This was so much fun ! Definitely my top 5 crafts I have ever created. Lately I have been seeing these amazing unique globe with quotes everywhere ! And I was so smitten I had to make one ASAP ! And I did it for so cheap ! It came out exactly like I wanted it. I plan on making more in different colors and quotes…

This globe was given to me by a co-worker but I recently bought 2 more on E-bay for super cheap so look there if you can’t find one at Goodwill or another thrift store.

My house is a mix of everything I love from beaded pillows, dream catchers, pioneer woman bowls, candles, succulents and now a neat globe it added so much personality and people always look @ it and ask me about it. Next I want on with flowers and brown colors.

What You Need:

Globe

Paint

Stencils (or freehand)

Paint Brush

How To Create:

(These Are My Directions But Change To Your Liking)

Take Globe off base.

Spray paint the base and the globe

Let dry very good

Outline your letter with a pencil

Fill in letters

I added my dots with a circle foam brush

Spray whole thing with a protective seal.

That’s all !!! Have Fun…

Let me know what you think !! I loved using spray paint cause it dried super fast.

ADVENTURE AWAITS

Have fun if you make one stop back by and show me !!

If yall are anything like me you have a craft stash? My husband went hunting this weekend and I pulled together a bunch of odds and ends to make 3 very cute garlands. They make the house more festive I even took one to work…. Don’t worry don’t have a lot of this at home? If not most of this can be bought at the dollar store for very very cheap.

When it comes to crafting & cooking I always try to do Pretty, Cheap and easy !

All of these were so simple and creating with my glue gun. 

Supplies I Used:

Glue Gun

Scissors

Felt

Feathers

Paint

Pine Cones

String

Glitter

Spray Glue

TIPS:

For the felt garland I cut a lot of triangles at one time they don’t have to be perfect.

I painted just the tips of the pine cones with a regular paint brush different shades of pink.

Hot glued the tops on the pine cone directly onto string.

The spray glue is very powerful so I placed the feathers in tin-foil to spray them and then added the glitter so it wouldn’t go everywhere.

Put tiny holes in the feather stems to string them on.

I glued the felt triangles together back to back with the glue directly on the string.

This was so fun and easy anyone can do this do not be intimidated !!

Thanks so much for coming by !!! It’s means so much Happy Valentine’s Day !!

 

Ingredients:

 

Directions:

Hey yall & Merry Christmas !!!! Me and my family do something ALL day Christmas EVE and only on Christmas Morning so I am Free and relaxing with a little creating !!

These are all personal size ready to print. I have tons of free planner inserts and printable through out my whole blog so hopefully you will find a set to suit you.

Tips For Printing:

I use a little bit heavier paper.

Use a cutting board to cut the inserts out.

You can use a print shop like staples or walgreens for a pretty good price if you don’t want to print at home.

Inserts:

Dividers:

Dashboards:

Hope yall love this set !!! I know I do….

As always all the art I use to create my designs are okay to use and I either have permission or the store grants permission upfront. I never steal or copy other peoples art and won’t so never worry !!

Please let me know what you think and if you have questions.

More Free Planner Printables Below:

Planner 1

Planner 2

Planner 3

Planner 4

It’s time for the THIRD Thrift Store Swap! You know what that means… awesome thrift store transformations!

The best part about the third swap? It’s all about the Holiday’s!! You’ll find awesome Thrift Store Transformations and amazing Holiday transformations! Plus we’ve expanded the swap to 12 fabulous bloggers so we have 24 amazing projects for you!

Of course… I’m getting ahead of myself. I’m assuming that y’all know what the Thrift Store Swap is! For those of you who are new to the swap we’re a group of gals who love to re-purpose! Lyn over at Mid Michican Mom thought up the whole fabulous idea… it works like this: Gal A heads to her local thrift shop where she buys two items under $10… and then mails them to gal B! Gal B re-purposes her two items from Gal A and sends two more items to Gal C… it’s a giant circle!

It is so fun !!!! & Unique I got my item from Emily over @ Our House Now A Home.

When I first got my item I was like what in the world !! haha funny right? no that’s normally how it goes the person sending the thrift item normally has ideas but the receiver is usually stumped for a few days !

This was the item I received:

Now what did I do with that !! ?? Wow  see below and tell me what you think and if you would have had this item what you would have done.

Bring out all the craft supplies paint, beads, lace, ribbon, glue gun and everything else under my roof.

I got a cheap roll of lace that was not quite wide enough to fit in my loop. So I cut two pieces and just sprayed glued it together worked perfect… And then painted red.

