Inspiring Eminent Artist: Yulia Brodskaya

 Dear readers I am back after a short vacation. Hope you all had wonderful Diwali, mine was great too. Today I am featuring a Paper artist who is joining us all the way from Russia. She is blessed, enjoys doing paper quilling in her own unique and innovative way and her work...

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Vintage Shabby Chic LivingRoom!

 I thought you might like to go on a tour of my friend Gail's living room! She freshly painted the walls which as you know means, An excuse for a whole new furniture and art placement.The room is so large, Gail is able to have back to back sofa's. Gail is a DIYer and loves to craft.The house is an old Dutch Colonial with very high ceilings and large spacious rooms. She has a soft...

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Beautiful Book Page WALLS!

I was so OVER my stripe wallpaper...I had been wanting to put book pages on my walls FOREVER...After much thought...I came up with the perfect idea!To refresh your memory...The study walls had Waverly stripe wallpaper. A few years ago (probably longer than a few), I was at Lowe's and found clearance wallpaper...3 rolls to be exact that I bought for a whopping $3. At the...

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Blushing Pinks and Sparkling Silver this Diwali.

In India, weeks leading to Diwali: The festival of Lights I would spend looking for interesting diyas ( earthen or ceramic oil lamps) flooding the local markets.Back here in Minnesota what do I do?I visit estate sales. They are treasure trove for people like me who are on the look out for...

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Diwali Decor Ideas- Part II

Thank you so much dear readers for overwhelming response to Diwali Decor Ideas-  Part IWith your encouragement and support here I am bringing to you some more video tutorials on how to make Paper Flowers for Diwali in an easy-peasy way. You must have seen my Diwali Wall Hanging video tutorial,...

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Empire Dresser Reveal

This is probably the most intenseand hardestDIY project that I have worked on...in a long time!Here's the story...I found this old Empire dresser for only $15.  It stunk and had a missing drawer.I thought I could save it from the dump.I brought it home to Hubby saying that it should go in the burn pile! I had a feeling that he might be right on that statement!I washed...

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Our New Kitchen!

Greetings, friends!So, here we are in the kitchen right before we moved in ... beautiful wood floors, pretty birch cabinets and tile backsplash.  And, then THIS happened.  Oops.I know some of you may be gasping that I took a paint brush to brand new cabinets and tile backsplash.  Trust...

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