'Tis the Season... Home Decor'

 Hello & Happy Halloween Everyone!

It's Saturday and I'm trying to take it easy today

after last weeks back issues - I'm still

trying to get things done but not working as hard - :)

I've got my last Halloween project to share with you -

It's another Dollar Store Makeover -

I simply LOVE how this one turned out -

As you can tell, I made over a Haunt House Sign $ tree had -

I sanded this bad boy first and removed the paper design then

I used some White Primer paint

I used my Glittery Black Acrylic Paint to cover the front & Sides

then I used some White Paint to dry brush around the edges

I added some Mod Podge and let it dry

I found the cute Sentiment from my Silhouette program

and cut out the words with different colored vinyl

The Spider webs are cut out in vinyl on dies from

My Creative Time

and the Glittery Ghost is from the $ tree - It was in a package of

6? I think? It's wood and I Hot glued it down off to the side -

This is sitting on a shelf in my living room and I could not be happier

with how it turned out! 

THANK YOU for coming along with me on my

weeks-long Halloween projects!

I really do hope I have more time to sit down and type out 

blog posts and maybe even visit my favorite blogs for a change...

I know I'll get there so please be patient with me!

I'm wishing you all a FABULOUS HALLOWEEN!

Eat lots of Candy and enjoy time with your kids!

Theresa

This Witch Home Decor'

 Happy Friday Crafty Friends!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVE!

Are you able to take the little ones out

for Trick or Treating? OR are you trying to be safer

about it this year due to Covid?

Since I don't have any little ones, I'll be staying in -

We live far away from others with children so

no trick or treaters are coming my way -

Our small town is having a Trunk or Treat that everyone

can participate in, but I've got a lot going on still

so maybe next year I'll be able to join in. :)

I still have 2 posts left to share my Halloween projects 

and I want to THANK YOU if you've been checking back ALL week!

I spent an entire evening writing out all the posts

for this week (when my back went out on me)

It took me a while to write them because I had to stop

due to the pain - Don't worry it's better now...

My body was just reminding me to take a break

from all the home renovations, so I DID! :)

Here's another Halloween Home Decor Remake

that I made using a Wooden Witch Hat I found

at a Target Bullseye Section - :)

 I honestly didn't have to do too much to this one -

It was already painted black and has black glitter

around the edges - 

I sanded it a little bit and added some

dry brush white paint - Then I Mod Podged it before

adding my vinyl sentiment that I found in the Silhouette store

The Spider Webs and Spider are dies from My Creative time

This is sitting on my Coffee Bar next to my other Witch Sign I

shared over a week ago - Super FUN & CUTE!

See ya Tomorrow!

Have a BEAUTIFUL DAY!!!

Theresa

Jack O Lantern Decor'

 Happy Sunday Everyone!

I hope this post finds you all well!

I'm gonna try and make this a quick post and

it has been pre-scheduled because as I said yesterday

my time is very limited - :)

Here's another Fun Halloween Makeover

of a $ store sign - 

Here's how I made it ---

1.) I Sanded the entire front of the original design and

peeled off whatever was there

2.) I painted it with some white primer

3.) I used some painters tape to separate 

the pumpkin shape from the lower portion

4.) Then I painted the pumpkin portion and sides with some 

orange acrylic paint

5.) I went back over the pumpkin with one or two shades

of a tan paint just to add some dimension

6.) I painted the lower portion with some black glitter acrylic paint

7.)  Then I dry brushed on some white paint to give it a spooky feel

8.) I painted on some Mod Podge and let it dry

9.) I went into my Silhouette program and picked out

a pumpkin face and cut it out with some black vinyl

10.) Found a Sentiment it the Silhouette and edited it a 

little bit to fit on my sign then cut out the different words

with assorted vinyl colors

11.) I used some Spider dies from My Creative Time and die cut

them out with white vinyl

12.) Then I went back in with some Papertrey Ink Twine

and twisted it around the lower portion of the pumpkin and tied a bow. 

It looks cool on my shelf in the living room!

Have a BEAUTIFUL DAY!!!

Theresa

Home Decor' Remake Project...

 Happy Saturday Crafty Friends! 

How has your week gone? how bout' the weekend so far?

Mine? busy, busy... So busy that I hurt my lower back!

