ON THE LAST MONDAY OF EACH MONTH, I HOST A GROUP OF BLOGGERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN A #MOVIEMONDAYCHALLENGE! WE DECIDE ON A TOPIC, GENRE, OR SPECIFIC MOVIE TO USE FOR INSPIRATION AND EVERYONE GETS FREE REIGN TO CREATE SOMETHING WONDERFUL! THIS MONTH’S THEME WAS MOVIE MUSICALS! *Post contains affiliate links. Please read my full disclosure here.* Do you love musicals? I fell in love with movie musicals as a… Continue Reading
Dollar Store Makeover: Pretty Framed Pictures
I don’t really know any crafty people who aren’t on a lifelong quest to make dollar store purchases into something people will say, “Wow, how perfect! You MADE that!?” about. I’m similarly diseased. My best friend has two little girls, so they are always great guinea pigs for my Frankenstein Craft Monsters. When her second little girl was born last year, her firstborn got her own big-girl bedroom,decorated in pink… Continue Reading
DIY Portrait Wall Hangings
Early last year, I came up with what I thought would be a nice gift for my mother, and a chance to play with picture crafting ideas. In a hybrid of Pinterest-y ideas, I decided to try to put my grandmother and grandfather’s portraits on canvas for her. SPOILER ALERT: It did not end well. Well, at least not the first time. Lemme back up – the first challenge… Continue Reading
Modgie Podgie Project #2: Canvas Shel Silverstein Poem Art
I am writing these blogs from inside a lion…. Okay, that might be a wee stretch of the truth…but no more ridiculous than the many wacky poems of one of my favorite children’s authors, Shel Silverstein! As a kid, I had most of these poems memorized….heck, I had most of his BOOKS memorized, cover to cover. I used to amuse my baby brother by reading them… Continue Reading
Modgie Podgie Project #1
For those of you that have never experienced Modge Podge, don’t feel bad – it wasn’t so long ago that I was a podge virgin. To be honest, I have my likes and dislikes about it. But it is fun to play with! This is just a simple little project I did a while back, but it was one of my first experiences with the podge. I used $0.99 tiles… Continue Reading
