Sondra is having a baby girl so what better way to celebrate than CAKE.

Baby Lela is due to arrive any day. I make her a sundress in the event she is whisked off to the Carribean @ 2 mos old! Free pattern courtesy of: http://rae.oostendorp.net/ITTY%20BITTY%20BABY%20DRESS.pdf

Not so much a project, but a super cute crafty idea to make to/from tags and labels for ur gifts!

Burlap, raffia, buttons and stamp LOVE.

An easy-peasey project to keep your outdoor tablecloth from flying up into your dinner! Supplies: twine (or raffia), scissors, cardboard and fishing weights!

with a couple quick supplies from my local craft store - I quickly made personal cards to ask my close friends to be in our bridal party. enjoy!

take fabric and turn boring binder clips into funky office art!

For Christmas presents this year, we gave everyone STICKS in the shape of stars. They make nice, natural decorations for the holidays. Some were painted, little gold ones for tree ornaments or white to hang on the side of the house. Painted or au natural - we LIKE 'em!

Easy way to personalize some christmas ornaments for the holidays!

a quick and easy-peasey project to decorate for the holidays. take doll head balls, paint them and then affix a magnet to the back. they make great gifts too as a set of 4!

I saw this rustic place-card holder idea on Martha Stewart's website. They used wine corks with a teeney slit on the top of them for the card. http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/web/pdfs/2007Q4/bp_1107_placecards.pdf is a nice template for the cards.

i wrap HERBS in burlap. how FUN.

Take corks, STRONG toothpicks, a little HOT glue and a foam wreath and VOILA!

Martha Stewart's new glitter is drool-worthy. I use it to glitter paper-mache pumpkins.

one of my first sewing projects. i turn a pillowcase into a cute apron! a good NEW use for OLD linens!

my LOVE for cake meets me LOVE for ice cream.

we had this dresser that we used in our office. it was nice, but after I saw a painting technique I hadn't tried before - I wanted to give it a facelift. so I put on two coats of green, one dark, one light and took off a lot of the lighter paint while wet with a dry brush. the end result - a distressed dresser!

i take a free table, some chipped plates and voila - an outdoor table is born.

We take picket fence scraps and turn them into a Painted Fence American Flag ART piece!

Old picket fence scraps from a neighbor get recycled as fun GARDEN art accessories. Just add DIRT and FLOWERS!

a favorite pastime of mine is PAINTING rocks. they make great garden accessories, paper weights for the patio and MORE.

Sondra and I call ourselves the DIRTY BIRDIES b/c we turn trash into treasures. We love it so much, we started making items not just for our homes - but for YOUR homes too!! Contact us or comment if you'd like to request an item to be made for your home!