Thrifty Thursday Week 38

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Thank you so much for stopping by Thrifty Thursday. I look forward to the creative projects shared each week! I am asking that you only link DIY home decor and craft projects. No giveaways, shops or links to your main blog, please. That way we know when we come to Thrifty Thursday, we will only encounter DIY projects and not end up sifting through a bunch of other links. Entries not related, or to main blog pages/shops/giveaways will be deleted.
Other stuff:

*Totally unrelated to this linky, if you are a fan of SBLC please follow my new FB page. I started over since the original page I opened when I started blogging just doesn’t fit anymore. Now I have a handful of followers, and am feeling deflated.

*Please add a link or my button to your post!
*I will choose 2 participants to feature the following Thursday, Please drop by and follow the features! Their links are in the post where their projects are featured.
*Please visit the at least the 2 blogs above you and shower them with comment love.
*Leave me a comment and let me know you were here. I love hearing from you.
*Have fun and be inspired!
*Stop by and say hello to Nikki and link up to her thrifty party too…

Weekly featured projects:

  • I love this turquoise desk and chair makeover at Simply Chic Treasures.  Go on over and see it, as well as other amazing furniture transformations!
  • Furniture makeover Look at this quick and easy adorable bird art over at Vintage Afterthoughts.  Under $5 and 5 minutes… the best!

Bird art

Enjoy the projects and ideas!!

 

Thrifty Thursday Week 37

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Thank you so much for stopping by Thrifty Thursday.  I look forward to the creative projects shared each week!  I am asking that you only link DIY home decor and craft projects.  No giveaways, shops or links to your main blog, please.  That way we know when we come to Thrifty Thursday, we will only encounter DIY projects and not end up sifting through a bunch of other links.  Entries not related, or to main blog pages/shops/giveaways will be deleted.
Other stuff:

*Totally unrelated to this linky, if you are a fan of SBLC please follow my new FB page.  I started over since the original page I opened when I started blogging just doesn’t fit anymore.  Now I have a handful of followers, and am feeling deflated.

*Please add a link or my button to your post!
*I will choose 2 participants to feature the following Thursday, Please drop by and follow the features! Their links are in the post where their projects are featured.
*Please visit the at least the 2 blogs above you and shower them with comment love.
*Leave me a comment and let me know you were here. I love hearing from you.
*Have fun and be inspired!
*Stop by and say hello to Nikki and link up to her thrifty party too…

Weekly featured projects:

  • Look at Nikki’s bathroom cabinet upstyle.  She took plain old standard cabinets and made them fabulous using beadboard wallpaper.  Impressive transformation!
  • Cabinet makeoverThis front porch makeover at Sugar and Dots is amazing!  The colors, the wreath, birdcage, yarn pom pom garland… I could go on and on.  You must pop over there and see the before picture to get the full impact.  Big ol’ thumbs up!

Porch Makeover

  • Normally I only feature 2 projects, but I just couldn’t decide between my 3 favorites this time.  For the second time today, I am posting about the decor divas over at Tres Chere.  I wouldn’t be true to myself if I didn’t share this striking hand painted  zebra print dresser.  Want, want, want!  Keep it coming, ladies.

Let’s link:

6 DIY Headboard Ideas

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DIY headboard

Vintage Hanky Headboard From Better Homes and Gardens

Searching for bedroom revamp inspiration, many DIY headboard ideas have come my way.  There is no need to ever purchase one of these, with all the creative, frugal, beautiful solutions out there.  Saved By Love Creations’ inaugural “Six on Sunday” brings you 6 outstanding creative headboard projects.

  • Over at Oh Lovely Oil is a double door headboard, made from doors scored at the Habitat Restore (LOVE this place).  She added some vintage hardware for a nice finishing touch.

DIY headboard ideas

DIY Headboard Ideas

  • Check out this unique and simple ribbon headboard project over at Shelterness.  All you need is a lightweight frame and some ribbon.

DIY headboard ideas

  • Look at this super cool shipping pallet headboard at Sprig by Mia.  Adds interesting texture and green living to the bedroom.  You may just be seeing a SBLC version of this in the upcoming days.

Wood Shipping Pallet Headboard

  • No DIY home decor list is complete without a vinyl decal, am I right?  I found this decal headboard in this custom decal store on Etsy.  Immediately I thought of my Cricut!

Headboard Decal

I would love to see your favorite DIY headboard ideas!  Check back this week for my bedroom makeover reveal!

