tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80342662178452193762024-03-19T00:18:57.373-07:00Poppies at PlayA blog featuring DIY projects, refashioned furniture, vinyl, and free printables.Andy Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150392241955042306noreply@blogger.comBlogger600125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034266217845219376.post-7257577691159925062014-08-19T11:23:00.001-07:002014-08-19T11:23:13.293-07:00Chalkboard signs~<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This window was broken, so I replaced the glass with a pieces of chalkboard. </div>
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I had intended on just using it for messages, but I really do love having a black smooth surface for vinyl, so I turned it into a sign. I guess it can still be used for little messages as well...perhaps sharing moments of our day that make us happy. </div>
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This is another chalkboard sign. The frame is made out of barn wood. </div>
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The inside edge was routed so the sign would fit nicely inside. </div>
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And finally, a chalkboard that can actually be used as a chalkboard! This antique window was $2 at a garage sale. I fell in love with the panels and the gorgeous original hardware. </div>
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Andy Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150392241955042306noreply@blogger.com426tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034266217845219376.post-16328627316015978282014-05-29T10:33:00.001-07:002014-05-29T10:33:17.315-07:00Kitchen Island Transformations~<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few years ago, I wanted to dress up our room a bit by making a headboard. </div>
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I loved the look of oversized headboards, but I've never been a fan of the oversized price.</div>
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To accomodate a tight decorating budget, I created the look of a large headboard </div>
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Really easy and pretty inexpensive. </div>
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You can check out the post <a href="http://poppiesatplay.blogspot.com/2010/04/affordable-oversized-headboard.html">HERE.</a></div>
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The only problem with this type of headboard is that you can't move it around. </div>
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After a couple of years, it was time to add a bit more oomph.</div>
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I raided the garage and found a bunch of scrap pieces of wood. </div>
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I made sure they were all about 1/4'' thick, but I used all sorts of different kinds of scraps.</div>
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Beadboard, pegboard, mdf, whatever I could find.</div>
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I figured out the hard way that it was best to listen to my husbands suggestion and start at the top.</div>
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All of the pieces in a horizontal row need to be the same width.</div>
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Attach one horitontal row at a time and work your way down the wall.</div>
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I tacked the pieces up with a pnuematic nail gun.</div>
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She hid in my closet for the duration of the project.</div>
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I love the new look! Clean and shabby at the same time.</div>
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You just have to be happy with the fact that your bed will never ever ever move again...:)</div>
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Andy Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150392241955042306noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034266217845219376.post-63104533714969754932014-02-25T07:13:00.000-08:002014-02-25T07:13:11.620-08:00Let's grow old togetherI listened to a talk this weekend about making your spouse the most important person in your life, only second to God. It really touched my heart and made me question myself. Am I giving my best time and attention and energy to my husband? Probably not. Can I improve? Most certainly. Is it worth the effort? YES! I want to hold on to the love that we have. I want to make it stronger. I want to grow old with my true love and share every part of my life with him. I want to spend years creating our laugh lines together and when I look at my wrinkly self in the mirror, I want to smile and think of the memories we've shared and our future together. <div>
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Andy Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150392241955042306noreply@blogger.com82tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034266217845219376.post-52044032265683946762014-01-20T08:22:00.000-08:002014-01-20T08:22:07.150-08:00Door Craft<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I had the opportunity to go to <a href="http://www.habitatuc.org/donate/restore/">ReStore</a> the other day. It's such a cool place. They are a nonprofit organization that accepts donations of building materials for homes. They use their profits to help build homes for people. It's pretty amazing and a perfect place to shop if you're looking for doors.</div>
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I picked up this paneled door for only $20. </div>
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I was planning on using for an entryway coat rack, but after holding it up in the intended spot, I didn't love it there. It looked better in our front room. Not as functional, but I liked how it looked on the gray wall better than against our white hallway.</div>
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I put vinyl flowers and birds in the panels to dress it up.</div>
