Reupholster Tutorial

This gal is one of my home girls……well we’re a stones throw from each other.  I’m tellin ya…….the Pacific NW has more talent than rain.

Speaking of rain, Molly from The Creative Maven decided she needed this tin bucket for an umbrella stand…….but being sensible as most people are in the PNW, she wasn’t going to pay the unGodly price they wanted and knew she could replicate it for much less. Once she found her tin bucket, she was in business.She made her design with 4 circles………brilliant.And before you know it……….she had herself an umbrella stand. She shows a full tutorial in case you want one too.

While we’ve got the paint out…….why not create your very own “you are special” plate. She tells you exactly what products to use on her tutorial.This plate turned out so good! You could make different versions and use them for wall art.      This is brilliant!  I wish I had seen this about 4 yrs ago.  You know those balsa wood dinosaur puzzles?  How cool to paint them!  Use them to decorate your little explorer’s bedroom.She’s pretty handy with a sewing machine too…..the kind of woman that makes me GREEN!  Green with envy.   She took a cheap placemat from The Dollar Store and made a cute tool belt for her little guy.  This is where I need to suck up…….this is her recovering her chair.  A $15 chair she found at a local thrift store.I have got to be a bright teal by now.  I need to slip cover my couch Molly just in case you need more to do.  :)    Just one of her pillows she updated her living room with.  So cute.To top it off……how about some raspberry meringues?  She thought they would make the perfect dessert during our recent heat wave…….yes we actually have heat waves here…..it doesn’t rain ALL the time.

Thank you all for your comments yesterday.  I appreciate your point of views. 

Please be good little readers and go leave Molly a nice comment, or Miss Crabby Pants may rear her ugly head again.  LOL  jk.

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I love Lindsey because she’s such a great Get Your Craft On participant and she always…….always posts my cute button saying she linked up.  I love that.    She’s also got a lot of fun crafty crafts for you all.

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I’m loving these paper flowers…..oh so cute and oh so simple.  My favorite motto lately.

You could use any paper design, but I really like the music sheets.  Old books would be great too.

Cut your circles……… Crumple your circles………   Uncrumple and distress with ink……..Glue and stack……add your button……. And you’ve got some cute little flowers to embellish just about anything.If you’ve been reading my blog for over a year, you may know how much I love pears.  She took an ordinary fake pear, whipped up some decoupage……tore a few pieces of paper…….Here’s the finished product.  Great idea. She’s pretty crafty in the kitchen too.  Lots of yummy recipes to try and you can print off her cards…….. then you can make this cute recipe organizer.  I like this because you can throw it in your purse…..that way when you’re shopping, you can pull out the recipe and make sure to get all the ingredients.   Ok party people in the TCB house.  Make me proud…..go leave her a comment letting her know I featured her. 

Get Your Craft On is tomorrow…..do you have something to link up? 

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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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Julie julie julie……Angry Julie on Monday.  I love me some Julie.  I met Julie at Bloggy Boot Camp in May.  She is the cutest thing ever. I was expecting her to be at least 6 feet because of her BIG personality.  But she’s a shorty like me.  I remember the moment I met her.  I love surprises.  We had been skyping for a couple of weeks prior to Bloggy Boot Camp, so I kinda knew her.  I walked into Tiffany’s room “bloggy boot camp headquarters” and saw a few women I didn’t know.  So I introduced myself and asked who and what blog they each belonged to.  I get around to Julie and she just smiled then said “you already know me, I’m Julie”  I squealed in delight “Angry Julie” and skipped across the room to give her a hug.  So much fun.

 

Julie gives Tip Junkie Laurie a run for her money when it comes to big and cute headbands.  Love the short hair….someday, I’m gonna cut my hair off.    Julie was our resident photographer….and she should be…….just look at the great photos she can shoot.  Don’t let her Crime Scene camera strap scare you…..I’m sure she cleans it after her day job. :)

Her day job in law enforcement gave her the nic name Angry Julie…….although she is anything but.  I think I’ll call her Betty Crocker Julie…..She can bake a mean cupcake.

You too can surprise your friends and guests with these rainbow cupcakes. I never really took the time to think about how these are made…..but it’s kind of an AHA! moment. 

Separate your batter in however many colors you want. Julie wanted 4.Add your coloring.Place a bit of each color into your cupcake muffin tin.And after adding your frosting…..you’ll have beautiful rainbow cupcakes.  So easy!  Love it.Don’t freak……I’m not pushing Halloween like possibly a few stores out there, but I do want to share with you these cute Halloween Whoopie Pies. She has a full tutorial on her site!While I’m pushing Fall……I can’t help but show you these oh so clever cupcakes.  Oh how I love a project that screams “I’m so crafty”, that doesn’t need a learning curve……cuz really….I’m realizing that I’m just a lazy crafter.  I want to look good, but let’s not break out the curse words creating it.

These are so easy!  Right up my alley.  Find some of those Pillsbury predesigned cookies…….and I think you can figure out the rest….but she does have a tutorial.  So cute!Julie has been known to be crafty in other areas too…….like adding vinyl to her laptop!  Genius.  I’m gonna do this. Or do a bit of etching on glass…gotta look closely….I swear I’m gonna do this…….I’ve got some plans. She recently re-did her sons bedroom with a skate board theme.  I love how she used skate boards for shelves.  And for wall decorAnd a bit more vinyl.      There you have it!  Go say hi and surprise her about her feature.  You’ll find a fast friend.  I love having you all do my dirty work…..well it’s fun dirty work though.

 

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