Spring Mantel -- Decorating with (Faux) Spring Twigs

 This simple spring project is seriously one of my favorites.  It's a fun, low-cost, long lasting, big impact kind of project.  

And it's simple -- but, I said that already.

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Since I've been knocking myself out working in the yard this weekend, finding just the right twigs was a snap. (I swear that just came out...)


I liked these the best.

Tiny silk flowers (just $3) left over from another
project worked perfectly.

I'm guessing my glue gun came with a warning against sticking anything up it's barrel but...

Pressing the stem into the joints of the twigs (and holding it there a few seconds) seemed to look the best. 

  
The stem may get soft and melt-y but it will stiffen back up as it cools.

Hot gluing them in place was simple enough.  I kept them sparse for a natural look. 

Adding water to the clear vase adds to the illusion don't you think? 

 I tried them on my desk as well...

So there you have it -- pretty spring twigs that look so real you can almost smell 'em!

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Sheer Slip Cover

I slip covered this metal and vinyl dinette chair in a sheer fabric after spray painting it a bronze color. I wanted the chair to show through.

Normally I would add a tutorial here.  So, it's a first for me when I tell you to forget the how to and skip the tutorial -- DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME! 

I thought I'd lose my mind making this simple little slip cover.  How hard could it be?  Well?  Very.

The fabric was a slippery mess -- you'd need a nail gun to hold it in place.  

However, the pillow is still one of my favorite projects.  

You can see that tutorial *here*.

I'm done.  It's off to a client's house.  I never want to see it again. 

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Monogrammed "Suitcase" Pillow

This little hottie is my grandson.  He's seen here modeling a pillow I made for his airplane themed bedroom.  

I won't say what I had to promise to get him to do this for me but I'll just share this little tidbit...he's not cheap.

I used a standard size bed pillow for the insert.  The body measurements were the same as those on the tag of the pillow plus 1/2 inch all the way around for a seam allowance.  

Here's a picture tutorial...

The finished pillow...

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DIY French Style Jug

Things like this never, ever happen to me.  But, just this once...

I got lucky.  

And, it was a perfect fit, a match made in heaven, a pretend vintage french jug in the making.

All I had to do was water down some dark brown acrylic paint, coat the basket to give it some age... 

...and clean up the jug a little.

That's it.

How lucky was that?

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