Candlestick Plus Newspaper Equals Awesome!

August 12, 2016August 11, 20168 Comments

Hello everyone! I am reposting this awesome project from June of 2015. I love how it turned out and love having these as decoration in my apartment. So, here is my tutorial on how to decorate a wooden candlestick with decoupage and newspaper.

Mom was cleaning her room and found this candlestick. Now, I have the same candlestick in my bedroom. I covered it in newspaper by means of decoupage and love how it looks. So, I decided to do the same thing for this candlestick. And here is what I used.

I had a newspaper that my roommates and I got for free, mod poge from Michaels, sponge brushes, a small bowl to put the mod poge in, paper towels, and tv shows to watch as I was decoupaging.

I tore the newspaper into small pieces to make it easier to decoupage onto the candlestick. I then got the sponge brush damp with the mod poge and lightly coated it over the piece of newspaper. Because newspaper is thin, it doesn’t require that much mod poge to make it stick to the candlestick. I used only pieces with words on them because I was afraid of the color from pictures bleeding through.

So after two nights of mod poging, approximately 4 hours of work, the candlestick was complete!

Currently it is sitting on my Salvation Table, which you can seehere, along with some of mom’s decorations. I might be taking this to my apartment to decorate in the living room area. I like the look of the newspaper, something that could be modern or vintage looking. This project was fun and something that I know I will be doing more of this summer!

Finds and Fashions-Orange

August 10, 2016August 9, 20164 Comments

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I’m back with another Finds and Fashions! I feel like it’s been awhile since I have done one of these posts. Today I am featuring orange. I love to use orange in my wardrobe and I thought it worked since fall is just around the corner.

The first outfit is black and orange. I wondered if it would look too much like Halloween, but I think it looks okay. The top is orange and black chevron and I paired it with a black maxi skirt. A black tote, black sandals and orange jewelry complete the outfit.

Tassel jewelry is really popular right now. I found these at Charming Charlies.

This outfit is just kind of a fun, kick-around outfit. A simple knit tank with a chambray skirt. A simple pair of sandals and a chunky necklace keep it easy.

Here is the same shirt paired with a grey pair of jeans and a white lacy duster. I haven’t worn the duster yet, but I love how this outfit came together! The big chunky necklace used to be Lauren’s, but I had it gifted to me. I used the same sandals as the last outfit and a small clutch purse. I had a hard time picking a purse for this one. With the jeans being grey and the jewelry gold, it made it kind of difficult. But this one seemed to work best.

I have had this sweater for a couple of years and I love it because it has gold buttons up the back. I used gold jewelry, a khaki skirt and brown sandals. Don’t you just love the purse? I found it at a garage sale this summer for .50 cents? Love it!

I had my helper with me again this week. I just think she makes the best accessory!

Thanks for joining me again this week! Hope the rest of your week is wonderful!

Here are a few more posts you might want to look at!

Blue and White Folding Chair Makeover

August 8, 2016August 7, 201628 Comments

HI everyone! Hope you are all well! School is about ready to start around here, although I have a couple of more weeks before I go back. It will all be here very soon!

I have a simple project for you today. You’ve probably already seen it done on Pinterest, but it is something I have been wanting to do for awhile and kept putting it off. But I will be hosting a bridal shower for Lauren’s best friend in a couple of week, so I figured I better get going on this! I had also found some fabric I liked at a yard sale this summer, so now I had no excuse.

I had these old brown folding chairs that really needed an update. They are definitely passed their era! First I unscrewed the back and the seat from the frame of the chair.

I found this tag on the bottom of the seat. I know it says model number is 1953, but I wonder if that was the date. And the price! $10.95! What a bargain!

Once the back and the seat were removed, I took the frame outside and gave it a couple coats of white spray paint and a coat of clear coat.

I love this fabric! It’s heavier than just cotton, and the colors are so much better than the brown.

I laid the fabric on the floor, with the help of Chica, and cut out the shape, about 2 inches from the edge of the chair back. This will give me enough to wrap around and staple. I also did this for the seat.

I laid the chair back on the wrong side of the fabric and made sure it was centered. I start in the middle of each side and put in one staple, then continue around.

After covering the seat, it is time to reattach them to the chair frame. Pretty easy, right! Now we are ready to party!

I love the blue and white. It looks so crisp and clean!

Rozy says she hopes you all have a great day!

See you on Wednesday!

Here are a few other projects you might want to look at:

Rattan Plate Holders plus a Nautical Tablescape

August 1, 2016July 31, 201613 Comments

Do you ever have an item you know you want to do something with, but it takes forever to figure out what? That’s me. All the time. I have had these paper plate holders for years. I saw, in a magazine, how they painted them pretty colors. Ok, I can do that. But should I make them all the same, or different colors, and what colors? Oh decisions, decisions!

I finally decided on grey, because…I had the paint already. 🙂 Then Haley came up with the pattern idea.

The first step was to paint them all grey and let them dry. I always use the Rustoleum Ultra Cover. Love this stuff!

Then I wanted to put a white stripe across the middle with a number in it. I measured out how large the stripe would have to be so the number would fit and then used the piece of cardboard to tape off the rest of the plate.

I taped scrap paper onto the plate with painters tape. This way I won’t get white paint on the grey.

They came out pretty well!

Now came the number. I took an old magazine cover and cut out a square that matched the size of the stencil.

It’s kind of hard to tell, but here is the square. I taped the stencil to the paper and then pressed it flat against the plate holder. I used turquoise for the numbers.

Once they were all dry, I was ready to set the table for a night of Al Fresco dining!

When I told Haley I was doing a nautical theme, she asked if it was different then beach theme. I had to think a bit, but yes, in my mind it is a bit different.

Nautical is more boats, ropes, and glass floats. Beach would be more sand and shells. At least that is how my mind categorizes it!! 🙂

I did add a few shells and my favorite whale to the table along with glass floats and some rope.

I love how the striped runners look under the plates. I got them from Target last fall.

It was starting to get a bit dark on these last pictures, so they are a little grainy.

I love how this turned out and really glad I finally did something with these plate holders. Now if I can only come up with ideas for the dozens of other items I have!!

Here’s a few other tablescapes you might be interested in!

Corner News-July 30, 2016

July 30, 2016July 29, 20164 Comments

Hello everyone! And welcome to another edition of the corner news. I hope that you are getting ready to enjoy your weekend and that you have fun things planned for your Saturday and Sunday.

First things first: I found this picture when going through my phone. Last weekend mom, Haley, and I went to look at model homes for fun. And in one of the homes, there was this really cool old fashion camera. It took everything in me to not take it from the house and add it to my decoration collection…but I used self control and left it there like I was supposed to.

Next thing. When mom came over for shopping, she hung up these fabric banners that she had made for me a few weeks ago. They are pink based fabrics and and there are really cute. I just…never hung them up. So, she did and hung them above my closet doors and one of my windows.