Latest Blog Posts for Cheap DIY Projects

• Another DIY Birthday Party - Dinosaurs!!!
  on Sep 14, 2015
  This was my grandson's 2nd birthday party.  His mom chose dinosaurs for the theme, so we all put our heads together to make it happen.  And thanks to the internet and Pinterest, we were able to do most things ourselves!This is the coolest!&...
• It's A Girl!!!! Baby Shower
  on Apr 22, 2015
  Well, thanks to my need to pinch pennies on everything I do, we pulled off a baby shower for my son & daughter-in-law without spending a bunch!  And thanks to Pinterest, every cheapskate's bible, we did most everything ourselves. Our shower...
• Shabby Memo Boards
  on Jan 16, 2015
  These were so fun to make!  I scrounged up a couple of picture frames with ugly pictures and only kept the frames.  I painted them fun colors, and stapled chicken wire on the back side.  Then I painted some wooden clothes pins in coord...
• Pallets at a Wedding? Yes, Please!!
  on Oct 30, 2014
  You will notice this date is a little in the future - when you are a true do-it-yourselfer and a cheapskate, you have to start early!!!I got a pallet FREE (makes my heart skip a beat when I hear that word!), and painted it white.  Then dug throu...
• Chippy Door Gets New Life!
  on Oct 30, 2014
  I am sure there is something seriously wrong with me, but I just LOVE old chippy worn out stuff!  My aunt gave me this old door they found in their basement. I used some old barnwood (thanks, again, to my aunt!) to make a top and found some old...
• DIY Fabric Flowers
  on Sep 10, 2014
  My new favorite way to make shabby fabric flowers!!!!  My son is getting married, and we are making what we can to save money.  I think these are just beautiful, and super-easy to make.  They go pretty fast, and would be great "assembl...
• Vintage Industrial Refurbished Chair
  on May 23, 2014
  I went to lunch one day, and noticed my son-in-law's truck outside, with this grubby chair in the back.  When I asked about it, he said he was on his way to the dump.  Of course, I couldn't let that happen!  I cleaned it up a bit, pain...
• Garden Rocker
  on May 23, 2014
  I love this!  I found this child's rocker at a yard sale for $1.00.  I painted it with ivory rustoleum to withstand the elements.  Then I decoupaged on vintage seed packet pictures, added a galvanized birdhouse to the top and it now gr...
• Buckets, Buckets!
  on Apr 16, 2014
  Who doesn't have some old, dented, rusty buckets sitting around? I decoupaged vintage seed packet images on these.  These will be great as shabby flower pots!  And the rust in the bottom means no drain-hole drilling!
• Yardsale Plates Transformed!
  on Apr 16, 2014
  I found some clear glass plates in a yardsale, and moved them here and there for a couple of months before I could decide what to do with them. I decoupaged vintage flower pictures and sheetmusic on the back side of them.  The front is still foo...

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