5 Ways to Create a Gallery Wall

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There’s something really satisfying about being able to group images that you love all together in one place for your family and guests to enjoy.  It’s like spreading out an entire album on the wall.  I also love that gallery walls can be so random.  You don’t necessarily have to find frames that are all the same style and size or group them in perfect symmetry.

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5 Ways to Be Re{styled}

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You know how much I love things that can be reused and repurposed.  It’s true, if I’m going to spend money on something, I want to get a lot of bang for my buck!  So I am totally crushing on the {styled} by Tori Spelling jewelry line.  Jewelry pieces that can be mixed and matched to creat {…Read More…}





5 Ways to Decorate with the Color Orange

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At the beginning of every year, Pantone announces their pick for “Color of the Year”.  It’s their prediction of what the freshest, trendiest color will be in fashion, design, and decor.  The pick for 2012, you might remember, was Tangerine Tango.  This bright, fun shade of orange has definitely been in the spotlight, this year. {…Read More…}





Mother’s Day Personalized Picture Frame

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Mother’s Day is right around the corner and giving handmade is always a sweet and sentimental way to show your mom you care.   My mom happens to think her grandbabies are the perfect creatures of this earth so I decided to make an art piece to showcase them for her Mother’s Day gift this {…Read More…}





Shaped Frame Family Photo

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This shaped frame family photo is a beautiful way to make an impact for not a lot of cash. Monica and Jess, one of my monthly contributors is back with an awesome way to frame a picture.   I know many of you ask me all the time how to get large pieces of art {…Read More…}





Pallet Art Silhouette

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Creating beautiful décor out of pallets is the rage right now.   While this isn’t exactly a pallet project it could easily be just by picking up some in the back of an alley (asking permission of course).   Yesterday I showed you how I used some fence pickets to make some old barn wood {…Read More…}





Barn Wood Frames {Roadkill Rescue}

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I found some old fence slats in my neighbors trash a few months ago.  Seeing the beautiful weather beaten patina made me rush over and ask my neighbor if I could have them.  My neighbors are used to my trash picking by now, I think.  So I took some of those slats and stashed them {…Read More…}