Photo Inspirations aka: home decor eye candy!

Here are some photo inspirations to have for your day!

Old metal bug screen= great place for magnets!
I love the old fashioned pictures! I have a Normal Rockwell coffee table book I would love to photo copy and stick one on!

What to do with that map?
It doesn't need to be IN the frame. This is such a wonderful soft color palette, and loooove those wire baskets!

another magnetic attraction:

Love these magnetic panels!
They really would be great in a family room

I did it! Here's my Pottery Barn/Ballard Lamp shade!

Their versions:

Here is my Pottery Barn/Ballard Knock off! :)

This is the original lamp shade, it was once black, after 20 years, it's not black anymore! Wow, that is a lot of dust and years for that fabric!

Lesson learned! Using burlap, does not make for see-thru lettering. Next time, I will not print out my lettering, and tape it to the inside, I couldn't see ANY words. I had to free hand all that writing! Augh! And I tried graphite paper to copy it, flash lights to light it up more in the shade to see-thru, nada... Next time I will use the light box, my copy of the font and sentences,etc; and then take the sharpie to the burlap or whatever fabric...

Lesson learned... after marking my pattern on the burlap piece it was just cut and paste! or hot glue... you know what i mean!

and this is the result!

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So which priority do I skip for this?! ha!

I have some burlap in my hands... here are the projects to be attacked...
lamp shade; a tip I received, print calligraphy on paper, tape it to the inside of the drum, and use that as a stencil!

Leftover burlap will be made into pillows... and again, print calligraphy and use it on my light box...

this below has got to be do-able! Stickers from scrapbook items? Rub-ons from scrapbook items... WE - WILL - FIND - OUT!

and an extra eye candy... just for you, ha!

I could sooooo do that, right?

I believe this one is a DIY from BH&G
love it! If I had all the materials and a dollar for every time I saw a potential project and said, "I could so do that..." :)

Kolo Essex travel book

Love this living room

I believe this is from Martha Stewart.com

below: a DIY-BH&G

My Goal is to do this in a bathroom, I would like it in my main floor (community) bathroom! :D
...again, "I could do that..."

DIY ottoman makeover!

Here again...

Why has it been so long? I have no excuse, it just seems I find my creative crafty side coming out in the cooler months! Things are swimming around in my mind, so heads up people!

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So my niece is wanting to paint her room, which her father isn't to keen on, and she wants a dark purple. (I've suggested an accent wall) I'm loving this photo as inspiration!

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And for a bit of "I'm coveting this now"... I love this desk with hutch...
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Here's some Christmas Crafties you and the kiddies may wanna make when your stuck inside!

MarthaStewart.com - Directions for Candy Mice

Grab a large wooden star at any craft store, paint it white, splatter a light tan paint on with an old toothbrush, let it dry, now gather that extra string of white twinkle lights and drape it on the star. Looks great on a front stoop/porch area!

What are you wanting for Christmas this year? I don't have any ideas, I got a NookColor (which I love!) but I am only going to want A gift certificate from BN.com, what are YOU asking for? Go ahead, leave me a comment...

EEK! Halloweeeeeeen!

EEK! Here comes Halloween!
I wanted to get this to you earlier but I just didn't get my butt in gear and hubby took the camera, excuses, excuses...... Anyway, as I mention I got this idea from the Great and Talented Thrifty Decor Chick!

My husband cut these blocks of wood for my kids to stack and play with, there was soooo much of it that I have taken some outta the bucket here and there. I grabbed the blocks, some Halloween scrap paper, decoupage glue, and my scissors. I then printed big black font letters from the computer. I glued the letters on chipboard and cut it out of the chipboard.
And the result:

If you would like to check out Sarah's version from Thrifty Decor Chick just click here , that woman has some awesome ideas! Cute Cute Cute, check it out!

Home Sweet Home

SWEET

I got this little Home sign at (drum roll) The Dollar Tree! It comes in raw wood, so of course, the trusty black spray paint came out and had a turn. They also had "country", "Welcome", "family", and "faith", check it out!
1.00$=cute desk shelf
I also found hardboard plaques on a string that I'm thinking of using my oil paints on. Stay tuned.....

Howdy!

I decided to make another blog and keep this one for my crafty personality and the new one for my art side. Please check it out! On The Sketchy Side of Things

Now, for my crafty side... Isn't this a cute idea? DIY has the best ideas.

