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Favorite Things Thursday ~ dollar store pumpkins
You may have noticed that so many people love the dollar store pumpkins! I have seen so many amazing ideas using the dollar store styrofoam pumpkins, so I just had to get some, and see what I could do! I started by removing the stems and tags.Because I didn’t want the orange color to show through my fabric, I gave them a quick coat of paint. Make a hole at the top of each pumpkin, big enough to place your stem in, but not too big, or the stem will be loose and sloppy.Cut strips of fabric, my pieces were 18 inches long, and 1.5 inches wide. I used 10…
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Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop #295
Welcome to this week’s Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop! Our weekly features are selected according to how many views each post received at the last party. It is so much fun to see what you all visited most. Here are the fabulous features from last week … Most Viewed Happy Homemaker Monday – Harvest Lane Cottage Very Popular SEO How To Optimize Your Blog For Search Engines – Pineapple & Main Apple Spice Bundt Cake With Caramel Frosting – Sweet Pea Editor’s Pick Pumpkin Spice Crochet Beanie – Blue Elephants So, now, let’s get this party started … First, please follow our hosts on Facebook! Ducks ‘n a Row – Facebook…
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Favorite Things Thursday ~ Fall Colors
This year, as I start decorating for fall, I am really loving deep purples, beautiful pinks, greens, whites, with a touch of gold. This is different from my usual fall color palette, but I so love these colors this year!!! My color palette for fall started with these lovely “Thomas Edison” dahlias. Their deep, beautiful purple color screams fall to me!And, of course I couldn’t go without pink! Pink is one of my favorite colors. It hasn’t always been my favorite color, but living in a house of all boys, makes me want to add as much pink as possible. And, you can never go wrong with a little gold!…
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Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop #294
Oh what a wonderful time of year – autumn. The colors of the leaves change and our foods take on new yummy flavors – like pumpkin (take a look at the top feature from last week!) So what are you up to these days? We want to hear all about it. Crafts, recipes, school days, family fun … share your links and visit some, too. Last week, here is what you viewed the most … Most Viewed Pumpkin Bread With Cinnamon Streusel Topping – Queen Bee Baker Very Popular Front Yard Garden Update – Debbie Dabble Blog National Sewing Month – Harvest Lane Cottage A Pumpkin Full Of Roses –…
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Entry Makeover
For those of you that don’t know, my husband and I bought a new house about two years ago. It is so very plain, with white walls, and very little added character and charm. I have finally decided to do some inexpensive room makeovers! Each makeover is going to be $100, or less! I started with my entry way, it is small and in desperate need of a little added character and charm. Here is the entry before…Plain white walls, and a red door that I never truly loved the shade of! I started by adding moldings. All of which were cut from one 4ft x 8ft sheet of mdf,…
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Favorite Things Thursday~ Mirrors
There is no question, I adore vintage mirrors!!! Yesterday, as I was working on moving a bunch of my mirrors from one room to another, I realized just how much I love my old, perfectly imperfect mirrors!Mirrors make the best backdrops for fun displays. You’ll almost always find fresh flowers, or foraged greenery in the forefront of my mirrors. I am working on a little creative challenge for myself, 100 dollar room makeovers. I love when I limit the money that I spend, it makes me use my creativity and ingenuity. I started in my entry, I will share it with y’all on Monday! Thank you for visiting LeCultivateur!!! ~Emily…
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Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop #293
Welcome to September … and to our party! Last week we marveled at how quickly the summer has flown by. Are you feeling it? This is transition week for many. Labor Day is behind us and school has resumed. As you adjust to “normal” life once more, enjoy partying with us! You all really participated last week. Lots of shares and clicks! Thank you so much. ♥ Here are the posts that you visited most … Most Viewed Chocolate Cream Pie – That Skinny Chick Makeup Tips for Women Over 65 – Celebrating Everyday Life Very Popular Pumpkin Cheesecake – Crafts A La Mode Fall Porch Decorations – The Scrap…
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Before and After ~ an easy chair makeover
This weekend I decided to redo up a pair of chairs that I got on the Facebook yard sale, for just $20!! I started by stripping all the fabric off the chair, and pulling out all the staples. There were so many staples!!! Pulling all the staples out, was the most time consuming part of this project.After I took all the fabric off the chair, I painted and distressed the legs. I then used the pieces of fabric that I took off the chair, as my patterns to cut out the new pieces of fabric. I stapled my new fabric on, in the opposite order that I took each piece…
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Favorite Things Thursday ~ Creating Patina
This week, I am so excited to share with y’all a product that I just tested! It’s the “blue patina” kit by Modern Masters. I want to share my new found love for this product!!! It was so easy to use, and literally transformed these lockers! Here the lockers are before….And after… The kit comes with primer, paint, and patina spray. It was seriously so easy to use! First, prime….Let the primer dry for 12 hours. Then, paint with the metal paint. The paint actually has metal in it. The metal will react with the patina solution, to create an actual patina, not just a patina look. Add a second…
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Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop #292
Welcome to our party! We are so glad you are here. Do you believe that this is the final Wednesday of August? Summer is zooming right by, isn’t it! We have been just loving all the creative ideas you have been sharing with us. Here are the posts you all visited the most last week … Most Viewed Beer Batter Pizza – A Proverbs 31 Wife Very Popular Design Hacks For Families On A Budget – The Dedicated House Rustic Farmhouse Home Tour – My Life On Kaydeross Creek Make Ahead Cold Lunch Ideas – Must Have Mom Editor’s Pick Back To School Printable – Simply Designing So, now, let’s…
