Guest Post: My {re}Purposed Life

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Welcome Gail from My {re}Purposed Life. Gail is what I aspire to be like when I am older. The girl has no fear of power tools and actually knows how to build stuff…like with her two hands…like really well. I got to meet Gail at our Goodwill Shop and Hop event earlier in the year {…Read More…}





Guest Post: Positively Splendid

Hey there.  I have asked Amy to guest post on my blog this week.  She is uber talented.  Every single project she does is awesome.  Her blog is one of my daily reads and should be yours also. Go check her out! ——————————————————————————————————– Hi there! I am so thrilled to have the opportunity to guest {…Read More…}





You Inspire Me!

Nothing gets me all sappy and lovey like one of you sending me pictures and telling me I inspired you to try a project.  If you follow me on Facebook you may have already seen this… One of my readers Lise was inspired by my Ballard Design Acanthus Cut-Out plaque and made this… Isn’t that {…Read More…}





Total Class Creative Winner

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The Winner of the Total Class Creative Giveaway is…. Meghan from Meghan’s Mindless Muttering Go check out Total Class Creative for great kid’s craft kits.  They have some super fun Halloween ideas.





Stickered Two-Tiered Table

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My saga began with this awesome two-tiered table I scammed off my mom.  I loved the shape and size of it.  After some Behr Black Suede paint it looked like this…(click here if you want a play by play of the reupholstery project on those wingback chairs). Then I tried to decorate it and it {…Read More…}





Dressing up The Console

I have felt like a million bucks this week with everyone’s glowing compliments on my TV cabinet to console and my quatrefoil mirror.  Well I have set out on the mission to decorate the new console.  I am not a knick nacky kind of girl so I really don’t have many flat spaces in my {…Read More…}





Quatrefoil Mirror Tutorial

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Today I decided to take on a project and make from scratch a quatrefoil mirror.   I have seen many in design magazines and love the graphic shape.   many catalogs such as Pottery Barn and Ballard Designs carry beautiful mirrors that I have been lusting over for a while. Quatrefoil View Full Album The {…Read More…}