It's been a while since I did that... I believe the last time was

back in Dec. 2019 - Soooo it was bound to happen sooner or later -

We are still chugging along with the kitchen but I'm taking it easy

this weekend because of my lower back pain, so I thought I

would sit down and write out a few posts-

You guys know I love Fall and Halloween and I've only shared one

thing so far... I did make a couple of things for the Fall season -

I even took some time to actually make 3 Cards -

I haven't made a card since March? maybe April?

So, I'm hoping to share them this next week - 

I think I'm just gonna make a quick post every day til

Halloween so you can see what I've been up to

 since getting a small craft space started -

I can't even be online more than once a week, so I apologize

now that I still haven't been able to get to most of your blogs - 

I think I got on Facebook once... it's just hard and time-consuming

and the house IS consuming my life more than anything else at the moment. :) 

So... here is another home decor project I did -

I got this sign from a teacher at my old job -

She was going to toss it out but when I saw

it, I told her what I see in the shape, and she

said go ahead and take it - just let me see what

you did when you finish it -

Well... here's what I did with it!

Isn't he the cutest? OMGOSH...

I think this turned out adorable and it's sitting by my front entry -

And YES! I did send her the pictures and she loved it! :)

What I did -----

1.) I sanded the sign down

2.) I painted it with a white primer

3.) I painted it with 2 shades of greens (acrylic paint)

4.) I dry brushed the edges and lines with a grey acrylic paint

5.) I painted my canvas with Mod Podge and let dry

6.) Went into my Silhouette program and found 2

different images and took parts from both to create this guy

7.) I picked out a few assorted colors of vinyl & cut out the pieces

8.)  Layered all the vinyl cuts on my sign to create this adorable Frankie!

When my sister came over she couldn't believe how cute

he turned out and I was like... I know... Right? I so love him!

Anyway... That's what I got for now!

Have a BEAUTIFUL DAY!!

Theresa

Post #3 - $ Tree Remodel (Last One)

Hello & Happy Friday Everyone! Yay, it's the weekend!

I've still got lots to do and little time to do it in - So

hopefully I will be able to get some stuff off my long list! 😉

In the meantime, I've got 1 more $ Tree remodel to show you!

I saved my FAVORITE one for last!!! hahaha

I created this Adorable Witch sign! I LOOVE it!!! 

I haven't added the Ribbon for hanging it yet, it's on my list! 

The Vinyl I had in my stash, The cute Broom Sticks I found

at Target in their $ Bin (It's an 8 pk) The tiny Coffee stickers 

were in my stash and I colored the black pieces on the cups

so they would blend in with my sign - The Steam is vinyl but I used

a die to make them - The Sentiment is from the Silhouette Store

I used a White Chalk Spray paint from Walmart and I used

some grey acrylic paint from my stash & some jumbo craft sticks

Items from the $ Tree -

1 Beware Sign, 3 Witches signs, Brown Mailing Wrapping Paper

I started by taking apart the witch signs, I used my Mod Podge Spray

to spray the hat & boots so the glitter wouldn't fall off -

Then I added some Stickles to the hat and boots since

a lot of the glitter was off (I mean it is from the $ store) LOL

Then I flipped the Beware sign over and used my White Chalk Spray paint

to paint the backside - Once it was dry, I made some pencil lines

going across the board (to make it look like wood) Then I used my grey

acrylic paint by dry brushing it on the edges and then down

the pencil lines I made - Once that dried - I wanted to attach

The hat and boots. so I flipped my sign back over

where the "Beware" was facing up and flipped my witch

hats and boots down so I can attach them together -

I grabbed a bunch of the jumbo craft sticks and hot glued

the sticks to the hat, boots, and sign base - I did

it all the way across so everything was secure -

Then I took some brown mailing wrapping paper

and traced the entire sign - I didn't want to have the

sticks and beware sign showing on the back -

I'm just weird like that, so I traced and then cut the

whole image out by hand - Then I glued it to the

backside so nothing was showing - 

Once that was done, I flipped my sign back over so I could decorate it

 - I did some measuring so I would know

how big to make my sentiment for cutting out -

Then I picked the colors of vinyl to match up with the

fun witches - Once the words were placed I then hot glued

the 2 brooms onto my sign (1 on each end) - 

then I wanted to add the small coffee cups so I went thru my stash and

found some that would work, except they were brown

so I got out my black sharpie marker and colored the

areas that needed it and then glued them down -

I used the Cheery Lynn Designs (You can brew it) Die set

for the steam - 

I really, really like this sign and can't

wait to hang it up in my kitchen! It's just so fun!

