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Thanks to those who entered my giveaway!

Master Bedroom ideas+ CSN Giveaway

I want my master bedroom to be masterful. So far, I have painted the walls, put up some board and batten and made a new bed. But it still feels less than perfect. I still want to frame the mirrors, but the hubby refuses to frame them for me because he thinks he will lose a lot of valuable viewing area. So that is on hold. For some time now, we have been on the hunt for some awesome matching nightstands. As you can tell in the picture below, the nightstands do not match and are not even from the same time period.

So one night, while at my local thrift store haunt, I found two matching nightstands! I can't tell you how excited I was. Now, even as I type this, they are in my garage waiting to be primed, painted and a little surprise added to the drawer front. I'll post pictures once they are done...

So what is left for me to do? Accessorizing of course! I want some new bedding, a sitting area with nice chairs, wall decor and table lamps like this one found at CSN lighting.

One thing at a time...

Meanwhile, how about I do a GIVEAWAY for a $30 voucher to any CSN store?

All you have to do is leave your email address and a comment telling me which of my blog posts you like the best.

You have until Midnight MST on Friday, March 18, 2011 to enter. A winner will be chosen at random from all entries and announced here on this blog. I will contact the winner via email...

Good luck!!

***CSN Stores can only ship their products to the US and Canada***

Corrugated Shamrock

Here is my Corrugated Shamrock!




Find out how I did this HERE.

Shim Mirror

This mirror was pretty easy and cheap to make. Most of the stuff I had on hand. I only had to buy shims.



Supply list:
mirror
shims (2 packs at HD)
mdf back (I had this circle from another project)
wood glue
stain

Start glueing shims to the mdf board.

Glue some more

start layering the shims and glue some more.

Layer some more and fill in the gaps. I had to use paint cans to keep it all together.

After the glue dried, I stained the beast with walnut stain.

Attach some hanging hardware on the back. Also glue a mirror onto the front... in the middle.

Hang on the wall...

Step back and enjoy!

Corrugated Heart

I am really excited about this post, because I haven't seen any projects involving corrugated roofing. So I hope you like it...

Supply List:
Tin Snips.............. $15.97
Gloves................. $4.46
Corrugated roofing..... $11.80- 2x8 sheet
spray paint
wire

OK, here we go...
First things first, get your supplies ready. You will also need a pattern. I used newspaper/ads. I decided to make a heart, so I cut out a heart.
You really need gloves to cut the metal, you will get cut if you don't. Tape your pattern onto the metal, and cut the heart out. It helps if you cut around the heart, then once the basic shape of it is cut out, go back and cut it exactly to the pattern.
Drill two holes in the heart so you can hang it up.
Spray paint and let dry...
I really like poka-dots, so I cut some circles using my Cricut and randomly stuck them to the heart.
String the wire through the holes. I did some curlys at the end.

Display- SO CUTE!!!!



I also cut out a shamrock. I'll post it once it gets closer to March.

Wood Glitter Hearts

I love the store called Wood Connection. They have all sorts of unfinished wood projects. If you are in Utah you need to visit them.

The Wood Connection Crafts Store:

6680 South 300 West
Murray, UT 84107

Go HERE for their website

Anywho, I got my wood hearts from them. I wanted two sets, so I got two large, medium, and small hearts.

Paint the front of your heart. I went with red, pink and purple.
After the paint drys, stain the sides and back of each heart.
Once it's semi dry, go over the front with another coat of paint. Make sure you get a lot on there, DO NOT glob it, make sure it is smooth and even.
You probably want to do this step first... get some glitter that coordinates with your paint color and dump it on some wax paper like so. It needs to be a flat even surface. I LOVE Martha Stewart glitter. It's $5.00 a bottle, but if you can get it on sale, it is so worth it!
Take your heart and STAMP it into the glitter. Move the heart around over the glitter until it is covered.
Yea! A cute glitter heart!
I used purple glitter on my large heart, and pink on my small heart. I didn't use glitter on the medium heart.
My Valentine's Day shelf.

Hearts in a Box

This project was pretty simple. You could totally get everything at the dollar store. Of course I didn't get the box there, but there are different things at Dollar Tree that you could use... You just have to look around.

What you need:
A box.Hearts on a stick, I used three bags, plus some that I had left over from last year.Floral arrangement styrofoam.

The How To:

Glue the floral styrofoam stuff in the box. I used two since my box was deep. Then randomly stick your heart on a stick into the styrofoam. Find some spanish moss (I think that is what it is called) and spread it over the foam and around the sticks.
To spell out the word "love" I took some small ribbon, twisted, turned and glued until I had it how I wanted.

End Result... hearts in a box.