My sister-in-law asked me if I would help her build a media cabinet for her living room to fit perfectly underneath her window sill. She was tired of the bulky corner cabinet that she previously had housing her VCR, cable box and game console. She found a modern one she liked from West Elm (that {…Read More…}
Countdown to Christmas Pillow
November 19, 2014 By 19 Comments
I have a thing for counting down to any event. We already own a Dollar Tree Bucket Advent Calendar, and a billion Hershey Kiss Boards and now I am making a knock-off version of a retired Ballard Designs Advent Calendar Pillow? I know…I know… I have a countdown sickness. There is just something thrilling about {…Read More…}
Knock Off Décor and TWELVE Knock Off Projects
July 18, 2014 By 2 Comments
I love looking at something and trying to figure out how I can recreate it myself for even less money. Call me cheap or frugal, but I could probably be a multi-millionaire and still pass up an item in a store to make it myself. It was this love for “knock-off” projects that propelled me {…Read More…}
Piccadilly Earrings {Anthro-Knock-Off}
April 15, 2013 By 14 Comments
I am a fan of jewelry. Not dainty, fine, pretty jewelry. But the big, gaudy, blingy kind. When it comes to earrings, the longer the better. And I adore dangly drop ones. I fell in love with the $48 Piccadilly Chandelier Earrings from Anthropologie. So when Michaels challenged me to ReCreate something I decided these pretty chandelier earrings would be just the right project.