Have a BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND!!

Theresa

Post #2 - Remake of $ Tree products

Hello & Happy Wednesday Everyone!

I'm back with another Make-over of

$ tree products again... it was another video

that had me going... HECK YES! I want to make it!

I created the Stand and remade over that Lantern -

The Green pumpkin is from the $ Tree as well...

and the Wooden Leaf I had in my stash of wood projects

for about 2 years now that I finally made over - 

Let's start with the Stand since I used several

items from the $ tree -

1 Glass Candleholder, 1 pk. of burner covers,

1 Halloween lantern, 1 pk of cutting mats,

1 nautical rope, 1 orange pumpkin, 1 pack of fall Raffia

The Candleholder was covered with 2 toilet paper rolls and

trimmed down to fit flush with the top of the candleholder then

I glued the orange pumpkin upside down into the

glass candle holder making it secure -

Then I used a hot glue gun and wrapped the rope around the bottom base

I sanded then spray painted 1 of the burner covers after it was dry I

attached it to the pumpkin bottom and now I have a Stand!

The Lantern top was opened and I removed the orange Halloween

design, I used it as a template - I took one of the clear

chopping mats and traced the design then cut it out of the clear mat

I made sure it fit and trimmed where it was needed -

I put that to the side and added some painters tape around

the candle that's attached inside the lantern - I didn't want that painted -

Then I bought a can of Rust-Oleum Hammered Brown Spray paint

and sprayed the lantern... it took only a few minutes & drying time was pretty

fast as well - I then put the new clear inside piece back into the lantern and

closed it up, made sure it still lit up and it did then I added

some Fall Raffia around the top and hot glued an acorn as well -

It looks like metal and not plastic which is so cool!

The Wooden leaf was spray painted as well then I found
some old Stampin' Up Designer paper that I traced
out of the leaf, cut it to size then Mod Podged it
right to the leaf - I sanded the edges then inked the
edges a bit and I thought about adding a sentiment to
the leaf, but like how it looks right now - 

This really did turn out so nice and I like the look of it -


Have a FABULOUS DAY!!

Theresa

$ Store Remakes...

Hello & Happy Tuesday Everyone!

How was your weekend? Mine was Awesome!

WHY??? You Ask... Well...

 My middle son Juston whose a Marine

 finally came home for good! We were so excited

to pick him up at the airport and bring him home!

Here he is... a Civilian once again and

being nice so his Mom could take his picture!

I've had little time for crafting lately since

so much is happening/Changing in my life...

Nothing bad mind you.. just stressful and

I worry a lot so that doesn't help me... :)

But I've been watching Youtube videos -

Can you say TROUBLE!! Cuz I think I found

myself in trouble, doing another craft hobby!

Redoing items from the Dollar Tree! Yup.. You read that right!

I've been amazed but some of the videos I've been

watching that I thought I would try it myself -

Which has now got me going into 4 different Dollar Trees

on any given day before or after work! LOL

So.... Let me share one of my remakes I did

find time to do -

Aren't they wonderful??? I LOVE Fall, so I had to make something

fun to hang on the wall - I made 2 of them, so I could send one to a friend of mine -

Okay... So I only purchased the Cutting boards from

the Dollar Tree - They looked like this --

I painted them with Spray paint that I had on hand

Then found the Pumpkin Spice Print on Google Search

and printed them out... I did resize them to fit my boards -

Then I Mod Podge them onto the cutting boards -

After they dried I dressed them up with Jute Twine

I had but it is from the $ Store

The Tiny Acorns are from Hobby Lobby I got a year ago

The Metal leaf on the one sign is from Oriental Trading

The wooden leaves are from Hobby Lobby from a yr. ago

The wooden Pumpkins are from $ Tree & Target $ bin from last yr.

Anyway... I hope you like my remake - It was fun to do

and I have a couple more to show you 

Plus I did find time on Sunday to make cards! YAY

So, I'll be sharing them soon as well!

Have a Fabulous Day!

Theresa

Sweet Tea....

Hello and Happy July 1st Everyone!

What the heck happened to June?

Did I blink or something?? I guess it

was a looonnng slow blink! 😁

Today I have a Home Decor Project 

to share with you !!! WHAT?

I know.... I know... It's been a while since

I made one! Crazy! Especially since I have

sooo many I need to get made!

