One Mans Junk Is Totally My Treasure!

I found this mirror sitting in the corner of this sweet old ladies garage with a $5 tag. I flipped! Painted it just how I wanted and Love it! Thank goodness for peoples good junk.

I know my mom would have killed for it in the 70's but I love it!

I went to a yard sale and it was fill a bag for $1 so I picked out some cute cloths for my daughter and looked over and saw this beautiful thing handing there calling my name. So I kinda shoved it into the bag thinking someday the fabric may be useful....

BEFORE

Then it hung in my closet and my husband made fun of it for looking like a pioneer dress i should wear on halloween and i was just about to throw it out when i thought i could maybe resurrect it.... TA DA!

AFTER

It fits so cute and I love it Pioneer or not! It cost me $5 after fabric

Furniture Face Lift

This is a cedar chest I repainted for my sister in law. I pretty much love how it turned out!

Now I Wanna Just Sleep In

After a huge burst of ambition I finally finished my bed set. I'll let you in on my secrets of how I made the complete set for $50! Amazing huh? That is why I make things... I made the pin tuck pillow shams out of an old velvet curtain I picked up at a thrift store for $2. I made the flower pillows inspired by none other than target. I learned something useful too.....if you buy the cheep $3 standard pillows and cut them open you'll find a crib sized batting. Cool Huh? It also makes for an inexpensive bag of stuffing. I pick up the duvet cover at a yard sale for $15. Last of all is the bed skirt that I have had in the back of my mind for years now. I stumbled across a pic of one just like it and I was reminded of how much I wanted one so ta da it went perfectly with the whole style I was going for. I used some old sheers I found at the thrifters rock that were in great condition. All together I spent about $50! Can't wait to go sleep in it.

Who Needs Target

I don't know about you but everytime I go to Target I just have to walk by the bedding isle and look at the cute flower pillows and dream...seriously it would cost me $50 for 2 throw pillows forget that. I found this awesome blog with a tutorial on how to make them and it made my day! I got right to work.

Who Would Have Known

So I learned a cool trick...dry erase markers work great on glass... I picked up this frame at a yard sale for a buck and some paint for another buck and used a piece of scrap fabric and ta da you have a dry erase board for $2 not to bad if you ask me!

Motto to Live By

We are currently living in Alaska for the summer, and I loved this saying that I saw in Better Homes magazine. It fits us perfectly! Its a great reminder as you walk into our front door.

Flowers Make Girl's Happy

I made this for my night stand. Every morning I wake up and see it and it makes my day!

Dress Me Up

Super easy project for any girls night. I added three small frames for my baby's pics. I loved how it turned out with the lace on the back, and yeah I'm a fan of bows!

Wool plaid skirt

Today I made this plaid skirt. For some reason I love plaid it just makes me feel happy when I see a cute chunky pattern. And everything is cute when finished with a bow.

you can do anything if you try

These are just a few things that I have made this past 6 months that I really like. I always have fun making new stuff and I rarely if ever duplicate anything that takes the fun right out of it.

A house of order

Mason Jars are so awesome you can add them to anything to organize. I made this shelf for my childrens room to put art supplies in. Just screw the lids to the wood and the jars can be taken off.

Ring around the Rosie

I made this wreath using the tutorial on the diycrafts.blogspot sight it is an awesome blog you'll have to check it out.

Im so board bag

My kids always say "mom i'm so board" especially when I'm trying to keep them quiet in church. I'm a busy mom of three and rarely get it all together as I'm running out the door so all to often I don't bring the necessary entertainment. I made these bags with my oldest two, it was a fun activity to make together as we designed their favorite things to decorate them. Now on Sunday morning they pack their own bag with snacks, coloring, scriptures, small toys and whatever they need. It was so good to not hear "mom i'm board" as we attended our church meetings last week.

Dress up a wall for under $20

I picked up some frames at a yard sale for $1.00 each and they had mats so I got a can of cream spray paint and some black craft paint and worked my magic. Then i noticed a scrap piece of wood in the garage that I used for the "together we have it all" saying. Using my computer and a piece of my favorite scrabok paper i printed the saying on it and modge podged it to the board. Finishing it all with a scratching of my sandpaper...fun, simple, affordable, and super cute too.

I was honored to make things for the North Pole Experience located in Greer, Arizona this past winter these are a few of my creations...

Front Porch Signs

Awesome Huh? I just thaught this turned out way cute so I made one for my house too. I will take custom orders for them, just e-mail me.