Pillow Transfers

I learned how to use photo transfer paper recently so this is my first attempt. Not bad I think for my first project. Stay tuned, more to come.

Isn't she pretty?

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2 Tier White Platter

2 Tier White Platter

Visited Home Goods yesterday and saw so many pretty Valentine and Easter stuff but just didn't want to pay top dollar for any of it.  Found my way over to the sales isle and found some really pretty white dinner and salad plates on sale.  SCORE ! $3 for the dinner plate and $2 for the salad plate.  I knew I had to use these some how and some where.

You see the feminine flair of these plates?  Just had to have them and you can't see it in the photo but they are slightly distressed with a hand painting technique (it says so on the back of the plate).  I started looking for a crystal candlestick to put these two together to form a 2 Tier Platter but again the prices were $10 for almost every crystal candlestick.  One isle over found this salt shaker $1 another SCORE.

Couldn't wait to get home to see how these pretties fit together.  Glued the three pieces together using clear adhesive and Wa La ...

Another view:

She's sitting all pretty with a Valentine card and some sweet chocolates:

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Magnetic Recipe Holder

This recipe holder, inspired by the talented girls at Shanty2Chic was a breeze to make. Shanty2Chic posted a detailed step by step tutorial on how they put theirs together and of course I'm not as savy as they are and forgot to take my step by step pictures.  They also cut their own wood pieces, I went another route and bought my pieces so I wouldn't have to pull out tools.

These are the materials I used along with the square wood plaque that is missing from the picture, heart pieces, magnetic paint and glue.

1-Took the square plaque and glued it to the cross piece.

2- Took the cross piece and glued it to the round base piece.

3- Took the finial and glued it to the top of the square plaque.

4- Painted with Magnetic paint, a square frame on the main piece.

5- Glued magnets to the red hearts.

Painted and distressed it and

Wa La ......

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Button picture frame

Pulled out all the extra buttons I've saved over the years and decided to do something with the white, beige and gold tone ones.  Had an ugly picture frame available and glue gun and went to work.

The flower buttons came off my daughter's baby clothes. (Picture turned out terrible sorry)

Love the final results.

Now what to do with all the black and brown buttons?

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$25 Headboard

While upgrading my daughter's bed from twin to full size, we found we needed a headboard on the cheap.  We didn't want to give up any square footage since her room is on the small side so I searched and searched for some ideas.

Came up with this - after seeing a similar version on HGTV

It's a curtain rod with three square seat cushions handing from it.

Not the best picture - she didn't make her bed.

Curtain rod  = $ 10

Pillow 3 @ $ 5 each = $ 15

TOTAL = $25

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