Shabby chic frame My daughter won a chalkboard from a class we went to recently. I loved it as it fits with my farm house. She didn’t feel it matched her room, so I offered to shabby chic it and paint the frame to have it better match her room and my daughter was all […]
how to make a beautiful Christmas wreath
christmas wreath ideas I wanted one of those big Christmas wreaths that you see on those fancy houses, but I wasn’t going to spend a lot of money on a premade wreath. So I did what any thrifty girl would do. I made it myself! This was perfect for our home. My kids watched in […]
Rustic coat rack from barn wood #diy
Rustic coat rack Coats laying all over the house? That was our situation. We’ve moved into a new house, there is one tiny closet full of the winter stuff and the rest the coats are just laying around on coaches, chairs (the floor). We needed a coat rack. Since this is an old house, we have […]
From Geek to Chic DIY End Table do over repaint
From old and tired to fabulous. Give your old furniture a needed face lift. This DIY end table was fun. I got this end table at a local antique shop for$25. It was much cheaper than the ones I was finding on craigslist and at flea markets and it was in great shape. This table […]
Pinecone birdseed feeders DIY project
My son found pine cones in our yard. Mom, I want to make bird feeders with them he said. He listed out all the things we needed to make the project. This is my son’s project on how to make a pine cone birdseed feeder. It was quick and my kids enjoyed doing this. Every […]
DIY Cover the clutter on your microwave cart with a skirt
Clutter keeps you from having room in your kitchen, so why not get the microwave off of the counter and put it on a cart and dress it up with a cover (or skirt as I like to call it). Microwave cart skirts hide the clutter. This was definitely easy beginner project to do, simple […]
how to make your own etched glass diy project
I have wanted to personalize my glass dish for a long time. I asked my friend Teri who does small vinyl if she could help me out with a design and she hooked me up. etched glass diy project What you’ll need: Glass dish Vinyl that will stick or letters taped down (vinyl works better […]
DIY: No Sew Quilts/Blankets
No sew quilts are one of my favorte things to make. They are quick and simple to make. You can make this in 1-2 hours. This one took me an hour to make. What you’ll need: You will need 2 colors of fleece – 2 1/2 yards (for a longer quilt, 2 yards for a shorter […]
DIY: Custom Spice Containers with Chalkboard Paint
I get a small commission to help keep this site up and running, when you use the links below. Thank you for shopping from these links I wanted to have put labels on my spice containers, but the labels I made from the label maker were not pretty. I saw a friend had taken chalk […]
DIY: Snack Monsters
I saw this idea on Pinterest, but there was NO instructions on how to do these (hate when there is just a picture and no instructions). So I set out to make it up as I went for my kids birthday as there are kids who can’t have sugar, allergic to peanut butter and chocolate, […]
