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Moss Wreath $3

by Cheri May 17, 2012

You will need A styrofoam wreath form (I already had one on hand) wire wire snips canvas (already had on hand) 1- $1 package of dry moss 2- $1 packages of mossy stones scissors Hot Glue gun 1. Wrap Fabric around the form. If you do not have a styrofoam wreath you can also use [...]

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Cheri’s Chalkboard Mustaches and Chalkboard Bubbles

by Cheri May 14, 2012

Chalkboard Mustaches and Chalkboard Bubbles DecoArt has a new product out Chalkboard Coating. You paint the coating over a painted surface and instantly turn it into a chalkboard. Walls, Doors, Bubbles, Mustaches, Chalkboards in any color that you want. I knew the kids would be fun to photograph with chalkboard mustaches and fun colorful bubbles. [...]

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Homemade Flowers for Mother

by Cheri May 8, 2012

Homemade Flowers for Mother. We cut Canvas Corp paper into strips and then made angled little cuts into the paper about half way into the paper. Check out Suzy’s handmade flower tutorial–she had a similar project posted. I then wrapped my strips of paper around a pencil, then fluffed and bent my cuts. You need [...]

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Cheri’s Beach Table Decor with Canvas Corp

by Cheri May 7, 2012

I created a beautiful table scape with just a few items. I used pieces that I already had around the house. Grabbed my Canvas Corp rope and wrapped it around a candle…for the sake of versatility, rather than hot gluing the rope to my candle I just used straight pins and no one even knew. [...]

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Styrofoam Projects

by Cheri April 22, 2012

Making projects from styrofoam gives you a light weight project making it great for wall art, craft projects, decorating ideas… the possibilities go on and on. There are lots of fun things you can do with styrofoam products. DecoArt makes a great product for Styrofoam called MagiKote. You paint it on to the styrofoam, let [...]

FAUX beadboard ~ My Yacht Club and Marina

by Cheri April 16, 2012

If you visit Its So Very Cheri much, you know that I’ve been known to do a “few” nautical or beach inspired projects. Here are a few more of my beachy projects: HomemadeBuoys My Starfish Board My {faux} “drfitwood” sailboat Shhhh!!! Don’t tell anyone it is fake. It is our secret. There are more but [...]

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Tuned In? Re-charge?

by Cheri April 13, 2012

Did you know DeWalt has a Radio? A tough and rugged radio that can handle the bumps and knocks that tools take, in your garage, because it has a roll cage. You can listen to tunes (it has an iPod nest, auxiliary port, 8 presets, bass boost and dual pivoting 11″ flexible antenna). The speakers [...]

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Easter

by Cheri April 8, 2012

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Vintage Art Desk Makeover featuring Rockler

by Cheri April 2, 2012

My Dad is a retired Hallmark Cards artist. A few years ago a friend gave him this old art desk. the friend had glued down a non stick pad to the top. Recently, my Dad removed the pad but the sticky residue remained. My Dad wanted the old wood showing. For this project I used: [...]

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Linky Follower Party Hop

by Cheri March 28, 2012

Are you a Linky Follower? since Google Followers disappeared we have added the Linky Follower–it’s free– Roeshel from DIY Showoff, Amy from WhisperWood Cottage, and Cheri from Its So Very Cheri (ALL DIY gals) have the new Linky Followers tool on our sites as well. LET’S PLAY RULES: 1. You MUST have the LINKY FOLLOWERS [...]

the EYE VAC

by Cheri March 24, 2012

When I was looking around the Rockler website I saw this Eye Vac and knew I wanted it. With all of the project I do and I have 4 kids so I am constanlty sweeping the floor. The Eye Vac saves your back by avoiding the bending and scooping required by traditional dustpans. The Eye [...]

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Cheri’s Placemats are Easy As A-B-C–1-2-3

by Cheri March 18, 2012

A-B-C or maybe more like typing out numbered words… Do Ra Me Baby you and me…girl For this project you will need: Canvas Corp –canvas placemats DecoArt paints and fabric medium DecoArt stencils a stencil brush First I wrote the large “No. 1 (2,3,4,5 or 6) on each placemat. Then I grabbed my stencils and [...]

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G {by Cheri}

by Cheri March 2, 2012

It is just a simple G… …but what a BIG statement it makes. I picked “G” because all 4 of my kiddos names begin with the letter G and so I wanted to do a piece of art with the letter G. This project was so easy and quick to make. You will need: a [...]

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Chalkboard LOVE

by Cheri February 28, 2012

Have you seen the new product that DecoArt is about to have out on the shelves? Maybe not since it hasn’t hit the shelves yet. Do you know what this means? It means there will be a LOT more Chalkboard projects in all sorts of colors in my very near future. Head over to the [...]

Starfish {by Cheri}

by Cheri February 28, 2012

Living in SW Florida allows us to go to the beach and enjoy the sand on our toes and watch the changing of the tides. I decorated the front lanai in a beach – starfish – nautical theme. I made the banner with: Canvas Corp diamond shaped canvas that I cut in half Ribbon (from [...]

Retractable Extension Cord

by Cheri February 24, 2012

I wanted to show you a great product I came across on the Rockler site. I thought there would be some who would want to add this to their WISH list so wanted to bring it to your attention. It is a Retractable Extension Cord 12-gauge cord for heavier tools and motors gives you all [...]

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BEACH Driftwood {by Cheri}

by Cheri February 22, 2012

This (faux) DRFITWOOD BEACH SIGN is so easy to make. Here’s what I used: Some wood. I used a couple of pieces of scrap wood. (My pieces of wood were super hard–I would recommend something not hard–it makes the cutting process easier.) trim nails Canvas Corp hammer Gorilla Wood Glue Rockler Spring Clamps pencil saw [...]

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Warm Cookies Are In The Kitchen by Cheri

by Cheri January 31, 2012

I made a new board. The plan was to have a hook for everyone in the family–that would be all 6 of us. I wanted something that all of the kids could hang their hats on but I also wanted something that I could write them a note on. You can see that I don’t have [...]

All We Need Is Love by Cheri

by Cheri January 29, 2012

I wanted something in super soft colors for Valentine’s Day. I decided on a banner in natural tones of canvas and gray with chiffon pink and cotton white. I made my banner from canvas–I folded over the top and ironed it down. I then used my DecoArt Varsity stencil and painted on the letters LOVE [...]

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A Quick and Easy Way to Update Your Cabinets by Cheri

by Cheri January 10, 2012

When I did the kitchen cabinet door handles a few months ago a couple of things were forgotten when I ordered the hardware for the cabinets. We have this extra cabinet that sits on the other side of the refrigerator. I was out of town and had my Mom count how many handle were needed [...]

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