So You Think You Can Decorate

I have had a great time following the competition So You Think You Can Decorate. All the contestants are so talented. My favorite competitors are All Things Thrifty, those ladies come up with some of the coolest things ever!

They are on week 8 right now, i think it's the finals. Check out All Things Thrifty's entry for this week....

If you want to see some spectacular decorating go and browse all the previous weeks of the contest. It really inspires you, although i know they make it look so much easier than it really is.

Click on the icon to head on over....oh and while you're there, don't forget to vote for your favorite.

Chalkboard frame

Ok so as i have said in previous posts i have recently become friends with my local Goodwill. Only problem is that it's mostly a one sided friendship. I love to go and hope to find a gem that i can refurbish while on the other hand my local Goodwill has not given me much in return. I need to spread my wings and find more thrift stores and visit other Goodwills in neighboring cities. Mine is just not delivering. I am so wanting to find a great chunky sofa table to make my own.
Any who enough wining and on to the project that i did find to do. On one of my trips to Goodwill i found this picture frame, it's gorgeous right?......

OK so it was actually pretty hideous. But i saw small potential and really i was just itching to use some chalkboard spray paint that i had bought.
It was pretty gross and actually had sticks growing out of it...

But after a fresh coat of spray paint on the frame and some chalk board paint right over the glass, this is what i ended up with. Kinda cute i thought. And very useful for those important messages you want to get across to your special someone......

-Jaime

From drab to fab - furniture refinishing

Check out this before and after makeover at All Things Thrifty. I'm not sure that i would ever have the vision to know what a beauty this hunk of furniture would be. What's even cooler is the fact that they do so much of their painting with regular 'ole spray paint, they love spray paint! The ladies over there are amazing with a capital A. I keep searching my local Goodwill but it's just not cutting it. I never thought i would say this but i miss the D.I. in Utah. I will not stop until i find my amazing makeover piece. These ladies give me so much inspiration......

Before

And After, wow isn't it amazing!

Trying to channel my inner Martha

I have really been wanting to channel my inner Martha Stewart lately. I thought i would start small. We are redoing boy #1's bedroom into a outdoors theme and i have been having a hard time finding cute decor for a good price. I found a few things while on a recent trip to Hobby Lobby and thought i would give it a whirl.

I started with a simple wood frame, some camo scrapbook paper, a wood bear cutout and some modge podge. I cut the paper to size and modge podged away.... while the frame was drying i painted the little bear. When it was dry i sanded the edges a little.

Here is the finished product. Not to shabby for $2.50. Like i said this was like a 10 min project but once again i am starting simple and have bigger projects floating around in my head, for example, scroll down......

One of my favorite blogs that i have been engrossed with lately is All Things Thrifty. They have some amazing ideas and some awesome projects that they have done, it's really got my creative juices flowing. I have big plans to go rummage through my local Good Will and see what i find. This project below is so fun.... this is the before

And after, oh how pretty!

This one is my fav. She was lucky enough to have this beautiful piece given to her and with just a good idea, some glaze and paint it went from this.....

To this.....ahhhhhh i love it! I have dreams of creating a beautiful piece like this and i will be sure to give you all the play by play when that day comes.