Today we were slammed by our first storm of peak hurricane season, Tropical Storm Leslie, which is a sure sign that its early Fall! The kids’ school and activities were all canceled, and we were without power for the entire day (eek!). But luckily my camera battery was fully charged, so I took the opportunity to snap a few pics of some Fall decorating I did on the weekend, which started with my Fall mantel. Read more…
Want to know a great trick for making a pretty fabric-covered, large-scale bulletin board (i.e., cork board) inexpensively?
Use a shower curtain!
Fabric shower curtains are great for large-scale projects like this because buying designer fabric by the yard can get really expensive. And, let’s face it, you don’t need upholstery-quality fabric on a bulletin board! A cotton shower curtain will yield a lot of fabric for a decent price, and you can find them in some really great patterns these days.
I first used this trick last summer, when I pretty-ed up some regular old cork bulletin boards for my craft room-office by covering them with a black-and-white gingham fabric shower curtain that I found for just $20. In one shower curtain, there was enough fabric to cover.. Click to read more
This post was most recently updated on January 1st, 2020In case you missed it, yesterday, I posted this free back-to-school printable in four different color combinations, which you can download by clicking back to that post here: Back to School Printable (FREE): “You are the HB in my pencil”. Well, today I’m posting another one in … Read More about Back-to-School Printable Art #2 (Free): “You are the 1-2-3 in my ruler”
This post was most recently updated on January 1st, 2020What school parent hasn’t experienced the mind-numbing boredom of sharpening a bottomless pit of “No. 2 HB pencils” the night before the first day of school? When you think about it, the scene is pretty comical. The things we do for love, lol! ( This year, … Read More about Back-to-School Printable Art (Free): “You are the HB in my Pencil’
