Up cycled Glittered Christmas Bulbs

So I had an old strand of C7 Christmas lights that didn't work anymore and instead of throwing them away and ending up in a dumpster somewhere, I decided to give them a new life and some BLING! This is so easy to do. My kids even helped!

We brushed glittering glue on each bulb and then poured German glass glitter on them. You could use any glitter but I prefer German glass glitter because of its sparkly factor.

Once they dried, I thought I could put them in a glass vase or a glass cloche but why? That would be expected. So instead, I adorned this vintage stamp holder that my mom gave me. I gave it a quick paint job with my favorite robins egg blue paint from Design Master. I just love how it adds a little touch of unexpected to the Christmas decor.

Bling on!!!
Tia and Andrea

*Happy Fall Y'all*

I LOVE fall! And here in Virginia, we have a gorgeous fall. Every year I look forward to my husband's fried turkey. Yum!!! I have a little collection of vintage turkey candles but never know what to do with them.

So this year, I proudly displayed one of these little guys in a fun and easy DIY project. I had these quirky turquoise candle sticks and permanently attached an old glass jar lid to one of them. Added my little turkey candle, some burlap ribbon, coffee filters, and old flash cards and voila....a cute fall display. After Thanksgiving, I think a cute glittered snowman will replace the turkey.

Happy fall y'all!!!
Tia and Andrea

What? Thanksgiving is next week

I am really having a hard time believing that Thanksgiving is in a week!!!

I keep thinking didn't we just do this?!?  LOL

 

 

 

Anyways I'm trying to get with the program and do a little decorating for the holiday!

I made this burlap banner using some burlap ribbon from Hobby Lobby. The ribbon is woven tight and that made it easy to stamp on.    I love love love my Mr & Mrs mercury glass Pilgrims that I picked up last year.  Everything else is an mix of thrifted items and pumpkins. 

 

Andrea

 

Happy Homemade Halloween....a few days late!!!!

 

Even though Halloween is over, we wanted to share our costumes from this Halloween.

Tia and I both made our costumes this year!!!!

 

I was an owl.  I love owls so it was a perfect choice for me.   My mask was all feathers and makeup that I did.  That's my son in the picture with me.  He made the cutest Waldo.

 

 

Tia made a loofah and soap costume for her and her husband, Brian.   It was great and they won a trophy at a Halloween party that they went to.   

 

Love,
Andrea & Tia

CaNDy CoRN

A little over a week ago, I made a fast craft with my friend Valerie.     We made the Candy Corns out of cream burlap.   Valerie made us templates to use to trace out the Candy shapes onto the burlap.  Once the shapes were cut out, we painted the burlap with craft acyclic paint in candy corn colors.   Once the paint dried we added some jute to hang them from.    I already had the feather wreath on my door and I added my Candy Corn that I made to the wreath.    

    Happy Halloween!!!! 

Love Andrea



Crow pillow tutorial

Halloween Silk Screened Crow pillows

 

Supplies

Fabric

Pillow forms

Die cutting machine

Yudu machine

Vinyl

Cutting mat

fabric scissors

Rotary blade

Ruler

silk screen paint

heat tool

cardboard

 

Not to worry if you don't have a diecut machine or a yudu machine.  I will add cheats on how you can do the same look with out them.

 

Tinker my cat wanted to help make the pillows  :)

I used my used my silhouette machine to die cut a crow on sticky back vinyl.   Doesn't matter what color you use because you will be using it a mask to silk screen the image.  Cheaper version: cut out the shape that you want using an exacto knife or scissors in the vinyl.

I didn't take a picture and really wished I did but I will try to explain the best I can of the next step.  I  I used my yudo machine and a screen to silk screen the crow image on the fabric.  I stuck down the vinyl to the top of the screen and made sure that it was stuck down to the screen well so that no paint will leak under the image.  Not so pretty when paint leaks!!!    Cheaper version: If you don't have a yudu machine you can just stick the vinyl directly to the fabric.   You will just need to be careful when you apply paint.  

If using the screen you can silk screen the image following the directison with the machine.  I used cardboard tshirt forms under the fabric to hold it in place and so that it wouldnt bleed through.  If you are going to cheaper route used a paint brush and fabric paint to fill in the image.    Remove the vinyl and you will have your silkscreen image.

We used a heat tool to speed up the drying process. 

Silk screened Crow on the fabric that is the front of the pillow. 

I used black fabric and cut the fabric large enough for the pillow form that I was going to use.   Pinned the two pieces of fabric for the pillow and did a fast single stich to close all sides.   I pretend to sew so don't judge my skills.  LOL!!!    I added the form and did a fast stitch to close the pillow.   I pulled and frayed the fabric around the edges for a Halloween look once the pillow was completed.                              

Happy sewing or pretend sewing in which ever is your case. ;)

 

Happy Halloween!!!

Love,

Andrea

Favorite place to visit....

One of my favorite shops is located about 1 hour and half car trip from Huntington, WV.   The store is the Hartwell House located along the Ohio river in Pomeroy, Ohio.    My mother in law took me about a year ago and we visit every few months.   I love to go and see their displays and the eclectic mix of items that fill the store.  The store carries everything from jewelry to home decor and everything in between.    My favorite staple items that they carry are a mixture of initials & monograms and the black and white sayings from Kathy's primitives.    Tia and I both have several of the sayings in our homes.  

Some of these images are from this September and last September.      

 

Downtown Pomeroy Ohio The Hartwell House is on the corner

Hearts in the hand prints in the concrete out front of the store.

Hartwell House Store front

This is my friend Valerie.   She went with us on this trip to Pomeroy.  I wanted to share this picture and tell the story about a rare scene that we came across along our way.   We stopped at this little stand of pumpkins and mums that was ran based on the "honor system".     We bought several pumpkins and we placed our money in the box that was there on the cart.   :)  

 

If you ever get the chace to visit Pomeroy stop by visit and shop the Hartwell House.  Say hi to Bobbi and the girls that work there.

xoxo

Andrea