Decorating and DIY and For The Home and Recycle/Reuse and Tips DIY, furniture, furnituremakeover, makeover, restore, reuse 6:25 am
After moving into a new place, I found that some of my furniture didn’t have the right for my new space. I decided to give a few pieces a makeover, by changing the paint color and the knobs. I have now created what feels like brand new furniture and the pieces work so much better in my new home.
Media Cabinet Before
Media Cabinet After
Decorating and Garden and Tips black fence, black fences, fences, garden design, garden fence, painted fence 8:44 am
An easy and fairly inexpensive way to update your yard is to paint your fence. A dark colored fence will really make your garden pop. Check out these before and after pictures of my side yard.
After – Black Fence
Before – Fence
Decorating and For The Home and Products apartment living, corded light, corded light with key switch, home improvement, light fixtures, lighting, old house, pendant light, small closets 2:30 pm
I love old houses, they exude character and charm, but lack in many modern amenities, such as the closet light fixture. I have not wanted to have a light fixture installed and have been looking for a long time for a nice plug-in corded light. I have found many corded lights, but I was having a hard time finding one with the switch on the socket. Most corded lights either have no switch or the switch is down on the cord, which doesn’t work for my purpose — that was until I found The Color Cord Company. This is a perfect solution for those that rent and can’t add hard wired lighting — added bonus, the cord comes in fun colors! 
Decorating and DIY and For The Home and Fun Tips and Garden and Living and Products air plant terrarium, air plants, crafts, DIY, diy gifts, diy vases, gifts, holiday crafts, holiday decorating, homemade gifts, terrarium, terrarium vases, tillandsia, tillandsia terrarium, vases 11:20 am
I stumbled on light bulb terrariums on one of my internet searches and I decided to make some. As it turns out it takes a bit more work to remove the innards of a light bulb than I wanted to do, and after removing the innards the entrance hole is still quite small. I found a nice alternative — glass ornaments.
Supply List:
Tillandsia’s (air plants)
Glass ornaments (tops removed) and other suitable containers
Sand and/or perlite
Rubber bumpers (sold at hardware stores)
Small figures and ornaments such as: rocks, shells, twigs, moss
Tweezers
Chopsticks
Cardboard or a funnel
How to make the terrariums:
First, water your Tillandsia and let it dry. Now take your container, and if it is round add the bumpers to where you want the bottom to be. This will keep your container stabilized. Then fill the container about a third of the way up with sand or perlite using a funnel or a flexible piece of cardboard. Add your Tillandsia and figures. Use your tweezers and chopsticks to position the plant and the figures. It’s that easy. Now go be creative!
Here is where to find information on caring for air plants
Decorating and DIY and For The Home and Fun Tips and Living and Products and Tips christmas, crafts, decorating, DIY, diy gifts, diy ornaments, dogs, german shepherd, gifts, holiday, holiday decorating, homemade gifts, horses, kids and crafts, ornaments, snow globe 5:54 pm
Here is an easy, fun craft that you can do with your kids — Snow Ornaments with miniature figures. They will look great on your Christmas tree or lined up on your mantle, and they make great gifts.
Here is what you need to make these cute little ornaments:
Clear glass ornaments (available at craft stores)
Perlite (available at garden stores)
Small animals or figures (available at toy stores and/or craft stores)
Rubber bumpers (available at hardware stores)
Tweezers and/or chopsticks
Small soft brush on a wire (available at most drugstores in the cleaning isle)
Funnel or cardboard
Ribbon
Take the ornament and add 4 bumpers to the bottom of the glass so the ornament will stand upright.
Next, remove the top of the ornament and add the Perlite about 1/3 of the way up the ornament. Use a funnel or some cardboard to pour the Perlite in the ornament.
Now place your desired figure or small animal in the ornament. Once you get the figure in, use the tweezers or the chopsticks to position your figure. Once the figure is positioned, slightly tap the ornament to make sure the figure is stable. Once the figure is stable use your brush on the wire to clean off the dust from the inside of the ornament. If the figure falls over just reposition it.
Place the top back on the ornament. Once the top is back on, you can add a ribbon to the top if you desire.
Decorating and Entertaining and Fun Tips and Products and Tips bags, gift boxes, gift wrap, gift wrapping, labels, packaging, twine 1:58 pm
Here are fun items for making unique and interesting gift packages. Click on the links to find online sources for the various products.
Not your Mom’s Masking Tape
Gift Packaging: Cello Bags, Pillow Boxes, Gift Boxes
The No Nonsense Assistant 