Garage Sale Finds=Craft Projects

See this sort of hideous white and pink house....well it's not hideous but it's not for me! It can actually hang on the wall (shudder) and it opens up to reveal some shelves inside.

Well today was the City Wide Garage sale here in our town and so I'm always on a mission to find "junk" to turn into something cool! This house caught me eye right away but what could one do with it? My daughter (quick thinker that she is) suggested spray painting it black and turning it into a haunted house for Halloween. As soon as she said that I could envision it...so I grabbed it up and waited to see the price (because it didn't have a sticker) I mean I wanted it but it would still depend on PRICE. Guess the price...........25 cents. Yippee....it's mine and will become my September project here at The Creative Spirit. I'll share with you the photos (good or bad) of how it turns out and we will se if it is a quarter well spent!

Banners

I've been wanting to try making some of those stylish cute banners I keep seeing everywhere. I haven't managed to do one yet but here's a round up of some super cute ones that I'd like to try. Featured above is one made from little craft boxes. It's to hang in a baby's room. I found this at Paper and Cookies.

Here's another super cute one....with FREE printable templates....this couldn't be simpler! Thanks to At Second Street.

Thanksgiving one from: TipJunkie

Shamrocks anyone? This is colorful and vintage looking using pages from an old book. Super simple and made super cute by Simple as That.

And a nice Halloween one. this ones made from felt and there's a nice printable template. Thanks Finding My Aloha!

Paper Trees

It's Christmas in July at Magical Holiday Home and I'll be making TREES all month long and perhaps a few ornaments also because our theme this year is...."Oh Christmas Tree!"
This week my feature is paper trees. I found this idea on a couple different blogs so I thought I'd try my hand at it too!

First I went in search of some oldish looking paper because I wanted to make some vintage looking ones. Behold an old church hymnal....perfect. The trees were easy to cut out but fanning out the branches wasn't as easy as it looked! I still need to fluff these a bit. They actually look better in person than they do in the pic.
I am thinking about making several more of the smallest one to go with my vintage Christmas houses.