Like clockwork, every spring, I start to crave lemons. Â It’s the strangest thing but for me, lemons=spring. Â This last week, the lemon cravings started and of course, I had to give in. I made a big batch of these yummy lemon blossom mini bundt cakes to satisfy my craving and to give a few to friends. Â Lemon blossom anything…
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This post has been a long time coming.  After all these years of creating paint color palettes, I finally took the time over the last few weeks to research and pull together my favorite paint colors for furniture revamps (several of these are awesome cabinet colors too). There are so many fantastic colors for painting furniture and it was so hard…
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Hi guys!  I hope you all had a great weekend and I hope you all stayed warm! This winter is really getting to me for some reason.  It’s not been terribly cold for us but it’s been dark and dreary. I am so in need of Vitamin D and pretty plant life.  More than anything, I love orchids and…
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Hey guys! It’s Claire from Claire Brody Designs, and I’m back to share another DIY idea and a round-up of some really cute last minute Valentine’s Day ideas. Before I jump into my DIY Valentine’s Day garland, I thought I would share a couple links to some great Valentine’s Day ideas that we found in Blogland. For last minute Valentine’s…
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I’m back today with Part 2 of the DIY magnetic board project that I shared on Monday here.  For those of you who missed it, I shared the tutorial on Monday for the magnetic board that I made for my daughter’s room and today,  I am sharing the details for how to spray paint toys into fun magnets for…
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I hope you guys had a great weekend! Today’s project is one that has been in the works/planning stage for quite awhile. Â Before Christmas, my girl Bella (she’s 10), asked me if there was any way I could create a larger bulletin type board for her than what she currently has at her desk. Â Her bulletin board is pretty…
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Happy Friday friends! Yay!! The weekend is finally here! For those of you who happened to miss Monday’s post, I shared my top 10 all-time most popular DIY projects here to celebrate The Creativity Exchange’s 5 year blogiversary. I thought I would do another top 10 post but today, I wanted to pull together the most popular paint techniques and tips…
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“Here we are“…, Those were the very first words I typed and the title of my first blog post when I launched my blog exactly 5 years ago today.  As I go back and re-read my first post, it just makes me so happy because this blog, connecting with you all and the creative journey has been such a great joy…
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I am super excited about today’s post because I have teamed up this week with three of my blogland friends and Kirkland’s for the “Resolution:Organize” event, going on right now at Kirkland’s.  Megan from Honey We’re Home, Kate from Centsational Girl and Kim from Sand and Sisal, have all shared fantastic organizing ideas and products from Kirkland’s this week.  You…
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