Repurposed Mirror

I'm currently in the middle of doing a few updates in my studio and I have been searching for something pretty to hang above my desk. I have had an old mirror with a gold ornate frame sitting in our sun porch forever collecting dust. I decided to transform it into something useful. I removed the mirror and painted the frame with white spray paint. I cut some foam core to size and covered it with the material I chose for my new curtains. I painted out some chipboard letters from Hobby Lobby that I have had forever with pink paint which is the accent color in my room. I think the result turned out beautifully!

Birthday Layout

I'm taking advantage of the creative mood I have been in to do an actual 12x12 layout. The pictures are from my daughter and her boyfriends birthday lunch. Their birthdays happen to be a day apart!

I started with white cardstock and added some India ink paint splatters. Next I sprayed on some Yellow Daisy Glimmer Mist. I used washi tape to make some borders and accents along with a paper doily and some sequins from my stash. I added in some black glitter alphas and some red tiny type alphas for the title. The butterfly is a TH movers die. Last I got out my sewing machine and added some stitching.

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Dollar Tree Shadow Box

I picked up this little wooden shadow box at the Dollar Tree a while back. Since then it's just been sitting in my craft room collecting dust. Today I decided it was time his little $1 it's got a transformation. I painted the box with vanilla craft paint and used a MME Miss Caroline 6x6 paper pad to back all the little compartments. I scoured through my stash for items that looked vintage and matched the papers I chose. I used some TH bingo chips, kaiser craft die cuts, Authentique alpha stickers, washi tapes, bakers twine and a few vintage items from my stash. I distressed it with some vintage photo Distress Ink and there you have it. A new decoration for my space!

Happy Mail

Don't you just love it when the mail comes and it's something good. Today my Amy Tangerine Hug Life Daybook came and I am in love with it! Im not sure exactly what I'm going to put inside yet but it makes me HAPPY!

Mini Drawers

These little drawers are made by Kaiser Craft and I used some of the new Bo Bunny Little Miss papers covered in Distress Crackle paint to decorate. The flowers are I Am Roses colored with Glimmer Mist. Add in a few Martha punched butterflies accented with Diamond Stickles and there you have it. A beautifully decorated set of mini drawers!

Destinations Class

I've been working diligently on the project for my upcoming travel class featuring the Destinations kit by Simple Stories. This kit has some of the most beautiful and easy to work with elements. Here is a sneak peak of the American Crafts 8x8 album using some Ali Edwards stamps by Technique Tuesday. Thanks for stopping by!

Decorated Momogram

I created this monogram "K" as a gift for a girl I work with. She is expecting a baby girl whose name is Kelli. The nursery is done in ladybugs. I used a wooden K from Micheal's along with some Prima flowers, Recollections bling and ladybug buttons. I also used some glossy accents on the dots on the paper. Throw in some ribbon and feathers and there you have it. A beautiful monogram for baby Kelli.

Valentine's Gifts

Well tomorrow is Valentine's Day and I have been working on the gifts for my hubby and my oldest daughter's boyfriend. The hubby loves to fish and the bf loves baseball. I wanted to do the candy bouquets so I bought some dollar glass bowls and painted the inside white. Next I used a red sharpie on both to make one into a baseball and the other into a bobber. I hot glued all the decorations to bamboo skewers and used floral foam inside the bowls to hold the goodies in place. Thanks for stopping by!

Repurpose

I'm sure lots of us have one of these Sizzix die towers sitting in a corner. I hated to just throw it out so I decided to put it to use. It works well for storing distress inks with the matching blender pad. You could also fit the re-inker in there too if you have it. With both sides you can store 26 distress ink pads! (You can also store regular ink pads if you don't use the distress inks.)

PL Title Page

I finally completed my PL Title Page. Leave a comment and let me know what you think. U can see these page protectors are going to take a little getting used to.