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Paper Maché Box Wedding Favors

Laura — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 20:54:13 +0000

If you’re going to make your own wedding favors, you want them to be easy and inexpensive. That’s a given. What you also want is something that is thoughtful, useful, and pretty too. These Paper Maché Box Wedding Favors accomplish all of these things! I’ve done quite a few crafts with paper maché boxes, in...

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How to tea stain small American flags!

Laura — Fri, 22 May 2015 17:39:05 +0000

With Memorial Day weekend fast approaching, I was inspired this week to tea stain small American flags. I was putting together a round-up of beautiful patriotic Americana-style DIYs for Deja Vue Designs where I’m a contributor, and one of the projects was a pretty set of tea-stained flags by Kelly from A Soulful Home, one of...

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DIY Miniature Basket Garland

Laura — Wed, 06 May 2015 00:46:37 +0000

Have you jumped on the fairy garden trend? I’m starting to, finally, after wanting to do this last Summer and never getting around to it! Create your own DIY miniature basket garland and your own garden fairies will thank you! This craft starts with some packages of tiny baskets that you might not even notice...

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My Favorite Dr. Seuss Quotes and a Free Printable!

Laura — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:34:04 +0000

My favorite Dr. Seuss quotes plus a free printable for you: Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind! I love Dr. Seuss quotes, even more as an adult. Yes, I loved reading Dr. Seuss books as a child, but there are so...

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How to Add Feet to a Decorative Peat Pot

Laura — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 17:08:56 +0000

I love crafting with peat pots, but until recently never thought about adding feet to them. Just by adding feet to a peat pot, you can change the look to a cachepot, decorative urn or miniature planter. I’m sharing how to add feet to a peat pot over at Deja Vue Designs, complete with step-by-step pictures. Click here...

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A sweet Spring spool craft!

Laura — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 19:07:54 +0000

The title says it all: this is a sweet Spring spool craft! It began with spools that I painted but then couldn’t decide what to do with them. For months. Once I found some sweet chicks in a nest as a craft supply, I knew they’d look adorable sitting on top of the spools. All...

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Shabby Bottle DIY

Laura — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 18:22:27 +0000

Here’s a fun bottle makeover that only requires chalky finish paint and some sanding. I love this one because it didn’t take much to completely change the look of a simple glass bottle. Here’s what the bottle looked like originally: You’ll have to click over to Deja Vue Designs to see how I turned this...

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Spool Art for Valentine’s Day

Laura — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 18:47:57 +0000

I love crafting fun things for Valentine’s Day! I’m not into all of the glitz and commercialism of February 14th, but I do like Valentine decorations with a bit of vintage style to them. And that’s how this sweet Valentine Spool Art came to be! I’m sharing my complete tutorial over at Deja Vue Designs, so...

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How to: Distress a Painted Frame with Wax

Laura — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 02:09:44 +0000

Did you know you can achieve a time-worn, distressed paint finish without sanding? You can! I’m sharing the “how-to” over at Deja Vue Designs, with a makeover on this simple craft frame: Using my favorite shade of chalky finish paint plus some brown wax, I gave this frame a wonderfully distressed look! I framed a...

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Rustic Bottle Brush Trees

Laura — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 12:00:25 +0000

Do you love bottle brush trees as much as I do? Because I adore them! A lot! I put together the above display using a few rustic elements, and I love how it looks! You can see all the details and more pictures in my post over at Deja Vue Designs. Click here: Rustic Bottle...

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