Coffee Filter

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Over the weekend I stumbled across

The Pleasure of Homemaking.  I was wondering how in the world had I missed this blog…..I thought I must have already featured it…….I remember featuring someone who used plates in their garden……..then I see her signature.  Manuela…….seriously….how many Manuela’s can there possibly be?  I featured a gal with that name………I remember a gal being a regular commenter with that name.  I kept searching my past features and nothing was coming up……then I found it….But the blog name was different……….Dazed and confused, I emailed her.  She verified that I wasn’t crazy……..did you all hear that?  I AM  NOT CRAZY.

She did have a blog that I featured way back when.  Then she stopped blogging and shut that blog down…….but she just couldn’t stay away, so she’s back…….with a new name……a new blog name anyway.  So glad I found her again. She’s got some great ideas.  Fun ideas.

Like painting your deck.  This is great!    No need to whine……..she shows a tutorial on how she did all those black and white squares.She didn’t have to go far to find her inspiration for the deck.  I’m diggin that green…..with the fabrics……I just stated on my personal blog that I’m so over toile (pronounced Twall)  …….but dang…….she has me re-thinking my whole plan now.  Remember last week when I fell in love with painting an old book and stamping on it……apparently, she got the memo way before I did.  This is such a great idea. 

Also, do you remember when I said I was a lazy crafter…..THIS is brilliant.  Coffee Filter wreath.  She offers a tutorial so we can ALL have coffee filter wreaths.    She dyed some red, but decided just to use white.  I’m kind of excited to try this with the natural color.She says to “make a rosette” ……in case you’re a lazy crafter like me……that means you scrunch it together.

This is cute…….Love the fork on the plate….it’s monogrammed too.

Sorry to get all holidayish on you, but I couldn’t resist.  Look closely…….check out the candles and the eggs.  Were you wondering where she found toile candles?  Me too!

She made them herself.  A little tissue paper, a bit of Mod Podge and you’ve got yourself some originals.  Full tutorial on her site.She also used wrapping paper to do her eggs.  Is there anything you CAN’T decoupage?While were talking Easter…….cute egg tree.  Love the polka dot eggs…….Wait!  Where did she find polka dot eggs?

   Avery helped her make them……..Another Aha! Moment.One more candle idea……different tissue paper, different candle……same mod podge.  So cute.

Hurry…..go surprise her with a TON of comments.  Enjoy.

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