I love Halloween. So many endless creative ghoulish possibilities… With a 6 year old, we’re not quite ready for cemeteries in our yard or scary witch cackles playing on our front porch, so we’ll stick with smiling goofy pumpkins for now. Bella and I decided we wanted a big pumpkin face on our front door for Halloween, so we came…
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Fabulous Wall Paint Trends
There is something in common with these walls, can you guess what it is? Have you figured it out? Nope, it’s not $50.00 a roll designer wallpaper. The common factor is that all of the walls in the pictures above have been created by using stencils and paint. Yep, stencils! I was afraid to put the word “stencil” in the…
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Blogland Bonanza #1
I’m starting a new feature today called “Blogland Bonanza“. I run across so many fabulous and creative projects and ideas while strolling around blogland that I want to highlight them in case you’ve missed them. I am so blown away by the smorgasbord of creativity that adorns the walk through blogland, that I can’t help but be inspired and post…
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Make It Yourself Wall Art..
The possibilities are endless with this easy project! If you don’t free hand paint, don’t run away, I have some easy suggestions and alternatives for you in creating fun and inexpensive wall art for your home or child’s room. Hanging the art with ribbon really makes the piece pop. I stumbled on creating these pieces for my daughter’s room at…
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DIY Leather Cord Necklace
I love the boho long leather cord necklaces (like the ones I made above) that are a big trend this year, not to mention fabulous for fall sweaters. As I look at leather cord necklaces in stores and online, I cannot believe how expensive some of them are, especially since I know from my jewelry making experience and business just…
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The Exchange Fabulous Finds- Cost Plus World Market
I am obsessed with the store Cost Plus World Market. World Market reminds me so much of the way Pier One use to be about twenty years ago when I faithfully shopped the Uptown Lake Street store in Minneapolis. You young whippersnappers may not know this but decades ago, Pier One had a huge selection of fabulous clothes, jewelry and…
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Summer Recipes
I’m dangerous in the kitchen… Meaning it could go either way. I have no real cooking abilities and wish that I had more patience and extra time to spare to really learn to cook. Every now and then I’ll bust a move in the kitchen(dangerous part) but I always seem to fall back on those tried and true recipes that…
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Dyed Sea Fans…
** updated*** I recently shared more sea fan and shell double framing tricks here. Wow, I can’t believe after five months of blogging that this is really the first time that I’m posting a project idea using something from the ocean… This is surprising because a lot of my projects involve ocean elements in some way….
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Get Creative with Knobs…
Knobs… We’re seeing them everywhere now… Not just plain old boring drawer knobs, but fabulous and funky, blinged out- big and small knobs just waiting for us to scoop them up and get creative with them besides putting them on a drawer or cabinet. Even Lowe’s and Home Depot are getting…
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