Welcome back to another week of the Creative Spark! It is the last week of summer vacation here and we are trying to fit in the rest of our summer plans before the start of school.  I can't believe that it is almost September!!!Anyhoo... what crafty and inspiring projects have you all been up to?  I am looking forward to another week of fabulous link ups!  Feel free to share anything that you have created to provide us all with that creative spark! Crafts, DIY, decorating, ... Read More about The Creative Spark {No. 6}

I have started to re-organize our master closet and have been trying to come up with something to organize all of my jewelry.  Unfortunately, I don't have anything really fancy other than my wedding ring but I love costume jewelry and have a ton of it.  Up until now, everything has kind of been spread all over the place - rings in one spot, necklaces in another organizer, hair accessories in a drawer, etc. But, I wanted to have it all in one spot.  Since I haven't been able to ... Read More about Jewelry Organization

Happy Sunday everyone! I hope all of you in the path of Hurricane Irene are staying dry and safe.  Here's a little creative inspiration for you to hold you over as you wait for the weather to clear!Jaime Lyn from Crafty, Scrappy, Happy linked up some really cute clay projects.  How fabulous are these custom knobs?  I will definitely be picking up some clay on my next visit to Michaels!I love the color combination in this butterfly specimen art from Crafting Up My World.  The ... Read More about My Sunday Sparks {No. 5}

Hey friends! Due to summer vacation {and no time to scrap!} it has been a few weeks since I have done a scrapbook Saturday.  I am hoping to order some prints tonight so hopefully I will have some projects to show you next week. In the meantime, I just wanted to share my Smash book that I received last weekend.  I have been wanting one of these since K & Co. released them.  Our local scrapbook store kept selling out of them so I ended up ordering mine through Crafty Steels. ... Read More about Scrapbook Saturday No. 8 – Do you Smash?

One of the things about crafting is things never seem to go as planned! I originally purchased my Annie Sloan chalk paint to re-paint our bathroom cupboards but I didn't like the Old White in there {it was too cream}.  So...I was in need of something else to paint. Luckily my old chest in our bedroom stepped up to the plate!Here she is before.  There was nothing wrong with it.  Just a little too matchy matchy with all of the bedroom furniture.I am not a patient person, so the ... Read More about Chalk Paint Chest