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October 12, 2011

DIY Crafting for Halloween – Easy Craft Ideas

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by Rebecca E. Parsons

As you know I love to decorate for the season or holiday…or just to have a change! It is that creative ADD I have embraced as part of my personality! Visionary ideas are easy for me…I am a master brainstormer. So Halloween is great fodder for my over-active imagination.
Here are some ideas to spark yours…
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October 7, 2011

DIY Food ~ Decorating Halloween Cupcakes with Your Kids

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by Rebecca E. Parsons

How fun is it to decorate and bake for Halloween? It is also a great time to let your kids imaginations fly creating wickedly yummy sweet treats. Just whip up a batch or two of your favorite cupcake mix or buy some cupcakes at the grocery store if you are time crunched! Provide bowls of [...]

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October 3, 2011

DIY Fall Spruce Up of Your Front Door with Color #DIY

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by Rebecca E. Parsons

Your front door says a lot!!! It is an amazing place to show the world what surprises lie within your home. It sets the tone for guests when they arrive. Fall is a great time to spruce up your front door with a new coat of paint. I offered some amazing fall wreath ideas last [...]

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I don’t watch a lot of television…I am too busy blogging! However, there are a few shows I make time for…Designing Spaces, Project Runway, HGTV’s Design Star, most Food Network shows and my early morning coffee/tea time fave:
The Balancing Act on Lifetime
I have watched TBA after my morning walk for a few years now.  What [...]

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It’s DIY (Do It Yourself) Project time again!!! I decided to spruce up, refresh…okay totally makeover my in-home art studio…and make over I did…this is the story of how drab beige walls (there when I moved in trust me) were transformed into a riot of color…here is the result:
here is a virtual studio tour of [...]

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July 27, 2011

DIY Project My Studio Makeover~Feeling Groovy Part 3

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by Rebecca E. Parsons

The studio is beginning to take shape now…I am so excited to share this next part…decorative painting with stencils…with you!!!
I {HEART} Glidden’s Brilliance Collection 2-in-1 paint and primer from Walmart. I chose Sunbeam and  . See Part 2~Painting the Walls for details. and Part 1~Choosing the Colors the inspiration and color choices with #GliddenTesters.
Decorative Painting [...]

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Why All Artist-Bloggers Should Use Twitter
Are you using Twitter?
From Facebook to Twitter to Flickr, social media is taking hot, hot, hot!!! As a blogger, you should already know this! If your blog is your primary social media platform, should you use other social media resources?
That a BIGGGG YES!!!
At the very least you should be using [...]

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DIY Project Painting My Studio~Have You Seen #GliddenTesters

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It’s DIY (Do It Yourself) Project time again!!! You know me and paint…we can never be separated for too long!!! I decided to spruce up, refresh…okay totally makeover my in-home art studio…and make over I did…this is the story of how drab neutral walls (there when I moved in trust me) were transformed into a [...]

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DIY~Do It Yourself Pottery Barn Knock Offs

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I love sharing some of my favorite DIY~Do It Yourself Pottery Barn Knock Offs by some very clever crafters…
This DIY wall mosiac by Cassidy at Remodelaholic…click photo for tutorial…

I love this DIY Charger made by Carrie of Making Lemonade blog….click photo for tutorial….
This DIY Faux Mercury Glass Cake Stand was made by Craft Jr….click photo [...]

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Ghosts of Furniture Past™ Before & After Thrift Store Creations

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Ghosts of Furniture Past ™
a new feature here on C8C…featuring furniture updates, redo’s, repurposing…it will be a website of its own very soon!!! I own it.
For the past few weeks I have been doing a complete restoration (as close as I can get it) of a Marsh Hoosier cabinet. This is what a Marsh Hoosier [...]

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Monday Marketing Minute #44 Twitter Demystified Series

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This is Part 10 in a series of 10 MM Minutes about Demystifying Twitter.
A strong brand is invaluable to artists. Twitter is one of the quickest ways to build brand recognition for you and your art business. A strong and recognizable creative brand is invaluable to an artist and serves [...]

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Monday Marketing Minute #43 Twitter Demystified Series

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This is Part 9 in a series of 10 MM Minutes about Demystifying Twitter.
A strong brand is invaluable to artists. Twitter is one of the quickest ways to build brand recognition for you and your art business. A strong and recognizable creative brand is invaluable to an artist and serves [...]

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Fairy Wings a Top Secret Elmer’s X-TREME Glue & Glitter Tutorial

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I, Secret Agent Inna Cognito…AKA Rebecca…accepted a top secret X-TREME mission (#xtremeschoolglue) to create fairy wings for my child grandchild.
I was instructed to put my inconspicuous Field Agent sunglasses and trench coat on, and head to WalMart. Well, here at the beach a trench coat would not be ‘inconspicuous’ at all. So I put on [...]

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Monday Marketing Minute #42 Twitter Demystified Series

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This is Part 8 in a series of 10 MM Minutes about Demystifying Twitter.
A strong brand is invaluable to artists. Twitter is one of the quickest ways to build brand recognition for you and your art business. A strong and recognizable creative brand is invaluable to an artist and serves [...]

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