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Whether we like it or not, fall is coming. I personally love it! This video is a couple years old and the internet quality was not good back then so I do apologize! I spruced up this window mirror arrangement and I love how it turned out! Watch the video below to see how it turned out!

I love how this sign turned out! Watch how I did on the Facebook Live below! Supplies List 5′ Board Minwax Wiping Stain & Finish – ‘Walnut’ – https://amzn.to/2CLiQIl Old Wash Rag Essential Stencil Stencils – https://bit.ly/3hUq1hr Finger Sponge Daubers – https://flippinfurnitureshop.com/products/jumbo-daubers-pack-of-6-notions Acrylic Paints of your color choice Jumbo Sponge Daubers – https://flippinfurnitureshop.com/products/jumbo-daubers-pack-of-5-notions

This repurpose was a fun one! Once I get my ducks in a row (IF that ever happens…), I will decorate my living room/husband’s office. This finished product will be going on top of my husband’s desk. Watch this Facebook Live I did to repurpose this cutting board to a beautiful riser! Supply List Chip Paint Brushes – https://flippinfurnitureshop.com/products/2-synthetic-flat-brush-fusion Dixie Belle ‘Boss’ – https://amzn.to/3fqVZj9 Dixie Belle ‘Cotton’ Paint – https://amzn.to/2AuT9et Wooden Ball Knobs/Feet – https://amzn.to/2Y3C6cb Miss Lillian’s ‘French Roast’ Paint – https://misslillianspaint.net/not-so-boring-black-and-brown-chalk-paints/ Minwax Wiping Stain ‘Walnut’ – https://amzn.to/2Y31S01 Minwax Spray Polyurethane – https://amzn.to/2Bal0QS Sander – https://amzn.to/3e5ZLOT Hot Glue Gun Old Rag

I ❤ my fur babies. Now that my kids are grown up, and one is out of the house, and the other wants to get out of the house, my fur babies have now taken over the house. And I’m not ashamed. To prepare (a week or two before), I had Courtney print out pictures on photo paper on my computer at home. I had to have her edit the images over to black and white for the look I wanted. If you don’t have a printer at home, there are sites like Walmart or Walgreens that can print and mail to you at home. First, I grabbed my canvas, and I picked my favorite pictures of them I wanted. I had to keep the pictures pretty fair; I couldn’t showcase one dog more than the other! I’m pretty lucky I have one with all three dogs in it! Then, I had to cut down pictures using my paper trimmer as they had white on the edges. When I had that done, I grabbed my canvas. On this project, I used 12×12 canvas. Then, I took Dixie Belle’s Caviar Paint and painted the sides and outsides of the canvas. The pictures would cover the rest of the canvas. On the pictures, I took my Ranger Tim Holtz Paint Dabber in black soot and trimmed the photos with it to give it a more finished and pristine look. Then I started to mod podge each photo on. For the center of the canvas, I used a scrap piece of scrapbook paper and mod podged it on. Next, I grabbed a sturdy piece of paper like card stock and took one of my alphabet stamp sets and StazOn stamp pads and stamped Sadie, Stella, Twinkie on the paper. (Y’all can see my mistake! I accidentally used the exclamation point instead of the ‘I.’ Woopsie!) I also edged the outside of these with the dabber too. I did have paper and some photo sticking off, so I took a sanding sponge and sanded the extra down. Then I reused the dabber to blend back in. I, then, mod podged the name tags on the scrapbook paper on the middle of the canvas. Last, I put a top coat on canvas which was the mod podge to give everything a final finish. Supplies: Ranger Tim Holtz Paint Dabber – https://amzn.to/2BQsclC Dixie Belle Caviar Paint – https://amzn.to/37dukzu Sanding Sponges – https://flippinfurnitureshop.com/products/paint-sticks-fusion StazOn Black Ink – https://amzn.to/3dNoJm3 Stamps – https://rstyle.me/+Z2AVjvoTxvK9x-Dz7h6kRA Heat Gun – https://amzn.to/2AVdEAu

