Life Size Paper Crane

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Altering a Vintage Glove box

post from The Polka Dot Closet on 09 May 2011 09:36:23 PM. © The Polka Dot Closet

Occasionally I am lucky enough to find a vintage glove box, of course I can never leave well enough alone!

I always do a little work on them because so often the inside has seen it's age.

I laid my favorite fabric on the copier and pressed copy, that gave me a sheet of beautiful floral paper

I chose a graphic from Graphics Fairy and loaded my now floral paper into the printer and printed the graphics onto my floral paper.

I Mod Podged the paper onto the box and there you have it!

Why is it when we start taking pictures the cats come buzzing around like bees......Look, a tail hanging into the top of the picture.

Martin was sitting on the back of the chair, I cropped his tail out of the other pictures

Here is the whole behind the scenes look, Billie is up on the fireplace, she never goes there unless I'm taking pictures. I was taking pictures on the chair because it was the best light in front of the windows.

OK, so where was I.....Oh, I found some vintage gloves and dressed them up.

I thought they would look cute in the box when I put it in my booth at Orange Tree

I also found this lime green box and added a little bling. I am not sure what this box was originally used for?

If you were really observant you noticed this box was filled with something back on the picture with the cats.....Well stay tuned, that's my next post.
Hope this helped give you a couple ideas
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Happy Creating!
Carol

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How to Improve Your Piano Playing Skills

post from How to of the Day on 09 May 2011 08:00:00 PM. © How to of the Day

Starting to learn piano but finding it hard to improve? Been taking piano lessons for some time now but feeling no progress? Or maybe you have some piano experience but you need to improve your playing skills? In this article, we'll be showing you how to improve your current piano skills. The article takes into account people who learned playing by ear, using instructional materials such as books and DVDs, or using lessons from a professional teacher. So, if you feel that a certain step has already been accomplished, go ahead and skip it to the next step. Dive in and enjoy!

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DIY in LaLa Land

post from The DIY Show Off on 09 May 2011 07:35:29 PM. © The DIY Show Off

This blogger has me so inspired by her creativity and giggling and laughing out loud at her comedic way of blog-posting. I can't help but smile when I'm reading along about her describing a DIY project and an unexpected little joke is thrown in there. Love that! You can read her posts for yourself at LA LA land and I'll share some sneak peeks from some of her amazing before/after and DIY.
KITCHEN MAKEOVER!(Yes, despite what seems like our never ending kitchen remodel, I still looooove looking at real DIY kitchen makeovers.)

WOW!
Can you tell what's different?

Appliances. Check.
Open Shelving. Check.
New cabinet hardware. Check.
Beadboard backsplash. Check.
New paint. Check.
New floor - using 4 different types of wood. Risky. Clever. Beautiful!

BEFORE AFTER

You know I'm a sucker for horizontal striped painted walls (proof).
Her hallway before...

Hallway after...

There's more you might want to check out too!Precious Nursery

and a house tour.
Go ahead...just click over and introduce yourself. DIY friends are the best. :)
~*~*~*~
GIVEAWAY ALERT!There's a $300 shopping spree from The Tile Shopgoing on at

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Flashkus: Recyclable Cardboard Flash
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post from idealist | dreamed objects on 09 May 2011 05:34:32 PM. © idealist | dreamed objects

Russian studio Art Lebedev has designed a series of bite-sized cardboard memory sticks that set a new standard for convenient memory storage. Dubbed Flashkus, the easy-to-use, recyclable storage drives are available in perforated ?magazine? strips, and they feature a space to write a brief contents description.

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Embarrassing Shadeswww.gizmodiva.com

post from idealist | dreamed objects on 09 May 2011 05:34:32 PM. © idealist | dreamed objects

How many embarrassing pictures have you been a part of? Social networking sites are where friends upload almost every picture from every party and you wouldn't want the world to see your antics. You cant stop being the party animal that you are but you can save yourself some embarrassment with the Embarrassing Photo Protective Sunglasses. These face-blocking shades do the best they can to save you from regretful photo-ops and from getting grounded for life (in case you have your parents on your friends list, which is very dangerous).

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