Buy Yard Sale Furniture To Paint Yard sale furniture is usually inexpensive and a lot of times it’s in good condition. Yard sales are my number one place for finding furniture. Sad to say I haven’t been going to yard sales like I did a few years ago. When we lived in Florida I would… [Read More]
How To Make A Nutcracker Soldier Using Vintage Wallpaper
My Idea To Use Vintage Wallpaper To Make A Nutcracker Soldier If you want to know how to make a nutcracker soldier using wallpaper I’m your girl. This genius idea is all my own. I made the unusual nutcracker soldier using a stencil and vintage wallpaper. The colors in the wallpaper design screamed Christmas and… [Read More]
Make Your Gift Wrapped Packages Special
Repurpose A Vintage Christmas Card A vintage Christmas card repurposed as a gift tag is the finishing touch for my gift wrapped packages. I have a bunch of vintage Christmas cards just sitting in a drawer so why not put them to use. The old cards have such character and a totally different vibe from… [Read More]
110 Trash To Treasure Decor Makeovers
Trashy to Classy Home Decor Today I’m looking at my favorite thrifty trash to treasure decor makeovers. It’s thrift store decor day and my always thrifty and oh so talented friends are along for the ride. One of all time favorite makeovers are the horse trophies Debbie painted turquoise. I have a photo of them… [Read More]
5 Fantastic Goodwill Finds To Recycle And Repurpose
Repurpose Ideas For My Latest Finds My favorite junk shop isn’t open on Sunday so Sunday junk shopping usually means the Goodwill. That’s perfectly okay with me. I found plenty of things to recycle, repurpose, or upcycle, or whatever phrase you like best. The JTS and I were in Arkansas all last week and just… [Read More]
DIY Gumball Machine Snow Globe
Gumball Machine Snow Globe DIY I made a gumball machine snow globe. The red gumball machine is perfect for a Christmas themed design. The snowy winter wonderland I created in the globe part of the machine makes me smile. Gumball Machine Snow Globe Those little snowmen looking out of the globe are so sweet. I… [Read More]
Make Dollar Tree Gift Bags For Everyone On Your List
Simple Inexpensive Gift Bags Hey Guys! I put these simple Dollar Tree Gift Bags together for less than $2 each. I made them for the nursing home residents and staff at the facility where my Mom lives. If you’ve been around here very long you know my Mom has Alzheimer’s. Anyway, I have a couple… [Read More]
Red Porch Decorations With Buffalo Check Accents
Time To Decorate The Porch For Christmas Now that Thanksgiving is over we can decorate for Christmas. I pulled out all the stops and went over the top with my red porch decorations. The red poinsettias for $1 a pot at Home Depot were irresistible and I bought 6. Then I grabbed the roll of… [Read More]
Easy DIY CD Wreath
Make A Cool Wreath With Recycled CD’s This Christmas DIY CD wreath is a stunner in black and white. I’m pretty sure you’ll love it as much as I do. The recycled, never used, CD’s are white and the bow is black and white buffalo check. Very classy looking. The wreath could be used year… [Read More]
Vaseline Layered Paint Technique Can Be Tricky
Layering Woes I use the vaseline layered paint technique quite often. That doesn’t mean it always goes well. Take this project for instance. I worked on it forever because I overdid the Vaseline. It happens. I finally achieved the layered paint finish I was going for…..it just happened in a roundabout way. I’ll tell you… [Read More]
Nashville Flea Market New Location Shopping Trip
Touring The New Digs At The Flea Market Hey Guys! I finally made it the the Nashville Flea Market new location to check it out and do some shopping this month. I have to say I like the new location, the buildings, the sheds, how everything is laid out…..but I do miss the old market… [Read More]
Distress Boys Bedroom Furniture Because You Know They Will
How To Distress Wood Spindle Bedroom Furniture It will save a lot of time and energy if you distress boys bedroom furniture after you paint it. Because I can tell you…..that furniture is going to be distressed. I don’t want to give boys a bad rap because painted furniture gets dings and scrapes even in… [Read More]