I painted the wooden loop gold to give it a Christmas feel.

Added a few pearl beads to the ribbon so cute !

Make a few tassels to glue on for embellishment as well so easy just wrap around tie at top and cut bottom !! 

Woosh !!! Supplies galore right ??

After brainstorming and trying to figure out what I wanted to create I came up with….

A Christmas Dreamcatcher:

Y’all this was so fun and easy to make !!! And was almost relaxing !!! I have always wanted to make a dreamcatcher and I’m so glad I did !!!

Yay !!!! Mission complete !!! Do y’all like it ??

GIVE ME FEEDBACK

Thanks so much for coming by !!! Means so much !

And now take a look at ALL the projects that the rest of my Thrift Store Swap Friends created below:

These are so awesome ya’ll !!!! I’m definitely over excited about them ! Tonight me and my sisters had craft night for us and the kids so fun !!! And this what I took to make for all of us. It turned out way better than expected. I mean it’s so neat and unique feel. I will be giving these as gifts this year with a bottle of essential oil. Perfect cute combo.

It didn’t cost me one penny to make these cause I had everything if I make tons more I will have to buy a few things but it will still be very cheap. A few months ago I jumped on the Essential Oil wagon and have loved using them daily from then on. I was a skeptic at first that’s just my nature I’m always a skeptic at first. They really work !! I mean they didn’t make me look like a supermodel but did the trick for relaxing, colds and fevers, headaches, energy, (I use mine in my diffuser the most) etc…. I mean when you search Essential Oils 900 million resources pop up. So you get the idea !

How cool is the wood sliver Essential Oil Necklace that absorbs the oil and you can have it on all day and enjoy the sent and benefits of the oil.

You can make or buy more than one necklace for different necklaces and label them on the back or use one necklace for different oils. After you apply a few drops to the wood the sent should last anywhere from 12-48 hours so after that you could change oil if you like.

** These are the materials I used some could be changed if you wish.

~ Necklace Chain or Rope.

~ A stick about the size you want your wood sliver see pic below.

~ A very “true” tested glue I used Elmers’s ProBond Advance I have used it before on stronger projects and it was better than gorilla glue. But any kind you know will work. I do not suggest glue gun.

~ A blank necklace charm I think they are called blank jewelry disk. This is what you will glue your wood piece on.

** I used a skill saw but I honestly think you could use a knife if sharp enough.

** something to apply pressure to the blank jewelry disk and the wood sliver. Pressure must be applied at least for 2 hours to get a  true hold. I used vise grips it worked perfect.

AND THAT IS ALL !!! SO EASY AND AWESOME

Take a look below at my detailed pictures if any of my written directions were not clear the pictures should help…

The Stick, Wood Slivers, Chain, & the blank disk charm.

This is the stick I used I found it out in the woods.

The ProBond glue worked very good but you can use a lot of different kinds.

I first put glue on the blank jewelry disk then applied the wood sliver on top.

Right after I applies the glue then the wood disk I immediately placed in the vice grips so it could dry for a few hours. 

Look how cute and unique the finished product is !!! YES I’m very proud of this DIY project.

Please let me know if you have any questions at all I would love to answer them all !!! And if you make one please share here I cant wait to see !!!

Thanks so much for coming by it means more than you know.

November is such a awesome cozy month ! I love the chill and cuddling up at home. It’s not yet stressful holiday season its the best of both !!

So here I am sharing with you a few things I hope to accomplish this November.

Okay so this is huge y’all this November I plan on having NO booze nope not even wine. Why you ask well for some odd reason I have had this thought in the back of my mind for a while and saw this and took it as another sign. I love wine after a long days work while I cook and the kids play but nope not this month ! & I know I will be proud.

I am complety in love with felt balls y’all and I am so determined to make my own all in tan and brown colors. And decorate the mantel I can’t wait there were some really easy DIY instructions on Pinterest when I checked earlier yay !!!

I am a horrible cook yes I don’t even pretend I’m good or even like to try ! Thank goodness my husband married me knowing this flaw. But this I can do and will be doing for my daughter’s class how cute easy and fun 3 of my favorites !! Hersery Kisses, Mini Vanilla waffers, choc chips and peanut butter !!

This will also be a new journey for me. I purchased this book yesterday from Holly Holt and I’m so excited ! (Comes with free study guide also). There are tons of people joining in on this to make it more fun. I was brought up in chruch and never go without praying but I don’t attend regularly. So I can’t wait to see what’s in store !! Check it out if you have a chance. It last 5 weeks.

