How to make a DIY fancy bow in 8 easy steps! Includes step-by-step instructions with pictures and a how-to video! The best and easiest bow tutorial!

When I was a little girl, I used to spend vacations at a cabin in the woods with my grandparents where tall sugar pines dropped their enormous pinecones. I love those huge pinecones, they amazed me and became all sorts of things in my imaginary play. And to this day I still have a few precious, and slightly rickety, pinecones from those trees that I pull out for winter displays. Pinecones make excellent fodder for all sorts of crafts. Perfect for winter displays, children's crafts or just to…

For years, I’ve “coveted” the gorgeous hurricane vases available at Williams-Sonoma. I mean, what’s there not to love? Well, to be perfectly honest…the price. Williams-Sonoma hurricanes range from $70.00 to $118.00! Ouch-y. Too pricey for my thrift-store-loving wallet. So when I saw the hurricane brilliance over at Decor Chick, I knew I had try this...Read More

For years, I’ve “coveted” the gorgeous hurricane vases available at Williams-Sonoma. I mean, what’s there not to love? Well, to be perfectly honest…the price. Williams-Sonoma hurricanes range from $70.00 to $118.00! Ouch-y. Too pricey for my thrift-store-loving wallet. So when I saw the hurricane brilliance over at Decor Chick, I knew I had try this...Read More

Today I worked on something different. I made an Autumn Thanksgiving tree. This is a pattern from "painting with friends" It was a lot ...

I hear an elephant never forgets, but in my world a blogger never forgets. In October of 2010 I was searching for something easy to make for prizes at a Halloween party. That's 2 years ago (a year and a half before I started a blog). And in case you think all I make are creepy Halloween projects I have to prove you wrong. I stumbled across some pumpkins made from wood posts as well as some wood candy corn. I also never clean out my email. So today when I decided to give credit where I found…

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Items used on this tree decorated by the RAZ designers: F3109524 (06) Candy Corn Spray G3156438 (02) Candy Corn Garland H3100917 (02) Lighted Orange

Hello everyone!! This is what I was working on today. A pumpkin Halloween tree. I painted this wooden box with a Terrye French design. Look at all those cute pumpkin faces!!! The 18 inch tree has a string of 50 clear lights and autumn berry picks. On the tree there are hand painted wooden Jack o Lanterns, small black glittery fences, glittery cats and bats, and little rusty pockets that I painted pumpkins on and they say Pumpkin Thyme. There are hand painted hang tags with different sayings…

This whimsical collection of Lighted Top Hats from RAZ makes an outstanding display. The Top Hats are available in several different sizes and looks like