

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  Tiolet paper rolls on the wall Think twice before you pull that last square of toilet paper off the roll, then throw that roll in the trash. You could be throwing away magic! Alright maybe not magic. How can anything left over from days of wiping your butt be magic? But they could definitely make a potential piece of art! I didn't come up with the idea on my own, though if you know me you would think that I would find

• Eco gifts: Revamped Recyclables – Planter Tutorial

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  Recycling tutorial With a glance at the sidebar, you might notice that I have an interest in decoupaging used tins and repurposing them.  It's just so darned satisfying.  With a healthy dose of combined inspiration from GardenMama's Hanging Window Vase Tutorial, and Under the Table and Dreaming's Windsock Tutorial, I've been mulling over this idea, but only got around to sorting out the details this past weekend. Planters.  Flowerpots.     With the label removed and the tin cleaned, the lip around the top (see

• Home decor: Vinyl Wall Art Canvas TUTORIAL

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  Here’s what you’ll need: Supplies: Your favorite Dali Decal 2 canvases in the size of your choice acrylic paint in the color of your choice scissors and paint brush wall art scraper {or credit card} STEP ONE: Paint your canvases in the acrylic paint you selected. They will probably require two coats. STEP TWO: While you wait for your canvases to dry COMPLETELY, cut out all your decals. Once your canvases are dry, you are ready to apply your decals following the instructions included in your order.  {see summary in below steps} Peel

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