If you follow my blog at all by now you probably know I love free cute Printables to put in cute frames and place all over the house it’s such cute detail that “looks” like took a lot of effort but it doesn’t and its so festive !!
** Click pic to be taken to printable site.

Happy wife happy life right ?? Hahah just kidding… But this is currently my November read and I’m in love with this book. It’s not fiction and has a awesome raw look on marriage. Very very good easy reading !!

What do y’all have in mind for November please tell me I love getting other ideas from my readers !!! Share share share !!

On top of all that we will totally be making huge piles of leaves to let the kids jump in !! That’s kinda of a tradition.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by I’m so thankful !!

Hey y’all !! By now you know I’m a party planning wild woman. 2 a year @ the very least.

This year on October 25th my daughters party will be a Creative Canvas type party. You will see the whole master peice a few days after.

But I wanted to show you a sneek peek of the prep work I’ve been doing cause its really cool and so easy !! I was excited !!

I actually didn’t find this idea on Pinterest like i normally do for my inspiration. I went to a local store kinda like TjMaxx called Beals looking for a calendar and happen to see… Plain white scalloped edged cup cake holders ! Ekkkk score !!!!

And I thought hey I can do something for the party with these. And I did !! And feel in love.

Before

This is all I used y’all !! 5 regular paint colors and 3 plastic straws dipped the straw in paint and blew kinda hard into the cupcake holder. I was shocked how easy and cute they turned out. I did let them dry very good though on the towel for about 2 days.

I got the whole set done yay !!!! I’m to excited I know but it was literally $3 to do these !

Don’t forget to come back and see the whole amazing party put together !!

Thanks y’all let me know what you think…

This is the most fun I have had with the most amazing people in a really long time. Not only do we get closer as blog friends everyday but we rock the Thrift Store Swap. Lyn @ Mid Michigan Mom came up with this unique idea !! And so far 10 of us have joined in !! What we do is each person goes to a thrift store and gets two items under $10 to send to another person for them to recreate and do a DIY project. 1/2 the fun is that that you have no idea what your getting it’s so neat !!! I sent my two items to Betsy @ Happily ever After, Etc. & I got mine from Lisa @ Five Kids A Dog & A Blog. 

I feel so lucky to be apart of this !!! & have been looking forward to it from day 1 !

What thrift items have ya’ll found and re-did?? Show me I love seeing them all !!

The Small Stuff Counts

Not Your Average Southern Belle.

At Home With Sweet Tea.

Mid Michigan Mom.

Happily Ever After, Etc.

Five Kids, A Dog & A Blog.

DIY Just CUZ.

Less House More Home.

The Fox & Bear Homestead.

YAY !!!! Look what I did below.

This is the 1st item I did !! OMG it turned out so good !! As you can see below I provided before pic, during the process pic and the final product. I have it sitting on the kitchen counter and change out the chalk message and cards from time to time. I painted it with a black chalk board spray paint and painted a wooden “C” silver. I took little craft clothes pins to hold the cards. It was so easy and it’s really neat ! It can even be used to write reminders on !! What do you think ?? Did I do good? What would you have done ?

See !!! I love it it’s something fun and different and was so cheap to create !!

Next up project #2. This one had me a little more stumped on what I should do. I had thought about making some type of jewelry holder but I did that recently with a tree branch. So I decided to make a cute item for my daughters room. I used white paint, hot glue, and cute fabric flowers. She was so excited !! I had a few more thought but what I did seem to please me. Let me know what you would have done with this item please.

The final turned out really good on this one to ! I just set it on top of her TV and I have had quite a few comments on it already !!

This Thrift store swap was so fun I’m already excited for the next one !! I hope you take time to visit them all and see what we all came up with.

Thanks so much for stopping by this project is extra special.

In the world of Pinterest its hard to feel like you can’t cook, can’t clean and it kinda makes you panic when you want to try a craft.

Don’t let it everyone is good at what they are good at and actually want to-do.

I enjoy very simple crafts that are cheap and DIY. It’s like a stress reliever for me. This little craft was obviously so easy but so worth it.

I picked up the plain coasters from Goodwill when I was in there just looking around and knew they would add a personal touch to our home.

I threw a couple coats of paint on them and look how cute !! They were literally $1.50. Even better right.

I like doing stuff that makes a house a home and to me cute personal touches around your living area does that.

All I had to have for this was paint a paint brush and the coasters !! Now I am addicted to finding cheap very cheap items and fixing them up that way if I hate it it’s okay.

So your not Martha Stewart? So what. Do your own thing and enjoy !!

Thanks so much for stopping by !! It means a lot!!