Wood Letter ‘USA” Block I never thought I’d say this but I’m running out of scrap wood… These projects are draining my stash! If you’ve been following me, you may have seen my daily lives on Facebook. I have been doing many patriotic projects for Memorial Day and the Fourth of July. Check them out below! I started by sanding the edges of the wood for nice smooth edges. Next is a coat of paint! I chose Dixie Belle’s Cotton. If you have an old hairdryer to help dry the paint, then go right ahead but no need to, but for the sake of the video, I use a heat dryer. ? Then, I finished the edges off with a Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Paint Dauber. (I will link below.) I had these old wood letters from ages ago. I painted those red with acrylic paint and then glued the ‘S’ down first to establish the middle and then did the ‘U’ and ‘A.’ I used my hot glue gun for the glue. Stenciled ‘USA’ Wood Block On this scrap block, I painted it with Dixie Belle’s Cotton and finished the edges with Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Paint like above. This scrap block I stenciled with a stencil I got from Essential Stencil. (I will link in the Supply List.) I used Finger Paint Sponge Daubers with acrylic paint. Then to fill in the blank space, I wrapped raffia around the block into a bow and glued it down. Stenciled Patriotic Block I did this block almost exactly like the second block except I finished the edges last. You just never know how I’m going to do something! ‘USA’ Block Another woodblock… IMAGINE THAT. This ‘USA’ block I did in neutral colors for me. I absolutely love the Independence Day paper I used! First, I started with Dixie Belle Caviar Paint around the edges. Then I picked my scrapbook paper and cut it to the block size. Then comes the mod podge! Spread a whole coat on the top of the block and lay the paper down. I use a vinyl squeegee to get rid of all air bubbles and all excess mod podge underneath. These stencils are also from Essential Stencil. (linked below.) I started with the ‘S’ to establish the middle and then did the ‘U’ and ‘A.’ I used finger sponge daubers (linked below) with acrylic paint. I could have stopped there, but, of course, I had to bring the raffia out again. I wrapped the raffia around both sides and tied into bows securing with hot glue. Supply List: Patriotic Stencil Set – https://bit.ly/2MCL6yz 5″ Alphabet Stencil Set – https://bit.ly/3h37vD4 Dixie Belle Cotton Paint – https://amzn.to/2AenU76 Dixie Belle Caviar Paint – https://amzn.to/3f0Ac1C Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Paint – https://amzn.to/30jEVY2 Wood Letters – https://amzn.to/3h8HDFJ Finger Sponge Daubers – https://flippinfurnitureshop.com/products/jumbo-daubers-pack-of-6-notions Raffia – https://amzn.to/30kT5Z3 Vinyl Squeegee – https://flippinfurnitureshop.com/products/the-blue-tool-hp

So it’s Memorial Day weekend, and my husband comes in from working all morning.  I am working on the computer.  It’s about lunchtime, and he asks if I want to know if I want to go out to eat. He never asks if I want to go to eat somewhere…unless there is another reason.  I start thinking that maybe COVID has really gotten to him, and he just wants to go to a restaurant? Well, then it comes out that he would like to go to the cemetery on our way there or back.  Ok, it’s starting to make sense now. Oh, and “Do we have flowers to put on his Dad’s grave?”  I get up and leave the room, and he’s like, “Hey, we were talking…”.  I come back with a little pink flower arrangement that we have used before, but for his sister’s grave. So now that one is ok, we will use it for Denise, but we still need one for his Dad. I go to the garage this time and come back with 3 different containers that were handy.  And I had just happened to get in some silk flowers from Amazon last week.  I said, “If you want to, we can use these blue-ish flowers (blue was his dad’s favorite color) and put them in one of these containers.”  I had him pick the container.  Another option fitting for his dad would have been an old metal coffee container, but we would have had to empty one first, lol.  His dad used them for all kinds of storage in the shop. Then we had to come up with a way to make it stick into the ground so that it won’t be able to blow away.  We talked about a hot wire fence post, but that seemed like overkill, lol. This is what we finally landed on.  This was just a metal type can thing that I had left over from my store. We took it out to his shed and got started. First, he drilled a hole through the bottom. Then, Greg MIG welded the big metal rod to the can.  That was pretty tricky since the can is a pretty lightweight metal.  He said to please not judge his welding skills on this because this isn’t what he would typically be welding on, lol. After that, he ground down a rough spot then ran it under cold water to cool it off to be ready for me. I dried it with paper towels and then fit a couple blocks of floral foam inside the can. My plan was to hot glue them in, but once I jammed them in, it was not going to be easy to get them back out, so I left them. For the flowers, all I had to do was cut about an inch of the bush stem off to make them fit down in the can nicely.  I did add some hot glue to the stem before pushing it into the floral foam.  I don’t know if that actually helps or not, but I did it anyway. And that was just about it. I did add a new ribbon to Denise’s arrangement also.  It was just a pathetic, little satin bow that had seen better days.  I am not a bow maker, so don’t look closely, like at all, but it does look better than what it had on it.  I do plan to teach myself how to make some bows this year.  Stay tuned for that! I hope you all have a happy and safe Memorial Day Weekend!!! UPDATE: So the next day, it popped into my head that Larry’s can would have looked nice if I had stenciled “Dad” on it.  And I said it out loud.  In front of Greg.  He really, really liked that idea.  So we went back to the cemetery after lunch today with a baggie of crafting supplies to make it happen.  Give me a little slack, lol,  I stenciled it while on the ground.  I did forget to spray it with a sealer, so it is definitely not weather resistant…yet.  That will be our next trip! Supplies: Florist Foam – https://amzn.to/2zCbo0M Artificial Peony in Spring Blue – https://amzn.to/2ZR9PqN Galvanized Milk Can – https://amzn.to/36FuvTH (Not the same as pictured) 6″ Alphabet Stencil Set – https://amzn.to/2ZRP5Pk