I recently guest posted at Craft Monkey with this post. While vacationing recently, I was looking through some magazines and I found this project. I love the versatility of it. Shortly after seeing it in the magazine I was visiting my Aunt Dot and noticed that her granddaughter had marked the height of her son…
I LOVE easy peasy chalkboard signs! I painted some 1×4’s with chalkboard paint. Then I designed my days until sign vinyl in my Silhouette program. I love it when I can use the negative AND the positive from a vinyl piece. I placed the vinyl cutout (which is actually contact paper in this case)…
When I saw this awesome In Our Home chalkboard I fell in love with the wording! Oh, and I LOVE the neat handwriting! My handwriting is so pitiful. Heaven’s Walk I left the following comment on Laurie’s blog: Your room is so pretty! 🙂 I love the words on your chalkboard. I’d like to do…
I hope you all had a great Holiday weekend! We have finally cooled off, in fact it was about 40 degrees cooler on Monday than it was on Saturday. I’m loving it! I would like to take a moment to say that I am thinking about my friends that have dealt with Irene and Lee,…
I’m going to show you how to use your Silhouette SD to cut a stencil to make a You Are My Sunshine sign. I designed my layout in the Silhouette program. You can see I used Arial (font). I cut the stencil out of contact paper. I use a speed of 3 and a thickness…
I recently finished (redid) a project that I started over a year ago. It had been hanging around my garage for way too long! I do not even remember where I got this window. It was old and dirty. I love the phrase “home sweet home” so I wanted to do that phrase, but I…
While Jamie and Andy were here in June, we did some thrifting. I found this steak platter for .50 cents. The back looks SO much better than the front that has been all cut up with steak knives! Last month when Silhouette had their vinyl on sale, I bought 4 rolls. Tan, Red, White, and…
I used my Silhouette to cut out this design to make a Family Rules Sign. Using these fonts: Be Happy=Chasm Say Your Prayers=David Laugh out Loud=Kristen ITC Keep Your Promises =Tan Patty Say I Love You-Please & Thanks =Oh {Photo} Shoot! Rejoice=Chasm Tell The Truth=HP PSG Help Others=Georgia Give Thanks=Fancy Pants Smile=Desyrel I have a…
Stenciled Bench Today, I have another bench. Are ya’ll tired of benches yet? I also have a great tute on stenciling near the bottom of this post. *this post contains affiliate links, read more here* Simple twin headboard bench construction This bench was made out of a twin headboard and foot board. As always we…
MeganDVD and I are getting very excited about our Mint Julep June Jaunt. It is in 2 days! MeganDVD has scored a $25 gift certificate for one winner to the Peddler’s Mall! If you find that you can make it, we still have a few spots left, and we would love to have you join…
Another easy repurposed headboard sign: Cathy and I drug this bed home last year from a yard sale. It had been put to the curb, so it was FREE. We parted out the foot board into pieces. I used the footboard for this project. I used the compound miter saw to cut off the ends….
