Canvas sale

At Michael's 50% off!!  it is a good way to bring in color!!  I purchased two bottles of red paint for .99 cents each and voila!!  (the kid is on sale too..... cheap..... just kidding he is really very expensive♥)

Tuna wonton inspired wall

While finishing up our kitchen remodel we were left with a fridge / freezer and side cabinets standing naked in the middle of the room.......

THEN it came to me (actually I was at Houlihan's eating tuna wontons and noticed their wood paneling on the walls)..... SO taking ALL the design credit I mentioned this idea to my husband and we came up with this

we painted the wall black and then staggered 1x2, 1x3, 1x4, and 1x6's and stained them to match the cabinets.  

Suddenly I have a craving for tuna......

Walmart posters

I am revamping my Little boys room we are going from baby to hockey player here!!  I made the cutest poster by gathering hockey pictures and uploading them to Walmart using the collage option on their website .... it is so cute and only 20 bucks!   

look for it in the room reveal!!!! 

DIY Vintage keys art work

I started this yesterday ..... I made mine for $11.00!!!
Click HERE to see how it's made!

SCORE for the crazy lamp lady!

I just purchased 5 lamps and a DRUM SHADE for $20.00!  With a $5.00 donation all electrical was 50% off at Goodwill ( a non-profit organization that provides job training, employment placement services and other community-based programs for people who are disadvantaged )

I bought a set of these.....

That now look like this......

I am not touching this one I love it just the way it is

and this was $2.50!!! 

Now it looks like a million bucks!

I have one more to superlisaficate!!!  Stay tuned!

I ♥ word art.

Signs, letters, and objects are everywhere!  Use your camera to capture them and print them out and go crazy.... create a poster online for between 10-20 dollars and frame it!!  

Lampshade or pendant made from woven wood veneer for under 20 bucks !

Earlier I told a friend I was building a lampshade out of wood veneer and  she gave me a look I am all too familiar with, I get it alot, it is a what in the ??????????  look.    Well here it is.  (don't mind my dirty dishes in the dishwasher in the background) 

For this project I used
construction grade adhesive and 3 packages of veneer banding from Menards
4 wreath forms and dowels that fit into the holes on the wreath form from Michaels craft store
and an old lamp hanger from a lampshade I demolished. 

I started by glueing the dowels in place and weaving the veneer through the dowels......I used scissor to cut the veneer then fastened the ends to each other with hot glue

I cut the shade hanger in three places and using a hammer I pounded it and bent and twisted it until it was flat (I have man hands so this was easy) 
then I placed the wreath form on, glued the dowels,  and then glued the lamp bracket on top of that.

Finally I glued the last wreath form on top and  THERE IT IS! ♥