Bolster pillow tutorial.....Quick, fast and easy!

We have been busy revamping Ms. M's room! We have already painted it a beautiful gray color, added some really cute wall decorations, and have re-done her dresser! She's going for an elegant but still-girly french motif, with a pop of HOT PINK! Yeppers, that's right, HOT PINK! :)

Here's a quick and SUPER EASY PEASY bolster pillow tutorial for ya. I used what I had left of some cotton duck material that I purchased at Hobby Lobby about 2 years ago. The length was 38", but I'm sure when I purchased it it was longer, but it still made for a really nice-sized bolster for her bed! I also had a pillow that we no longer used, so I cut off the cover and used it for the stuffing! Reuse, reduce, recycle! Oh, and can you say FRUGAL?????LOL!

I love being able to use what I already have at home! It's a challenge for me, because if you're like me, I LOVE LOVE LOVE to go out and purchase new "stuff!". This time I was able to use what I had and I'm pleased with the results. Ms. M was thrilled with her pillow, I guess it was the squeal that gave it away!

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4th of July Decorating Ideas

I wanted to make sure that you get a chance to see the 4th of July ideas that I have made in one place!

Painted Canvas Flag

found HERE

Free Subway Art Printable

Found HERE

Dollar Tree decorating

Found HERE

I hope this helps in your last-minute decorating! Linking up with the following AWESOME link-up parties:

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Whitewashed Easter Blocks

I love to decorate…… I know, shocking, right? Let me show you my shocked face…….

LOL!

{You know, if you say SHOCKED several times, it really sounds weird! ANYWHO!}

As I was walking a couple of weeks ago, I spotted several wood blocks that someone had put in their trash pile (this house is doing a lot of reno….so hopefully I’ll be able to pick up some more!). Can you say FREE?!?!?! I have seen several of these painted blocks on Pinterest with words and sayings and already had an idea of what I wanted to do with them.

I got them out today to do my “thang” with ‘em. I’ve planned on doing my Easter pianoscape in a natural, neutral color scheme this year, so I’m figuring, white, beige, brown, wood, etc…….. So here’s what I did.

Here are the FREE blocks. I’m so glad they weren’t all the same size, makes them more interesting!

I bought a package of sponges at the Dollar Tree the other day. They come 4 to a package and they make great paint daubers! I just cut one of them thirds and that was plenty big enough.

I didn’t have a full tube of white paint, so I thought, let’s do a white-wash look. I put as much of the white paint I could get into a bowl and added water, stirred, and this is how it looked.

As with my Chevron Easter Egg Burlee door hanger , I printed out some lettering on my computer, then put tape over the lettering before I cut it out (to make it more sturdy for the stencil), then stenciled the saying out on the blocks.

And this is what it looks like, FINI! I did do a couple of streaks of the brown paint on the top and sides of the blocks to give it more depth.

Not too bad for FREE! (Yep, love that word!) I will be posting my pianoscape reveal later this week. I’m a little behind in decorating for Easter, but I’ll get there!

I’m thrilled that you’ve taken time to stop by and see my tutorial! Please be sure to leave a comment! I read each one and would love to hop on over to your blog too!

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Hey Y'all, I'm super, super THRILLED that Jen, over at TaterTots and Jello featured this craft on her 32 Inspirational Easter Decorating Ideas! Seriously, I'm over here doing my HAPPY DANCE!!! Thanks so much Jen!

Butterfly Garden Kids Craft...........

I don’t know about y’all, but I’m just IN LURVE with what my daughter made last weekend! She’s such a crafty kid, and it’s not totally out of character for her to spend hours in her room being “crafty”.

So many times I’ve been the lucky recipient of her “daudles and doodles” (I’m such a lucky momma!  ), but I have to say, when she brought this to me, I was FLOORED! She’s notorious for buying things at the Dollar Tree, then not really doing anything with them, or not liking what she came up with! LOL! I don’t know what it is about her “Butterfly Garden”, but I’m LOVIN’ IT!!! Could it be that I loved (and still love) butterflies? I had the coolest canopy bed with a butterfly bedspread and matching canopy when I was little, I guess it’s just carried over into my {ah-hem} old age!

