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The Grass is Always Greener Sign. Before I show you the project for the day I wanted to tell you about a Silhouette promotion going on from now until March 28th.

The Grass is Always Greener Sign

Here's the deal: You get 1 Silhouette CAMEO and 1 Silhouette Studio Designer Edition Software for $269.99 (MSRP $350)! Click the picture to go to the deal and use the promo code "ROAR. " OR, if you already own the Cameo, you can buy the software for 50% off! Features of the Design Edition Software: Silhouette Studio® Designer Edition contains all the same functionality as Silhouette Studio® plus the following designer features: Ability to open, manipulate, and cut .svg filesRhinestone tools to convert designs into rhinestone templates and create your own rhinestone designsSketch tools to convert designs into several styles of sketchable artCreative knife tools to allow you to clip designs using different patternsEnhanced eraser set to modify designs with more precisionBuilt-in ruler and guide lines for precise alignment and drawing.

Pallet Subway Art. Make Wood Pallet Wall Art. [pinit] [pinit] Do you love the wood shipping pallet signs infiltrating home decor lately?

Make Wood Pallet Wall Art

Learn how to make your very own aged pallet art. The quote from Moulin Rouge is provided for you to use in your die cut machine, or as a tracing template. You will also see how to age your sign with Cece Caldwell wax! Art You Can Do: Grackle Line. Fall is all around (even here in Dallas). As the weather cools and sunset occurs earlier, the grackles seem to gather together even more than the rest of the year. I must admit that (unlike many I know) I am fascinated by them. Dictionary Art: Laundry. Ooooh… I love how this baby turned out!! I love having a few hooks in my laundry room to hang clothes I don’t want going in the dryer. I also had a big blank space that needed some filling. My next project knocked out both problems! I was so happy to find… Pallet Board Art. In the midst of moving and getting one house ready to sell I was finding myself well a bit grumpy and drained.

Pallet Board Art

My husband kindly pointed out that Julia with a project is a happy Julia and so I took a break from packing, unpacking, touch up painting and cleaning and started working on a project. When we were first married we wrote a family constitution. We wrote down things that we wanted to see our family doing and typed it up in a consitution style and it adorned our wall for the last almost 10 years. We now have 3 more children and so we asked them what they would like to see our family doing and I wrote a list of the things they said and then I wrote a secondary list that brought them altogether so my project wouldn't look like a jumbled mess of words. Now that I havve explained the why of the project lets get to the how of it. First you are going to need to collect some pallets. Next removing all the nails and staples. Girl in Air: Pottery Barn Knock-Off Giant Map.

I got a request to made this GIANT map from an Etsy customer…..

Girl in Air: Pottery Barn Knock-Off Giant Map

She seen my smaller USA hanging map I have listed and ask if I could recreate it on a larger scale. Of coarse I said YES! $1 Ginormous Scissors. I love these scissors from Pottery Barn, but they don't sell them anymore ( and let's be honest I would have probably been too cheap to buy them anyway).

$1 Ginormous Scissors

The Dollar Store does sell these "Ginormous Scissors". I figured with a coat or 2 of Oil Rubbed Bronze Spray Paint, they'd look pretty cool. What do you think? The craft room is still a work in progress, but you can check out all my projects HERE. Sand and Sisal: Pallet Art: Shark. Shark sighting!!!

Sand and Sisal: Pallet Art: Shark

Jaws is lurking around the kids’ playroom. He may not be a Great White, but he’s a ferocious black tip that dwells in the waters right off my coast! DIY Restoration Hardware Art. Large Scale Printable Maps. So, while my bedroom makeover drags on and on at least I can share some insightful snippets of the journey thus far to (hopefully) keep you keen.

Large Scale Printable Maps

I know a lot of you have been hanging out to know how I was going to create a massive wall map on a budget – cause, dang, those things can be super expensive. Well, it all started with this image… Which got the cogs a-turning, and then evolved further when for $40 I scored this… ✥ Easy Restoration Hardware Subway Sign "95th" Knock Off ✥ Life has been kinda busy- you know, with having to read the whole Hunger Games series on top of real life commitments!

✥ Easy Restoration Hardware Subway Sign "95th" Knock Off ✥

So this week will be an easy peasy little project! Good news is- it will be easy peasy for you guys too, if you plan to make your own!! Back when Z had a real office, ahem- before the living in the condo-ness- I had a bunch of black frames up in there. ✥ Z Gallerie Subway Art Knock Off ✥ I've been longing for some subway art for awhile.

✥ Z Gallerie Subway Art Knock Off ✥

I didn't want to do a stencil or paint project because I wanted it to look legit! I wanted to basically have this Z Gallerie piece that costs hundreds, but of course I'd like to pay umm, nothing 40 bucks. One day I came across this tutorial from A Thoughtful Place. Courtney has done a smart remake for this well loved project. She uses Microsoft Publisher to create a template which she has made into a poster and then attaches it to a canvas. Pallet Art Silhouette. DIY: Handmade Subway Sign. I have an awesome home decor project to share with you all.

DIY: Handmade Subway Sign

You know those trendy subway signs that are for sale for RIDICULOUS amounts of money at places like Restoration Hardware? Well, I made my own for super cheap! This one is for sale at Restoration Hardware for a meer $650. ~restoration Hardware Subway Art Knockoff. Do you remember this post where I said I really needed to find out a way to recreate Restoration Hardware's subway art for less than their $550 price tag? I have admired their subway art for so long, well, since it first came out, but I am cheap thrifty, and racked my brain until I came up with a plan.

Here is my version: Pottery Barn Inspired Sign. Quote Cutout. I love a wall I can read! Take your favorite quotes and put them up on the walls with this easy, inexpensive idea! Supplies: Canvas (found mine at Hobby Lobby in a 2 pack for $7.99) Modern Paint Swatches Wall Art. Looking for a way to fill that blank wall but don't have permission to paint?

All you need is a trip to a major hardware store and an afternoon in front of a good movie to take care of that little dilemma. Supplies Needed: Large frame with paper insert, a ton of pretty paint chips, double-sided tape squares, and vinyl letters appropriate to the size of your frame or phrase (4" - 6"). I went with a color scheme that involved a variety of tones from some of my favorite colors. It's basically a muted rainbow with plenty of lighter shades to keep things from getting too busy. 1.

Typewriter Letters. Laundry Sign. Ben Franklin Printable Subway Art Quote — Printable Decor. It's always autumn - itsalwaysautumn - Make: Sunshine Printable {free download!} and triple panel wall art tutorial. Watercolor Stencil Portrait. Wooden World Map. Nail Mosaic. Acrylic Paint and Letters. This is a fact: there is something magical about craft stores. Like, fairy dust magical. How to Block Print. Text art: I can't do this but I'm doing it anyway. I saw this on pinterest the other day and immediately wanted to scrawl it across every wall in my apartment with black paint. In some ways, I felt like this statement had become my mantra.

But the ironic thing is, I painted this over the weekend while I was feeling great about things and confident that this deployment was going to fly by. Bird and Text Collage Wall Art. Nail and String Art - States. String Art "Dream" String Art DREAM. Paper Cut Map. Rustic Vinyl Wall Decal Art Tutorial. Repurpose Old T-Shirts and Wear them on Your Wall Instead: Super-Fast T-Shirt Wall. Typographic Colour Pop. Tutorial: Vintage-looking painted sign from salvaged wood.