If you like to do craft or DIY projects, then you know that Mod Podge is an essential crafting material. There are several different formulas and finishes of Mod Podge available, and with them you can decoupage paper, fabric, wood, and other porous materials together. To help you plan your next Mod Podge craft, I’ve found 11 Pretty Mod Podge Projects to inspire you! The fun thing about Mod Podge is that you can use it to complete really easy projects or really complicated ones. Plus a jar will last you a long long time! 11 Pretty Mod Podge Projects… [Read More]
Two-Tone DIY Wooden Spoon Plant Markers
I was looking for a cute new idea for some plant markers (last year I did paint stick plant markers) and came across several ideas using wooden spoons as plant markers. Which I thought was a good idea as wooden spoons are very inexpensive. You can find a bag of them just about anywhere. I found a bag of 8 at TJMaxx for $3.99 but I know the dollar stores have them as well as the big box stores. Here’s how I made my DIY Plant Markers! Last year I didn’t seal the paint stick plant markers I made and… [Read More]
Easy Mod Podge Craft – Serving Tray Makeover
I walked into Goodwill a few weeks ago looking for a tray to use in my living room and unbelievably, they had about 6 Ikea Klack trays! I rarely walk into a thrift store and find what I’m looking for the first time! These trays are a really nice size, not heavy and very plain. Which makes them really easy to makeover in many differnent ways to fit into your decor. This is such an easy old school makeover 🙂 . All you need is scrapbook paper/wrapping paper/wallpaper (some kind of decorative paper), spray paint, scissors, sponge brush, (x-acto knife is… [Read More]
My DIY Salvaged Wood Potting Bench
I’ve been wanting to show you the fabulous potting bench that my husband made for me. But I really had to wait for a time when I wasn’t using it so I could have it cleaned up for photos. He made it almost entirely from fence boards we had left over from when we built the fence along the back of our property, old windows we’ve been keeping for various projects, a couple of pallets we picked up, and odds and ends of scrap lumber from other projects. It’s huge and heavy! I love it because it gives me so… [Read More]
Faux Barnwood Letters
I finally did something with the unfinished chipboard letters I got from Hobby Lobby a long time ago. I made them look like letters sawn from old barnwood! Faux barnwood letters! The regular price of this size letter is $1.99 and I got them at 40% off. If you wait eventually everything in that store goes on sale. I haven’t tried tracking their sales cycle but I’m sure their sales are on some kind of rotating schedule. So unless it’s something you’ve gotta have now – wait! Why spend more when you don’t need to. At first I thought I’d just… [Read More]
Liven up Your Drawers with Pretty Paper
I think it’s the little details that help add personalty to a home. Details are the icing on the cake, the cherry on the sundae, they are what make a house special and distinctive. Take my drawers for example. Most of my drawers have been lined with paper for added pizzazz. It’s such a simple and easy thing to do! In this dresser, which is in my dining room, I’ve used some black and white checkerboard contact paper attached with double stick tape. This drawer is in my little china cabinet, also in the dining room. It’s lined with blue… [Read More]
DIY Pretty Magazine Storage Boxes
There are some magazines that I want to keep intact because they have so much good info that my usual filing system wouldn’t work. In an effort to be more organized, I decided to group all the gardening type magazines I’m keeping in one place with my gardening books. So I made some pretty DIY magazine storage boxes from some inexpensive cardboard magazine holders from my favorite store….. IKEA, so they would look nice on my bookcase in the living room. I have issues of Hobby Farm/Urban Farm, Mother Earth News, Countryside, Country Garden and other various gardening magazines that I keep for reference (I… [Read More]
Those Toile Candles
Hi everyone! Judging from the emails and comments, you all want to know where I got the toile candles from. Well I didn’t buy them. I made them! They’re really easy to make! I had originally used plain white candles but thought it looked a bit boring. I thought “ I wish I had some of those black and white striped candles or better yet, toile candles.” I went looking in my paper stash, found some black and white toile tissue paper and made some! I didn’t even know you could decoupage candles before trying it. But I guess you… [Read More]
