Creative Juices Decor

Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup This recipe is an absolute favorite of mine and my husband.   It is SOOOOO good! (due to a secret ingredient) :-)  So bear with me, I promise to give you the recipe but let me ramble a little (and from what the experts say, a “good” blog never rambles…..oh well) Anyway, 3rd grade 4H Home Ec class, I learned how to make and roll out my own egg noodles. I remember the hardest part was getting my little 9 year old arms to get that dough thin enough, and it is STILL the hardest part of this recipe and no, I’m not telling you how old I am now.  :-) I always buy those rotisserie chickens at Costco and slice off the good chicken breast and leave all the other pieces on the carcass.  I really don’t like to waste food so I always make this soup with the left over chicken. Unfortunately I don’t really have a written recipe, but I’m just going to tell you what I do and than you can elaborate with your own ideas at home. EGG NOO...

Be Sure And Enter My First Give-A- Way!  Ends April 3rd midnight PST When I found my daughter taking pictures of her soggy shredded wheat one morning I realized I had officially crossed the line into the crazy blogging mother that spends too much time has a blog .  I guess I will accept that I have my camera with me at all times and that I do take 50 different angled pictures of a regular sloppy joe I just made.  (somehow I WILL make this pathetic dish look amazing!) As I am writing this blog post I can hear her in the background clicking the camera, talking to our dog saying,  “Oh Tay Duke, say Teese!’ But if I wasn’t so camera happy I wouldn’t have caught moments like this – so once again, because I need to re-affirm myself that taking 50 pictures of my sloppy joes is not weird, I will say, I am OK with this.         Our Goldendoodle dog puts up with so much child torture love.   ...

Today I’m talking about a pretty pink themed room and a lamp I made with scrapbook paper.   Like most my adventures, my inspiration comes from the thrift store.  After I spotted this little munchkin I knew I had to buy her.        Cost: $2.00 Like most things I buy from the thrift store they always need a little TLC.  No problem, on my last trip to Michaels I spotted Krylon Fairytale Pink spray paint on clearance for $1.99 .  That color is SO JUST PERFECT! So off I went to tape and spray paint my little lamp. I previously bought this lamp shade for $1.00 and sprayed it pink too. Once everything dried I found some left over scrapbook paper and torn it into pieces and Mod Podged it onto the lamp shade. And Somehow I came out with this sweet little lady. The flower and pearl necklace was just thrown on there – my daughter was wearing it in the picture above.  I also embellished it with little glued...

When I ran across this simple tutorial from Amy of Flexible Dreams I had to ask her if I could show my readers.  I am NOT a seamstress but this actually looked do-able!  It looks like I won’t be giving any more of my sweaters to the Goodwill anymore!  (Note to my mother, can you make me a few of these?! ) Isn’t that SWEET!!! Thanks Amy!!! Stop by her blog to see the full tutorial. On a side note, anyone in the business to sew up “favorite blankies”?  Wouldn’t that be the best business logo:  “I save your child's beloved blankets from dying!”   This one is definitely dying…..my 7 year old son is devastated.  I had to take a picture because it is so pathetic.  He pleadingly asks me with big blue eyes, “Can you  fix it mom?”  Sorry son, I’m just not that good……… Till another inspiration comes along! ~ Creative Juices Decor

One of my favorite things about thrift store decorating is finding something unexpected and giving it a new life. When I came across an old vintage map, I immediately saw the potential for unique wall art. Instead of leaving it tucked away, I cut it into sections and mounted it onto canvases to create a custom piece full of character and history. If you love decorating with vintage finds and creating budget-friendly home decor, this simple DIY project might inspire your next thrift store makeover. I had previously picked up an old slightly laminated MAP from the same thrift store for a few dollars. I began to wonder what I could do with my map???? Tick tock, tick tock, my creative juices were coming……. Ah Ha!  My son needed something on his wall in his room and since that is where I put the globe how about matching wall art!  I went to Michaels and picked up a bunch of canvases at 40% off.  I traced around the canvas and cut out each rectangle.  The ov...