Well enough talking, so here’s a picture of what she came up with!

Didn’t she do a FAB job?

If you’d like to make one with your child, here’s a list of supplies that you’ll need:
Dollar Tree items:

1 pack of Sheer butterflies
1 pack of foam floral disks
1 pack of colored floral wire

Stuff around the house:

Remnant of felt or fabric to cover foam disk
20” length of ribbon
Straight pins or hot glue

Cover foam disk with either fabric or felt. You can use straight pins or hot glue to keep in place. Then take the colored floral wire {they also have different colors of wire, as seen in the stock photo}, cut into different lengths. The butterflies already have wire on the back of them, so just wrap around floral wire.

Insert the wire into the foam (you’ll need to poke something through the fabric/foam to get your wire started}. As you can see from the picture, she staggered them a little, then bent the wire (‘cause butterflies don’t fly straight, they FLUTTER!!!!! Teeheehee!)

Take your ribbon and tie around the bottom of the foam. You’re done!!! How easy-peasy was that?

We’ll probably need to make a run to the “tree” this weekend. I’d love to have different colored butterfly gardens for our spring decorating. What about a Butterfly Bouquet? Just add several more butterflies in different colors, on different colored wires, then add to a pot! Add easter grass, soooooo cute!

This is such a sweet project, and even sweeter that my 11 year old daughter came up with the idea! So proud of you Ms. M!!!!

Y’all be sure to leave a comment! I’m sure Ms. M would squeal to know someone left a comment on her original crafty idea! Please leave your bloggy addy too, I’d love to hop on over and checkout your craftiness too 

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Love is.......

Ms. M and I have made a Valentines "tree" for the past two years. Last year we just took pretty scrapbook paper and cut out hearts. We had a pretty big branch, so we had a lot of hearts to fill it!
This year, she found a smaller branch that fit perfectly into a pretty vintage "hobnail" type vase. We made bigger hearts this year and decided to put words on them. She wrote words that described what love is..........

We asked Big Poppa for a word too, but he just kinda laughed {you know, 'cause he's 13, a boy, and really didn't care to help out! }
Then I told Ms. M to go ask Dad for a word {um, should have known}. Yep, this is what he came up with.......

You know the old wives tale, the best way to a man's heart is through his stomach! We all got such a GA-FAW out of this ****snicker****.
Well, did you know that Love is........Fried Chicken??? Hmmm, might need to make some "LOVE" tonight for dinner (does that even sound right? BaaaaHaaaa). Happy Valentines Day Y'all! Here's some more pictures of our "pianoscape". Not too busy, just the right amount of stuff :)

Love this SubWay Art!!!!

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Dollar Store craft {{Apothecary Jars}} $4.00

If y'all haven't found Pinterest yet, you really don't know what you're missing! This is the best site for great decorating ideas, recipes, DIY crafts, etc. (Be sure to come by and follow me.....I'll follow you too! LOL!)

This is one of those things that I found and said "Hey, I can make that!" Honestly, they were so super simple and you'll have them to add different decorations to each holiday. The initial investment is only $4.00 for the 2, so this is really super cheap and no one could ever tell that you paid that little (lovin' that!).

All you'll need for this craft is:
2 glasses/votives of your choice
2 glass candlesticks
6000 glue (see picture)

Now wasn't that simple? There are so many different glasses and candlesticks that you can choose from. It would be super cool to have different styles filled with holiday items (I plan on making a super big one and fill it with plastic easter eggs!) Hobby Lobby has some pretty glass items with lids on sale about every 2-3 weeks, so that would make a really cheap decorating item too! Don't forget to check Walmart's candle isle for glass mirrors (still in the candle isle)to glue on top of the candlesticks. Those would be pretty to lift a candle up off of the table!

Please be sure to let me know if you make some of these! Have fun........ Hey Y'all......this craft idea is also linked up to these great link-up parties:

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