This post was a guest post for Cheri, but as most of you know we like to repost these so that the content will be on our own blog. If you’ve already seen it, I apologize. Stop by tomorrow for a simple/easy project! Way back in November (?) I started working on my kitchen. I…
You may have seen this a couple of weeks ago at The DIY Club, but in case you missed it, here it is on my site. Home Sweet Home is one of my favorite phrases of all time. Being part of The DIY Club I received a 12×12 inch “Home sweet home” vinyl lettering decal…
Last week I showed you these pants that Angel’s momma got on clearance. They actually rang up for $1.00, so she got two pair. The first pair I embellished with some very adorable butterflies. I used a frog image and sized it to a large and small. I chose the word ribbit. When you type…
I seriously LOVE my Silhouette! Sometimes when I see a project online, I have to resist the temptation to do a project at THAT very moment. Today’s project is a really easy and VERY inexpensive. These girls’ sweat pants are out of season, so the price was unbelievable! They were marked $1.74, but actually rang…
or… every girl needs a little bling! Prepare yourself for the longest post in history, but it will be worth it, I promise! Silhouette is having a great Rhinestone promotion for the next 6 days. More about that at the bottom of this post. Look at this “angel”. Her momma said “You turned a $5…
Let’s recap a little. I got this pile of stuff last fall from some very good friends. I showed you yesterday that I made a sign out of the foot board sign Always Kiss Me Goodnight. Today, I’m showing you the sign I made out of the headboard. I used my compound miter saw to…
Last fall, I made the Twins for Missy’s mom Mary. Mary was sweet enough to send me some extra goodies! Some bed parts-legs and spindles. A headboard and a foot board was also included in the stash. This is the footboard. I cut the little “tab” pieces that formerly fit into the bed…
While I was preparing the decorations for Jamie’s Bridal Shower I decided to take my Silhouette for a test run. I typed the words I wanted “jamie loves andy”. To fill the spaces I added some hearts. The hearts are actually a font-webdings. I love using those fonts for simple images. You can see that…
I fondly refer to my computer as Gert (named after my Nana who was Gertrude Evelyn) I think I’m currently on Gert the third. Computers all look the same, and I wanted mine to stand out in the crowd! I dressed Gert up in a new outfit! Ya’ll know I LOVE vinyl of all sorts!…
My friend and I were shopping at one of our Peddler’s Malls when we saw a quote we liked. I decided to make it into a sign for her. While visiting jamie last year I went to her Habitat For Humanity Re-Store and picked up several drawer front boards. I chose one that I thought…
I’ve showed you a lot of projects lately that have not been finished. Maybe my brain is too overworked, or off base, I’m not really sure. I tend to take my time unless something just comes to me. I showed you how I made the vinyl for this sign yesterday. Remember this font? I think…
I am really loving my Silhouette! I love to do quick and easy projects with it. The software is pretty easy to use and I like that! This is one of my layouts. See all those flourishes? I didn’t need them all, but I like to fill in all of my dead space. The BEWARE…
Don’t pass up the opportunity to rescue doors form a piece of furniture that is too large to haul! I had the opportunity to curb and entire armoire, but it was TOO big. I settled for a couple of doors and shelves instead. This is one of the doors: Before I sanded (using leaf blower…
Did you know that you can get free fonts off the internet? I went to dafont.com and chose “new fonts”. Up in the left corner you can see the words Custom preview I typed in the words “Life is good”. That phrase is then shown in each of the fonts below. I also choose to…
I have the cutest frosted vinyl project to share with you today! The Silhouette SD is a fairly simple machine. You can tell by the inside that there aren’t a lot of things that the user needs to do. That little green dial locks in the blade. This is the blade. Only one blade,…
I am so happy the the nice people at Silhouette love me enough to let me have a Silhouette to show you all the wonderful things you can make! This project didn’t quite turn out as planned, but that’s okay. (It was bad painting on my part, nothing to do with the Silhouette SD! I…
I previously won a giveaway and received this vinyl: I recently ordered two more items from Laura. This has been one of my favorite sayings for awhile now! I found a couple of scrap pieces of MDF in the garage and trimmed them into squares. This is the other item…
These are some Christmas gifts I made last year. These gifts are great for neighbors and/or teachers. *this post contains affiliate links, read more here* Apply Easy Stencil I printed Jamie’s name on a piece of label paper in a mirror image. Carefully, I used an exacto knife to cut out the letters. I…
Do you know Michelle over at: If you don’t know Michelle, you should really check out her blog. She works really hard to share a lot of creative ideas from all over blogland! In early December I was lucky enough to win a giveaway for vinyl from: Laura is so sweet and I was very…
Do you remember this Laundry sign I made last month? I made it from this frame I picked up for $1.00. See the frame laying on the coffee table turned into bench? I dug it out of the garage and was looking for a piece of luan to cut to fit it. Voila! Will you…
A while back I showed you these two white frame-a-ma-jigs. (I love making up words). I’m not sure what they are. I think they may have been some kind of cabinet door frames. I paid $1.00 each for them. If you missed it, you can see what I did with the coffee table in the…
Jamie bought me one of those giant clocks for Christmas. I haven’t had a place to put it until I got the extra large armoire out of the living room. It happened to fit perfectly over my tv. Actually I built the media base by specs so that the clock WOULD fit over the tv….
