Changes With My Blogger Background, and not sure what to do, or what I want.
Hello Everyone! Bear with me as I feel like changing things just a little bit with my site LilacsNDreams . . . . Mainly the background. Not sure what I want yet. As the next few days go along here you might see the background change a few times. Don't worry, same place LilacsNDreams, just me going through a feeling of a change.
Not sure what I want, if I want what I had before but just a little bit more toned down, something lighter, feel of vintage, hmmm . . . I still like having my lilacs coloring definitely, blues, pinks, shades of green/aqua, feeling of vintage, buttons, stitching, and Oh....I just cannot decide. Not too much floral, if any floral it has to be light, or not over powering. So, I search the internet, looking at things, trying to inspire myself, and etc.
If you have any ideas I would love to hear them. I usually do my own backgrounds. I find something not copy righted, or I take pictures, download, use photobucket, and enter the code I need for the background with that CSS on blogger here. I am not a computer technie, so bear with me as I work my way through this.
Sorry for any inconvenience, or confusion. Hope ya'll understand, and again . . . . Please bear with me as I go through my changes . . . . sounds like a woman thing, right? LOL:)
Hope ya'll had a wonderful Monday, and here is to having a sweet week! Thanks for dropping into LilacsNDreams, take care, and see ya'll again soon.
DIY Tile Coasters
DIY Scrabble Letter Coasters
DIY Family Pictures Coasters Made
DIY Coasters Using Maps
DIY Ideas For Making Coasters at Home, how neat, and actually simple to do too.
So, how did the weekend go for everyone? During the summer I get these urges to slack off a little bit with my blog, or anything else actually. As for stepping away from the computer, are you serious? That I don't seem to do! Either using the desk top, my phone, or my iPad that was given to me by our son . . .I live on the computers. I LOVE to read things, view other blogs, research, and when I come across diy projects I feel like a fire has been lit underneath me. I just keep looking, reading, looking, and reading. Taking some notes for my to do lists, supplies, etc.
I have seen this done before, made notes of it, but felt this was one of them simple projects that I should share with you. Most of us, I know I do, will have the supplies already at home. If not, it truly is inexpensive to do these. Better yet, you can create anything you would like with making your own coasters.
Let's see now . . . scissors, pencils, felt or cork board (felt is cheaper), mod podge, foam/sponge brush, ceramic tiles, and some water resistant clear acrylic spray, or polyurethane spray. These are some of the supplies needed. It is your preference as to what you make them with. Maybe you would like to use some paint, stencils, scrap materials, and etc. There is no limit to what you use.
Now, what you put on top of the coasters you make is up to you. This is where you can have some really true fun doing this. Use scrapbook paper, wrapping paper, maps, pretty napkins, family photos, scrabble letters, and just whatever you have around the house would work.
Visit some of the pictures I have shown above with their links, and you can get some really simple neat instructions to help you in making these.
Hope ya'll enjoyed your visit with LilacsNDreams, and thanks for sharing your time with Me. I enjoy the visits, comments, messages, and hope to see ya'll again real soon. Take care, and have a fabulous Monday!
Happy Thrifting, Junking, and Vintage Collecting Friday to all of you!! Wishing you all a wonderful weekend, and may it be a creative one too. Have a wonderful Friday, and have a beautiful weekend everyone!!
See you all again on Monday. Toodle Ooohh . . . . . .
All Sorts of Old Radiators and What to Do
A Radiant Cocktail Station Over Radiator
Built Radiator Cover With Scrap Wood
Book Cases Cover Radiators
Preserving Treasures With Radiators in the Garden
Radiators Repurposed Upcycled Recycled are Preserved Treasures
LilacsNDreams is sharing more creativity with some of those old house radiators. As we know there is always some way, or something to do with things being removed from our homes. Better yet, find a way to upcycle them as they sit within our homes too.
You see this quite often in older homes is the old radiators. What do you do with them? When I was younger I use to hate them, and thought them useless. Now that I am older . . . LOL:) I realize they were a good use for their time, some people still use them, many others either throw them, and then there are many many others who will find uses for them. The love of creativity by using something old, and making it work for more modern times.
If you think about it there are many things that you could do with them. In most homes today they do not work anymore. They just sit there. Sometimes they stay, and sometimes they can be removed. For those that stay in the home what could you possibly do with them? I have seen others share ideas with putting glass tops on them, and making them larger tables for in their homes. Many like to cover the radiators where they are, and it looks really good when done too. Make a book case over them, use some scrap wood to make a radiator cover, make a cute little cocktail station, preserve them by using them in your gardens, make benches out of them for outside or on your porches, and the possibilities are endless actually. Don't forget that painting things is always a good project to do too. Being creative, isn't it fun?
Who would have guessed right? I mean I never thought of redoing radiators into something else myself. I so enjoy seeing new life given to old pieces that can still be used with our modern ways of things.
So, what do you think? Have you thought of getting rid of any old radiators yourself? Hopefully after getting some ideas from here you will see there are some possibilities as always.
Thanks so much for sharing your time with LilacsNDreams today. See you all again soon!
Thrift Shop Finds For The Home
Brown Beaded Watch in Thrift Shop Finds
Black Scroll Stand or Wall Hanging For the Home
Thrift Shop Finds as Bathroom Accessories Decor
Black Scroll Stand Finds Another Use
Design Your Life With a Lil Sparkle and Creativity, what fun!
What a week! It's summer time, holiday, and I have to say it . . . I just feel lazy lately! I took a last minute week off from things a bit. Oh, yeah. With my shops, organizing at home, crafts, and I mostly lounged. But, I did take one day to myself to visit our local thrift store in town, and another one over yonder as well.
