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Six Easy Fall Decor Ideas

September 3, 2013 By Meegan 26 Comments

Oh my!! Fall is upon us. The skies are filled with clouds and the weather is cooling down (well, a little). I thought it would be fun to share with you Six Easy Fall Decor Ideas.

Last year I chose to decorate my bookshelves and my kitchen shelves as a focal point. I decided to use traditional Fall colors in my living room and my bookshelf. Then I gathered blues, browns and whites on my kitchen shelves for a whole different look. Using 2 different colors and styles, you can see how easy, simple and creative Fall decor can be.

My first choice is going with all whites, browns and a touch of blue (you know how I love blue!)

DIY Personalized Beach Art

August 14, 2013 By Meegan 4 Comments

Last week I did a Guest Post for my friend Barbara at Chase the Star. I am so excited to share it with you here today, too!

I love anything DIY, don’t you? I had so much fun making this DIY Personalized Beach Art. I saw something similar at a farmer’s market a few weeks ago, and I could get it out of my head. So I gathered my essentials and started to work.

I thought I would share my DIY Personalized Beach Art with you today.This is my DIY Personalized Beach Art. It’s really easy, rustic and looks great in any home.

(Easy and looks great are what I love!)

1.I bought a frame at the thrift store for $3. Not my choice of picture-But I am ready to fix that.

I turned over the print and used the backside for my DIY Personalized Beach Art. You could do the same for some of your vacation spots or places you’ve lived. Use your imagination and have fun!

2. I got out all of my fave colors of paint, along with all of my stencils. I love blues and some greens. Perfect for beach art, right?

3.Using the lighter colors and a sponge brush I painted the background. It’s not smooth or perfect. Just fun. I used antique gray as the main base color, with other colors coming through. After the paint was almost dry, I got to work with my stencils, again using my sponge brush. I began listing all of our favorite beaches, so it would be personalized. Using different sizes, fonts and colors I went to work.

4.I didn’t want it perfect. I left most of my imperfections. I wanted it to be a piece of beach art. As you can see with the lighter colors I outlined with a pen. Yep, a regular green ink pen.

This is a closer look, so you can see the imperfectness of this project. Exactly what I wanted.

On some of the beach/island names I layered the stencil, for an older, worn look.

Another close up, so you can see that I didn’t clean up a few of my messes. Then it was looking a little worn. Again, exactly what I wanted.

And here she is. My own DIY Personalized Beach Art. I love it. I hope you will make one soon and let me know all about it!

Do you have vacation spots, places you have traveled, or even places you have lived that you could make your own piece of art? I bet you do, and I would love to see them asap…

Thanks for joining me today. It is always a pleasure to have you here.

Make it a great day!

Getting Creative at Home Blog Tour and It’s My Turn!

August 8, 2013 By Meegan 34 Comments

Oh my goodness! It’s the Getting Creative at Home Tour and It’s My Turn! Wow! I have seen so many amazingly talented people over the past few days! It is so much fun! Have you been joining in on the fun along with us? What has been your fave so far??

The Getting Creative at Home Blog Tour came about because there were several of us bloggers that missed out on attending a Blog Conference called “Haven”. My new friend Julie got us together, since we could not attend Haven, we would have our own blog conference and invite YOU to come along!

Getting Creative at Home and it’s my turn begins right now!!

I like to:

Refresh Thrifted, vintage, or set up new vignettes in our home.

I am also a huge fan of:

of crafting. I have been crafting my whole life. Whether it’s painting, gluing or sewing-I love it!

I have also been known to cook and bake up a storm in my kitchen:

I love to share my recipes often with my readers.

A few other things you might want to know about me are:

I have a fetish for empty frames. I have them everywhere. I really like the idea of the openness and the fact that I can hang anything on them with a simple painted clothes pin.

My coffee table was $10 at the thrift store. She is one of my faves. The tray was a thrift find for $3!! I know! I was SO excited!!

My kitchen shelves are always filled with thrift finds and/or shells because of my love of the ocean.

I found this shutter for 5 bucks and made her look old. Not too shabby, huh?

I love using book pages to decorate. Actually, you might say I have an obsession. (PS-the frame was brand new at the thrift store for $7!!-SCORE!)

One of my fave projects has been these moss covered vases, candle holders and candle.

I had so much fun painting these beauties!

Of all the crafting that I do, my readers most favorite post of all time is: Dyeing Coffee Filters with Food Coloring

I would love for you to join me every Monday for:

I share all of my fave blues.

Every Friday is:

I visit various places like a peony farm, the floral market, IKEA and share my “field Trip” with you.

Thanks for joining me on the Getting Creative at Home Blog Tour today! It has been a pleasure to have you here.

Please join my other friends today for the Getting Creative Blog Tour:

Thursday, Aug. 8:

The Vintage Nest

A Few Miner Adjustments

What Meegan Makes

One More Time Events

Sweet Song Bird

Visit our Pinterest Board for even MORE inspiration.

Make it a Getting Creative at Home day!!

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My Fleur Box Succulent Makeover

August 6, 2013 By Meegan 7 Comments

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I am so excited to be here today! I am also happy to show you my fleur box succulent makeover. Whew-this has been a long time coming. I have pondered about this box a lot and finally came up with a solution. I hope you like it and are inspired to makeover a fleur box or basket you might have.

This is what I started out with. A box full of sticks, pots, shells, moss balls, a bird’s nest, etc.. Junk, really. It was all there but with no composition, rhyme, or reason.

I was a HL today and spotted these lovelies. I know, I am not a fan of fake flowers-at all. Ask the brides I help. Ugh! BUT, succulents almost look fake at times, don’t they? Well, these fake succulents look real enough to me to use them in my fleur box. Woo!

So I pulled my new components together. Succulents, moss balls, shredded paper, and a grapevine ball I found for a $1 while thrifting. Yes! I was ready to start.

I used the shredded paper as my “dirt” or foundation. This is a good start.

I began placing my moss balls, and succulents in their new home. Don’t they look happy?

The shredded paper is the perfect background for the green moss and the succulents. The grapevine ball even shows up better. I am loving this new look for my fleur box succulent makeover.

I also painted the front of the fleur box blue to have a fresh look to go with the fleurs box succulent makeover.

Wow! What a difference! Once what was a drab box is now full of color and appeal. I am loving this new look for my fleur box succulent makeover.

Do you have something similar that you could freshen up? It’s not hard at all. Just use your imagination, and items that you like. This will bring your space new life and appeal. Best of all, it will make you smile!

NOW Day 2 of the Getting Creative at Home Blog Tour!! Didn’t you just love the tours yesterday?? So much talent and creativity! I can hardly wait to visit the Getting Creative At Home blog tour, too! And there is so much more to come…

Today’s Blog Tours are:

Tuesday, Aug. 6:

Designer’s Sweet Spot

Design Dreams by Anne

Country Design Style

Shabby Art Boutique

Cupcakes and Crinoline

Thanks for joining me today! Make it a terrific Tuesday!