Making a rustic Valentine’s Day sign is inexpensive and easy when you use distressed wood sign blanks and simple holiday stencils! This is a game changer for me! Gone are the days of figuring out how to create a rustic wood sign that might take an entire weekend to do and involved umpteen steps. Making...

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Make your own shabby books with paint and stencils! It’s an easy way to upcycle discarded or unloved books for a rustic farmhouse look! I’ve always loved the look of shabby books on display, and have ooh’ed and aah’ed over many a pretty shabby book on Pinterest, but have yet to make my own. Until...

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I’m back with a fun vintage jewelry cabinet redo with paint and Mod Podge! I’m using Mod Podge Ultra Matte Chalk, a match made in heaven when using chalk paint! Come and see why it’s my new favorite product! It rocks! Today is a very special day, because it’s National Mod Podge Day! Yes, Mod...

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Want to learn how to make beautiful shabby paper flowers? I did too, so I finally bought a Sizzix Big Shot machine and some flower dies and I. Am. Addicted. To. Making. Paper. Flowers. I’m definitely late to the Sizzix party, but man am I having a blast with my new toy! So many of...

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Today I’m over at the PinkWhen blog, sharing my fun tutorial to make your own French Shabby Box! It all starts with an empty tea box – the kind that holds several different flavors of tea – like this one: Stop over to PinkWhen to see how I went from an empty tea box to...

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