Friday, December 27, 2013

A touch of crows. Dollar store crows added among the pumpkins for Halloween.

Halloween Houses. Thrift Store $1 houses, black paint, and gold glitter.

Girl Dresser Remodel.
I primed the dresser white. The outside of dresser I used a home depot paint called White Pegasus. The drawers are paint a light purple. I then used white to stencil on a small diamond pattern. The handles I painted with silver paint that I had on hand. From Lowe's I bought four legs for $12. My husband helped me drill and attach the legs to the bottom of the dresser.  
Picture frame layers. Two frames. Two paint colors.  A little wood glue. Your favorite pictures!
I bought four Frames from a thrift store for $2.50. My top frame square was made of glass and broke  from a flying ball. The finished picture frame is wooden from Micheal's craft store. With a 40% off coupon was $1.50. In my house I need wood or metal things with small active children. ;-)

Dresser Remodel. $15 thrift store dresser. Paint, and stain on hand. First coat of paint was a white primer. Second coat was a light tan. Then I marked around my cut out numbers, and painted them black. I next distressed the dresser with a light sand paper. The final touch was with a redwood stain in places to give the dresser a rustic western look.
Thick Fall wreath using a combination of three wreaths. The first full wreath was given to me from my sweet sister. The second wreath was from a thrift store costing $1.50. The third wreath was from a $3 wreath that I tore apart to use for my summer wreath. 

Thanks Giving! Last year I gave in and bought PB turkeys. The set of them were on sale costing. $24 I plan on using them for years to come.

Fall Decor with fresh grown garden pumpkins. I used the mini pumpkins and medium carving size.
Thanks Giving Mantel. $1 thrift store pumpkins on candle sticks. Garland 50% off at Hobby Lobby. $1.50 thrift store wreath with a fresh bow. Window screen made from old wood, left over door handle, old screen door, all glued together with hot glue. Then I painted a light coat of white over wood and metal. For my birthday I bought the tim
ed candles from Costco. They are a set of six. From our garden I used a few fresh mini pumpkins in with the garland.



Give Thanks is made from a brown paper bag, Old book pages, and black marker.

Sunday, December 22, 2013

PB inspired Magnolia Wreath. $3 dollar thrift store wreath, dried magnolia leaves (thanks to my sister and a wind storm), and a hot glue gun.


My PB inspired pillows. I love PB kids. I love the details and textures they have. Here is my version of this years pillows I made from a $3 table cloth and scraps.
My second pillow is a Santa pillow that I used scraps from the advent calendar curtain, felt, and other soft scraps I pieced to make Santa's beard.


Tree cone made from firewood tree bark, fruit snack box, paper bags, and burlap. I taped the fruit snack box into a cone shape. Then I cut the bottom even so it would stand up properly. I used plastic bags as a filling. Next, I hot glued burlap. From my bark pieces I glued from the bottom up to make a cone tree.