Growing Your Grass Greener: April 2010

Spring/Summer Fashion Must Haves

10:55 AM by Julie

Each season I like to invest in a very select few fashion items that are "in" at that time. Especially if I can find items at second hand stores or a steal of a deal at a brand name store. I decided to share with you what I am going to be looking out for this season.

A black and white striped cotton shirt.

A floral dress. I never would of thought but I really like these adorable dresses.

Ripped up bermuda shorts. I will be making my own version.

Clog open toed sandals. These ones are from Payless!!

This post makes me want to go shopping:)

Clothespin Magnets

3:42 PM by Julie

I have been wanting to make these for so long. I love magnets that are clips. It makes it so easy to hold pictures and other important papers. These are so easy and inexpensive to make. It only cost me 1.6? The clothespins are from the Dollar Store and the magnet strips were from Joann's. I just used the paper, glue and inks I already had.

These make cute little gifts too just include some pictures, a scripture or a card.

My fridge before

The fridge after!

Linking up @

Transformation Thursday@ The Shabby Chic Cottage

Get Your Craft on Thursday@Life as Lori

Show and Tell @My Romantic Home

Frugalicious Friday@Finding Fabulous

The Inspired Room

Saturday Night Special @Funky Junk Interiors

Super Crafy Saturday@ One Crafty Mommy

Transformation Tuesday @ The Pumpkin Patch

Show us What Your Working With

Penny Pinching Party@ The Thrifty Home

Make It Yours Day @ My Backyard Eden

Simple Craft Ideas for Kids

11:02 PM by Julie

Sun-Died Construction paper prints from Martha Stewart

Rain Painting

Fringe Flip Flops from Joann's

Printable Pencil Toppers

Bouquet of Friends

I am always looking for great and easy craft ideas to do with my kids. If you have any to share let me know, I would love to check them out and share them with others!!

Extravagant Kids Bedrooms

5:21 PM by Julie

I am really in awe of these rooms. I just cannot believe the creativity that goes into these rooms. I love decorating my kids rooms with themes. Before moving here (MD) and now renting my kids had themed rooms. I am going to search out and see if I can find some decent pictures of them. My 10 year old had a paris, pink and black bedroom. My boys who shared a room had a sports themed room with an adorable baseball ceiling fan. My youngest had a butterfly princess room. I found this site kidtropolisbuild.com and have been looking through all their designs they are amazing. You really must go check them out!!

Master Bedrooms

10:49 PM by Julie

I have been searching through model homes. I love the way they are decorated, they are so inspiring! I can't wait to get out of this rental house. I feel like I can't breath. I need to paint, remodel, or just make this home my home. We are only here till we find a house. We just neede to be sure we were going to be here (Maryland) for a while and we really like it here. The cost of housing is a little bit of a sticker shock at first. We are going to start looking this weekend:) I love these Master Bedrooms I needed a place to save them and thought I would share them with my blogging friends!

Lacrosse Home Builders

Arthur Rutenberg Homes

Decorating Den

Thank You Cards

10:42 AM by Julie

Just thought I would share some of my handmade thank you cards.

Spring Table Runner

2:26 PM by Julie

I have had this white tablecloth from Target forever. It ended up being way to big for our table even with the leaf in it. But I loved the material and the border so I kept it. I do not have a spring table runner so I decided to use the tablecloth and turn it into a table runner.

All I used was a cherry blossom stamp and ink.

I love the edging! In order to keep it on the table runner I had to cut it from both sides.

I made my cuts 7 inches from the edge.

Here are the two sides after cutting. I am not the straightest cutter as you can see. But it really didn't matter because I used the outside edges as my guide when sewing.