T-Time

Time for a few easy decorating tips.  Bathroom towels are up today.

1.  Use hooks. How cute are these ribbons holding up the towels?? 

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2. This towel is embellished with patterned fabric and trim. What a difference between a solid color plain towel and this beauty.  Get 3 and change them out.  Your family can enjoy the pretty ones everyday, then pop in a fresh one before guests visit.  [Inexpensive cute ones at Marshalls.]

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3. You have plain towels, embellish them with ribbon.   Just sew it on the bottom, and add a ribbon in the middle of the towel  so they'll stay on the hooks.  I also love the glass knobs. No more towels getting pulled off the rack when kids are wiping their toothpaste faces on them:-)

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4. Layer.  Two or three towels feel more luxurious than one.

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5. Add Extras.  Tie up dried flowers or something seasonal with a ribbon. It adds a punch of luxury and plushness to your hand drying routine.

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Now, how can you spruce up your towels today?

Photo credits: Photo 1 and 5- House of Chic and Penoche, Photo 2 & 4- google, Photo 3- House of Smiths

Halloween boards. basically free.

So here is another simple project I did for my class.
In the lumber section at Home Depot there are scrap boards. This one 4' x 9" So I had them cut it every 9" so I'd end up with 9x9. The board was only .50 and the cuts were free!

Painted it black
Mod Podged on some fun paper .

NEED YOUR HELP!

So I've been working on this cabinet that I found in old house...but that's a story for another day. Now I want to paint it yellow, kind of like the piece below. Isn't it adorable! But my husband isn't quite a fan. So I am willing to look into doing it another color. Like a blue or green. So I want your opinion/input!!! Vote and leave a comment!

Also, FYI- the piece is going in my entry which is painted a grayish color.

Yellow (yum!) check out her site HERE!

Blueish green (pretty)

More Halloween!...

So why all the cheep projects you ask? Well a couple weeks ago my Relief Society group was doing "Holidays on a Budget" and I was in charge of Halloween. So I came with a bunch of little projects, mostly free, but no more then $10. I had so much fun doing it because it's not like I love this Holiday or anything! ;)

Ok, so baby pumpkins weren't around when I was making this so these are fake...but turned out better than expected

The box of pumpkins is from Walmart for $6 and had 8 in it.
Tape different ribbons around each one.... ribbon $1 each at Walmart or Roberts
So cute! Now I can have for always!!!

Another simple Halloween project!

This is a little after thought I did today. I couldn't find black and white striped candles so I made some.

Before
Add some ribbon
Ta Da!

"Along came a Spider and Sat Down Beside Her"

Another Halloween Post, yeah, get use to it, I'll probably post one a day this week so ya'll can get busy decorating for the holiday! You're way behind! I started last week! OK, maybe I'm just more of a Halloween spaz than you.

This is the entry way of my house.

I've been collecting chair pictures for awhile, some I made and some I bought. I decided to corporate them in a Halloween theme

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The theme being "Along Came a Spider and Sat Down Beside Her"



I made this "Boo" sign on a cricket machine, and then framed with a thrift store find.



Also made the EEK sign.

Notice the spider pic below.....

So I had a friend do the vinyl for me.



And I used the negative of a vinyl as a stencil and traced in on some canvas and draped it over the chair. I wanted to write it on the chair but that may have been taking it a bit far!



Then added this spider "captured" in a cloche.

The End. One of my favorite places in my house!

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Halloween Bats

A (mostly) free Halloween project you can do in a day! Something even the kids can help you do. I went on a little adventure with my son to find the branch. We didn't have to go to far, my neighbor ended up having a down tree in front of the their home!

So I say mostly free because you may have to buy some cute paper if you don't have any laying around. I used different black and white & black and tan printed paper.

I free handed the bats, I kind of used the Batman logo as a resource.

The vase I already owned, you can use anything you have too!

I tied them onto the tree using twine, you could even use fishing line if you wanted.

A Halloween mantel in the making!

"TIME" For a New Post!

I'm a dork with my post titles, I know.

I took a break from unpacking and cleaning my house to finally do a post, a sacrifice I was willing to make! It's just a quick little post on clocks, don't know why, but just is.

I saw this at a home decor store. LOVE IT!!!!! This picture is a little deceiving, it is quite a large piece. It's wood planks and the clock pieces are metal (I believe, couldn't touch it was too high) wish it was mine!!

Time Zone. This I did in my old house, in our office. Just some clocks and had the vinyl made. Super easy.
Not quite sure how this done since the top of the picture was cut off but I loved it so had to post.

Cute quotes around a clock. See www.bloomingwords.com to order.

A plate turned into a clock. Cute! You can buy simple clock kits like this at most craft stores.

A clock stenciled on the wall, see here to learn how to do!

Enjoy!

Meet the Girls

Here's the ladies I found for a mere $3.50 each at the Goodwill last week.

Before:

Enter my friends Krylon Primer and Krylon Blue Ocean Breeze.  

Enter this old accordion lampshade, transformed with fabric I cut into curved strips and hot glued on to create a feminine petal type shade.

Lamp Shade Before :

Shade meets Base:

2 lamp bases -$7, 1 can spray paint $3 (already had the primer), 1 old lampshade-free.

I was checking out light fixtures at Target, and would have spent around $50 bones for the same size lamp.  I'll stop sitting in the dark for ten dollars:-)  We could all use more light in our rooms.   Have you used spray paint on anything lately?