2011, A Year in Review

December 29, 2011 By 7 Comments

WOW… What happened to this year?  It has just flown by in my world.  As this year comes to an end, I love to reflect back on some of the highlights.

Here are the top blog posts from each month of 2011.  You can click on the photos to read all the details.

January

Stenciling the Master Bedroom ~ How to

February

Nightstand Makeover ~ How to Paint Laminate

March

A little love for the laundry ~  how to skirt a shelf

April

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Parade of Homes

May

Tips on Prepping Hardware to Paint

June

My Summer Mantel

July

Princess Dresser

August

Burlap & Ruffle Pillow Tutorial

September

Pumpkin Popper Recipe

October

Beadboard Wallpaper – you can read the full tutorial here.

November

Going blue in the bathroom

December

Chalk Paint Recipe

Thank you so much for being a part of my blogging world!  What will 2012 hold?  God only knows… but I know I’m excited to share it with you guys!

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for the Love of… Kraft wrapping

December 23, 2011 By 5 Comments

Do you have all your presents wrapped?  If not I’ve found some beautiful, unique and creative wrappings for you all with craft paper.  I love gifts wrapped with Kraft paper… I find it so simply beautiful.

Let your kiddos cut up some beautiful snowflakes in some festive colors and place on top of your package.

Love using two different papers and twine.

How cute are these yarn pom-poms!

Let your kiddos go stamp crazy.

stamp gift wrap

Love the stamped name with a simple ribbon.

The doilies make this so elegant.

Happy Wrapping!

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White Christmas Party

December 1, 2011 By 8 Comments

You all know how much I ADORE paint!  Well another one of my most favorite things is CHRISTMAS!  I’ve been playing Christmas music for months now (my poor husband)… SO it is with great excitement that I share what is happening over at the DIY Club.

It’s 2 of my favorite things together…. Paint & Christmas!  Oh what JOY!  You can see below that each of the DIY Club gals is hosting a different theme.  Here at Domestically Speaking I am hosting the White Christmas Party.  So bring on your projects that involve some paint, have some white and are Holiday related.

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Here’s all the details:

HOW TO ENTER:

1. Each of the 12 parties opens on the dates indicated and will end on Dec 18.
2. Link up one or more project tutorials that correspond to the color/finish for each party.
3. You may link up multiple projects to multiple parties.
4. Be sure to include the party button in each post that you link up.

RULES TO BE ELIGIBLE TO WIN:

1. Must be an original project tutorial created by you.
2. Must involve the use of paint and be holiday related.
3. Must involve the color or finish indicated for each party.
4. Must have the party button in each linked post.
5. Must be a subscriber of The Design Confidential

PRIZES:

After all of the parties are closed on Dec. 18, we will post a TOP 12 finalist list here at the DIY Club on DEC 20.
One winner, announced on Dec 21, will win 2 gallons of Dutch Boy paint and 6 cans of Krylon spray paint.

Here’s some white holiday pretties to inspire you…

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Are you inspired?  Link away your white, holiday, painted related goodies & don’t forget to visit the other ladies and link up there as well.

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Sweater scrap snowman

November 28, 2011 By 2 Comments

Have you recovered from your turkey coma?

We’re putting away the fall décor and pulling out the Christmas… so it was the perfect time to make a Christmas goodie.

Here’s what I used:

Dow Styrofoam balls (used 3 different sizes)

Gorilla Super Glue

Old sweater sleeve

scissors

burlap scraps

black pipe cleaner

elastic thread

You can check out the pillow I made out of the remainder of this sweater here.

And to see all the how-to’s of my cute little snowmen click below.

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I’ll see you guys tomorrow night at the Power of Paint Party!

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Fluttering artwork

November 18, 2011 By 3 Comments

It feels so good to get back to creating with my hands.  Last week was my wordpress brain-drain and doctor appointments for my oldest daughter’s arm.  This week has been mostly back to normal.  We finally got an outcome on Blondie’s arm… she wearing a beautiful blue cast for 4 weeks and my blog is over here at wordpress (a few more design tweaks that I’m hoping to get to this weekend).

So early this week I created this super cute artwork for my girls’ bathroom.  I think 6 of these in a cluster would be adorable too!

Here’s the supplies I used:

Canvas Corp’s 8”x8” stretched canvas in natural

DecoArt’s butterfly stencil

DecoArt’s Pretty in Pink glitter paint in Celebration Pink

DecoArt’s Americana paint in Wasabi Green

stencil brush

This project took just minutes from start to finish.  You can head on over to the DIY Club to hear all the details…

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Pretty Paper and Burlap Wreath

October 26, 2011 By 1 Comment

Hi Friends!  I’m lovin’ this paper and burlap wreath I created last week.

