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Upcycle a Viactiv Container for Gift Giving

Upcycle a Viactiv Container for Gift Giving

  My Crafty Best Friend Forever (CBFF) Jenny of Craft Test Dummies had a birthday last week and I made her a few gifts. Because, hey, if you’re going to give handmade gifts why not give them to a crafty friend who will really appreciate them. Right? Anyway, I wanted to wrap the gifts and [...]

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Sharpie® and Doily Totebag

We all know that I have a serious love affair with Sharpie’s®, I just can’t help myself!  One of the things I love is what you can do on fabric with the little sticks of luscious color! A little Sharpie® and some alcohol and your fabric will never, ever be the same. Here is a [...]

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Thrifting Thursday – Vintage Planter with Simply Swank Soldered Charms

I was going to call this post “Thrifting Thursday – Vintage Planter with Simply Swank Soldered Charms and All of My Zany Bathroom Decor” but I thought that was a little too long. :) I found this vintage wall planter and passed it by a few times before picking it up and bringing it home with me. [...]

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Thrifting Thursday – My Haul

  I haven’t been thrifting for a few weeks with all of the craziness going on here at home and for a few weeks before that the haul was kind of lame but I sure made up for it this week.  I got TONS of fun stuff and still spent less than $30! I like [...]

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A Messenger Bag All Buttoned Up

  I have a super duper exciting ANNOUNCEMENT!! I am heading up the Design Team over on the Buttons Galore and More Blog and we are re-launching the blog TODAY!! There will be two give aways this week and today’s post is all about our Design Team. I’m super excited about the talented ladies designing [...]

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Thrifting Thursday – My Haul

    Last Thursday I posted some items on my Facebook Page of items I saw while out thrifting but didn’t buy. Here are a couple of things I DID buy. Aren’t these elephants great? They are made of wood and hand painted. The one on the left had broken at some point and someone [...]

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Thrifting Thursday - Lampshade Makeover

Thrifting Thursday – Lampshade Makeover

Seems that those little lampshades that fit on smaller lamps and light fixtures are everywhere now… and some of them are pretty darn ugly.       Luckily, they are pretty easy to UN-uglify.     Here it is with all of the fabric off. They are easy to tear apart.       Then [...]

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