From the monthly archives: May 2012
By now, you’ve probably noticed that I’m on a bleach kick this week. I made some red napkins with stars, some blue tea towels with stars, and now this, a blue headband with stars. I made this when I made the tea towels. I had an extra towel so I just used a [...]
So, you might have seen the napkins I made with the bleach stars. I decided to try it with towels. Oh my goodness, I love these, too! These are blue towels that I bought from the dollar store. I painted stars on them with bleach, let them air dry, then [...]
I’ve seen lots of cute projects that people have done with bleach pens, so I thought I’d try one. I started with these napkins from the dollar store and this bleach pen.
I drew stars on the napkin with the bleach pen.
I let them dry for a while. [...]
Are there songs that remind you of a certain time in your life? I have tons of them. One of them is Coldplay’s Viva la Vida. Here’s what it reminds me of: I was in New Hampshire with my kids on vacation in 2009. Instead of a lake day, we spent the day going to [...]
Since it Memorial Weekend, I thought I’d share this adorable vintage Avon Star Spangled salt and pepper set I found here. It’s plastic, about 1.5″ tall, and perfectly patriotic. I wish I owned this set. I didn’t even know Avon made salt and pepper shakers!
This is my friend, Donna. Our daughters have been friends for a long time. Donna came up with this great idea that I thought you might like.
On graduation night, our families got together and launched Flying Chinese Lanterns in honor of our graduates. Donna gave a sweet toast and we lit [...]
Today’s Wear It On Your Head Wednesday is brought to you by the mortarboard, because Maddie {our second child} graduated from high school this week. A wonderful thing to wear on your head {especially if you want to make your parents happy}, the traditional graduate cap, commonly worn with an academic gown, symbolizes the earning [...]
Here’s a fun take on the burned fabric flowers that I showed you how to create here. Just make the flowers using a brad as the center, then cut holes in the gift bag and insert the brads through the [...]
This is another set of salt and pepper shakers that I found at Funtiques in downtown Springfield, MO. This pink and gray set of canister style shakers is adorable. I think they were about three inches tall.
Greetings! For today’s Wear It On Your Head Wednesday post I have this beautiful style to show you. This is my daughter’s pretty friend, Sarah, and this was her prom hair. I’m told that there are 81 bobby pins hiding in there. Amy at Blush Studio is the artist behind this [...]
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