A Gorilla Sized Giveaway!!!

February 22, 2012 By
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Hey guys!! We are so excited to share our next giveaway with you guys!! Any serious crafter needs a few bottles of this stuff! One of our very favorite products to work with is Gorilla Glue! We use their products on SO many of our DIY projects! Need some examples?? Here are just a few… DIY Planter Box Centerpiece using Gorilla Wood Glue Photo Wall Hanging using Gorilla Glue Epoxy And of course… Ashley’s Famous Apothecary Jars using Gorilla Glue Epoxy And the list goes ON……… Today we will be giving 5 lucky Shanty readers these HUGE Gorilla Glue prize {…Read More…}

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DIY Pottery Barn Inspired Fillman Twin Headboard

February 21, 2012 By
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Hey guys!! Many of you saw the bed I made for my oldest son a few weeks ago. Well… It didn’t take 2 days for my girls to decide they wanted new beds too.  I actually saw this as an amazing opportunity to make them beds they can’t stuff junk under! Yeah! So.. I enlisted the help of my good friend Ana to design me some beds that would grow with my girls.  We found the Fillmore Platform Bed on Pottery Barn Kids and fell in LOVE.  Ana made me some super easy plans and I was off!  These were {…Read More…}

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Psalm 139 Art and Free Printable!

February 19, 2012 By
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Hey friends!  I am so happy to share my latest project with you!  I have been wanting to display one of my very favorite Bible verses in the house for a long time now.  It is one of my most favorite reminders. I decided to make a printable to share with you guys!  It is an 8×10 print that you can frame or create your own art with.  I am framing it for my son’s room, and I am also showing you a project below I did with it for the living room. You can download and print my Psalm {…Read More…}

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Home Depot Gift Card Giveaway!!!

February 16, 2012 By
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Hey there!  We are so excited about our latest challenge!  We have partnered with Apartment Guide for the month of February! They have challenged us to make “something” over on a small budget….. FUN!  Even more exciting is that to kick this challenge off, they are allowing us to give one $50 Home Depot Gift Card away to a lucky reader!  SCORE! You have 6 chances to WIN: 1. Like Apartment Guide on FB ~ Facebook.com/apartmentguide 2. Follow Apartment Guide on Twitter ~ @APTGUIDE 3. Circle Apartment Guide on Google+ ~ HERE 3.  Like Shanty2Chic on FB ~ HERE 4.  Follow Shanty2Chic on Twitter {…Read More…}

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Wine Bottle Wall Vase

February 13, 2012 By
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Hey hey!! I love my project that I am sharing with you guys today!  I have seen versions of these everywhere lately,  and decided I needed my own Shanty version! These are the supplies I used to make them.  I found everything at Lowe’s. The threaded rod is super easy to cut.  You just use a small hacksaw like this one at Lowes… You will also need a wine bottle or another bottle with a skinny neck.  I found mine at Wal-Mart for under $3 a bottle… Whoop! The rest is super easy too! After cutting my boards (or you {…Read More…}

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Industrial Chic Sconce

February 8, 2012 By
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Anyone have a giant blank space in their home that is just screaming to be dressed up???  Well I HAD one in my dining room and I came up with a super easy, quick and cheap way to make it fancy!  Here’s how I did it! I started with a 1×12 cut down to three pieces at 14″.  If you do not have a saw you can have your local hardware store make the cuts for you! I found three vases that I LOVED at Wal-Mart for $4.97 each!  You can find vases anywhere so just get what you like for the price you like! {…Read More…}

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DIY Restoration Hardware Nightstand

February 7, 2012 By
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Hey guys! I’m so excited to share my latest building project with you!  I was stalking Restoration Hardware’s Baby and Kid site when I came across their Kenwood Nightstand.  I fell in LOVE and immediately enlisted the help of my good friend Ana to make me some plans!  These were super easy to hack, I mean build! You can get the plans for these great nightstands HERE on Ana’s site. Here are a few progress pictures and tips from my build… I used my Kreg Jig® to help me build these tables.  This tool makes your furniture so professional and {…Read More…}

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Stencil with Contact Paper

February 6, 2012 By
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Yes… I think I have finally perfected it.  I have now cut many stencils on Contact Paper using these settings and have had success each time.  So, I thought I would share. I showed you my DIY Roman Shades in my last post.  I added the stencil to the top of them.  Here is how I did it. I started by picking a design from the Silhouette Online Store.  This is the one I went with. It’s called ’2 quatrefoil borders’ Because I only needed one of these borders I had to ungroup the items like this… Then it grouped {…Read More…}

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DIY Lined Roman Shades

February 4, 2012 By
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Hey friends! I get asked about my roman shades all the time.  I decided it was time to change mine out, and I thought this would be a great time to attempt a tutorial.  You should be warned…. I feel like writing this tutorial is harder than making the darn shades… Just saying So, here we go.  If you can sew a straight line, you can make these. Promise! You need to measure your window.  You can make these wider than your window, but for mine I prefer to mount them on the insides of the window.  Measure your window {…Read More…}

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