DIY Project --wall decor

I am a big fan of Hobby Lobby. I could spend hours and hours in Hobby Lobby, not to mention thousands and thousands of dollars. But of course, money doesn't grow on trees, so every time I am in the store, I stroll down the home decor clearance aisle to see what is there. Sometimes things are damaged, and sometimes things are just ugly. Recently, there was an aisle of 90% off home decor items!! Yay! My eye was drawn to these...


Yes, I know, they are not exactly my taste or something I would pick out...but ideas started swarming around in my head: spray paint, decoupage, the possibilities were endless, and they were only $1.80 a piece, much cheaper than buying a canvas the same size and these were solid wood.

I decided to head to the scrapbook paper aisle with our half bathroom in mind...it has been begging for some decor since we moved in a year ago. I found some paper and headed home.

I placed the wall decor on the paper and traced it. Pretty simple! Then I cut it and used spray adhesive to adhere it to them. They looked like this...

Nice...but still lacking something. I looked for some cute shapes online, like silhouettes of a bathtub, or toilet or something...but just couldn't find anything that excited me. Then I remembered...TILES!! I had purchased numerous tiles at a tile store that was closing almost two years ago. I ran upstairs to dig them out.

PERFECT!! Added a little dimension and texture. At first I wasn't sure how i would get heavy tiles to stick...but good 'ole Velcro did the trick!

Here they are proudly on my bathroom wall.


Break down of the cost

$3.60 for the wall decor
$1.18ish for the scrapbook paper
$1.00 for both tiles

TOTAL $5.78 Not too shabby in my book!

Head over to Kimba's and see many other DIY projects!!

Charlotte - 6 months old

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Charlotte's first swim

Pictures and more pictures! May 2009

Helping Mama plant herbs in pots.

Being a great helper! Happy...

...and smiling!

One would think that would hurt your neck.

Another baseball game. Too bad the outcome wasn't as good as last time for the Royals.

Watching the crowd.

I think she looks like her daddy.

Our group...well part of our group all in a line...Hannah to George. There were nine others that were not there yet. Most everyone was from church, plus some other friends and family.

Sitting on the couch in a silly little outfit...I just put the hat on her for laughs. It didn't really fit.

A frequent spot...helping mama in the kitchen.

oops...seeing this picture makes me realize I should probably put outlet covers in those...She really isn't reaching yet...she just sits there and talks to me.

Guessing game...

UPDATE!! Lydia is the winner...it was...

$11.06 With coupons I save $66.24! I was pretty excited...better than I've done with coupons in a long time. The occasion was slightly soured when I got home and I had another $5 coupon I could have used that arrive in the mail that day. :( Oh well...can't complain about saving over $60!


It has been awhile since I've shared some of my deal shopping on the blog. I would like to say it has been because I've been so busy grabbing deals I haven't had time to share, but rather, I've been too busy to cut coupons faithfully and follow the ads. Last night I spent some time getting together a list and coupons for Target. Tonight...I ventured to the store to see what I could get for a steal. Here is what I got...


1 large canister of oatmeal
10 Hersey Bliss candy bars
9 Quaker Bite Snacks
4 Kraft Easy Mac
1 Joint Juice
3 boxes 100 Calorie Snacks
3 BBQ sauce
6 Kraft Salad Dressings
6 Kraft Mayo
2 Cleaning brushes

With that said...just for fun...leave guesses of how much money I spent in the comment box here or on Facebook. I'll reveal the answer tomorrow night! You never know...if you get closest, maybe I'll send you a bottle of mayo...who knows what I'll do with 6 bottles of it! :)