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I was a little worried that it would feel too busy for me because of the high bookshelves, but I really do like it. It's a fun focal point for the room.</div>
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It's about 10.5'' wide and 13'' tall.</div>
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The cost is $5+ $4 Shipping. </div>
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Shipping for vinyl is $4 for up to 4 different vinyls, so check out the <a href="http://poppiesatplay.blogspot.com/2010/01/market.html">other options</a> if you'd like to save money on shipping.</div>
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Andy Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150392241955042306noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034266217845219376.post-79717460505081918322013-08-22T12:58:00.001-07:002013-08-22T12:58:31.286-07:00New Vinyl Designs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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White vinyl for sale. Click <a href="http://poppiesatplay.blogspot.com/2010/01/home-and-family-vinyl.html">HERE</a> for pricing.</div>
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Black vinyl for sale. Click<a href="http://poppiesatplay.blogspot.com/2010/01/halloween-vinyl.html"> HERE</a> for pricing.</div>
Andy Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150392241955042306noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034266217845219376.post-68395448967720146022013-06-14T08:58:00.000-07:002013-06-14T08:58:46.725-07:00Here Comes the Bride~<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you are interested in ordering, shoot me an email and I'll send you a paypal invoice.</div>
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Shipping for vinyl is $4 for up to 4 vinyl designs. </div>
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Check out ordering details or other styles of vinyl<a href="http://poppiesatplay.blogspot.com/2010/01/market.html"> HERE.</a></div>
Andy Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150392241955042306noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034266217845219376.post-8909724037899710212013-06-11T09:23:00.000-07:002013-06-11T09:24:22.944-07:00A few Summer projects~<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been playing around with vinyl, trying to find a cute design for our address. </div>
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I didn't really like the size for my door, so I stuck it on our entry bench.</div>
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This beautiful secretary was given to me by my Mother-in-law. She found it in San Fran way back when The Joe was a little boy. I love that she kept it for all of these years and carried it with her through all of her many moves. I started painting it last year and then got majorly burnt out, so it sat...and sat..and sat in my storage. </div>
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Here it is, finished and functional in our office. It's such a great catchall with all of those little cubbies.</div>
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Now that Summer is in full force, I also wanted to brighten up the living room shelf with some happy decor. I totally forgot that I had this lemonade sign! Sometimes it's nice having a crappy memory because you're always discovering new fun things around the house! Lol. </div>
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I made this sign for my daughters room a couple of months ago.</div>
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I used a pencil as a spacer to make sure it would look even after I twisted the craft wire through the holes.</div>
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Andy Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150392241955042306noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034266217845219376.post-5226938714897927352013-05-18T08:45:00.000-07:002013-05-18T08:46:34.779-07:00Easy DIY Cupcake Stands~<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We had a birthday party for my in-laws recently and I made a couple of cupcake stands for the event.</div>
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I started with 4 boards. </div>
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The biggest was a 12'' square and I chopped off an inch and a half off of each of the other boards </div>
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tiering up to the smallest. </div>
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I also cut (3) 5'' pieces of PVC pipe for each stand. </div>
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The size of the boards and the length of the PVC can be adjusted to fit your project, </div>
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just make sure that you have enough room to comfortably display your cakes.</div>
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I found the center of the boards by tracing diagonal lines across each square.</div>
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I eyeballed the position of the PVC pipe and traced it. </div>
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Tracing the pipe gives you a guide line for your glue.</div>
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I used E-6000. I was a somewhat skeptical that it would adhere to wood and PVC, </div>
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but I let it dry for 24hrs and it was completely solid. </div>
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My SIL had some old wooden napkin rings that she was getting rid of, so she let me use them for my feet. You could use wooden dowels or whatever you can find to raise the stand up off the ground an inch or two. </div>
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After painting, I hot glued ribbon around each board.</div>
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Of course it's not possible for me to tie a decent looking bow, so these are made with 4 different pieces of ribbon. One big loop with a smaller loop glued around the center and two separate pieces trailing from the back. </div>
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Each of them can easily hold 30 cupcakes.</div>
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The Joe built me some beautiful shelves for Mother's Day.</div>
