new halloween..

i did some new crafting this year. 

i made some halloween themed garland.

used the tutorial here

it was super successful and i would use it a million times.

i hope to carve our pumpkins soon and post about them.

:)

my latest big find...

i have been looking and looking for these beauties.

i found 17 stinking old letterpress letters at a rummage sale.

they were $1 each.

did your jaw drop? mine did!:)

well i have a few ideas of crafts for these

but right now i am just going to soak them in.

;)

chalk board coffee table..

my latest fix up.

the pink floral spray paint coffee table from a few months ago.

it just did not flow with our living room decor.

sooooo i chalk board painted over it.

it now fits much better.

it is also interactive and fun for us and guests!

i love it!

this weekends finds...

so i went out antiquing with some friends of mine.

i found the jackpot.

for weeks I've been hoping to randomly find these bad boys.

i hate jo anns. not for any other reason than its too big and too expensive.

i found two unopened bags of stuffing at my fav antique mall.

for $1 each! ahhh i was so excited!! i love a good deal.

then i found this.

for weeks and weeks i have been searching for a cute indian print shirt or dress.

well here it is!

i will be making this 3 5/8 worth of fabric into a vintage maxi dress.

so here you get to see a shot of it just as fabric.

i cannot wait to make this dress.

i really hope i don't screw it up!:)

i love love thrifting things out of pittsburgh.

it is my most favorite thing to do.

x0

chalk board window..

so i have had two old window i bought for $1 each from construction junction.

i have been hanging on to them waiting for the perfect project.

well thanks to my favorite blogger i finally found that project.

well first i was so excited about painting it a color bc i could.

my chalk wouldn't show up on the light orange paint.

so i added the black bc well the box of unsanded grout

was dirt cheap for a giant box.

i loved the way it came out.

i cannot wait to write fun notes in our kitchen on this bad boy.

i now want to paint everything with chalkboard paint!

:)

french press koozie..

homemade french press koozie!!

this i made from an old sweater, a piece of felt, ribbon and buttons.

this bad boy will keep your coffee warm while you get dressed in the morning!

cute hu??

i want to make my sister one but she won't send a pic of her french press!

scrabble for the bedside..

well this is one of the best ideas i have ever had!

i have been looking and looking for the perfect bedside table.

after waiting forever i came up with this idea.

a scrabble board bedside table.

bc i like being super thrifty this whole project cost around $14!

that is a great price to pay for one of a kind!!:)

the scrabble board and perfect piece of scrap wood came from creative reuse!

creative reuse inspires me every time i go in.

it is def my top crafty needs shop!

the bottom half of the bedside table as you can probably tell is an old vintage

fruit box. i have been collecting these every time i see them.

this particular one came from our thanksgiving trip to mentone, al!

this project was so fun and easy. the scrap wood wasn't painted when i bought

it so i painted it a bright blue and the nailed the two wooden pieces together.

i also added wood glue to reinforce the nails then wood glued the board on.

i think i may add one shelf to give me just a little more room for magazines & books.

over all this is one of my favorite things i have done ever!

what do you think??

projects in the works..

Forgive the ugly paper in these pictures and also

forgive the paper towels. as the title says this is a work in progress. I bought this tiny gold lamp for my bed side table. it has now been spray painted periwinkle. so that it kinda matches my bedside table. I paid $2 for this lamp and today i bought a lamp shade for it. the lamp shade i will decoupage alabama things on. maybe a map maybe some magazines the sky is the limit!:)

diy silhouettes

these silhouettes were made for the twins first birthday.
i figured since they are just one and don't know the difference
this was the perfect gift for their parents.
sebastain is on the left and alexander is on the right!

things i learned from this diy project.
do not do this on the floor if you have a dog that sheds.
sebastain's was 10x cuter but it had dog hair all in it so i had to remake it.
these frames were purchased at a thrift store, i recommend buying from there.
girls/babies with more hair make for a more interesting silhouette.
alexander's is super cute bc the top of his hair was sticking up.
the twins momma was so excited about these.
it took me about two hours to make them.
i wrote the boys a note on the back of the frame.

i hope when i have kids they too will have cute silhouette pictures.
:)