Somehow I managed to put together a red and pink playroom for a little girl without including any hearts until the very end. Amazing. I needed one final piece of wall art and this idea came together very easily. I bought one of these thin wooden heart ornaments at Michael’s for $1 in the Valentine’s […]
Ugly craft makeover: Birdie cutout
One of my new favorite things to do is to take an outdated piece of craft and give it an update. I’m calling them my ugly craft makeovers. You can find more tagged as such. I found this wooden bird cutout sign at a thrift store for 80 cents. Cute, maybe, in like 1986. But […]
I like you, you’re silly painted sign
That’s something I’ve been telling Elise since she was able to stick her tongue out. I had a couple more pieces of cherry wood hanging around and decided to use them to make some long and skinny artwork to go over the couch. I sketched out a scalloped border along the bottom. I planned to […]
Painted monogram plaque
This painted plaque was a gift for my eight-year-old niece. Before I found it on a clearance shelf at Kohl’s for about a dollar; I forget the price exactly. I’m pretty sure it was supposed to be an outdoor “garden” decoration and is made of some sort of heavy plaster or something. The finish was […]
Back-painted glass cow diagram
There are some ideas I get for projects that are only appropriate for one recipient: my brother, Adam. He appreciates things few others in my circle might. It might be that he has specific interests that I know very well, so I never feel like I’m taking a risk when I make something a little weird […]
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