Here is a bonus cabinet door project; I had completely forgotten about this one until this weekend when I put away the Halloween decor.  No real tutorial – it’s pretty easy!  This door is actually the brother of the door I painted blue and attached my house numbers to (blech.  Fuzzy pic…).

I painted this one a basic neutral tan.  I painted chip board letters from the craft store with black craft paint and a foam brush, then stuck them on to spell “Thankful”.  Play around with your arrangement before you stick them down and make sure your words will fit.  I originally wanted this sign to say “give thanks” but it was too long.  Thankful was just right though, so that’s what it became!

These letters are self stick, and by the end of the season last year, they were starting to pull up.

I scraped them all up carefully with a spatula and used spray adhesive on the back.  Save yourself some work and just use the spray adhesive to begin with!

Spray adhesive is SO messy, but sometimes it really is just the best way to go.   When I am spraying a lot of little pieces like this, I will just pull a magazine or newspaper out of the recycling bin, lay it out, spray and adhere one piece, turn the page and spray the next one.  Keep going with a clean page or sheet of paper for each item you are spraying and you won’t get glue on the front of anything, and you can just pick the whole mess up and throw it away when you’re done.

Here it is in its place in the front entry display at my school.

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Be part of the festivities when Disney On Ice celebrates 100 Years of Magic comes to the EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City from November 14 – 18!

More than 60 of Disney’s captivating characters and their unforgettable stories come to life in this commemorative celebration, produced by Feld Entertainment.  In this lavish ice show, everyone’s favorite sweethearts, Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse, take audiences on a fun-filled adventure, sharing memories with Disney friends including Goofy & Donald Duck; the beloved Disney Princesses; Buzz Lightyear & Woody; Nemo & Dory; Pinocchio & Jiminy Cricket; Belle & The Beast; The Incredibles plus many more – and magical moments from Disney’s Aladdin, Mulan and The Lion King. Beautifully choreographed skating, breathtaking production numbers, stunning costumes and toe-tapping songs will inspire fond Disney memories.  Families can share this once-in-a-lifetime skating spectacular as Mickey and the rest of the gang take the audience on a whirlwind tour of favorite Disney moments.

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As part of our recent remodel, we sectioned off a separate entryway that wasn’t there before, so now that area is very dark and has no overhead light.  When we are a little further into the remodel, we will call an electrician to handle all the electrical issues, and will have him drop a proper light into this area, but I really needed something in the meantime.  I considered a table lamp, but I REALLY didn’t want to put a table here.  I thought and thought, and came up with what I think is a stunning solution!

I scouted for the perfect branch in my backyard and cut it down.  I brought it inside and had my husband hold it up against the wall in a big vase as I trimmed the extra branches away until it was perfect.  Then I took it back outside and sprayed it (and the pot) with white spray paint.

Once that dried, I had my husband position the branch in the pot again, and I hammered two long nails through the main branch and into the wall to hold it in place.  I filled the pot around the branch with crumpled up newspaper, then filled in the top layer with river rocks to hide the paper.

Next step, I found a light that I wasn’t using (this one, from Ikea) and painted it white, then scuffed it up a little with some fine sandpaper.  This light is perfect for this project because it has a really long cord, but you could also do it using an extension cord if you needed to.

Pull some fabric out of your stash, or buy about a yard of it, and make a cord cover for your light.  Cut the fabric into 5 inch strips (you’ll want the finished cord cover to be 1 1/2- 2 times longer than the cord you are covering) .  Sew the strips together end to end to create one long strip, then hem each end.  Now, with right sides together, sew all the way up the long edge, forming a tube.  Turn the tube back right side out, and thread the light cord through it, using the extra length to make it bunchy.

Determine where on the ceiling you want the light to hang, and install a cup hook.  Hang the light from the hook, then begin winding the rest of the cord around and down the branch.  Play with the cord and the bunching until it looks perfect.