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Just for Fun-Kid’s Bedroom DIY

March 11, 2020 By Marcy Campbell Leave a Comment

Just for Fun-Kid’s Bedroom DIY

Listen, there are all sorts of ways to procrastinate when you’re supposed to be writing. Yesterday, for example, I took an extra long trip to Aldi, cruising slowly down the aisles to pick up the things the kids need in their lunches that my husband forgot to buy when he helpfully did the shopping on […]

Filed Under: Decorating, DIY Tagged With: bedroom decorating

Tiny, Lovely Office

June 20, 2018 By Marcy Campbell 1 Comment

Tiny, Lovely Office

Years ago, I did a couple posts about a new writing space in my new house, one post on my initial discovery of that space, and then a follow up on how I was making it work. My kids were young when we moved here, and my writing hours were few and far between. With […]

Filed Under: Decorating, DIY

Book Art

August 17, 2016 By Marcy Campbell Leave a Comment

Book Art

So sorry I’ve been missing from this blog all summer. I’ve been busy–hanging out with my kids, attending a lengthy writing conference (more on that later), oh, and building a playground! Cool pics of that here. The kids are returning to school next week, and so I plan to return to my *weekly posts. In […]

Filed Under: DIY Tagged With: book art, collage

The Perfect Clutch for the Bookish Gal

November 23, 2015 By Marcy Campbell Leave a Comment

The Perfect Clutch for the Bookish Gal

It’s a book? It’s a purse? It’s both! My book club met recently for a night of wine and crafting (we sometimes also read books!). Under the expert tutelage of my friend Michele, we created clutch purses out of hardcover books. I used “Elements of Botany” by Joseph Bergen, Revised Edition, copyright 1906. The first […]

Filed Under: DIY Tagged With: Purse

This side table DIY is the perfect price…free!

March 28, 2015 By Marcy Campbell 3 Comments

This side table DIY is the perfect price…free!

I do love a pretty transformation that costs none of the dollars (unless you count my labor, and as a DIY-er, creative writer, parent and general layabout, no one’s really paying much for that). Even better than the cost, this was an easy project, too. Of course you know that the first step in an […]

Filed Under: DIY Tagged With: side table

The $10 Dresser DIY

November 6, 2014 By Marcy Campbell 4 Comments

The $10 Dresser DIY

What could you do with a few bucks, a cast-off dresser and a whole lot of swearing?* Why, you could create a fabulous DIY project! So, a friend of mine took off and moved to Texas, and I’ll never forgive her, but as a lovely parting gift, she gave me her daughter’s dresser because, you know, when you’re […]

Filed Under: DIY Tagged With: bedroom, dresser, trash picking

Super Seuss-Themed Reading Chair

April 10, 2014 By Marcy Campbell Leave a Comment

Super Seuss-Themed Reading Chair

So, there I was helping to decorate our neighborhood public elementary school for a Dr. Seuss-themed Right to Read Week, when someone pulls out a cell phone and starts trolling for “ideas” and sees that someone once painted Dr. Seuss quotes and whatnot on a chair (damn you, Internets!), and I’m all like, “I can […]

Filed Under: DIY Tagged With: dr. seuss, Reading Chair

Is your cat being naughty? Send him packing in this suitcase-turned-pet-bed!

September 5, 2013 By Marcy Campbell Leave a Comment

Is your cat being naughty?  Send him packing in this suitcase-turned-pet-bed!

Suppose you like to cruise Ebay for vintage suitcases, as pretty much everyone does (No? Just me?). Well, I found this beauty and knew it would work as a bed for the alpha cat in our household, Mr. Fudge John Lickins III, Esq. (not sure where he found the time to get that law degree…). […]

Filed Under: DIY Tagged With: Pet Bed

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