Fun Foam Peace Sign

I made this fun peace sign wall hanging for my daughter. The materials are simple and the design can easily be changed with her growing age.

These Funky Foam sheets are such a great material.

It comes in fun colors and is ever so easy to use.

First I cut out a round shape - I just used a large round plate on hand, but you can also use a compass or other round template.

Then with a pencil, I free hand drew the lines for the peace sign.

And as I mentioned, the foam is very easy to cut so with scissors I cut out each section by hand.

I wanted to add some layering and more fun color so I used this bright green fabric.

Using plain old school glue, I glued the foam to the fabric.

After letting the glue dry for a few minutes, I cut out the green fabric sections just like I did the pink foam.

And lastly the glitter, who doesn't like a little sparkle?

With a glue stick, I placed a random pattern of different sized dots all around the peace and covered them with lavender glitter.

Simple and fun!

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Thrift Store Lamp plus shade Revamp

Ok, so this lamp from my last thrift store find went quite quickly along with a spruced up shade.

For the lamp base, I didn’t want much difference in color so all I used was some wood stain.

Even though the lamp had some sort of veneer which was not wood, I tried the stain anyway.


The stain is still tacky and shiny so I guess the veneer is not absorbing it quite well. If it is still not dry within a couple of days, I’ll use regular paint in a similar color and spray with a shiny protective coat.

That’s why I love a good thrift store craft, if it doesn’t work the first time, just paint it until it does work.


But for now, I like it! It’s shiny, simple and beautiful.



As for the shade, I already had this on hand, ideally I'd like a larger shade for this lamp base but I like to use what's on hand and make it work.

As I’ve mentioned before and by looking through my other crafty posts, I can’t get enough of swirls.

So using a pencil I sketched my free hand design on the lamp shade.

Then using brown acrylic craft paint I traced the penciled lines.

A steady hand and a few minutes later I had this.

They complement each other well.

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Thrift Store Finds

Welcome to another post of thrifty finds. It sure is great to hand over a $10 bill and still get change for 2 awesome pieces to furnish a home.

Like this beautiful swirly wine rack.

Not that I have a collection of wine waiting for storage, but I just couldn't pass up these beautiful metal swirls. It really is pretty all on its own.

I just love swirls!

The nice metal finish goes perfectly with the design so I decided it didn't need any painting.

Price tag: $2.99

I haven't found a place for it yet but there are many other ways besides wine that you could store in the circles.

You can place some rolled up hand towels and add this to a bathroom or hallway area.

And for quilters you could place rolls of yarn in the circles too.

Now, number two:

Ain't she a beaut?

I couldn't pass this up either. The shape reminds me of a ceramic vase.

Just a bit of dusting and touching up and this lamp will be well on its way to a nice piece of home furnishing.

Yeah, that price is the icing on the cake!

I can't wait to get started. Details in my next post!

Blog Swap with Craft Envy!

Welcome to my first blog swap with Nicholette and Vanessa from Craft Envy! They have an awesome blog and I'm happy to have them here today!

Hello "The Craft In Me" fans! Nicholette here from Craft Envy and I'm so excited to share a fun tutorial with you! Be sure to come over and visit us at Craft Envy, especially at our Saturday Spotlight linky party.

Handprint Thank You Cards

I wanted to create thank you cards for my son's birthday that he could help with so this is what I came up with...

This is a super simple project that requires very little, as long as you can get your kid to cooperate!

1. Have your child make several hand prints with acrylic paint. I had to make a ton because my one year old didn't quite understand what I was trying to get him to do.

2. Let the prints dry. Choose the best one and make photocopies of it (or scan it and print it).

3. Cut out the prints and fold a piece of scrapbook paper or cardstock and cut in the shape of the print.

4. Make some little "Thank You" text and glue in the center of the palm. It's as easy as that!

Thanks again Nicholette and Vanessa!

Earring Display

I have seen some cool earring display holders in blog land and needed to create one. My current collection of jewelry was literally in a jumbled ball sitting in a dish and every morning I'd spend precious minutes fighting with this ball of metal only to end up wearing the same thing over and over after frustration of not finding a matching piece.

So, I came up with this very inexpensive solution.

Here are the materials:

1” thick Styrofoam sheet

Mod Podge

Scrapbook paper

Sponge brush

Nails

First I cut the Styrofoam to the same size as the scrapbook paper, which was about 12” x 12”. This particular Styrofoam was part of some toy packaging and I've been saving just for projects like this.

Then using Mod Podge I glued the scrapbook paper down to the Styrofoam.

I glued the top which help with durability since the earrings will rub against the paper.

Note: Before gluing, I painted the sides with regular acrylic craft paint.

While the Mod Podge was still drying, I placed the staple shaped nails right into the board. No hammer needed, they just press easily through the paper into the Styrofoam.

I think the staple nails work best when they are placed at an angle or straight up and down.
The straight nails are added at the top for hanging necklaces.

Here is also one I made in pink.

Of course you can get as simple or as elaborate with these as you want which is exactly what I plan to do so please stay tuned!

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