For those of you who've seen my video on Kodak Shoe Art Film, aka Craft Attitude, you know I'm addicted to it, and I will decorate any surface with it that I can get my hands on. So I was eyeing my Barcelona chair, and thinking that the faux leather (okay ...
How to Make Holiday Luminaries
Who would think that a paper bag with a candle inside would glow so beautifully, welcoming guests to your home during the holidays? For a recent eHow article, I showed how to make luminaries using image templates. The puzzle I was trying to solve was, onc ...
Lighting Your Christmas Tree in Style
Back in October, I was putting up my Christmas tree and lights two months early because I was doing a tutorial for eHow sponsored by Home Depot. We were in the middle of a heat wave, but getting out the tree and all the shiny ornaments put me in the holid ...
Decorating Your Front Porch for the Holidays
It may seem a little early to start thinking about decorating your front porch for the holidays. But it's always fun to dream, so here's some inspiration. I just created a festive front porch design for eHow, and even though it was sunny and 85 degrees wh ...
Success Story: Decoupaged Kitchen Cabinets
One of the things that makes me happiest is when I get an e-mail from someone saying 1) they loved one of the projects from my website, 2) they tried it themselves, and 3) they send me photos of their completed project. I recently heard from the delightfu ...
Halloween Decorating Ideas for Disney
For Halloween, the good folks at Disney asked me to create 10 DIY Halloween decorating ideas for their new website spoonful.com. Here are just some of the wacky ideas. For all 10 ideas, plus the step-by-step how-to instructions, click here. Even toilet ...