Hello Friends!!
I almost posted this tutorial on Friday for you to enjoy throughout your long holiday weekend.
But then it occurred to me most of you would be "out" enjoying your weekend with friends and family;
Not stuck inside on the computer or with your face planted in your phone for too much of the holiday.
At least not long enough to dive into the fun, pretty details of this easy DIY I'm sharing with you today!

Fringe Flowers - French Farmhouse Style

Remember me mentioning I am featured in this month's All You Magazine? 

I was asked to participate in the monthly segment called "Take this, Make That" Craft Challenge.

All You Magazine selects an ordinary household item and two crafty bloggers each month 

and challenges the bloggers to transform the item into something fabulous!

This month's ordinary household item?

 A Cereal Box

Here were the guidelines:

- It had to cost less than $5

- It had to be simple enough to be finished in 5 steps or less

- It had to be something showcasing the actual print on the cereal box.

So here's what I came up with...

Cereal Box Fringe Flowers

Once I received the magazine and saw the feature...

I about fell over in my chair when I saw the pretty SPRAY PAINTED 

faux metal decorative orbs the other blogger/crafter submitted.

They really did turn out darling - go check them out here!

And make note of how different they look WITHOUT Spray Paint! *wink*

Had I been given permission to cover the cereal box print

THESE French Farmhouse Fringe Flowers would've graced page 15 of All You instead! *wink*

These are flowers that blend beautifully with my home decor....

and they are for SO much more than a bouquet of flowers...

RUSTIC FLOWER GARLAND - for parties or home decor

GIFT PACKAGING - for embellishing bags and boxes

CUPCAKE OR CAKE TOPPERS - attached to a Pretty Party Skewer

Adorable, right?
With so many uses, this craft is worth the few minutes it takes to make a few.
Get your kids involved if you want and check out the full tutorial below!

VOTE FOR THIS PROJECT RIGHT NOW 
on the All You Facebook Fan Page.
I'd LOVE your support! 
Look for the "Pick Your Fave" tab at the top of the All You FB Fan Page.
You have to "Like" All You in order to have access to the "Take This, Make That" voting page.

MATERIALS LIST

Oatmeal Box (or Cereal Box)

Floral Wire (I used a rustic twine wire for the French Farmhouse Style Flowers)

Scissors

Glue Gun

Pliers (for bending floral wire)

Spray Paint (optional)

STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS

If you love how this turned out, PLEASE VOTE FOR MY PROJECT!

KEEPiNG iT REAL

For those of you who picked up your copy of All You Magazine

or have already voted for my project on the All You FB Page...THANK YOU for your excitement and support.

I'm so glad to have been able to share this "updated" look with you.

This version really represents my style and I love the outcome!

Changing out the color of the spray paint as well as the type of floral wire you use

allows you to adapt this project to fit your personal style too!!

LIFE | My search for the elusive Tendregris

I've just started the early steps towards making over our Master Bedroom.
It's been something I've been thinking about and putting off for a long-time.

My process for transforming this room started with selecting the wall color.
I pulled out the "Country French" magazine I've been keeping for years as a reference for a color
I've been searching for ever since I saw it mentioned in the pages.

"In France, the ubiquitous color called tendregris (soft grey) is everywhere. It morphs to a green or blue depending on the light and the season."

I decided THIS would be the color for the Master Bedroom.
The fact that it morphs into different colors depending on the light/season is perfect for my personality...I'm that person who tires of things quickly and is always rearranging furniture for a new look.

With about five different paint samples...

Ella and I began the process of elimination last week by putting up some swatches of color on all four of the existing "Viva Gold" walls in the Master Bedroom.

The paint colors I gravitate towards are typically very neutral.

So you can imagine the shock to my system when we walked into this home for the first time as potential buyers.

Not only was the outside of the home painted a "pumpkin" color...

almost every single wall in the interior of the home matched the exterior! *gasp*

Want proof?

Here are some of  the "before and after" photos I shared with you awhile back...

I much prefer the various "creamy white" colors I chose to paint over the gold, don't you?

So with the rest of the interior walls of the house painted...

our master bedroom has been the only room left to officially banish the viva gold from our home forever! It's been a painful wait, trust me!

After a few days of looking at the color swatches on all four of my walls...

I have made a decision!!

It's clean, fresh, soft, pretty and something different than my standard "creamy white".

Colors Swatches from Top to Bottom:

Sherwin Williams - Blue Hubbard - perfect - I'll take this one!!

Behr Ultra - Lime Light - really like this one too - a little less color than Blue Hubbard!

Behr Ultra - Pensive Sky - too blah!

Behr Ultra - Contemplation - too dark!

Behr Ultra - Light French Gray - too grey!

I almost went with the Lime Light until I remembered I had a paint sample in the garage from a previous paint project.  It was meant to be! It turned out to be just enough added color to bump the "Lime Light" out of the limelight! *wink*

The Blue Hubbard is a discontinued color by Sherwin Williams.

I'll be having Behr match the color and mix me up some Ultra!

My hopes are to get the room completely painted this weekend!!

I'm not sure that's going to happen though since my sweet Ella has been sick this week with the cold she caught from me.  I'm still not even 100% with a super annoying cough I can't seem to get rid of!!

Stay tuned for more details about the pillows I have found for my bed!!

KEEPiNG iT REAL

Although I don't recommend getting a terrible cold and being confined to bed for 3-4 days as a way to really put thought into the color swatches on your walls before making your decision...

I do have to say it worked out pretty good for me. Ha!!