home art: November 2010

Santa hat craft

Hey there! Have you checked out the Holiday Home Mantel Party at Layla’s yet? Some serious inspiration going on!! (You can see ours here.) Even if you don’t have a mantel, you’ll be sure to find some great ideas for your holiday decorating. :) Late in the season last year I did a Christmas craft that I absolutely LOVE – I wanted to show it to you again in case you wanted to try it out yourself

Let the magic begin! (The mantels.)

Well hello there!! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving week! We had such a fantastic time, but there wasn’t much resting, shopping or decorating going on. Just a lot of this: And this: And this! And watching our sweet Bub experience many firsts – first subway ride, first musical, first trip on an airplane: That’s him watching our plane pull up to the gate. Giddy. Adorable. :)

Silhouette discount code and a winner!

Well…WOW! What a fantastic response to the Silhouette giveaway!! I so wish I could give one to all of you!! (Really, I do.) The LUCKY DUCK winner of the Silhouette and accessories is…JEN from GARAGE SALE DIARIES! Yay Jen! Please send me an email at thriftydecorchick (at) gmail (dot) com and I’ll get you hooked up!Sooooo…for you other 5,402 entries that didn’t win, today only you can get a steal

Eight more hours!

Well HELLO!

The Silhouette giveaway is open till tonight at 8 p.m. (Eastern time) -- and I had no idea Blogger limits comments to 5,000. Probably because I never thought I'd hit 5,000 ever. :)

So if you haven't entered yet, please do so on this post, and I'll include you in the giveaway! Good luck!

1. Leave a comment here.

2. Visit the Silhouette site here, take a look at what it can make,

Giveaway Weekend!

Hello there! How early did you get up this morning? Can you believe I have NEVER gotten up early to shop on Black Friday? Have I mentioned how much I love sleep? ;) The week of giveaways continues on this Black Friday with another great giveaway from Wuslu.com! Yasmin, the owner of Wuslu, is a buyer in the interior design industry, and is able to negotiate with manufacturers to get

Silhouette Craft Cutter Giveaway!

Yep…you read that right. I get to give away another Silhouette Craft Cutter machine. Please say it with me… WHOO. HOO!!! If you’ve read TDC for a while, you know how I’ve fallen in love with this machine: We’re likethis. LOVE. This giveaway is full of so much good news, you may just pass out from the greatness. Not only is one of you going to WIN one…but the folks at Silhouette are going

Giveaway weekend!

Whoooeee…welcome to the week of giveaways! I’ve got some great one’s coming up, and who better to kick it off than my friends at Modern Bird Studios? First of all – Megan and Gregg have to be the most patient people I’ve ever met. We first started talking about doing this giveaway about eight months ago. I was so psyched when they offered us our own piece of art, but I wanted to find the

The garage decrapification (again)

Awww, you SQUEEZIES. Thanks for your sweet comments this week. :) (If you haven’t seen The Nate Show segment, you can see it below. Ignore the cat.) So, there’s one thing about blogging – I’m held accountable to finish up certain projects. I finished up one this week that I mentioned about six weeks ago. It would have been so easy to let the little final details slide till…oh…the spring. Or

Winners and a video

Hello all! I wanted to announce the winners of the Accessory Steals and Decor Steals giveaways before I forgot. :) The winner of Accessory Steals $50 gift card is: Melissa at Honey Bee Hive The winner of the Decor Steals $50 gift card is: Callie at Babbling with the Bowers Congrats ladies! Email me at thriftydecorchick (at) gmail (dot) com so I can get you hooked up. I finally got video of

Mama’s got a brand new tool

Well hello! I’m so glad you like my little memo board as much as I do – totally worth the eight month wait, eh? You may know by now I’m a tool FREAK. I may have a few of them. Alright…A LOT of them. I have something like 35 screwdrivers – because you never know just the one you’re going to need. I’ve gotten rid of most of the extra STUFF around here lately…but my tools stay. Even the extra 34