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We'd been trying to figure out where to put shelves for quite a while. We didn't want to take away useable square footage from the main level, so we opted to build them high up on the wall. </div>
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My 8yr. old is not a fan of reading, but she's a huge fan of climbing, so they've really peaked her interest in books. All of the kids are LOVING the new shelves...and so am I!</div>
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Inspired by one of my favies by Van Morrison.</div>
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I finished up a the display I've been working on over the weekend.</div>
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The True Love board has the date of our anniversary</div>
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and the smaller boards represent each of our children with their initials and dates of birth.</div>
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I'd like to pretend that I had this project all planned out in my head, but I have to be honest. I had no idea what I was doing. I just kind of went with the flow. My only goal was to create some sort of a sofa table without spending any money. I could only use what I could find in the garage. <br />
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I started with 4' ripped 2X4's. Painted them different colors and wiped them with stain. </div>
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Mostly for looks, I tacked a couple of cross beams to the top.</div>
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I used thinner boards to create a support box. The pieces are 45'' and 10'' long.</div>
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As luck would have it, I happened to have 4 legs that I bought in the AS-IS section of Ikea about a year ago. I had totally forgotten about them, so it was a pretty sweet surprise. The garage fairies must have been smiling down on me! The legs were only a buck a piece at the time, so I couldn't pass them up. I unscrewed the double sided screws with pliers and nailed the legs onto my table.</div>
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I wasn't really paying attention to the SIZE of the legs, which were countertop height. The table looked like a sick giraffe with those suckers, so I decided to add some more stuff.</div>
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I made 2 more boxes using the same measurements that I used for the first support box and tacked them around the legs.</div>
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Christmas is put away and it's time to make a few refreshing changes around the house!</div>
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I have always liked this green bar. It's the first thing I painted when we moved into the house.</div>
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I ended up painting the kitchen a tan color that I didn't think blended very well with the green or my red couches. The combination of it all was a little sliver in my mind, but I didn't want to change it all after I just painted so I let it simmer. After Christmas I had some Christmas money from family and it seemed like a fun time to give the kitchen a new look.</div>
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Here's what the wall looked like before. I know the stripe looks red, but it's really orange. </div>
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I actually really liked the tan with the orange...like I said, it just didn't work with everything else as well as I'd hoped it would. </div>
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First of all I decided to add some trim to the bar. If I was going to be painting anyway, might as well add a little more character. I bought primed pieces of mdf at Home Depot. The whole project cost me $10.</div>
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I've wanted to try and add gray accents into the kitchen. I have gray in other rooms of my home, but I just wasn't sure how it would look next to my dark brown cabinets so I just painted gray in the picture frames. I really like the gray and the brown together, which was a relief because it's always a bummer to spend time and money painting if you don't like the end result.</div>
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I wanted to put vinyl Chevron stripes into the blocks instead of painting them, but the space was too large and the vinyl kept peeling off. That was going to be annoying so I had to paint. It turned out to be more of a beastly project than I was expecting... but what can you do.<br />
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After all was said and done, I was happier with paint. It was a softer look than the bright white vinyl and I don't have to worry about the kids pulling it off;)</div>
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I thought it might be nice to pull in the gray, so I painted a door and had The Joe help me hang it. </div>
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It's solid wood, so it was HEAVY!!</div>
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Circa means approximately or about. A little different take on "Established 1999"</div>
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I decided to add some black to help ground the room, and it was a good excuse to make a new sign:)</div>
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Easiest shelves on the planet. One wider board and two smaller ones. </div>
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All of the decor was Target clearance and totaled $15</div>
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Thanks for dropping by. Happy New Year!</div>
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This hanging bookshelf is a gift for my niece, so it's not actually hanging yet...</div>
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Sometimes it's hard to find floor space, so it's kind of nice when you don't need it!</div>