Thrifty Thursday Week 36

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Thank you so much for stopping by Thrifty Thursday. My goal is to have this hop be a wonderful resource for project inspiration, with a focus on spotlighting newer creative blogs each week.  I am asking that you only link DIY home decor and craft projects.  No giveaways, shops or links to your main blog, please.  That way we know when we come to Thrifty Thursday, we will only encounter DIY projects and not end up sifting through a bunch of other links.  Entries not related, or to main blog pages/shops/giveaways will be deleted.
Other stuff:
* Please follow Saved By Love Creations, your host!
*Add the Thrifty Thursday button to your link directory or to your post.
*I will choose 2 participants to feature the following Thursday, Please drop by and follow the features! Their links are in the post where their projects are featured.
*Please visit the at least the 2 blogs above you and shower them with comment love.
*Leave me a comment and let me know you were here. I love hearing from you.
*Have fun and be inspired!
*Stop by and say hello to Nikki and link up to her thrifty party too…

Weekly featured projects:

  • Rhiannon at My Handcrafted Home made a very thoughtful hand stamped wedding gift for her brother.  I am so making this.  Go check out her detailed tutorial here.

Pottery Barn Wall Decor

  • Look at this outdoor oasis created from a curbside patio furniture rescue.  So very impressive.  I love love love the mirror, and am kicking myself for passing on a very similar one for next to nothing earlier today!  Strong work, Angie and Debbie.

Furniture revamp

 

Thrifty Thursday Week 31

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Inspiring Moments and Much to Learn From Dogs…

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10 Life Lessons We Need to UNLEARN by Martha Beck

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Had to share this article when I stumbled upon it.  I especially appreciate number 2.  It took me along time to figure out that it is ok, inevitable actuallly, to experience valleys with the peaks in life.  I spent so much energy trying to fix myself or cover up the lows to  be the smiling, happy, “light up the room” girl.  It is a relief to be able to accept how I feel…
“Free to Be Me”
Soft pastels on paper
By Johnnie Lanier

 In the past 10 years, I’ve realized that our culture is rife with ideas that actually inhibit joy. Here are some of the things I’m most grateful to have unlearned:
1. Problems are bad. You spent your school years solving arbitrary problems imposed by boring authority figures. You learned that problems—comment se dit?—suck. But people without real problems go mad and invent things like base jumping and wedding planning. Real problems are wonderful, each carrying the seeds of its own solution. Job burnout? It’s steering you toward your perfect career. An awful relationship? It’s teaching you what love means. Confusing tax forms? They’re suggesting you hire an accountant, so you can focus on more interesting tasks, such as flossing. Finding the solution to each problem is what gives life its gusto.
2. It’s important to stay happy. Solving a knotty problem can help us be happy, but we don’t have to be happy to feel good. If that sounds crazy, try this: Focus on something that makes you miserable. Then think, “I must stay happy!” Stressful, isn’t it? Now say, “It’s okay to be as sad as I need to be.” This kind of permission to feel as we feel—not continuous happiness—is the foundation of well-being.
3. I’m irreparably damaged by my past. Painful events leave scars, true, but it turns out they’re largely erasable. Jill Bolte Taylor, the neuroanatomist who had a stroke that obliterated her memory, described the event as losing “37 years of emotional baggage.” Taylor rebuilt her own brain, minus the drama. Now it appears we can all effect a similar shift, without having to endure a brain hemorrhage. The very thing you’re doing at this moment—questioning habitual thoughts—is enough to begin off-loading old patterns. For example, take an issue that’s been worrying you (“I’ve got to work harder!”) and think of three reasons that belief may be wrong. Your brain will begin to let it go. Taylor found this thought-loss euphoric. You will, too.
4. Working hard leads to success. Baby mammals, including humans, learn by playing, which is why “the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.” Boys who’d spent years strategizing for fun gained instinctive skills to handle real-world situations. So play as you did in childhood, with all-out absorption. Watch for ways your childhood playing skills can solve a problem (see #1). Play, not work, is the key to success. While we’re on the subject…
5. Success is the opposite of failure. Fact: From quitting smoking to skiing, we succeed to the degree we try, fail, and learn. Studies show that people who worry about mistakes shut down, but those who are relaxed about doing badly soon learn to do well. Success is built on failure.
6. It matters what people think of me. “But if I fail,” you may protest, “people will think badly of me!” This dreaded fate causes despair, suicide, homicide. I realized this when I read blatant lies about myself on the Internet. When I bewailed this to a friend, she said, “Wow, you have some painful fantasies about other people’s fantasies about you.” Yup, my anguish came from my hypothesis that other people’s hypothetical hypotheses about me mattered. Ridiculous! Right now, imagine what you’d do if it absolutely didn’t matter what people thought of you. Got it? Good. Never go back.
7. We should think rationally about our decisions. Your rational capacities are far newer and more error-prone than your deeper, “animal” brain. Often complex problems are best solved by thinking like an animal. Consider a choice you have to make—anything from which movie to see to which house to buy. Instead of weighing pros and cons intellectually, notice your physical response to each option. Pay attention to when your body tenses or relaxes. And speaking of bodies…
8. The pretty girls get all the good stuff. Oh, God. So not true. I unlearned this after years of coaching beautiful clients. Yes, these lovelies get preferential treatment in most life scenarios, but there’s a catch: While everyone’s looking at them, virtually no one sees them. Almost every gorgeous client had a husband who’d married her breasts and jawline without ever noticing her soul.
9. If all my wishes came true right now, life would be perfect. Check it out: People who have what you want are all over rehab clinics, divorce courts, and jails. That’s because good fortune has side effects, just like medications advertised on TV. Basically, any external thing we depend on to make us feel good has the power to make us feel bad. Weirdly, when you’ve stopped depending on tangible rewards, they often materialize. To attract something you want, become as joyful as you think that thing would make you. The joy, not the thing, is the point.
10. Loss is terrible. Ten years ago I still feared loss enough to abandon myself in order to keep things stable. I’d smile when I was sad, pretend to like people who appalled me. What I now know is that losses aren’t cataclysmic if they teach the heart and soul their natural cycle of breaking and healing. A real tragedy? That’s the loss of the heart and soul themselves. If you’ve abandoned yourself in the effort to keep anyone or anything else, unlearn that pattern. Live your truth, losses be damned. Just like that, your heart and soul will return home

