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Fall trends @ miycreations.com
For Fall 2007 Home Decor trends, ideas, projects and inspirations visit www.miycreations.com by Maddylane Designs
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Photo by Miyspirit
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Miy Mosaic under glass
Mosaic under glass, ?Easy-breezy mosaic runner for dinning outdoors? .
Design concept and creation by MaddyLane Designs.
Find out how to make-it-yourself visit miycreations.com, to view my weekly decor Gazette articles, @Home Decor with Maddy articles, visit www.miycreations.com
Photo by Miyspirit
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MIY Photo Clock....time to get creative with your photos
"Good times photo clock". Not only was it time to change the clocks now It's time to make the clock...do something a little different with your treasured photos. A plain wooden frame can be transformed into a photo clock, making a wonderful gift and keepsake...Just in time for the holidays. I made this fun clock for my son's bedroom; he's learning how to tell time. Treasure these moments for they grow up so fast!
To view my weekly published newspaper article Titled @ Home Decor with Maddy, and to see the full clock picture and to find out how to make your own photo clock, visit.... www.miycreations.com by Maddylane Designs
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Photo by Miyspirit
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Fleamarket Shutters...to tool rack!
Flea-market findings. Decorating with shutters; I love shutters just as much as i love windows. I like to utilize shutters in my workshop, this particular one I use to hang up up some of my workshop tools, but as you can see most of the tool are not there because i'm in the middle of packing them, but I wanted to share the concept, to give you ideas of how you can incorporate shutters into your decor.
by www.miycreations.com, to view the full article on fle-market finds and decor transformation visit www.miycreations.com/miycreations-Fleamarket-makeovers.html.
Photo by Miyspirit
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All Treats...no Tricks
Goulish Globes, ....its All Treats, No Tricks at my house for Halloween....Creation by MaddyLane Designs.
Halloween at my house starts early because I have to set up and shot my scenes for my decor columns about 4 weeks before an actual event, which usually confuses my little guy, but this year he has caught on, but his friends are curious when they come over and he just says...?Oh that's my mom? she's just having fun"...he tells them!?
For more fall & Halloween decor ideas and projects visit.... www.miycreations.com by Maddylane Designs
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Photo by Miyspirit
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Planting New Ideas
Rustic Charm, Outdoor Wall Floral Decor. For this project, I was inspired by an ornate wooden plaque that has been sitting in my garage for a long time. Perhaps you have similar treasures in your garage waiting to be recycled into something creative.
I stained the plaque turquoise and added a several coats of exterior varnish. I personalized a plain galvanized wall planter with painted daisies and added a little extra rustic charm by applying a rust solution.
Visit www.miycreations.com to view my weekly @Home Decor Gazette columns, and get the full how-to make-it-yourself instructions.
Photo by Miyspirit
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Halloween Pumpkin Man
Pumpkin creatures can be a real scream for ghouls and goblins that come
calling on Halloween night, and they're less messy than pumpkin-carving. The
kids can help with this fun and easy Halloween project .
Not all Halloween decor have to be scary, they can be a real hoot and fun too !
Just wanted to make you smile today, :) Have a wonderful day!
New Halloween posted article on miycreations...for more fall & Halloween decor ideas and projects visit.... www.miycreations.com by Maddylane Designs
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Photo by Miyspirit
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Bejewel and bedazzle your garden?
Garden foil charms.
Add charm appeal to your flower boxes, plants, and garden with foil decorative accents. Glittering garnishes with designs of flowers to butterflies are embossed, painted and bejeweled.
To view the full make-it-yourself projects visit www.miycreations.com
Photo by Miyspirit
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Frosted Autumn Glow
Bring the season to light....with a warm atumn glow
Frosted fall foliage votives holders are so easy to make and such a joy to illuminate for cozy autumn evenings or dinner gatherings.
To view my weekly newspaper article and to find out how I made these so simple fall votive..... visit.... www.miycreations.com by Maddylane Designs
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Photo by Miyspirit
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Miy Wire Creations
get creative with wire. Use the wire photo-clips without the photos to decorate, the colorful wire creations can be used to embellish any decorative accent around your home and garden. For more home decor projects and ideas visit by miycreations .com
Photo by Miyspirit
11 of 29
Counting my blessings
Counting my blessings, for they are all wonderful gifts and i'm truly grateful.
Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian Flickr friends.....God bless you all and yours, good cheer to all! :)
Here's a little History and Origin of Canadian Thanksgiving
In Canada Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday in October. Unlike the American tradition of remembering Pilgrims and settling in the New World, Canadians give thanks for a successful harvest. The harvest season falls earlier in Canada compared to the United States due to the simple fact that Canada is further north.
The history of Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an English explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Orient. He did not succeed but he did establish a settlement in Northern America. In the year 1578, he held a formal ceremony, in what is now called Newfoundland, to give thanks for surviving the long journey. This is considered the first Canadian Thanksgiving. Other settlers arrived and continued these ceremonies. He was later knighted and had an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in northern Canada named after him - Frobisher Bay.
