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🏠 From Curbside Rescue to Gingerbread Dream: My Holiday Booth Reset + Dollhouse Makeover 🍭 Every once in a while, I spot something on the curb that makes my heart skip a beat — and this time it was a little dollhouse. Old, worn, missing pieces, and definitely past its prime… but I could already see the potential. With the holidays around the corner, I decided to give this little house a second life — as a gingerbread house! 🎨 Giving the Dollhouse a Sweet Makeover I started by cleaning up the dollhouse and giving it a fresh coat of...

  Looking for a fun and creative way to welcome autumn? In this fall canvas painting tutorial, I teamed up with my mom, Ann Korinek from PaintnPorcelain, to show you how to paint pumpkins on canvas using DIY Paint. Ann has been teaching painting for years, and her easy step-by-step instructions make this project perfect for beginners or anyone who wants to create cozy, seasonal artwork. What You’ll Learn: How to prepare your canvas for painting. Ann’s simple techniques for painting pumpkins with depth and dimension. Tips for blending colors to capture warm fall tones. How to create a beautiful...

Anyone else have a huge pile of "future craft projects"?  I sure do! And this year as I part of my spring cleaning I am trying to clear out my stash and finish those projects.  I found these plaques at a thrift store for only ten cents each and I knew I could make them into something cool.   I grabbed my DIY Paint in Little Black Dress and Crinoline and my new DIY Paintbrush the Little Dipper.    Have you seen those vintage butterfly collections?  I love them, but I have to admit I really do not want dead butterflies...

Life is busy.  Sometimes you take a real look at your house and you don't like what you see.  I painted my side door 

If you want to paint, but are not quite ready, yet, using JRV stencils is great way to get started. Let me show you how...