Well, like I started to tell you on Sunday, it is official, we are on to phase TWO of our home renovations.  It feels like it was just yesterday that we started our first round!  Goodness, we must be a bit crazy!  So above is the BEFORE shot of the room that we are starting with.  This photo actually makes the space look “not that bad” but if you could look a little closer, you would see; 2 layers of wall paper covered in bright red paint, horribly stained carpet and electrical work behind those walls that left us with no choice but to start fresh.

But while we were busy surviving our first round of renovations I temporarily made this bedroom into my craft room storage space.

But not anymore!

And so this past weekend I had no choice but to “move out”.  My crafting supplies are now stored in the basement… and a little tough to get at.  And so here was my deal, I was allowed to keep any and all craft supplies out and upstairs that I could possibly fit into my living spaces in a discrete and organized way.

And so I have been organizing my craft supplies in every single unused piece of furniture I own!

Including my vintage card catalogue.  Turns out it is kind of an amazing way to store my crafting supplies that I couldn’t part with!

 also got creative and found that my vintage steamer trunk that use as a coffee table is actually a perfect space to store supplies as well!  I shared how the trunk had drawers, one of them I used to store my ribbons that I JUST organized!

You can find the full post on this project {here}.

And see, you wouldn’t even know that I am storing a ton of my craft supplies in that pretty trunk can you?!?

So, no fear, I am well-organized for this round of renovating.  The crafting will continue!  Especially since I am not allowed to be very involved with this part of the renovating…  this little bean of a baby in my belly comes first!

It is official, I am 100% back into beach-y decor mode!

It seems as though I have taken a short break, enjoyed Christmas andddd now I am ready to get back to the beach.

Now if only this Wisconsin weather would work with me on that one!

Don’t get me wrong, I am having a great time enjoying the big huge ice skating rink in my backyard, but boy would I rather be swimming in that lake!

Maybe another reason why I am SO edited for the warm weather is that we will be closer to meeting our little baby bean!

But since the summer weather is months away, I will stick to beach crafting to get me excited!

Since I am not naturally amazing at painting, I grabbed my good old watercolors for this project and just painted on top of a vinyl adhesive of an anchor that I had around from a different project.  After I had the watercolor just right I took the vinyl off of my canvas, and this is what I have.

A super simple watercolor canvas that reminds me of the summer!

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I am still debating if I should add words…. what do you think?!

I started my Valentines Day crafting with my simple DIY canvas, and had to keep the crafting going by doing what I love to do, dressing up a store-bought candle!  This is officially the third holiday I have now covered with my candle decorating.  My painted Halloween candle, my glitter Christmas candle and now heart Valentines candle!

All I did was use my Letter Press dies to cute out my border out of aluminum foil.  I then fastened the boarder with hot glue.  And if you missed my simple DIY canvas that I used the hearts for, check them out here.

Sweet and simple, and just enough to add a little Valentines decor to an otherwise boring candle!

Happy weekend my friends!

I can’t wait to share a few of our favorite projects from this weeks party!  WOW!  Talk about motivation, I am feeling like I want to go and take on the world right now!  You guys are amazing!

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Rustic Railroad Sign by Made In A Day

Thrifted Guest Bedroom by With A Touch Of Pretty

DIY Kindle Cover by Creative Home Expressions

Winter Center Piece by Ashbee Designs

Pretty Conversation Hearts by My Fabuless Life

Breakfast Nook Makeover by Chronicle of Home

DIY Map Art by Bliss At Home

Card Catalogue Makeover by Bad Rabbit Vintage

Card Catalogue Makeover by Bad Rabbit Vintage

Craft Room Reveal by Home Happy Home

Laundry Room Sign by The Lily Pad Cottage

Open Cabinets by Mom 4 Real

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One of the things that I ALWAY try make sure I incorporate in my crafting is meaning and I try to follow this even more so around the holiday season.

And one of the biggest things that has happened this year for my husband and I was that we purchased our fist house (as many of you know).  And so of course I am all about making all kinds of special and meaningful ornaments this year having to do with “Home”.

This is my first personalized “home” ornament and I am really loving how special it is!

And what makes it even better, is that it was simple to make!

I used my sihouette cutter to cut out the state of Wisconsin on a piece of vinyl, but this step could also be done by tracing an outline of your “home” state as well.  Next I applied the vinyl to the ornament and then used a Martha Stewart glass paint to add the state.

Then after the paint dried, I used glue to add glitter to the state.

Finally I added the wording with StazOn in and my favorite dollar section alphabet stamps.

Sweet and simple and a great personalized way to dress up your tree or create a special gift for friends or family!

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Beach-y + Christmas.  Yes, I LOVE that idea!

I was thinking of creative ways to hang my stockings since I don’t have a mantel at my new house this year and so I decided to scrounge around a bit and get creative.

And here is what I came up with!  My driftwood stocking holder!  I had found this piece of driftwood on a walk around the lake a few months back… and in true craft hoarding fashion it sat in my garage for that entire time.  Until I found its perfect use!

All I did was use painters tape and red paint to add my “candy cane” stripes.

Then I grabbed some super generic hooks from Target that came in a two pack and added them with the screws that they came with.

My stockings now hang happily over my desk and I LOVE them!

Sweet and simple and a perfect use of my driftwood.

If you don’t have a mantel how do you hang your stockings?!  I would LOVE to know!

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I have to say, I am more than a little obsessed with making my own Christmas tree ornaments.  And they are tending to all be white and light!  This project is no exception.  I had fun using some new Lifestyle Craftscutting dies, the were the perfect way to transform a normal ornament into a perfect snow globe!

From the new Knotty or Nice collection I used the “nice gift set” dies for this project.

Before I decided on plain white cardstock, I played with aluminum foil which made for a VERY cute snowflake as well!

{More projects to come!!!}

I used my dollar section alphabet stamp set to add the wording to the snowflake.

Once my snowflake was cut and stamped, I then rolled it slightly and stuck it in the top or the clear ornament.

 Disclosure:  I was not compensated to write this post, but I did receive dies to review.  All opinions are my own.

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I am excited to let you know that I am part of one of the cutest Trim the Tree Series around hosted by my friend Jenn at Clean and Scentsible and today is my day!  Be sure to go over and check out my ornament AND the other AMAZING ornaments that have already been shared!

AND, Happy Hour the Link Party is BACK this week after our Thanksgiving break, be sure to get all linked up tonight!  I can’t wait to see what you have been up to for the last TWO week!!!

It is official.  Christmas crafting is in full swing at my house, and so it is only appropriate that it is full swing here on my blog as well.  Lets start this holiday crafting season nice and simple.  How about a cute use for a canvas, ribbon and chipboard letters?!

Yep that is all it took to make my sweet and simple Candy Cane Canvas.

I can’t help but be happy when I look at it…. mmmm and maybe a little thirsty for a candy cane mocha coffee!

So all I did to make my canvas is cut ribbon and glue it to the back of a plain white canvas.  (I later covered the back of the canvas with a piece of paper to make it look more finished).  I Then grabbed some chipboard letters that I have had forever just waiting to be used in a project (do you even hold on to crafting materials like that–not knowing what you are going to use them for??) and added glue (from my Martha Stewart glue pen) and some flaky silver glitter to my letters.

No big deal, but kind of cute and fun right?!  Are you Christmas crafting yet??