Yard Art

I went to this local artist show the other day and saw something so cute. I felt kind of bad not purchasing it from the artist, but I'm all about borrowing great ideas from other people and claiming them for my own :-)

Here are the supplies.

Helpful tip: Chick-Fil-A always makes projects more fun!

I went to the local thrift store to find the molds and pie pan. I had the knob from a previous project and the rest came from Lowes. It was really fun searching around for pieces that could work as flower parts!

I spray painted the mold and knob. Drilled holes in the plate and mold and used the knob to attach it to the post.

Next up was the leaves. For this I bought some metal siding and just cut out a couple leaves, painted them and just attached them with screws.

This was such a fun project and fairly simple. I did spray it with poly to help protect it a little.

Won't it add some fun character to a flower bed or something?

* I link my projects to the following amazing blogs whose links you can find on my side bar

- Todays creative Blog

- Someday Crafts

- Somewhat simple

Dresed up Window

I was feeling the need to do a little re-modeling in my bedroom.
I had this window hanging above my bed already. As much as I loved the scrapbook paper behind the glass, I thought I would try it without. But I couldn't just leave a plain window up there.

I remembered I had these old shutters from the college days. We had them hanging by the phone and would write in numbers of our friends.

This was back in the day when people had home phones and you didn't rely on your cell phone to store all your numbers.

It was kind of fun looking back over those numbers...

I knew I wanted to do something fun with the shutters so I had the genius idea to use the shutters for what they actually were made for: windows!

I painted the shutters to match my vanity and hung them on either side of the window.



I liked it, but it was missing something. I added a few vinyl stickers and then found this garland that I had been keeping for no apparent reason! I hung it above the window and I really like the way it turned out!

So far I like it. I think I will work on some fun throw pillows next. Also, did you notice the new decorations on the side wall? New post on those coming soon!

* I link my projects to the following amazing blogs whose links you can find on my side bar

- Todays creative Blog

- Someday Crafts

- Somewhat simple