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Family History Monogram

June 6, 2013 By Meegan 10 Comments

Are you looking for a meaningful Fathers Day gift?  This Family History Monogram could be the answer…  It’s easy, original, doesn’t take a lot of time, and trendy.  AND no one will have anything like it.

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Our family loves the history of our ancestors, so this is a wonderful idea to share family history and family spirit.

You will need:

an empty frame

family history

aged paper

poster board

mod podge

a hollow monogram

paint

9001 glue

I found some of Hubby’s family history.  I then copied it on aged paper.  (I would never use the original)

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Once my pages were copied, I tore them specifically so that our last name was shown on each piece.  Clever, huh??  I mod podged them onto a poster board cut the same size as my needed frame.  I painted a hollow monogram (I made my own) and attached it to the family history poster board.

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I used 9001 glue to adhere the monogram and then the poster board to the frame.

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Paint your frame to match your decor and/or your frame.  She is looking pretty good so far!

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I thought it would look nice hanging on our gallery wall, along with the grandkiddos and our parents pictures.

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It finishes off the gallery wall with balance and meaning.

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So, there you have it.  My Family History Monogram.

I hope you make one for the Father in your life soon.  It is a meaningful gift anytime of year.  But, fathers are so hard to buy for, I thought this would be an ideal gift.

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I’ve Got The Monday Blues with Shabby Chic

May 27, 2013 By Meegan 1 Comment

I’ve got the Monday Blues with Shabby Chic and Vintage today!  I am excited as always to share my Monday Blues with you!  I hope you will be inspired with what you see today!  I know I have been.

So let’s see what we have for the Monday Blues with Shabby Chic today…

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Bring Spring & Summer In with Thrifted & Antique Finds

May 14, 2013 By Meegan 1 Comment

Good Morning!  Today I am going to share a few of my antiques and thrift finds.

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I love glass.  I love blue glass.  I love antiques.  I love to go antiquing.  I love thrifting.  I love what I find when I go thrifting.  Hence I love sharing with you some of my antique finds and thrifting gems.  Some of these are gifts and others I bought my self.

Here are just a few of my antiques and thrifted items that I have put together in our living room recently.   The colors say “Spring is here and Summer is coming soon…”

 

Bring Spring & Summer In with Thrifted & Antique FindsRight off the bat I have black and white family pictures.  They really are all our family.  I didn’t purchase these.  The frosted blue insulator is one of my favorite antique finds.  I love the waves in the glass.

Bring Spring & Summer In with Thrifted & Antique FindsAll of these pieces were found at our local thrift store.  Yep, even the blue Mason jar was found there for a buck!!  Yes!!  The 2 vases are from my friend Barbara. I found the candle stand when it was a yucky,dirty brown-of course, I painted it shades of blue.

Bring Spring & Summer In with Thrifted & Antique FindsWhile I was taking pictures for this post, a package came from my daughter.  Guess what was in it??   Two more insulators!!  One almost clear, and the other a deep turquoise.  My kids know me well.  They were both found at an antique mall near my daughter’s home.

Bring Spring & Summer In with Thrifted & Antique FindsOn my bookshelf, I placed my galvanized watering can.  Hubby bought it for me years ago while antiquing in California.  The watering can blends well with the black and white pictures, don’t you think?

Bring Spring & Summer In with Thrifted & Antique FindsThe galvanized pot with the blue ribbon is what I used for Easter.  The blue bottle is from another antiquing trip in Morro Bay, CA.

The small urn was not found thrifting or antiquing, but at Big Lots for $2.  I brought it home,painted it white, and filled it with green moss.  (Can you tell I like paint?)

Bring Spring & Summer In with Thrifted & Antique FindsI really like all of these elements placed together.

Bring Spring & Summer In with Thrifted & Antique FindsThe tray was a thrift find for $1, as was the turquoise vase.  The other 2 vases were also from Barbara.

Bring Spring & Summer In with Thrifted & Antique Finds The marbles and sea glass were purchased at Target on sale.  Lucky me!  Using different levels and vessels I can bring Spring and Summer into our home with very little cost or effort.

Those are just a few of my antiques and thrift finds.  I am still working on a thrifted dining table and chairs that I will share very soon.  I can’t wait till you see it!

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Easy To Hang Decorative Plates

May 10, 2013 By Meegan 20 Comments

Hello Hello!!  I have been missing a lot lately.  This flu bug will not leave me alone.  At all.  We also had 2 of the grand kiddos here for a visit, so I have been recuperating and playing “go fish”.  We had fun, but now I am excited to be posting for you again.

Now, on to the most simple idea ever…Easy to hang decorative plates.  I mean, easy.

Don’t you just love the look of plates hanging on a wall?   I really do and finally found these 3 plates while thrifting a few weeks ago.  At 75 cents each, I couldn’t pass them up.  I mean, blue plates-I needed them now!!

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I could picture them hanging above our pantry door.  It is a small space, but needed a little pizzazz.  These plates were the answer.  I like how they don’t match perfectly.  Two are from the same pattern, but still a little different.

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