Water Slide Decal Pictures

I love finding new ways to use water slide decals......This time it was pictures

I already use decals on soap, candles, glass, and furniture.  The full water slide decal tutorial is HERE

I found some great frames and sprayed them with Rust-Oleum Heirloom white, then gave them a little sanding.

I used a vintage table cloth and spray adhesive to cover the backing boards

Then slide the decals onto the BACK of the glass.  The graphics are from Graphics Fairy

 For decals with words, you will have to reverse the image

I love how they turned out and they sold immediately in my booth at Orange Tree

 This was a really easy project.......Now I'm on the look out for more cute little frames.

Happy Creating!

Carol

Kerosene Heater Turned Table

I love when I find these old kerosene heaters, usually I just paint them, but his time I transformed it into a cute little side table

Here's one I had in my booth that I painted and sold for $70, it was a little more ornate, but also a little dented up

So here's what I started with.....Not much of a looker is it?

I was playing around trying to decided what to do with this heater, Here is some ideas I came up with

Unscrewing the top 

Then flipping it over to make a flower planter, or maybe a bird feeder

Or, I could take the whole top off and make a cute little stool by adding wood and upholstering it

Or, I could make a side table!

.....I used a round antique table  top I had laying around and attached it to the top of the heater with picture hangers that were easy to bend.  I turned the heater upside down and using the holes that were already in the top, I screwed through the metal and into the wood and then screwed through the picture hanger right into the wood...It's attached nice and solid 

Now to make it pretty........I sanded the heater, then sprayed primer followed by two coats of Rust-Oleum Heirloom White paint and waxed the top....Ah, much better!

Now, it was needing something.....I decided to use a graphic from Graphics Fairy and transfer it with the "Blender Pen" method. 

 Graphics Fairy has included this method HERE along with other transfer methods

I just couldn't sell this cute little table...Yep, this ones for me!

Happy Creating!

Carol


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Shopping The New York Garment District

Oh what fun this was!!  

Shopping the Garment District in New York was so fabulous, it was almost overwhelming!

The first stop was "Mood".  This three floor fabric store is featured in the show "Project Runway"

This is "Swatch" the greeter at "Mood".  He just wanders the fabric aisles looking for love!

And he had a lot of aisles to wander....Look at all of this fabric.  Three floors with thousands of fabrics, floor to ceiling.

Here's my "Mood" Purchases.  I know, I should have gotten more, but I was paralyzed by so many choices

My next stop was B & J Fabrics they had tons of fun graphic fabrics

I got this fabric at B & J for my friend, he has a booth filled with midcentury, retro, and art deco...I can see a retro chair or stool covered in this....Jack, this ones for you!

This next store totally flipped me out I just stood with my mouth

 open....M & J Trimming

A wall of ribbons

Buttons

And lace trims

This is where I bought yards of lace, trims, and embellishments

I have a few projects in mind for these lovelies!

 If you ever get anywhere near NY, you've got to shop the garment district...I Love New York!

Happy Creating!

Carol

New York City With Our Swedish Friends

I'm back from NY..... What fun!  I wrote on my last post HERE how my Mom and I went to NY to meet up with our Swedish exchange student Kristina and her family

Kristina is on the left along with her hubby and kids, they are just as fun as they look.  

Here's a picture with Mom

We ate at Del Frisco's Grill....YUM and then we all went to see the play "Jesus Christ Super Star"  It was a great show, but you know how it ends...They never got to the resurrection part!

Mom and I did the rickshaw tour of Central Park, I highly recommend it

  

Even though I have been to NY a few times I have never taken a tour, it was fun to find out where famous people live and the history of Central Park

Here's what I don't recommend, taking a rickshaw that is on the street and not a prearranged tour.  Mom and I took one 7 blocks and it cost $36....Yikkes, had we known we would have walked, humm.......Always ask before you hop on!

I have to tell you one funny thing that happened.  As you might have heard we had ourselves a tropical storm here in Florida. So when I picked my Mom up at Her apartment to go to the airport it was pouring rain and windy.  She put her suitcase in the car and two bags of garbage to take to her dumpster.........

....Yep, we drove right by the dumpster and when we got to airport parking, there was her garbage still in my car.  Lets just say we drove home last night with the air on high and the windows down!

OK, I have suitcases to unpack with lots of purchases from the garment district, wait until you see the pictures of these fabric and trim stores and the treasures I bought.....Next post...Stay tuned!

Happy Creating!

Carol

Heading To New York City To Meet Up With Our Foreign Exchange Student

I'm headed to the airport to spend some time in NY City with our foreign exchange student from Sweden.  

This story spans three decades.   

When my brother was a senior in high school my parents, through Rotary International, hosted Kristina from Sweden for her senior year of school here in the US.  As many of you who have hosted an exchange student know, having an exchange student for a year translates to a family member for life. 

The summer after my brother Mark and Kristina graduated from high school, my brother joined Kristina in Sweden and they back packed for a month throughout Europe.   

A few years later Kristina  got married and my parents were thrilled to be the special guests at her wedding in Sweden.  They were treated like royalty and it was one of the most memorable times of their lives.

Over the next many years, my brother Mark got married and had 3 children and Kristina also had 3 children.  Kristina and her family have visited the US twice and Marks family has traveled to Sweden to visit Kristina.

Then history repeated it's self 2 summers ago when Kristina and Marks oldest daughters backpacked together through out Europe just like Mark and Kristina had done 30 years earlier.

So when Kristina wrote a few months ago that her family was going to vacation in NY City this summer my Mom and I decided to hop a plane from Orlando and spend a few days with them.

The last time I was in NY was for New Years Eve in Times Square 1999.  
We plan on seeing some of the sights and a Broadway show......

...And I plan on sneaking away to the garment district, a short 15 minute walk from our hotel.  I'm dying to shop at "Mood" the fabric store from the show "Project Runway" and visiting some great trim and lace stores. 

 Like I need anymore fabric or trims.....Need and want, well they're two different things...Right!

So, you guy's "Hold down the fort" here in blog land (I bet the youngsters will have no idea what that means) and I'll be back soon with pictures of my adventures and hopefully, pictures of stores and purchases that'll make any DIY'er drool!

Happy Creating!

Carol

Doggie Bags For The Rehearsal Dinner

What you say!  Well, my son adores his dog "Dora"and since I'm having my sons wedding rehearsal dinner at an outdoor cafe that allows dogs...... I'm going to have a Puppy Bar!  

The invitations will say that puppies are welcome.  I'll have a table  set up with doggie treats and take home bags full of doggie goodies

Dora, my sons rescue dog, will be the dog hostess

Here she is on the candle for the doggie table, I used a waterslide decal

I was thrilled when I stumbled on these directions for printing on lunch bags, it's not as easy as you would think and saved me lots of time.  This could be used for tons of different events.

After I printed on the bags I glued on scottie dogs I found at a thrift store...Lucky find!

Then used a hole punch and twine

More dogs for a table banner

And jars of treats for my furry guests, (some graphics are from Graphics Fairy)

Along with special Dog water LOL!

My son adores his dog and is so happy Dora gets to come to the rehearsal dinner...... 

.......Now if he could just get her invited to the wedding! 

Ah, come on Alicia (Future DIL).....Flower girl??  

Happy Crafting!

Carol



This post is also at Shannons, at Cozy Home Scene She is doing a cute series called "Paws and Claws"



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