DIY Beautify - Creating Beauty at Home

Easy Last Minute Decorating for Halloween Have you left your Halloween decorating until the last minute? No worries! Here are three cheap and easy crafts that you can get done in a day and that won't break the bank! The first one is these cute little ghosts made from a white plastic tablecloth from the Dollar Tree. I got four ghosts from one tablecloth. All I did is folded the tablecloth in half and cut it into 4 equal squares. Using a sharpie I drew on a 'scary' face in the middle. A plastic grocery sack becomes the little head. I wrapped a piece of wire around the neck and twisted at the back to secure. The tails of the wire were wrapped around my bushes to hold them in place. A little fluff and they look like they're flying :) Next are these skeletons, again from the Dollar Tree. Mine got a coating of glow-in-the-dark paint (bought at Home Depot). I brushed on two coats, letting it dry thoroughly between each coat. The sun activates the phosphor ...

I love a good hutch and a great button swap {more on that below} Anyone who knows me well, or who has been to my home knows that I love hutches and they play a big part in my decorating....because they are, well.. .big!   Kinda hard to hide a hutch! But there is no way I would want to hide these beauties!  After all, I searched high and low to find them. Waited months for one of them. Scouring Craiglist ads day after day :)

Reversible Fall Hanging This is a two-fer. You know, two for the price of one, BOGO (that's Buy One, Get One for those of you who always wondered!). In other words, two great projects in one! It all started with this little metal basket that I got from Pottery Barn (I think it was 75% off or something crazy like that) a couple years ago. Like a lot of my great clearance finds, it sat around for awhile until I finally figured out what I would do with it! I was torn between a Thanksgiving wall hanging or a Halloween one. So I decided to make both. I would make it reversible! I got brains and I'm not afraid to use 'em :) For the Halloween side, I started with a base of coordinating papers in fall colors. And then layered on a charming vintage postcard that I found and printed from  the Graphics Fairy . A few stamps, some ribbons, a little tag and it was all done. Isn't it sweet?? The Give Thanks side started with a base coat of white ...

I woke up to a cold, foggy morning. Woke up with cold toes and had to turn the heat on :) The fog covered the ground and rose above it to create a really ethereal-looking atmosphere. Or spooky if you want to think of it that way. I grabbed my camera and threw my shoes on to run outside and snap these pics of some big spider webs that Mr. Diy had noticed the day before. I knew the dew/frost/whatever was on them would make them stand out and really show up well in a picture. Boy, was I right! I had no idea we had so many spider webs around the house! In the bushes, around the deck, the trees, pretty much you name it....the spiders are there! That thought creeps me out a little more than I'd like to admit. I'm not a bug person. They don't make me run screaming, but I'd rather they stay where I don't have to see them. This morning, thankfully, I didn't see any spiders....just the proof that they'd been there....spinning industriously whi...

I can't wait to share these burlap wreaths that would be perfect for Halloween decorating! They are easy to make and very budget-friendly !

Makeover a Little Black Frame It was just a little black frame. Plain and boring. It sat and sat in my scrapbook stash, aka My Very Own Personal Scrapbook Store , from when I used to spend a LOT some money on scrapbook supplies {cough}. If you're a scrapbook enthusiast, you know how it is. You see something cute and buy it, bring it home and stash it away because you don't really have any pictures to use with it at the time. {Note to self: plan outing around cute stickers} Sometimes you even bring home some awesome supply that you just had to have and realize, aack, you already have three of them!! Am I the only one?? So that was me for many years and I've acquired quite a hoard of supplies. I pulled this lonely little frame out the other day because it was black and Halloween is just around the corner, and it got me thinking.... I have a collection of vintage images that I've printed {for free} from the Graphics Fairy and others who have put up images f...