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She’s baaack! Karianne from Thistlewood Farm that is! She stopped by a few weeks ago to share all about this lovely vintage pennant flags & today she is a here with a great post about barn doors + a project involving Spray Paint. Yep, stop right there… don’t be in fear. If you’ve never spray [...]
i love spray paint. quick, easy & cheap way to paint plastic, metal, wood & so much more! i have spray painted numerous projects for a blog post here at Fancy Little Things and plenty more than i didn’t blog about {but have the project photos sitting somewhere on my computer!} you can find all [...]
do you fear DIY? is it the materials? the projects? the outcome? do you fear the time you spend will be in vain? do you fear the cost of the materials? are you just unsure of yourself? OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL weeks i will host some experts in the following fields to help us better [...]
today’s DIY is short & sweet. it’s more of an encouragement, i suppose. especially for those that don’t shop at thrift stores —>> second hand shops, benefit shops, goodwill, salvation army, consignment shops and any other “previously owned” shop. my beautiful mom taught me a lot… to be bold. to be brave. to seek guidance. [...]
on page 31 of the June 2012 Martha Stewart magazine {my FIRST EVER issue from MS!!} i was inspired. the author took a can of metallic spray paint to baskets, shoes, a cowboy hat and suddenly i felt the ridiculous urge to go buy metallic paint. so i did.
and this is what i did with it… such a cute little “wicker” beach tote…
this is so EASY!
i bought this cuff for CHEAP at a women’s consignment shop in NY {yes, my mom’s store – check out her site here}
but i don’t like gold. i like turquoise.
