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April 4, 2013

DIY Craft – Earth Month Printable

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by Rebecca E. Parsons

Here is a printable for you to use in your Earth Month or Earth Day crafting this month. I love to make these tiles to decorate vignettes around my home. I can change them and update them when I like. Enjoy!!!

Print it out and glue it to a 6′ X 6″ tile. Just click on [...]

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March 28, 2013

Painted Glass Ideas for Spring and Easter #FAEnamels

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by Rebecca E. Parsons

Here are some quick and easy painted glass ideas for your Easter or Spring decor. I have painted so many things this month as a member of the Plaid Street Team. I have come to love Folk Art Enamels for painting on non porous surfaces.  They are durable when cured. They come in beautiful colors and [...]

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Baskets, egg hunts, jelly beans and bunnies…what’s not to like about Easter? Easter is my second favorite holiday.Why second? you might ask. Well, Thanksgiving is my favorite. But I do love the colors and the fun associated with the Easter season…and the fact that it is Spring!!! And I love, love Spring! I was inspired [...]

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The redo of my Hoosier cabinet…Taa Daa…looks for less is always best for me!!! To see the whole humble, and oh so messy beginnings, of this sad little “piece of junk” that my son-in-law refused to allow my daughter to accept here…it also included a history of Hoosiers.

I restored this vintage Hoosier over a 6-week [...]

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Shhhhhh. Don’t tell, but I am creating a romantic tablescape inspired by Moll Anderson’s new book, Seductive Tables For Two: Tablescapes, Picnics, and Recipes That Inspire Romance. The minute I saw this beautifully crafted book, I knew the way I thought about laying a table would be forever changed. {I even interviewed Moll here.} The [...]

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Lifestyle and romance expert, Moll Anderson, chats with me about her newest book, Seductive Tables For Two: Tablescapes, Picnics, and Recipes That Inspire Romance. The minute I saw this beautifully crafted book, I knew the way I thought about laying a table would be forever changed.

Moll leads the reader through a wonderland of breathtaking ideas [...]

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January 28, 2013

The Great #MomCave Makeover Vision Board

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by Rebecca E. Parsons

Manifesting My Dreams
La-Z-Boy #MomCave Online Inspiration Mission

I am dreaming again. I have declared 2013 as a year for me to find BALANCE! A major part of that will be taking care of ME!!! 2012 was a good year. I started a new job, traveled a lot for this magazine and loved every minute. But all [...]

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Christmas Make BELIEVE Mantle 2012 ~ A Visionary Christmas Tale

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Imagination is my biggest strength. I have what some might say is an ‘over-active’ imagination…I prefer to call it vision. Yet even a visionary can have an issue when she doesn’t have a real fireplace in her home ~ Villa Rebecca. So how does one decorate a mantle if your home does not have a [...]

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DIY Holiday Decor Re-Creation of Vintage Wooden Stockings for Mantle #TBCcrafters

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Re-Creation of Wooden Stockings found in Country Living
I am a consummate DIY re-creator…if I see something I want, but cannot afford it, I just whip up my own version. When I first saw this image of antique wooden sock forms used as a stand in for stockings in Country Living Magazine, I knew that [...]

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DIY Thanksgiving Day Blessings Chalk Board Luxe for Less Knock Off {Tutorial}

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Do you ever have a dream project that all the pieces seem to fall into place easily?. This is one of those! It all started when HIMself and I went to town the other day…St. John’s Towne Center in Jacksonville. As we head into the holiday season, I love to browse the shops for ideas [...]

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Monday Manual of DIY Style ~ French Country

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We are moving toward the edge of what’s possible here at C8C. Check back often to see what’s new. From today forward, Monday’s will almost always be about DIY style ideas and resources. DIY makes my heart sing…I love creating something from nothing or something for less than I can buy it in a store. [...]

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DIY Haunted Ghostly Mirror with Krylon Looking Glass Paint Tutorial

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OMGhoul…I love Krylon Looking Glass Paint B-O-O!!!

Last year I created this Ghoulish Ghostly Mirror. I promised to show you how I did it…well, for some reason I forgot to remember! So this year you can see I placed it on the floor with pumpkins and a witch’s hat and shoes…those are my giant bookshelves in [...]

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Spooktacular Halloween Mantlescape with No Fireplace

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What? No Fireplace? HORRORS!!!!

Well how on earth does one decorate a mantle when they don’t have one? Ah Ha…that’s the magic! I am not going to let a little thing like no fireplace stop me from my decorating dreams!!! You know how creative I am…so it took about three and a half minutes to remedy [...]

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DIY Black Bird Vignettes for Halloween

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I love to create little Halloween vignettes around the house. Scary or cute, they all make me smile. I found these feathered friends at The Dollar Store last year. Remember when I did the ‘Nevermore’ raven in a birdcage for my EERie Soirée Tablescape? Oh how I loved that idea. SO this year, I added [...]

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