Creative Juices Decor

Like always, people amaze me. The ideas that come from such creative minds is inspirational!  This Creative Juices Award is about SCRABBLE pieces and gift ideas! Tonya’s blog Trey and Lucy gave an amazing and quite easy step by step tutorial on how to make these scrabble piece pendant necklaces .  Really, you just glue on some scrapbook paper and use diamond glaze on top to seal it.  She has all the links where to purchase the stuff to make it yourself. I think it’s a GREAT gift idea and would be a great craft to do with a bunch of woman. What about making a Scrabble Coaster??  This could be a good gift even for the GUY in the family.  My father in law LOVES the game of scrabble.  The link will take you to the makers Etsy shop , but with a little craft dissecting, I am sure these would be easy for you to make. (or just buy them pre made!) Lastly, my friend Heather from Mom4Life made the cutest scrabble art ....

I know I know, I'm at it again.  Thrift store shopping, spray painting and adding MORE pumpkins.  Today's "special" were these 2 planters that I got for $3.75 each .  They still had the $24.99 price tag clearly applied to the bottom.  (I LOVE thrift stores!)   Of course, my initial thought was to paint them a good dark bronze color, like I ALWAYS do.  But I got to thinking about all of YOU my readers who are probably sick of seeing everything I take home from the thrift store painted the same ol brown color so I decided to SURPRISE you and do a YELLOW .  Yes, this project was done specifically for all my readers.  Dare I say you guys make me a "better" person - hee,hee.  Oh no, I can't say that because I have burnt WAY too many dinners because of you :-) Step One: Wipe off dust Step Two: Spray paint! Step Three: Mix a brown paint with glaze - my portion was around 1 part paint to 3 parts glaze.  Use a brus...

Alright - let's jump on the  holiday pumpkin recipe bandwagon!!! (The Healthy Way) Most of these recipes are set up to be  gluten free and sugar free.  Although, they also work with regular flour and sugar too. First up my favorite - CROCKPOT Pumpkin Custard For those that love their crock pot because they seem to lose time instead of gain time during the holidays - this post is for you ;-)  This is easy, moist and a delicious treat.  Don't forget to let this sit in the refrigerator for a while before serving. Second - Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting. OK, maybe this is actually my favorite.  These are dense and full of the best pumpkin flavor mixed with a creamy topping.  One thing that is so great about these is you only use 2TBSP of coconut oil for the entire recipe!  It's hard to find a delicious recipe that isn't just loaded with butter or the like.  You will LOVE this, I promise. Third - Cro...

I would love to introduce to you two new Advertisers/Sponsors of the blog! We all love seeing the amazing talent of Etsy (and other!) shop owners and I love being able to be a standing board to which I can drawn lots more attention to their shops!  Of course, I always see if they would like to offer my readers a special little promo code......I know you guys love a deal ;-) My first vendor is Mary's Moxee .   Mary is a SAHM (stay at home mom) with 4 little munchkins and one on the way.   She has such a passion for making the cutest hats and wraps which some photographers buy by in bulk for photography props because they are so adorable!  I have bought a few for my daughter and can't tell you how many compliments I get when she wears them.  You have to go check them out.....there were so many more photos I wanted to add! Mary is very excited to be working with Creative Juices Decor and has offered all my r...

Look Familiar? I was so excited when Kelley, one of my readers sent me this photo.  They had emailed me earlier asking where I bought all the iron décor for my door and they used those sources to save tons of money (like I did) on their front door!  Here is mine…. If anyone new would like to read the full tutorial on how to make your own Tuscan front door just click the link and it will tell you where I bought my iron. AND since we’re on the topics of fun doors……..enjoy some of these fabulous photos! CharlotteRomace Classic and Elegant – I LOVE the symmetrical layout and that door is so unique. Tiny White Daisies This door is just so sweet and inviting.  I love the robins egg blue against the red bricks and greenery.  There you have it!  I just love receiving emails of projects people have done inspired by a post of mine.  If you have any, please send them my way.   Till next time

Hi Friends!! Here is my Disappearing Water Feature.  (The technical definition!)  I'll do my very best to detail out how we installed our backyard fountain. First off, you will need to have an electrical outlet for your fountain .  (funny, a fountain has nothing to do with having a faucet near by!) The workers who did our back patio put a white pvc pipe under the pavers so that a cord could be pushed through there and arrive at our outlet without the cord having to be draped across the patio!  If you had your fountain by the side of your home, reaching the outlet inconspicuously may not be a big deal. Next I needed to buy a basin that could hold the water which the pump would go in.  The largest circle size I found was 48” round.  The bottom of my fountain was 32”.   Looking back, I wish I found one just a little bigger.  The “splash” zone on my fountain goes a good 12” outside of the fountain area.  My fountain is a little...

I was so excited when I found this fountain on Craigslist for only 50 buckaroonies.  Little did I know, it would cost a LOT more to get that thing up and running.  *sigh* I’m almost too embarrassed to tell you guys how much this frugal gal spent on making it WORK, but…….. I may as well tell you so that when you are jumping up and down for finding “the steal of your life”, unless you plan to use it as a BIRDBATH, you might think twice before buying it! Hey, using it as a birdbath might be just the thing!  (Update, this post got too long so the technical information about installing the fountain is next, part 2)  STAY TUNED! So now this post will just be some fun photos……. One thing that I LOVE about my CL fountain find is that it was old so all the rich patina was already there…….just check out that moss and grime – ha, love it! Having a fountain is also a fun way to attract birds to your yard.  My neighbors (aka my in-...