Creative Juices Decor

Welcome to my first edition of: I've ALWAYS had a thing for grandfather clocks, especially ones that have unique shapes.   Look what Kaleidoscope Living did with her plain brown stained clock! She's new to blogging so go say hi - Welcome Kaleidoscope Living! I'll admit this last one is a little CRAZY but it sure did turn out pretty!  She dismantled her old grandfather clock used the shape to make a bookcase! You can see the complete transformation at her blog Trash To Treasure ! Lastly, this was something else!  It's a  Trompe L'oeil (fake - ha!) grandfather clock.  Lindy from Cottage Hill   made it out of cutting 3/8" beadboard, painting it, then adding a 10.00 clock front and a molding accent!  She may just get the MOST "Creative Juices" Award :-)   For the full tutorial go check out her blog !  I'm LOVING that color of green too.  It's just so soothing. Hope you ...

 I am so excited to show you my newest addition to my living room! Drapes! I have a wonderful friend who traded “skills” with me.  She is an expert seamstress and I am a designer so I did some clay work for her , and she made me these amazing drapes! I did debate whether or not the room should have drapes but after a while, and a lot of mental picturing I decided yes, let’s sew us some drapes!!! You won’t believe that I actually got this $50.00 + a yard fabric for……drumroll…….only $5.00 a yard!!! Yep, crazy heavy, super soft chenille fabric for $5.00 a yard.  My friend has a friend that has a friend….no  it was just my seamstresses friend that buys bulk fabrics in auctions and such and this happened to be one of the fabrics in the group.  (so happy!)  I have a lot of fabric left to sew pillows if I want to.  I’m sure I will.......someday  :-) I know it doesn’t really look like it, but they DO pull all the way across a...

Oh this was really good!  I’ll admit, sometimes when I am trying to use healthier ingredients on a traditional bread I wonder how it will turn out but let me just tell you, you will NOT be disappointed.  My husband who tends to not like anything “healthy” told me “Wow, that tastes great!” I found this recipe (and modified it slightly) from The Purple Carrot   This happens to be Dairy Free and (refined) Sugar Free Ingredients:  (for one loaf) 2 ripe bananas 2 eggs 1/2 cup coconut milk 1/8 cup coconut oil 1 1/3 cup pumpkin puree 1/3 cup agave nectar 1/2 cup NuNaturals Baking Blend stevia sweetener – (if you don’t have this, you can just use 1/2 c white sugar, or try coconut palm sugar !) 1 cup white flour plus 1/2 cup whole wheat flour 1 cup oats 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. sea salt 2 tsp. Cinnamon 1 tsp. Allspice (I sprinkled coconut palm sugar on the top before baking, you could also use Sugar in the...

I have had this picture saved on my computer for over a year.  (Yes, before the days of Pinterest!) I never knew the source and I always feel bad posting photos on my blog without them. Well, today while I was having fun  looking over design blogs I stumbled upon the up close photo in the old window frame and followed a very fun trail to the original source!  So, I am going to re post this, and give credit to where credit is due!  Plus you guys will love looking over her store/blog.      Welcome        DomesticBliss                                 All of her shop photos are amazing, I know you'll be inspired! Every time I look at this picture and want to SWOON !  I’m not even sure what it is that I like so much but it’s just so fun !  I do love the mix of old with the new.  It looks so “hip” and ...

Every year my youngest daughter has her birthday on a camping trip.   This year, as she turned five, she trained for.......   The Hunger Games Take that Katniss Everdeen! When she had a chance to take a break from her vigorous training she opened her presents which included: A Pink Guitar A Bubble Gun  And coloring books. When it came time to preform, her stylist really made her stand out But when the game was on, it was back to her training!  (We were just thankful she never shot the dog!) Here's to a GREAT summer!!  Hope you have some fun trips planned! ~CreativeJuicesDecor~

Good Morning!  I had to address this post as good morning because it‘s morning for me and when you are talking about beautiful flowers it's fun to imagine gazing over the morning dew and smelling roses while strolling down a picturesque path on an English flower garden! The reality is if I ever have a garden look like an English flower garden it’s not happening this decade but, maybe some day! Anyway, I HAD to share these lovely photos of Hydrangeas and Peonies that are on my must have list for the landscape.  It’s amazing that there is any bush so beautiful that lasts as long as it does! Oh man, this old crumbled wall, beautiful blue hydrangeas…..so wonderful. Once I have a few bushes growing I plan to put them in my house every day! Another flowering plant that I want is peonies!  They smell heavenly and can’t get any prettier.  My mother in law has 6 beautiful bushes of these growing every summer.  Lisa Hubbard Southern...

We all have them, you know those boxes or plug-ins that just stare WHITE at you when you look at your house. After about a year we just get used to them and they don't bother us as much anymore. BUT, what if you simply painted them!!! Take a look...,,. Ugly white outlet, two of them on my front porch! Now with a 2 quick coats of paint! Get fancier and add even MORE flowers! So simple, but it really makes a difference (-: So much better than bright white. You can see how I made this Tuscan Front Door  by adding my own clavos and hinges. Here is the right hand side of the same porch. I hope I've encouraged you to have fun with some house paint. UPDATED door in the fall!  Boy did the flowers grow :-)     Linking up to: ~ Creative Juices Decor ~