Rag rug

Got some fabric at the thrift store and started a rag rug, its pretty cute and really easy to do.  Roughly 1 inch by 5 inch pieces. Don't make them prefect or it won't turn out as good.  It takes a lot of fabric

New signs for the backyard

I loved this idea and made some of my own.  They will look better, outside and a little weathered

Valentine's Fun

These are salt dough creations, they were pretty rough until we painted them.  I used ceram paint to paint them, and then did the glaze to seal them.  And I couldn't help but put a cute one of my little Betty blowing out the cupcakes for a pic.  She's been to one to many Birthday parties lately, lol

More with Rustoleum

This little beauty was $9 at the goodwill.  Just a couple coats of Rustoleum semi-gloss and its going to look sweet next to my full size one on the porch.  Thank heaven for little girls, they make everything cuter.  But it is a good reminder that old toy boxes, dressers, coat racks and especially chairs are super easy to re-finish.  Flat piant didn't look good.  And I didn't even sand.

Painting clothes pins

I can't believe my Mom was right but apparently you can pain clothes pins with water colors.  She got some fancy pastel set but really any water colors work. Clothes pins are perfect for closing cereal bags, chip bags and cookies.  And using pretty colored pins makes it all worth it.  It also prolongs the life of the food

Artful Picture Frame

I love this project.  $1 frame, it  was 75% off at my local Nifty Thrifty (second-hand store).  I think these will be easy to find, no glass just an old frame.  Small screw-in eyelits from Wal-mart $1.98 for a whole set.  $1.00 wire in the bead section again at Wal-mart, I used blue.  You probably have something around the house as far as wire.  And tiny clothes pins from Wal-mart which were $2 (we don't have a craft store in my town). Farm windows with hemp yard look really cool too.  The pictures are old and new.  I went to Wal-mart to scan them.  Turned them all black and white and ordered them in wallet sizes.  You get two for about 50 cents a print.  So you can make one and save the other pic or make two and give one away.  I colored the front of the pins silver with a metallic marker.  But you can also paint clothes pins, more about that to come

chandeliers on the cheap: I'm obsessed with refinishing chandeliers

chandeliers on the cheap: I'm obsessed with refinishing chandeliers: Here's what you are looking for....for some reason the lights point down and can be twisted up like this, so don't worry if the lights a...