Some Must Reads For Inspiration

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Cloth Paper Scissors
I am always amazed at the art projects in this magazine.  I know there is a website as  well, which I have not had time to explore as of yet.  The March/April issue pictured above has a mixed media shoe project that I am attempting.  You will see a post on that eventually (paper mache takes forever to dry)!
Somerset Studio Magazine (The art of paper and mixed media, March April 2010)
Somerset Studio Magazine is another wonderful source of mixed media inspiration, with  lots of step by step techniques and artist portfolios.  
I guess this week’s “What’s Your Story” Featuring Things With Wings has triggered a mixed media frenzy in me.   My project list is growing exponentially.  
Redeeming Love
This is what I am currently reading.  I started it on my recent trip to Florida, on a recommendation from a dear friend.  I must say that it is quite possibly the best novel I have ever read.  It depicts redemption, forgiveness, new life, love and hope in a way that has made me feel closer to my creator.  I look forward to reading it every day.  It brings scripture so alive.  I think I am dragging my feet on finishing it because I don’t want to be done.  It is a good thing this author has more for me to dive into, which is the plan for sure.  
Just thought I would share what I am loving these days.  

Vinyl Wall Happiness; Frugal & Fast, With Flair

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I found another cheap solution to my barren wall space. I haven’t lived in this house for long, and spent the first few months here painting walls and getting settled. You know I am a fan of vinyl wall decor if you have read this post, this one or this one… I could go on for awhile.

I am a big proponent of cutting my own designs with my Cricute, however, this deal at Joanne’s was just too good to pass up. I love the text, with its inspirational message. Not to mention the 3D embellishment butterflies. The colors coordinate perfectly with my living room. The price tag… less than $15 with my Joanne’s 40% off coupon. Can’t beat it. It would cost me a few dollars for the vinyl to cut it myself, and with the time investment it would take, $15 wins! A great way to bring an element of style to your home on a budget! 

Sunday Shines

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On this day of reflection upon all God has created, I have decided to share a few things that have warmed my soul this week. First is this beautiful photograph (from an anonymous source in Egypt) of Egyptian Christians forming a human shield around a group of praying Muslims. This is how things should be…

Next, this video I ran across on youTube. David Crowder Band has been one of my favorites since I first became a Christian a few years back. Their energy, passion, humor and playfulness

combine into a unique source of endless inspiration. Their song, “O Praise Him” came on my shuffle while I was running this week, and up went my hands in praise. I searched the song on youTube when I got home, and found this guy just praising in the middle of NYC. Watch the entire video. Beautiful, beautiful…

And lastly, another video. This was posted by a friend on facebook. It struck me as a wonderful depiction of temptation’s stronghold on humanity, as it distracts them from TRUTH, from God, from freedom, fulfillment and peace…
Blessings and love to all…
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