I love my end table with an exotic flare that I painted last December. But I felt that the top is missing something! So I decided to personalize it with the first letter in our last Name.
Personalized Etched Mirror
What do you get when you add calligraphy art { This is my husband’s name drawn in calligraphy style by an artist in Turkey during our visit Years ago}… …and a mirror? A mirror etched with calligraphy art…da! 🙂 Or, A Personalized Etched Mirror
End Table With an Exotic Flare
Thanks to Blog land , I am constantly exposed to endless inspirations that get my creative juices flowing. Before blogging, I would buy a piece of furniture that best suits my style. After blogging, I transform pieces of furniture into the style that I want. Actually, I am still learning how to do that , but never […]
Simple Framed Art with Vinyl Decals
I have a confession to make……… I am becoming addicted to vinyl stencils. So far, I have used them to etch Islamic Calligraphy onto hurricane candle holders, and to decorate glass candles for my Thanksgiving centerpiece. Today, I will show you how I used Vinyl to go from this…. To this…..
My Favorite Ideas for Thanksgiving Centerpiece + My Own Creation
I am supposed to be posting about Color Psychology today but I figured that a post about Thanksgiving day is more appropriate at this time. Inshallah {God Willing}, Color Psychology will resume next week. Thanksgiving Day is an American holiday that is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. It began with the early pilgrims […]
More Furniture Painting Drills
Remember back when I told you that I decided to learn how to paint furniture. I have read many inspiring posts showing fascinating furniture transformations through paint. I have blogged about some of them here and here. Well, since then, I have been practicing my skills by painting a picture frame, a laminate bookshelf, and a desk. Painting […]
Hurricane Candle Holders Etched With Islamic Calligraphy
I have taken my fascination with stencils to the next level. Yep! I went and bought myself a Cameo Silhouette. This is basically a stencil creator. Well, it can be used for other things but for now I will be using it to make stencils………Specifically, Islamic pattern, and calligraphy stencils. Here is my first project…. […]
Furniture Painting Tutorials From Blogland
I am still practicing my furniture painting techniques to build up the confidence to paint furniture around my home. In my search for furniture painting tutorials, I came across several bloggers who have written great posts about furniture painting. For anyone else who is interested in updating some of their wooden pieces of furniture with […]
From Throw Pillow to Framed Art
I have a beautiful throw pillow that I bought from my home country of Jordan years ago. I love it because of the colors, the pattern, and the fact that it is hand stitched. I bought two back then, one with a green background and another with red. Here is the green throw pillow. It […]
DIY Friday-Decoupage Inspirations
I have been searching the web for a unique way to update the look of my son’s desk. This is how it looks like now, Blogland is full of DIY furniture updates that look amazing, but I found several bloggers who turned their furniture into unique pieces through decoupage. In other words, they glued on […]
