Sweater Beret and Scarf

Use one of your old sweater (that has a stain on it) to make a darling fall/winter beret! With the leftover sweater, you can make one of these button sweater scarfs. So cute!

See these tutorials at Sweet Pea and JoJo.

Beadboard Turkeys

Almost anytime beadboard is used on a project, I am in love! And these beadboard turkeys are no exception. True Love!

Head over to Chapman Place to see the beadboard turkeys!

Silhouette Product Giveaway (and My Creative Classroom winners)

Today's giveaway is from the well known Silhouette company! You've seen half of blogland use and rave about the Silhouette, a personal digital cutter!

However, if you are like me, you haven't won one and haven't been able to buy one. So the next option is to check out the products that DON'T REQUIRE a Silhouette in order to use them.

There are quite a few products you can use without the Silhouette machine which are included in today's giveaway. With good enough scissor skills, you can create beautiful clothing, temporary tatoos and magnets. (I'm not sure my scissors skills are good enough to make a shirt like that!)

So here is the good news!

The Giveaway:
Silhouette is Giving a $50 Bundle Package away for FREE!
And it includes...
2 Heat Transfer Rolls {Yellow & White Smooth}
1 Tattoo Pack
1 Magnet Sheet

You do not need a Silhouette machine to use these products...all you need are your handy scissors!

**Silhouette is also offering 25% off on all their accessories with the code: SOMEDAY
{Runs through November 13th at midnight!}

Saving some SERIOUS holiday gift-giving cash!

*You must live in the United States and can only win a package once.*

GIVEAWAY

Ways to enter (Leave a comment for each entry)

1. Visit Silhouette and write what accessory you like the most.

2. Blog, Tweet or Facebook about giveaway.

Winner will be announced next Tuesday.

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The winners of the $25 scholarships to My Creative Classroom are:

#11 Gina - I'd probably take the Silhouette 101 class

#19 Ginny - I would take the Sketch Support class!

Please contact me at somedaycrafts@gmail.com to claim your prize.

Fall Framed Twigs

Create a unique piece of art with a thrifted frame and some fall twigs. Very interesting, eye- catching, inexpensive and easy! Cleverly Inspired came up with this idea!

See the framed twigs!

Give Thanks Leaf Garland

I'm excited to start showing the Thanksgiving ideas off! And to get us started, look at the darling leaf garland at No Biggie! You have to go over and see the textures on these paper leaves. Absolutely beautiful!

See the textured paper leaf garland.

12 Days of Creative Christmas

.Before I get started with Thanksgiving ideas, I wanted to give you the heads-up on a fun event called "12 Days of Creative Christmas" at Deck The Halls of Home.


Brenda is oh so talented! I'm loving what I 've seen already on her blog (and in her etsy shop.)

Don't you love this place settings? I had to look closely at the giant swiss rolls to tell that they aren't edible!!! (You'll have to head over to see what they are made of.) Putting the silverware in a little stocking. How fun!

Eye Candy! Love the tablecloth and Christmas mice decor. The tablecloth says "Tis the season...to eat chocolate...fa la la la la." My kind of fabric!!!!

I have a feeling I may be a little jealous after I the see 12 Days of Creative Christmas at her home! Look at that table! Look at all the beautiful things going on. I'm excited!

Head over to Deck The Halls of Home

for the next 12 days to get a jump start on your Christmas ideas!

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Painting My Living Room

This week's Crafting With The Stars theme was PAINT!!! Go check out the drool-worthy projects and break out the paint! You can vote for your 3 favorite projects! Go to Sew Dang Cute to vote today!

And since the theme is paint, I decide I'll post a little paint project I finally completed a couple of weeks ago at my house.

When we bought this house, all four wall and the ceiling in two rooms were this dark green. Combined with the dark wood trim and dark floors, it was a cave. One of the first thing when we did when we moved in was paint the ceiling white and the walls a very, very ,very light shade of brown. It looks white. I left this wall as an accent wall to paint "in a couple of months." A couple of months turned in a year and a half. I finally painted it!!!!

I usually use tape when painting walls and around trim. but I got a Purdy paintbrush in the mail to try out. People have told me many times before that you don't need to use tape if you have a high-quality brush. I decided to try it out this time. I put my Purdy to the test!

I used the free Glidden paint that I received last year. There was a promotion about a year ago and I volunteered for some paint:) I choose "Avacado."

I obviously painted a primer over the dark green. And then I started with the Avacado. Notice NO TAPE!!!!! I have to say I was sceptical that I could paint striaght lines on corners, wall and around the trim without getting paint on the other walls and trim. I am here to say that a good, high-quality brush makes all the difference! I am sold!!! I promise I will never buy a cheap brush again for a project I care about! It saved me a lot of time not having to tape!

This is what it looks like when painted. I can't believe how much warmer and lighter the room feels just because of one wall. This is the same amount of lighting as in the first picture, but it looks totally different. I just need to decorate the mantle. Someday, we plan to update the tile to something modern, but for now I just painted the wall to somewhat look nice with the tile!