Being Creepy Pays Off

Ok, so I have read enough "home decor/thrifty decor" blogs over the past few weeks that my head is spinning with ideas. I. LOVE. THEM. No joke, these blogs are, in my opinion, the best things in the world.

Now, if you ask my husband, he would definitely tell you they are bad influences on me. I get too many ideas, and then want to change every single aspect of our home. Well, that is basically what he would say except I cleaned it up a bit because he is a truck-driver & he has a way with words. HA! He gets a very cute "concerned" look when he sees me with measuring tapes, hammers, & what-not. I love it! Keeping him in suspense & wondering what exactly I am up to is also one of the best things in the world!

And I apologize that I cannot remember exactly which blogs I copied some of my ideas from. I would like to give credit/props to the folks whose ideas I have stolen borrowed. But frankly what I did was (and this will make me sound like a completely creepy internet stalker), once I found a decor blog I liked I went back through the archives & looked at almost each & every post. I know, I have A LOT of free-time somedays. But I looked at sooooo many blogs I honestly don't remember who I got the ideas from.

I am working on several different projects at the present time, but here are a couple of completed ones. I saw a pumpkin topiary sort of similar to this one I made. I thought, "wow what a novel idea" & it looked so easy! And it was easy! I bought the fake pumpkins at Michael's in New Jersey when we were there. They were on sale of 50% off so I got them for $3 a piece. I had the pot on hand, because I lack a green thumb & my plant died. I also dismantled a wreath I had, so that is where I got the pipberries & other little things.

First, I cut off the stems from 2 of the pumpkins. And I super-glued them stacked up like that.

Then, I took my dismantled wreat parts & just stuck them in where it looked good. (Jarrett was in charge of making sure it looked good!)

All in all, I think she turned out quite nice. She is proudly displayed on my mantle because Rachel keeps trying to un super-glue the pumpkins.

Completed project #2 I came up with all on my own. I got this old milk can from my grandma. She was in rough shape (the can not my grandma - felt the need to clarify that). I didn't take a true "before" picture because I forgot to. But here is one of Rachel playing outside with the can in the background. VERY VERY VERY RUSTY & DUSTY! I had to put on a mask while I was cleaning it up.

The clean up & sanding was the hardest part. Then I just gave it a couple of coats of black spray-paint. I usually buy the cheapest stuff they have, you know the $.99 stuff at Wal-Mart. But Jarrett picked it up for me. He got the Krylon black spray-paint for me & I will never buy the cheapo stuff again. My finger didn't get a horrific cramp in it because the sprayer is that much nicer. Then I just made a stencil on the computer & printed it out. It took all of 5 minutes to do that. And I just love it!

So, there you have it. Being creepy really did pay off for me. I have several more ideas & projects in the works. And of course, I will give you all the pleasure of seeing the completed ones!