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I didn't take pics of the process because I wasn't entirely confident that it would work the way I wanted it to in my brain, but it's very similar to this other hanging bookshelf. I Just made the bottom portions bigger so that the books could fit sideways. I also added more book space by attaching 2 shelves to one backboard. </div>
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You can find the tutorial for the smaller bookshelf <a href="http://poppiesatplay.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-make-simple-hanging-bookshelf.html">HERE</a></div>
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Ever been frustrated when you want to put something up on your wall, and you flip it over to find 2 hanging holes? Ahhh, man! Why didn't they just put one?? That's so annyoing. Now we have to measure and hope that it looks level when it's on the wall. </div>
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It's really not that bad, I promise! Here's an easy breezy trick that The Joe taught me years ago that makes this an easy, one man, NO MEASURING job. </div>
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First of all, you'll want to find something with a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>straight edge, and a level.</b></span> If your picture is flat on the top, you can just use your picture. Mine is rounded, so I used a scrap board.<br />
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Andy Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150392241955042306noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034266217845219376.post-88483489353074391262012-10-24T17:09:00.000-07:002012-10-24T17:09:43.245-07:00Thanksgiving Sign~<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you can manage to find a free one like I did... SCORE! Mine was in the empty lot next to my house. I figure if someone is going to leave their crap in an empty lot for 2 months, it's up for grabs. </div>
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Cut a couple of thin scraps of wood to give the shelves a lip. The wood pieces don't have to be the same size, or look very nice. In fact, it's better if they look awful, then they can fit right in with a pallet that's been sitting in an empty lot for 2 months.</div>
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Not the "Uggh, I hate painting" kind of painting. The "Yay! I don't have to be careful or accurate or good" kind of painting.</div>
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I knew I wanted to hang an apron from the corner, so I added a hook. I think it'd also be cute to add a bunch of shaker pegs to the top shelf and hang mugs. I might do that later...I'm currently out of pegs.</div>
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I just stuck a bunch of long screws right through the boards and straight into the wall. Ideally this would be a 2 man job, but if one of the "men" is impatient and can't wait until the other man gets home, then just use your elasti-girl, super strength powers.....You know what I'm talking about.</div>
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*Pro-tip: Set the level on the shelf of the pallet, rather than the top. It's more important for your decor to look straight and not be sliding off, then it is for the top of the pallet to be straight. </div>
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Andy Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150392241955042306noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034266217845219376.post-6560259938337185892012-10-15T14:51:00.000-07:002012-10-15T18:37:53.436-07:00Favoritist Winnie the Pooh quote<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You can find the vinyl for this project in the <a href="http://poppiesatplay.blogspot.com/2010/01/market.html">Vinyl Market</a> in the Misc. section.</div>
Andy Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150392241955042306noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034266217845219376.post-10333091450284431862012-10-12T14:03:00.000-07:002012-10-15T18:43:35.804-07:00Lovin' me some Halloween<div style="text-align: center;">
I guess I'd better take the opportunity to post about Halloween before the season is over.</div>
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What does Halloween mean to you?</div>
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Just kidding, I'm not going to go there.</div>
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I'll just post a few random pictures from my house to make it look as if I go all out for the season.</div>
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Truth is, I just have a couple of shelves that I decorate and that's about it.</div>
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My daughter was upset the other day because I told her I wouldn't put a coffin on our front porch.</div>
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I had to remind her that I had to take this picture off of her wall because it scared her too much:</div>
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And that she would never be able to go in an out of our house if there was a coffin standing next to the door.</div>
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I've always been more interested in the cutesy stuff.</div>
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That's probably why I love this quilted countdown that my MIL made for our family.</div>
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These adorable Halloween pictures are quilted and have a piece of velcro on the back.</div>
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The bottom of the countdown is folded up to hold all of the pieces.</div>
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Cute right?? You can check out more of her fantastical-ness <a href="http://www.doodlehoot.com/">HERE</a>.</div>
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I was feeling insecure about my lack of Halloween decorations so I drew this really quickly and took a picture. Now I just feel insecure about my photo editing abilities. All I can concentrate on is how I turned my couch into such an abnormal shade of red. </div>
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Save me a Baby Ruth or a Kit Kat from your stash!</div>
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