Old Paint Aprons, New Dress!

By cutting up old paint aprons, I made an apron dress. If you didn’t know, I have a business called Connecting in Color where I teach classes to residents in skilled, assisted living, and memory care facilities for over 4 years now. While my residents love the...

DIY Scrapbook Paper Wall

I Covered Our Stairwell With Scrapbook Paper Did you know scrapbook paper can be used as wallpaper? When we bought our house we knew it was a fixer upper. Unfortunately we had to replace the roof, boiler, and a couple other big ticket items right away, so the state of...

Twizzlers Candy Castle

When life gives you Twizzlers…build a candy castle! What started off an experiment to see if I could build a house turned into a 2 foot tall, Disney inspired, candy castle out of Hershey’s brand Rainbow Twizzlers. Watch the process in this video: We had a...

Painted Seat Cushion

Have you ever had a stain you couldn’t get out? Why not paint over it! Paint is everywhere in our house and not always where it’s welcome. Sometimes I find it on the floor, walls, ceiling…even the furniture! We had a bench with a white cushion in our...

Bust Statue Gets DIY Mermaid Makeover

Just for fun! When we sold my grandparents house this bust statue was about to get tossed. Instead I grabbed it out of the trash for a DIY mermaid makeover. Watch the process in this video:   After clarifying it wasn’t an antique (Do not attempt this with...