Stamped Tribal Necklace – Make It Yourself!

Maybe I am turning into an old lady or something but I see myself leaning towards orange-ish- brownish safari type prints. No way in hell am I gonna be rocking my Grandma’s look any time soon. Don’t get me wrong- she was a stylish lady in her hey day. But she also wore BluBlockers so
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Lamp Jewelry – DIY Home Decor

Why do we only think of using necklaces on ourselves? I found this lamp at the Goodwill for $10 and loved the color – I knew it would pop in my new family room re-do. I’m going for a kind of modern tropical thing… The lamp on its own was super plain and I posted
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New Style for a New Year!

When I’m creating I am always challenging myself to do something different, make an item unique, or try something I haven’t tried before. This simple earrings and necklace set are one of those projects. I wanted to see how I could make the most of a set of beads by getting multiple projects from it
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Double-Sided Frame Turned Wreath for Fall and Halloween

I’m of the Alton Brown school of thought – no “unitaskers” in my life! That means everything has to have more than just one use or purpose. The shape of this wood frame from Michael’s Stores really spoke to me but I could not justify buying more than one. With that decision, I set out
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Le Citron Out of My Comfort Zone with ICE Resin

You know when you have a product that you know you love but you just don’t put the time in to play with it? Like when I got ICE Resin TWO years ago and then dragged my feet to play until last fall. I know it is easy to use but it is out of
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Knocking off the OC Housewives

One of my guilty pleasures is watching the Real Housewives of Orange County on BRAVO. This season, Gretchen Rossi wore the cutest turquoise and starfish necklace during her “confessionals” and I had to have one. But I KNEW it was going to be super expensive, if I could even find it, and I was not
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So THAT is what it is called…Kumihimo!

A couple of weeks ago I was in a local Hobby Lobby store demoing tie dye with Tulip’s One Step Tie Dye kits and this lady came in with what looked like a really wacky windchime. We chatted for a while and I want to say her name was Lynne… I finally asked her about
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