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A hidden memo board

WOW!! What a surreal day! TDC was highlighted on The Nate Berkus show today and it’s been so cool seeing all the new visitors around here! :) (I don’t think the segment is up on his site, but I’ll video tape it and post it for those who didn’t see it if you’d like!) Thanks to Nate for the wonderful mention on his show, welcome to my new visitors and thanks again to my readers for all your

A thankful foyer

Hello all! Hope you had a great weekend! We are DONE with marching band season (so proud of them!!) and I now have my hubby back…for approximately two weeks. :) I haven’t done anything crafty in a while and last week I was feeling my mojo creeping back…so I got busy on a quick Thanksgiving project for our foyer. I’ve been admiring the cute “Thankful” banners I’ve seen over blogland lately,

Giveaway Weekend!

Hello there! I hope you all have a great weekend planned! I have a fun giveaway for you -- it’s a great one if you want to Christmas shop from your couch. :)Two new sites full of fantastic deals went live just yesterday – Accessory Steals brings you fun jewelry and accessories, and Decor Steals is for just that -- decor. :) You all get the first peek at the steals and first dibs at the great

Making the old new again (spray paint love)

Well, since it was seventy-stinkin’-five degrees here today, I figured I may as well take advantage of it and spray paint something. In my flip flops. And tank top. Grrr. I know…it’s awesome and all, but I’m already missing my sweaters. I was just getting used to cozy again. :) Anyway, when we built our house, we upgraded the elevation, (exterior of the house) but didn’t add any extras to

Tricky Tricky! (Window treatments)

Howdy! I still haven’t heard from two of the winners of the HomeGoods cards -- Cammy and Stephanie, holla at me! So, remember when I showed you the start of our bedroom redo a couple of months ago? Remember the purple drapes?: Oh my. They were looking pretty sad. They were left over from the room before…and before. :) But obviously it was time for them to go. Then one of my lovely readers

Giveaway winners!

Hello there! I’m excited to announce the winners of my latest giveaways. FUN. :)First up, the randomly selected winner of the TEN craft kits for you and nine of your friends (a $250 value!) is…MelKel from For the LOVE of cooking! Congrats! You can email Alison at alison (at) howdoesshe (dot) com to get connected for your kits. Have fun! :)There was a HUGE response to the HomeGoods Mom Cave

Get ready (cause here it comes!!)

Well hellooo! Hope you had a great weekend! We did a whole lot of marching band and not much else. :) I just finally got all of the Halloween decor down a couple of days ago. (Well, except for the orange lights out front. And the stuff I forgot in the garage. And the trinkets in the car. And the nightlight in the Bub’s room.) But other than all that…it’s all put away. :) And now I’m really

Giveaway Weekend!

It's time...Craft Group TimWhoohoo! I told you I had some great giveaways coming up! (I always do…but the anticipation of the holidays makes them especially fun this time of year!)Two of my three friends over at How Does She (it’s such a fab site…check it out!) recently started a new endeavor – a business based around crafting. Even better -- crafting parties. How fun is that? A Makia Craft Group

TDC on The Nate Show!

WHOO to the HOO. I am so excited! I’ve been keeping you in the dark about this fun little news – sorry about that. :) I just didn’t want to say anything till I had an air date, knowing the little I know about TV production…and even now with an air date scheduled, I know it could still end up on the cutting room floor. But…WHOOHOO! I’m optimistic and excited so I’m spilling! :) It started a

HomeGoods Mom Cave (Giveaway!)

Oooooh…I’ve been so excited about this one! I have a FAB giveaway for you today -- I’ve been chomping at the bit to tell you about! HomeGoods has a Mom Cave promotion going on right now that you may have heard about around blogland. I don’t care who you are…young, old, work outside or in the home, one child or seven, children or not…every woman needs a spot they can go and just relax. Recharge.

Before and After Party: A private pantry

Hello there! Welcome to the Before and After Party for November! (Can you even believe it’s November?) I can’t wait to see what you’ve been up to! But first, I wanted to show you the pain-in-the-booty project that I am SO GLAD is done. Remember the pantry door transformation I showed you?: I was lucky enough to get this beauty for FREE with some help from an Amex Points promotion. But, like

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