posts in category home decor

1.24.2020

Valentine's Day Decor | Foundations Decor

Do you decorate your house for Valentine's Day?

I really don't. Not usually, anyway.

But this year I decided to put out a few things to brighten up the place after the put-all-the-Christmas-stuff-away letdown. Isn't that just the absolute worst? I swear, January & February are just. so. blah.

Valentine's Day Decor | Maggie Massey - MGDIY

Anyway...moving on...

I added a few pink pillows and some faux roses to our living room...and I also decided to add one of the little wood DIY pieces I've received from Foundations Decor.

Foundations Decor (in association with Fancy Pants Designs) has some really darling stuff - have you checked it all out yet?

In addition to the latest paper collections from Fancy Pants Designs, Foundations Decor carries unfinished wood decor that you can customize with paper, paint, embellishments, whatever your heart desires!

For this project, I started with the pine & MDF Pickup Truck.

Each piece is separate from all of the other pieces so that you can truly customize each and every shape.

I chose to use both paint and paper to decorate my Pickup.

This is the Collection Kit I used...Good Ol' Days...

...and these are the individual pieces from that Kit that made their way into my project...

Patterned Paper: McIntosh

Paper Ephemera

Puffy Dots

I started by painting the main truck body white.

Then I painted the tire areas black.

When the paint was dry, I dry-brushed the white paint with black, and the black paint with white...just to add a little character and to take away some of the starkness of the paint.

I grabbed the wheel hubs & flatbed gate pieces, and traced them onto a piece of the McIntosh paper.

I cut out each piece and used a tape runner to adhere the pieces to the wheel hubs/gate pieces.

Then I just glued everything together! Easy peasy...

Next, I glued a little black heart from the Good Old Days Ephemera Pack to the back of the truck...and then I popped on a little puffy heart .

And finally, when the glue was dry, I rested a few little faux flowers in the truck's flatbed.

I love my little pickup truck!

And changing her out during the year will be totally easy. New flowers (or a Christmas tree!) and a couple of new embellishments will take this little decor piece from season to season...

Take a look at all that Foundations Decor has to offer...you just may find something you can't live without...

And use my coupon code:

MAGGIEMASSEY

at checkout to get 10% off your order!

Yayayayay!

Looking for more Valentine's Day inspiration?

Take a look at these posts...

Valentine's Day Planner Dashboard

Valentine's Day Tags

Valentine's Day Paper Candy Cones

Thank you so much for stopping by to take a look!

xoxo

PLEASE NOTE: Foundations Decor & Fancy Pants Designs sends me product several times each year to use in my projects. From time to time, my posts will include affiliate links.

3.07.2019

Letter Banner Kit | Heidi Swapp

You guys have seen the new Heidi Swapp kits around social media, right?

They've been on Joann.com for a little while now, but now they are also available in select stores!

Woohoo!

This is one of my favorite kits of the bunch...

The Banner Kit...

...complete with everything you need to create a darling rose gold, super-glittery banner!

Just slide your letters (and the included polka dotted tassels, if you like!) onto the length of string included in the kit, and you're done!

It's just that simple!

And simple is exactly the way I like it.

Hang your banner wherever you like for instant glam!

Check out all of the new kits availabe NOW on Joann.com and in select Joann stores nationwide.

10.30.2018

It's National Candy Corn Day!

Happy day-before-Halloween!

Did you know that today is National Candy Corn Day?

The way I see it, there are two types of people in this world...

Those that love candy corn, and those that absolutely despise it.

I, personally, LOVE IT.

LOVE.

IT.

And to celebrate my love for this tooth-achingly-sweet autumn treat, I put together this Letterboard!

Wanna see how I created my easy peasy custom Letterboard letters?

I started by taping off some 2" white letters.

Then, using acrylic paint & a foam brush, I simply painted my letters!

They're not perfect.

And I don't care.

It was quick & took almost no thinking.

And that's pretty much a prerequisite for my crafting projects these days.

We're having a little Halloween party this year...and this little treats table will be loaded with all sorts of yummies...but the candy corn will definitely be taking center stage.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

And Happy Halloween!

SUPPLIES | Heidi Swapp Letterboard Frame - Large, Letterboard Alphabet 2" - White, Letterboard Alphabet 1" Black, Letterboard Alphabet 1" - Black, Letterboard Icons - Arrows,

8.06.2018

Foiled Home Decor

Happy Monday everyone!

Today I'm over on the Heidi Swapp blog for this week's Minc It Monday project!

Head on over to see how I transformed this Wall Word into a custom-foiled beauty...

Thank you so much!

I hope you have a great week!

3.22.2018

Spring Vignette | Heidi Swapp + Michaels

Happy Spring everyone!

I'm over on the Heidi Swapp blog today sharing a little vignette I created with a couple of Heidi's Lightboxes and some supplies I picked up at Michaels.

I hope you can swing by to take a look!

3.14.2018

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I'm not Irish.

Except on St. Patrick's Day...because, really...aren't we all a wee bit Irish on that day?

To decorate for this lovely, almost-spring holiday, I decided to add a little fun to my kitchen.

I found a quote that made me laugh, and used a variety of Heidi Swapp Letterboard typefaces & letter sizes on my extra large (15"x23") Letterboard.

Then I found a few fun slides for my Lightbox to add some more green (my FAVORITE color right now!) to my kitchen decor.