Both stores have things donated to them, but what a difference in some of the inventory and the prices too! Not to mention the hospitable service between the two also. I visited with Melissa's Hope Chest where I found the gorgeous heavy glass vase with some wonderful design in it. I also found the gold filigree vanity dresser frame tray there too. Oh, yes, I can't forget those wonderful vintage hangers that are fun to work with too! Some day I will have to show what I have been working for with those.
On my way home I stopped with our local thrift shop which does not happen often. I don't agree with their ethics there of how the employees take for themselves what comes through the door for donation, or they set things aside for close family members, and friends. The day I visited I watched a very expensive horse saddle brought ought for a customer. One of them good saddles that would cost about $1100+. I watched them bring it to the counter for this girl who then paid only $30 for it. Wow!
Anyway, that is where I found the black scroll stand or wall hanging. I also got the blue glass jar with the glass votive holders. I found the brown beaded watch there which is missing a bead, and needs a battery. But, it is something I can deal with to fix too. I got the cute little picture frame with stand to set on my vintage vanity in our bedroom, and the white stand is holding a picture of my grand daughter on my desk as I write this to all of you.
As you can see from the pictures I was undecided with the black scroll stand. Our downstairs bathroom is small, and I wanted something there to hold some rolls of toilet paper for us. I really don't have enough room to hang things on the wall, and was hoping this would work. It did at first, but I wasn't settled with it yet either. So, I then moved the stand into my office, and set it against the small wall with our clock above it. As I looked at it I was thinking of course. I then put something solid on the second shelf as you can see, and I am using the slots above to separate most of the mail that comes. Below it on a couple of the shelves I have put in small boxes of envelopes which fit in there good. So, it is working well in my office at this time....till I change my mind again.
You will also see that I did compromise for the bathroom an idea. I used the gold filigree tray to set a couple rolls of toilet paper on those, and on the side I decorated with the blue glass bottle, and the 2 votive candle holders. By the way, the 2 votive holders have tea lights in them that have a blue wick too. This all goes very well with our shower curtain that has a very light designs of vintage paper, vintage bathroom bottles, few butterflies, with colors of sand, blue, purple, and a beachy green color.
So, sometimes it is great to thrift shop for your business, crafting, and the things we do online or in our own stores. Yet, it is so much fun to thrift, and be able to create different things for our own homes too. Don't you think? Hey, doesn't hurt to add a little sparkle, and creativity to our homes, right?
Hope you all had fun visiting today, and maybe got a few ideas of things to do for yourselves. Remember you are always welcome to share some thoughts, and ideas with all of us here as well. Thanks for visiting with LilacsNDreams, and hope to see you all again soon. Have a sweet day everyone!
Happy 4th of July to All!
Yesterday I spent the day going to base to get our son, and bring him home for the weekend. So many soldiers in uniform, and in their civilian clothes too. So many of them there, and that was just the one base out of many that we have through out the united states.
One of the duties of my son is he has funeral detail which is for all the fallen soldiers who are brought home to the area he is in. Anyway, he was gonna get off base early yesterday because his sergeant felt they deserved a break, and wanted to cut them loose for the weekend. Then.....our son text me right outside of base that he would not be released till about 5 p.m. ....2 hours later. Ok, that is fine, it's the army, and things happen. A few minutes later he sent me another text saying that he was "getting promoted today". WooHoo! Something he was kind of waiting on, and was starting to think he was overlooked. So, when it was announced him, and his sergeant were a bit surprised as they had not been notified prior to this. So, the day ended well for our son before he left base yesterday. He was given a certificate for this accomplishment, and of course was happy too.
So, today is the 4th of July and I wish you all well during the festivities, gatherings, and etc. Please be safe. I also ask that if you see someone from the military today, someone being active now, a veteran, and so on....please shake their hand, thank them for their services, salute them, but show them how we are thankful for what they are doing for us. Those not able to be home as they are across seas please say a prayer for them. These men, and women are fighting for our rights, and freedoms of today for "US". And, remember those who have fallen for us as well. Take just a moment to be proud of our freedoms, but to also be thankful for what we have by those who fought for "US". Thanks for sharing your time with LilacsNDreams today, and see you all again soon.
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY TO EVERYONE!!
Have fun, enjoy, and be safe!!
Yellow and Bees Light Switch Cover
Brown and Blue Damask Light Switch Cover
Lady Bugs Light Switch Cover
Kitchen Decor Light Switch Cover
Black and White Antique Toile Light Switch Covers
Decorative Wall Plate Light Switch Covers can be do it yourself projects too.
How fun, and cute these are! What fun you can have with your light switch covers for every room in your home. Don't forget the covers for your outlets as well. They come in all shapes, and sizes which you can have fun with all of them.
These are not too bad to make, simple, and fun. You can change out your wall plates often, when you change your decor, for the seasons, and if you are looking for some small changes to make.
You can find switch plates from your Dollar Stores, Hardware Stores, Walmart, Target, and etc. Supplies you will need to have with these plates will be brushes, glue, paint, scrapbook paper, tissue paper, wrapping paper, embellishments, mod podge, and so on. Pictures of your kids, families, pets, and the possibilities are endless with this small do it yourself project.
You could have the fun of making some of these yourself. If you would not have the time, or don't feel comfortable doing them yourself you can buy made plates with some of your stores, or better yet check with some of the wonderful talented artisans who do these kind of things for you. Check with Etsy, and other market places that you may find on the internet.
Hope you enjoyed this little project shared with you, and it helps you with some of them creative juices for you as well. Simple, sweet, and fun. I like it like that, don't you?
Thanks for sharing your time with LilacsNDreams, and sure do hope to see you again soon. Take care, and have a sweet day!
