Giveaway...{At Home America}

My wonderful friend Lisa is an At Home America consultant. Have you checked this stuff out?? It's awesome! If I were take a "hypothetical" shopping trip (because, I promised my husband I'd lay off the debit card- so if Shane is reading this, remember totally hypothetical!), I'd be the proud owner of...

These lovely chalkboard signs!

This lovely print with an amazing saying on the bottom!

This nifty bathroom organizer!

Their outdoor livinAt Home America g section is to DIE for!

Actually, if I could- I would buy every item in the catalog :)

And now, my lucky readers- we have several chances for you to win a $20 gift card to At Home America

#1: Go to the At Home America link and then come back here and leave a comment telling me what you MUST have to make your summer complete!

#2: Become a follower of this blog and leave me a comment letting me know you are a follower!

#3:  For THREE ENTRIES Buy any item from Lisa's 

AHA  site and come back here letting us know what you purchased. This will get your 3 entries!

#4: Post a link to this giveaway on your Facebook or Blog and come back here and leave me the link!

#5: For FIVE ENTRIES: Book a home party (in Orange, Rockland or Westchester Counties) or a virtual party (for everywhere else) and leave a link letting us know you did! This will get you 5 entries into the giveaway! 

Giveaway ends: July 9! Good luck...Oh, and if by some freak chance you can't find anything you LOVE in this catalog the fall/winter catalog comes out July 1... (however, please don't mention fall/winter or back to school to me, summer just started!)

Summer decor on the cheap!

I'm working on making our outside more inviting since my husband and I are both teachers, we basically live for July & August. Unfortunately, with the lack of work during those months comes with a lack of paycheck! So, my summer projects have to be pretty inexpensive. This little area cost me almost nothing, which makes me love it even more!

So, I saw this post on DecorChick saying that Lowes had indoor/outdoor rugs on sale for $34. I have been searching for one, but refused to pay a ton for a rug I was putting outside! So, I stopped at Lowes on my way to work (yes, at 6:45 AM) and found the rug. I took it to the register where it rang up for $17!!! HOORAY! 

I then hit the Dollar Tree and picked up 4 bunches of gerber daisies, which I put in metal buckets left over from Caileigh's party. 

The lantern as a battery powered candle in it, which flickers! I found this a month or two ago on clearance at HomeGoods!

The sign is made by me. I used a scrap piece of wood from Hubby's work bench and used some stain I had from another project. I made the stencil for the letters & ice cream cone from my cricut. 

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25 Crafts of Christmas.. # 1

I know, it's not very "Christmas-y", but I've been seeing these all  blogland and I love it. I got an unfinished wood frame and painted it brown. Then I cut out some flowers from some scrapbook paper and modpodged them on. I compiled a list of "rules" for our family. I used a piece of twine to hang it by.

 I hung it by our front door... Let me know what you think! 

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Fall Decor, Finally!

Welcome to our home! I love this wreath!! I got it a few years ago at a craft fair. Perfect combo of spooky & whimsy!

Entryway- Mums, pumpkins and hay.. Doesn't get any more fall-like!

Mantle.

Homemade candy jars!

Halloween Subway Art

 I have seen these floating around blogland, and thought I'd give it a try!

I used each of my cricut cartridges to cut out the letters!

The story of the chairs..

So, one morning I drove past a garage sale and saw 2 chairs that looked cute. I was already late for work, so I didn't stop. However, on my way home they were still out there, but close to the curb. I couldn't tell if they were left out for the taking or what. So, I stopped and knocked on the door of the house- no answer. I didn't know what to do!! So, I saw a price ($5/pair) on the chairs. I put $5 and a note in the front door of the house and took the chairs.

Before:

I removed the seats, painted it white (accidently used metal primer, oops!!) and got some outdoor fabric on clearance...

After: 

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Autumn Frame!

** Scroll down if you are looking for the Wicker Beading Co. Giveaway!

So, I got this frame from Michaels for $2.00. I had a pack of Autumn fabric squares. Using some mod podge I covered the frame and got a lovely little decoration for my mantle.

A little burlap bow tops it off! I love burlap! 

Basket Makeover

Remember this:

It's now this:

I need to fill it more, waiting to drag my fall stuff out of the attic... But, I am liking it already!

Repurposing an old plate...

Step # 1: Old Plate

Step # 2: Spray paint with Krylon's "Hammered Metal". It gives it a cool effect

Step # 3: Tape edges and spray with chalkboard spray paint..Forgot to take a pic of that step

Step 4: Voila! Chalkboard plate!

Kitchen...

Part of the new window and my mason jars on display!!

Ain't this the truth? 

Porch Swing..

We have a great swing on our porch, but it was looking a little "blah"... I had a spare 30 minutes while the baby napped, so I whipped this up with some leftover burlap and a stencil I made with my Cricut.

I think it needs more color. I might make covers for the brown pillows... or maybe paint them with some fabric paint. Ya just never know. 

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So there was this wall...

When you walk in our front door, you walk into a living room. The problem is, that's about all we did in it- walk through it to the kitchen or the den. It was sort of a dark room and we rarely used it... Since everyone we know seems to enjoy piling into the kitchen, we decided to make that room part of the kitchen!
Here's the before:

(what you saw when you walked in the front door)

(From the kitchen side- I forgot to snap the pic before we started emptying cabinets)

IN PROGRESS:

The hubby and Handyman Al working!

Stay tuned for the grand reveal! 

What a SURPRISE!!

Today, a co-worker's husband dropped off some goodies to me! They live in a VERY old house and she found this stuff in her basement:

An egg basket with some old glass milk bottles...

A box of mason jars- with blue tints!! OH MY, it must be CHRISTMAS!! And there are all different sizes!!!! I am so excited I almost forgot to tell you that a very important wall came down in our house today. Who cares about walls when you have blue mason jars! 

Summer time and the living is easy!!

Being a teacher allows me to get caught up on projects during the summer...

Remember this wall?

Well, it's not so plain anymore!! I used some Mod-podge, three of my favorite note cards and some hooks to totally transform our entryway! Stay tuned, tomorrow is the reveal! 

Summer Project # 1:

eclectic entry design

Loving this set up from Pottery Barn. Unfortunately, I can't afford Pottery Barn, but I can afford chalkboard paint and some hooks. I already have the bench (well, not THAT bench- but one from a local woodworker)! Stay tuned for my version

Bathroom....

So, I saw this on HERE  and loved it! I wanted something for the wall of the guest bathroom, which is taking on a beachy theme...

I used twine instead of wire, because I wanted it to look a little more rustic. I used Yankee Candle Beach Candles (Dune Sands and Beach Walk) for my candles. Since I had the candles (from a fundraiser),  and a case of glass jars, I had to purchase the hooks ($2/piece at Walmart), and a spool of rope ($4 for a GIANT spool). I had the shells in a container from the beach last sumer. So, this entire project cost me $6.00! (and I still have enough rope to make about a million more)