Supplies Used:

Canvas Corp’s 12×12 Baby Papers is pretty blues

Dow Styrofoam wreath form

paper cutter/scissors

pencil/pen

glue gun

burlap circles

straight pins

I’m sharing all the detail on how to create this beauty over at the DIY Club today…

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97th Power of Paint Party ~ Paper Pumpkin

October 25, 2011 By 6 Comments

I came across a plastic, orange pumpkin at a garage sale last month.  For 50 cents I grabbed it!

I wasn’t sure what I was going to do with it, since I was going with more neutral’s in my fall décor this year.  (you can see my autumn mantel here)

When I saw Pottery Barn’s pretty brown pumpkins…

I knew I wanted to try to replicate their beauties.

Here’s my version…

“my brown paper packages tied up with string”

I just tore up a brown paper bag into small pieces, crumbed those pieces up and then decoupaged them onto my pumpkin.

Then I used some Burnt Umber & Espresso Brown acrylic paint to cover up the green stem.

So what have you been painting???

Power of Paint Party Rules:

#1… This is a PAINT party… so pretty please, link-up only paint related projects.  I HATE deleting!

#2… Please put my nifty POPP button (you can find it up in my menu bar’s BUTTONS) in your blog post or a link back to this party somewhere on your blog… that way others from your blog can check out all the paint projects too.

#3… Share the Love… visit the other paint pals.

 

 

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Stenciling A Pillow…

September 26, 2011 By 2 Comments

Happy Monday! 

I’m in the middle of giving our family room a makeover… painting is done, beadboard wallpaper is hung (hoping to paint it today) and my mind is swirling with curtain update plans, entertainment center face-lifts and a bench I’m hoping to build.

So… I figured since everything else was getting a new look, my boring brown pillow could use a make0ver too.

Here’s what I used:

Cutting Edge Stencil’s Lily Scroll

DecoArt’s SoSoft fabric paint in Gold Glitz

stencil brush

You can get the how-to details over at the DIY Club today.

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While you’re over at the club you can check out September’s Top 10!

Later today I’ve got my fluffy star to share with you!

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Countdown to Autumn Party ~ Happy Fall Shirt

September 18, 2011 By 6 Comments

Hi guys!   We’re in the final stretch… Autumn starts this Friday…. yea!

Last week I made this t-shirt for my youngest daughter…

Here’s what I used…

white, pre-washed t-shirt

DecoArt’s So Soft Fine Glitter paint in Gold Glitz, Limelight and Tiger Orange

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freezer paper

x-acto knife

cutting board

iron

paper with printed image (you can download mine over at Domestically Speaking)

tape

You can get all the details over at the DIY Club.

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So how are you getting ready for Autumn?

This is an easy link party, meaning you don’t have to include a button or link back (but I’m thankful & thrilled if you do).

The only rule… it MUST be autumn (fall) related!!!

So link up your fall décor, your favorite fall recipes, family traditions, back to school goodies… anything AUTUMN!

Inspire us…

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#3 on my Top Blogging Posts

September 14, 2011 By 3 Comments

The 2 year blogging anniversary celebration continues.  If you didn’t enter Monday’s giveaway, you can find it here. Tuesday’s giveaway is here.

All this week I’m counting down my top 5 blog posts.  You can see #5  here and #4 is here.  So let’s check out what made #3.

{M & M’s Teacher Appreciation Gift}

This week is teacher appreciation week.   Tomorrow my kiddos will take these easy to make gifts to their teachers.

I used mason jars, the same as I used for my Pottery Barn Candleholders.

Filled them with M&M’s… plain & peanut

Printed out this cute M&M poem…

Glued it to some cardstock to frame it out…

Hole punched around the edges & then weaved the twine through the holes & attached the poem with some twine to the jar.

I traced the lid on some leftover vellum paper to make a cute top.

Easy-peasy ~ CUTE and Yummy gift!

Here’s the poem (in case you want to copy, paste & use)

Green is for the inspiration you give me each day.

Blue is for your patience in showing me the way.

Orange is for your warmth and caring style.

Yellow is for the way you always make me smile.

Red is for my life that you have touched this year.

You’re a very special teacher just like this jar, that’s clear.

You place knowledge in our children’s hands

and melt into their hearts and lives forever.

You’re a "Magnificent" & "Marvelous" teacher

Thank you for being my M&M.

~~~~~~~~~~~

I’ve got 2 giveaways starting later today… stay tuned!

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