This is a contributor post I originally posted at The Girl Creative and wanted to bring home to share with you today. This display is still hanging in our breakfast nook – it’s great to be able to easily swap out the artwork our daughters bring home from preschool or create at home! Since we {…Continue Reading}
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Latitude/Longitude Wall Art
I’m bringing home a contributor post originally shared on The Girl Creative. This wall art is still in place in our breakfast nook, giving a daily reminder to how our life together first began! I’m here to share an easy home decor project I made from materials I had on hand – Latitude/Longitude Wall Art: {…Continue Reading}
Tutorial: DIY Upholstery Sofa Rehab
I just wrapped up a DIY upholstery project, making new covers for five cushions on my sofa and love seat. Â I took process photos to show how I made mine in hopes that something I learned might be helpful. I bought a leather sofa and love seat back in my wild and crazy single days, {…Continue Reading}
Snappy iPad Sleeve
So it took more than a couple of days, but I was able to complete the second tablet sleeve and share with you – better late than never, right? Here’s the Nook sleeve I made where I made a front and a back and sewed the two sides together. For this iPad sleeve, I used {…Continue Reading}
easy e-reader sleeve
My thing for wool felt is becoming well known. To the point that now I have friends who come to me saying “I’ve got a pile of wool/cashmere sweaters that don’t fit well – can you use them?”. And my answer is “YES!”. My friend and sorority little sister Kim did just that recently with {…Continue Reading}
Thrifty to Nifty Thursdays: Coming in January
I’ve been wanting to host a weekly linky party for a while now, but there are so many linky parties out there with many of them receiving hundreds upon hundreds of linkups each week. I couldn’t see trying to throw another linkup similar to those and have it be successful without me putting in an {…Continue Reading}
From Thrifty to Nifty: Sweater to Dress Refashion
Don’cha just love a cozy sweater dress? How ’bout a cheap and easy sweater dress? I picked up this perfectly nice Izod cotton argyle sweater at a local thrift store for $2.50. I was hunting wool sweaters to felt and this caught my eye. It was an XL, and it looked just “eh” on me; a little short {…Continue Reading}
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