A file folder storage that can be hidden and is a cute decor piece!

Now that the kiddies are outta school I'm going to get in my closets to get all those old, worn out, doesn't fit clothing outta here!

Have you visited curbly.com? I just discovered it and it is so enjoyable! Great photos, DIY ideas and tips for almost anything you can think of for decorating creatively! Very inspiring! Wasn't sure about copyrights so I didn't wanna steal any pics. Another is inspiredroom.net! Check it out!I am now a follower of this website! Wonderful pics!

For some you will remember I have been working on my "Beach Books". They are done, I hope to get the pics up by the end of this week! Stay tuned.....

My basement decor

This is my basement, the corner you see as you go down the stairs. My husband finished the entire basement all himself and I was in charge of painting it. (and decorating it some) Whew! It was a 18 month process. But we use it a lot.

This is the image I got the idea from. A BH&G pic. The brown on my wall is a bit darker like in the mag pic but the flash on the camera and the ceiling light made it a bit brighter....

Below: This is just to show that you can hide those ugly speakers.... One is hidden by the tree on the left and the other is hid by a vase of tall grasses, etc.

And this is my full wall clock. I'm not sure yet what to use for the 12, 3, 6, and 9 spots. We have gone a slight traditional/contemporary look down here...And a slight boast here- a canvas that I painted on the right...

Just another view of the long wall, I'm so glad my hubby put the closet in and the built in storage cabinets!

We have a bar around the back corner area. I bought square mirror plates that were made for candles to be set on. We worked on a few different arrangements and came up with this as the easiest. We just used liquid nails and wire to make our own hangers...I believe you can buy square mirror plates that have hangers on them... (I just didn't find them at the time, ya know how it is....)

This below is the area in front of the bar. We have a dartboard cabinet that hubby built just to the left of the picture. So we thought it would be cool to have a chalkboard in the area.... That's when I turned and saw the little wall that was perfect...I just had to give you a "my experience" of a chalkboard wall. I first painted magnetic black paint on with a sponge roller, which is what was recommended. I'm not so sure that was good, it seems to have made it a lot less smooth than what they said it would be... who knows...maybe we bought the wrong brand of sponge roll... after several coats of the magnetic paint I then painted chalk paint on top of the magnetic paint. Same thing, sponge rolled, gave it a little more texture than I was wanting.....Oh well....

After it was fully dry and following directions to "prep" it I added magnetic poetry to it. (actually I couldn't find the original magnetic poetry but I found a calendar that had some "themed" magnetic poetry that worked just as good.) (the neighbors got a little "dirty" one night, with some sentences and the chalk, (therefore, that's why the bottom looks extra black as it is newly washed off!)Thank heavens it is easily washable so kids can't read it...) The laminate floor below is nice to have since chalk dust does fall straight down onto the floor. So I can just go and Swiffer it up. Aren't the wine holders cool! That was a Ikea purchase 9.99 each! So cheap and good enough for who it's for, ha!

Hmmm... a Cosmo Cocktail sounds good! (I'll have to call my neighbor friend later, she makes the BEST cosmos ever!)
I went to Flower Factory (big surprise) and found some cute canvas money bags.... can't wait to show you what I did to them! Stay tuned....

Did I use enough """"""" and (())(()) and ........in this post? Sheesh!

I can so do that!!!!

Hmmmm, I think I can make that!All of us "Kreatives" from time to time look at something and think "I can totally do that." (and sometimes we say "maybe even cheaper"...) Here is a project that I had a "I am so gonna do that" moment!

This is a picture that someone had made, (sorry, I don't recall where I saw this). I thought I can totally make that! So I did! I went digging through my junk drawer for small unusable flat objects and also went through my scrapbook embellishments. I had some large drawing paper from a class I took a long time ago. I have been thinking of how to cover a old painting I made in high school. It has a "ok" frame but the painting is not that good but I don't want to cover in case one day I may help it a bit more.... Below is a metal key I had to use as a template.

I then used the -trusty to us lady bloggers-, black spray paint, on the little objects, layed it out on a piece of cardboard on the lawn, sprayed away and this is my result:


I'm not sure if i like it horizontal or vertical..... I'm thinking vertical so I can hang the other metal keys beside this frame.