I have Ella in a playgroup with a few other little girls a couple times a week. We moms take turns having the girls at our homes to play before preschool. Sometimes we do a little craft with the girls. This is the "craft" that Ella came home with last week -- an Easter Egg Tree! My friend had the ...
20 Minute Spring Table Runner project
Happy Friday! I hope you are having a great day. Do you need a quick, easy and fast Spring project to brighten up your kitchen? I'm showing how to make this 20-minute project over at Amanda - Imperfectly Beautiful today. Come over and spread some Friday cheer! XOXOTweet ...
Freecycle Project: Spring Kitchen {spoon} Wreath
I love freecycle! I have listed a bunch of things and people come and take it -- I love to think my stuff I don't need anymore is going to someone who needs it (I hope anyway). I have put in requests a few times for things that I could use for projects. A few weeks ago I was imagining all ...
Erin from Chris, Erin & Jayce: Book Page Wreath
Hello everyone at Tatertots and Jello! I am super excited to be guest blogging for Jen today! In fact, when I first found out that I would be doing this, I called my husband to tell him the news, and when he asked what I wanted to do to celebrate, I exclaimed, “Go to Hobby Lobby!!” I was being ...
Pam from Bibbidi Bobbidi Beautiful: Quatrefoile Canvases!
Hello everyone! I'm so excited to be posting for the super fabulous Jen today! I just love Jen! Is she the most productive blogger in bloggyland, or what? I think she must have Hiro Nakamura's ability, but I digress. My name is Pam and I love sewing and crafting cute decor and helpful solutions for ...
Living In France: Scrappy Canvas Frames project!
Hi Everyone! I'm so excited to be a guest poster for Jen, I promise I will try not to mess up! Thank you Jen for allowing me to soil your perfectly crafty blog be a guest poster today. First, you all have to know that I'm not a crafty blog. I'm jealous of crafty blogs. I do posts once ...
Shelley from House of Smiths: Hanging Roses!
{House of Smith's and Hanging Roses!} J-heeelloooooooo! My fellow, lovely Tatertoter-ers!It's Shelley from House of Smiths,andI'm totally thrilled to be guest posting on such a GREAT blog today!Don't you just LOVE Jen! She totally inspires me with all her crazy crafty-ness!I just love her fun, ...
Amber from {AE Filkins}: Shabby Chic Banner!
Hello Tatertots & Jello readers!! {wearing my sweet necklace from Jen!} My name is Amber from {a.e. filkins}! I'm so excited to be guesting over here at Jen's. Jen & I started blogging around the same time, and we've pretty much followed each other and been friends since then! I just ♥♥♥ ...
Whimsical Spring Wreath
How's your week going? If you are friends with my on Facebook, you might have noticed that I was trying to find plastic soda bottles last weekend. Here's the reason. I needed bottles so I could cut them up to make flowers out of them for a Spring Wreath I had in my head. It's kind of funny, ...
10-minute polka dot project
I found these plates on clearance 75% off so I snatched them up -- I paid $2 for all 4. I got them home and added these: and ended up with a little polka dot happiness for my kitchen and family room! FYI -- The Peachy Cheap giveaway ends tonight at midnight! If you want to enter a few ...
Some Progress!
At the beginning of the year I hinted that I started a master bedroom redo after I redid my closet in black and white. I was all gung ho. Then I got stuck. So for a couple months my bedroom has been half way black and white and the other half brown and blue. And it has been driving me ...
Spin on the Family Rules canvas
You guys are probably sick of my gushing on and on about how much I love the Family Rules Canvas {originally posted by Lindsay @ The Pleated Poppy}. And some of you have said that you wished you could do one but that your kids are all grown or your kids are too young to read or you don't have ...
Burlap Project: Ruffled Spring Pennant
Time to take down the Valentine decorations. But what to put up to fill the cold, bleak Winter space?? I decided to make a burlap pennant, but instead of a triangular one, I thought it might be fun to make square-ish one with colorful SPRING hues to brighten up my space. To make it, first I ...
Lamp Makeover: from Dull to Darling in 30 minutes!
Turn your lamp from dull to darling in 30 minutes flat! Here's my little Walmart lamp I bought to lighten up my desk area in my kitchen.It's cute, if kind of boring. But I knew I could do something fun to brighten her up! First, I got three pieces of paper and taped them together ...
Burlap Napkin Rings Tutorial {Dollar Store Project}
I have so many Valentine ideas I wanted to do -- but I'm running out of time! Here's one I made today. But, these napkin rings don't have to be just for Valentines Day - you can use them all year. I bought the napkin rings at the Dollar Store. Yep, I have been wandering around in there ...
Burlap Valentine Project
Burlap Valentine Heart This is a really simple, inexpensive project. Here's what you need: foam core board (available at craft stores) newspaper burlap (4 feet long-- cut into 2 4-inch long sections -- you will have burlap left over) Brown coffee filters (about 15-20) tan ...
Dollar Store Tray — Update
II had a few people ask me about the finishes I used on the tray. The Mod Podge is used was Matte. And the clear finish I sprayed on at the end was: Deft Cear Wood Finish Gloss. Some people were afraid about putting their food on the tray after it had been sprayed. So I called the Home Depot and ...
Dollar Store Serving Tray Tutorial
Why am I so fascinated with the Dollar Store? It's truly amazing to me that everything in there is just a buck. I get a little mesmerized when I'm in there... I picked up a couple metal pizza pans a few weeks ago, thinking that I could do something fun with them. As I was going through my ...
Valentine’s Mantle
I am joining Beth's Mantle Party. What a great idea! Stop over and join the fun -- or just come by and get some great mantle decorating ideas! Have a Fantastic Friday! XOXO Tweet ...
Valentine Subway Art Tutorial with pdf
I have been obsessed with this Subway Art for a while now. I was going to make one to go in my kitchen, but got sidetracked by Lindsey's Family Rules Canvas. So I thought it might be fun to make one for Valentine's Day. Here's what I did: I had a couple of canvases left over from my ...