Isn't it CUTE??? It looks cute on my shelf anyway! 😁

So, I found the plain Lemon Sign in the

Dollar bin at Target and I knew I could make it into

a simple sign for Summer -

I used 4 different colors of Vinyl

The Flowers are Pebbles Puffy Stickers and

I added 2 Clear Adhesive gems to them

The Cute Sentiment is from the Silhouette Store (#260696)

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a FABULOUS DAY!!!

Theresa

Carson's Creations Blog Hop!!!

Today we are celebrating 8 years that Carson's Creations has been sharing. 

I remember when I first started so many years ago...

I was a bit clueless, but the crafty world invited me in and 

I have since made many lasting friendships over the years. 

We have shared ideas, chatted about techniques, 

planned blog hops together, been on the same design teams, 

and appreciated each other's talents and creativity while admiring across the miles.

There are 8 stops and you won't want to miss any of them! 
If you are here from Janis' Blog then you are in the right place. 
If you just happened onto my blog today and would like to join us, 
then start at Carson's Creations ~ Georgiana's blog. 
There is also a complete line-up at the end of this post just in case you need it. 

What would a hop be without Blog Candy?!?! 
Since this is a celebration, each blog has a bit of candy 
that is randomly being given away. Yay for candy!

Here is how:

Be sure to be a FOLLOWER and COMMENT on each blog.

If you are a follower, your comment could be randomly 
drawn to win some fantastic prizes. 

Here is my project:

Georgiana asked us to create something to CELEBRATE!
So, I'm Celebrating SUMMER! At least where I'm at its Summer outside!
We are in the high 90's to low 100 degrees already! :)

I made this FUN Wood project to sit on my shelf -

The entire wood project was plain -  so I used an
assortment of Acrylic paints to paint the Sun, letters, &
wooden plank - Then I added glitter to some pieces and
Doodlebug Papers to other pieces - The word Sunshine is
a vinyl piece - and for bells and whistles I used some
adhesive gems, and ribbons...

It's so bright and cheery on my shelf!!!

Here's what I'm giving away:

This Stamp set has lots of great images for any crafter to use!

Remember to win, you need to be a follower of my
 blog and leave a comment! You have until 
Sunday night, June 3rd at 9:00 pm EST to hop along with us! 
All winners will be announced on Monday, June 4th on each individual blog. 
The winners will also be posted 
on Carson's Creation Facebook page after all the winner's 
posts go live on each blog.

Here is the Blog Hop Line-up...

Georgiana, Carson's Creations  

Janis, Pause Dream Enjoy 
Theresa, Theresa's Crafty Creations (you are here)

Migdalia, Crafting with Creative M  (next)
Sherrie, Sherrie Scraps with Passion
Lisa, A Mermaid's Crafts 

Lee-Ann, Snappy Scraps 

Beth, Beth's Beauties

Thanks for celebrating with us today! 
Your next stop is the AMAZING MIGDALIA!!

I saved some.....

Happy Tuesday crafty friends!

How was your weekend?

Mine was boring - I started out crafting

on Friday night, but then Saturday I didn't

feel like doing anything except watch Hulu/Netflix!

Then On Sunday I got a jump start on my taxes -

Which brings us now to Tuesday! LOL

I'm hoping to craft a little bit this week

but I'll have to see how my work schedule plays out!

I'm sure you all know how that goes! :)

In the meantime, I thought I would show you

a Gift I made my son & his Girlfriend --

I've had a stack of these $ store glass cutting boards for a while now

and thought I would put at least 1 of them to some good use!

My son & his girlfriend are wine drinkers and I saw this sentiment

in the Silhouette store (131228) and thought it would be PERFECT

for them as a gift - I also purchased a wall hanger for this piece

I wanted them to hang it in their kitchen area

My son & I have a similar sense of humor, so I knew he would

get a kick out of it! 

I used some assorted vinyl pieces from my stash (Black, Silver, & Red)

and I Flipped the sentiment because I was going to

vinyl this to the back side of the cutting board --

The front side which you see in the photos is very 

bumpy - it has a lot of texture and I knew the vinyl

wouldn't look right on top of it --

It came out really nice and my son got a kick out of 

the sentiment like I had thought!

I'm planning on making one for myself... 

But I think I'm gonna use a Coffee sentiment -

Will see what happens with that!!! LOL 

I hope you have a FABULOUS DAY!!

Theresa