"Art washes away from soul the dust of everyday life." ...
Friday, 5 December 2014
Thursday, 4 December 2014
Creative Nativity Display
It all started this summer when my son gave me a single, huge elk antler. I knew that I wanted to use it for my Christmas display with greenery but the rest came as I was working on getting the loads of Christmas decor out to decorate...I had seen a Nativity scene on Pinterest inside a cloche and knew that would be happening in my home!This summer garage sales allowed me to locate...
Our Christmas Foyer ...
Happy Holidays, friends! Can you believe we're already into December? Not me! But, that hasn't stopped us from decking the halls and "fa la la la la-ing" around our new home.When it comes to holiday decorating, I'm a fan of "themes," whether it's colors or a "story." Like here...
Monday, 1 December 2014
Upscaling Ceiling Fan Blades!
My son Charlie has figured out that I can do a lot of things and that I love doing for him.Over Thanksgiving and the weekend, we were together...he lives in Kansas and I live in Illinois. He brought me 5 brightly painted ceiling fan blades from his old farmhouse.The previous owners painted it this awful color probably for a childs room. Since this farmhouse has 5 bedrooms, he has...
Wednesday, 26 November 2014
Diwali Snippets: Shashwatee Raut
Diwali is over, I know but still lot of visitors are visiting my blog for Diwali Decor Ideas. So today I am sharing some lovely and very beautiful Diwali snippets that one of my very creative readers sent me. You must have seen Shashwatee Raut's beautifully done balcony garden earlier on my blog, today...
Friday, 21 November 2014
MN Home Feature: Framed memories.
A guessing game ensued on my facebook page after I posted the photograph of this hot pink package that came from India last fall.Now for the story…Do Rang Decor readers remember the 'A tea party for three...' post about the creative get-together with the super-talented artists Aarohi Singh & Priya...
Thursday, 20 November 2014
Word Art Tutorial on Vintage Breadboard
Just in time forThanksgiving...And,Making "useful and decor",,, merge!First, I started with a rather large old breadboard. These can be pricey, but I picked up mine cheap at a garage sale.Using my Silhouette Electronic Cutting machine, I designed and cut out a 'stencil' using clear contact paper. (If you don't have one, you could still do this on your computer and...