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12/13/10

Shutter Christmas Card Holder

I decided to throw in a

Made By ME Monday today!

I saw this idea HERE, and decided that I could do it!

First of all, my sister was getting rid of a shutter a couple of weeks ago! YIPEE! It came to me brown...

I sprayed it white, stained it...

and ended up with a super cute Christmas card holder!
I love it!

(the cute families on the Christmas cards make it even cuter!!)

11/16/10

CWTS- Winner!

Crafting With The Stars!

This has been such a fun competition to watch! I'm sad it's over...

Thanks to Tam from Sew Dang Cute for hosting the fun!

So, the winner is

Mandy from Vintage Revivals

made this gorgeous faux fireplace, from old cabinet doors. Congrats to Mandy for all of your hard work! This is such a great idea for those of us who don't have a chimney for Santa to come down. I might just have to make one of these! :)

8/30/10

Made by ME Monday!

An Old Pharmacy Box

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I found these great metal boxes at the thrift store the other day.

I paid $1 for each of them!

I worried for a minute that they might be antiques... probably not.

(Well, if they were...they're not anymore!)

I scrubbed the labels off...

spray painted them... I LOVE Krylon!

While they dried, I gathered my supplies...

stained them a little to look distressed and sanded the edges a bit...

mod podge on some cute paper to the center. Sand the edges of the paper.

add some super cute ribbon...

and VIOLA!

I am not sure what I'm going to use them for yet, but I think they turned out pretty darn cute! Happy Monday!

Are you joining a blog hop that's not on my list... let me know so I can add it to mine too! thanks!

8/11/10

Chalk Talk

In keeping with the

BACK TO SCHOOL theme,

I've decided to make a post dedicated to chalk! :)

(although, I don't think that most school even use chalkboards these day. I think they are all dry erase? OH well!)

It all starts with a little can of chalkboard paint

that you can pick up at Home Depot

ORCraft At Home gives us the recipe to make our own chalkboard paint!

SUPPLIES NEEDED:

3 tsp. acrylic paint

1 1/2 tsp. medium water based glaze
1/2 tsp. powder tile grout

The possibilities are endless! Here are some of my faves:

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Fabulous Finishes writes on a plate

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Merriment Designs made a chalkboard pillow!

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i DIY labels her pots.

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Dollar Store Crafts labels her containers.

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Casa Sugar made these adorable boxes.

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Two Hearts Together decorates a can.

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decorate a car?

photo found HERE ___________________________________

I Make Stuff uses her shirt to write messages.

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Go Graham Go! personalizes her picture frames.

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Martha Stewart makes the entire wall into a chalkboard... overacheiver! (hee hee)

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... and last, but certainly not least

photo found HERE

8/10/10

Cookie Sheet Calendar

Supplies Needed:

Cookie Sheet (make sure it's magnetic!!)

Scrapbook Paper

Mod Podge

Number Stickers

Circle Magnets

Ribbon

Rectangle Wood Pieces

LOTS of odds and ends

(ie. dice, buttons, game pieces, puzzle pieces, dominos, old keys, etc.)

My friend and I made this one.

Before we started, we sanded the cookie sheet to hlep the paint stick better, otherwise the spray paint with just bead up. Add you scrapbook paper, cut strips to make the squares for the days, and a spot for the month at the top. We used objects that we had laying around and even shopped at stores to find "the perfect things". Sea shells, buttons, game pieces, cookie cutters, etc. We added vinyl lettering numbers to some and put scrapbook numbers on the others to label each day. For each month, we used a rectangle piece of wood and mod podged the paper onto it. We found all sorts of cute odds and ends (that we found laying around our houses) to add to each month. The month pieces fit perfectly onto the back of the cookie sheet for storage!