Duct Tape Zebra Frame....

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I've been going through crafting withdrawals!  Busy life has been getting in the way of my obsession, BOO to that!!!  Last night was the first evening that I had a few minutes so I ran into my craft room and grabbed a few items that I had on hand.

I found this dollar store frame.  We don't own a cat, we don't even really like cats at our house, but I knew that the frame would come in handy when I saw it in the store:


Then I grabbed the roll of hot pink and zebra striped duct tape that I have from some other projects, some chip board letters and an old piece of black plastic.  Here is what I came up with for my cute Kadee gal's room:


It looks so much better than that silly fish bone cat frame!  I added some black sparkly chipboard embellishments to two of the corners:



I cut the black plastic to fit the back of the frame and glued on my sparkly "I" and "U", then I covered the heart circle with some more duct tape and Ta-Da!  I was done in less than 20 minutes!


It looks really cute by her mini hutch:

And the best part is that I was able to somewhat satisfy my craft withdrawals!!!

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Altered Album, Easy Gift Idea...

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I altered this photo album for one of my daughter's school projects awhile back. Here is what it looked like when I bought it at the dollar store:
 Cute, but pretty cheesy.  Here is what it looked like after I altered it:



Much better!  It would be a perfect Mother's Day gift filled with pictures of children or grand kids, a friend gift filled with pictures of fun memories or Teacher Appreciation gift with pictures of each student or of activities from that year.  The best part is that you can decorate it to fit the personality of the person that you are making it for :)

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Home Blocks & Burlap Rosettes...

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So I made these blocks forever ago:

Pretty blah right?

I got tired of looking at them so I pulled them off their shelf and did this to them:
I added a few coats of paint, ripped off the black vinyl, distressed them and added a some jute and a few burlap rosettes.

The jute...

Burlap rosettes just make everything better!!!

I like them SO much better :)

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Very Pinteresting- Mother's Day Gift Ideas...

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I'm baaaack!  We had a fantastic, much needed family vacation!  Since I have done ZERO crafting and am now in desperate need of idea's for Mother's Day gifts, I decided to search Pinterest for ideas and share my fav's :)

First up, how cute is this text art frame from keepitsimplesisterblog ?  LOVE it!



These flower pots were actually made as a cute teacher appreciation gift by thedailycraziness but I think they would be super cute for a mom or grandma as well:


I'm in love with this rose cuff bracelet from rufflesandstuff

This Mother's collage  from valentinedecor would be a fun gift as well:


This picture plaque from homespunblossoms is also super sweet:

And finally, I think this glass tile pendant from sugarbeecrafts is so darling!
So many great idea's to show the amazing moms/grandma's/stepmoms/mom-in-laws/women in our lives how much we love and appreciate them!  Now I've just got to figure out what I'm going to do and get it done :)

Father's Day BBQ Gift Basket....

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If the men in your life are grill masters like the ones in my life are, this is the perfect Dad's day gift!  Last year we got Hubs a super duper new stainless steel outdoor BBQ grill for father's day.  To go along with it, I made him and my daddy-o gift baskets full of grilling supplies.

For the basket portion of the bucket, I found these nice ice/champagne buckets and used my Cricut to cut their names out in vinyl and placed them on the buckets.  It gave them a nice personal touch.  I put "Poppa" on my dads because that's what the kids call him and, "WHUB" on my hubby's because that is my nickname for him:
Then, I bought a ton of nice BBQing supplies such as spatula's, wire brushes, oven mitts, mini meat thermometer's, skewers, tongs, etc. and placed them in the bucket with some gift basket filler:
I made these cute "apron" cards to attach:
Then, I just wrapped it all up in cellophane, attached the card with curling ribbon, and ta-da!
It was the perfect gift to go with a brand new grill!

Serendipity Sign...

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Serendipity (srn-dp-t)
n. pl. ser·en·dip·i·ties


1. The faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident.

A friend asked me to make this sign for her.  I wasn't sure what serendipty even meant, other than I remembered that there had been a fairy tale that had used the word.  I don't like making things if I don't understand what the meaning behind them is, so I googled it and was so happy when I saw the meaning!  It's beautiful!  Who doesn't love to make a fortunate discovery by accident?  Isn't this how most of us find love?  I hope she loves the sign as much as I do, the picture doesn't do it justice!

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Happiest Place On Earth...

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Taking a break!  We are going to visit our beautiful daughter in Orlando for a week.  She has been doing an internship at Walt Disney World working in a gift shop on Main Street in the Magic Kingdom.  I'm so excited to see her and for my Hubs and our son to get to experience Walt Disney World, neither have been there before.  I'm not organized enough to have pre-scheduled any posts or guest posts, so I'm just taking a break and will be back at it in about 10 days.  I hope you all have as much fun as I intend to, I can't wait to catch up with you all when I get back!
Have a wonderful week!