At the same time, French settlers, having crossed the ocean and arrived in Canada with explorer Samuel de Champlain, also held huge feasts of thanks. They even formed 'The Order of Good Cheer' and gladly shared their food with their Indian neighbours.
After the Seven Year's War ended in 1763, the citizens of Halifax held a special day of Thanksgiving.
During the American Revolution, Americans who remained loyal to England moved to Canada where they brought the customs and practices of the American Thanksgiving to Canada. There are many similarities between the two Thanksgivings such as the cornucopia and the pumpkin pie. (but here in Qu�bec we prefer apple crumble pie and sugar pie)
Eventually in 1879, Parliament declared November 6th a day of Thanksgiving and a national holiday. Over the years many dates were used for Thanksgiving, the most popular was the 3rd Monday in October. After World War I, both Armistice Day and Thanksgiving were celebrated on the Monday of the week in which November 11th occurred. Ten years later, in 1931, the two days became separate holidays and Armistice Day was renamed Remembrance Day.
Finally, on January 31st, 1957, Parliament proclaimed..."A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed ... to be observed on the 2nd Monday in October. (most poeple will celebrate Thanksgiving with their family and friends today, on Sunday)
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Mystical Garden Decor
Mosaic gazing balls will add an ambiance of mystique to any garden. Discover how you can make this Garden decor creations yourself and many more home and garden projects visit www.miycreations.com NEW POSTED ARTICLE
Photo by Miyspirit
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Fall Plastered Vase Creations
MIy Fall Plastered Vases Craft Decoration creations,
Transform....Recycle bottles into fall & Halloween Craft decorations.
Curvaceous mummy-style plaster vases add instant atmosphere to haunt seasonal d�cor themes. Recycled wine bottles in assorted sizes and shapes are disguised with plastered cotton strips giving them odd organic shapes with a rough textured finish.
For oodles of Fall & Halloween Home Decor make-it-yourself creations, ideas, projects and inspirations visit www.miycreations.com by Maddylane Designs
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Photo by Miyspirit
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Striped Bud Vases by Miy Creations
Transform plain glasses in delightful Striped Bud Vases, Painted with Stainglass paints and embellished with lead strips.
To view more Spring flowers arrangements, ideas, inspirations visit www.miycreations.com to view the Flower arrangement photo library.
Plus hundreds of make-it-yourself home d�cor projects and instructions.
Photo by Miyspirit
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MIY Blanket Poncho Wrap
Beads, beads and more beads are everywhere on everything this season, from home decorative accessories to fabulous fashion finds! Combine them all together to make yourself a very unique blanket poncho-wrap which is sure to express your sense of style while keeping your warm. I transformed a basic throw blanket into a stylish fashion poncho-wrap and personalized it with creative beaded details. These fashionable wraps are embellished with what looks like elaborate embroidery, beads and hand stitched work, but here?s my secret; it?s all no sew! No kidding! So go ahead and wrap yourself up in something gorgeous this holiday at the faction of the price of store purchased fashion wraps.
To view how to make your a fashionable blanket poncho-wrap, visit.... www.miycreations.com by Maddylane Designs
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Photo by Miyspirit
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Miy Spring Decor Inspirations
This Spring re-vive, re-cycle, and re-invent your Spring decor, for Make-it-yourself ideas and inspirations,visit www.miycreations.com to view Spring Floral arrangement inspirations.
Photo by Miyspirit
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Fall Fashions at miycreations.com
After 30,000 views I guess I can introduce myself a little bit?my name is Madeleine, but my friends call me Maddy and my Designer pen name is Maddylane. This is the rest of the picture that goes with my MiySpirit icon picture.
I?m a designer, my first passion was fashion designing and then over the years switch to d�cor designs. I?m now a newspaper columnist?I make, produce and write make-it-yourself creative project articles to share with others.
I also posted this pix to invite you to my miycreations website?s new Fall look; where you will find many creative projects, ideas and inspirations for the fall season to make and create wonderful things for your home and now I?m introducing fashion crafting. This decorated fashion outfit..which I call my Boho outfit is one of my creations and is presently being featured on my site. www.miycreations.com
This fall go Boho and feel the spirit of colors, by reviving your own wardrobe with style the creative and artsy way! The Boho (Bohemian) fashion look has become one of this season?s hottest trends along with vintage chic and gypsy-ethnical. Boho is a combination of several fashion looks mixed together along with international flavors and influences. The Boho trend is all about mixing and matching styles and prints resulting in a unique chic look that is very pretty, earthy, feminine and fun. This fall, the look has taken on a Romanesque feel with damask prints mixed along with bold florals. The concept is simple, reproducing high-end fashion looks with what you already have in your closet to create beautiful new pieces of garments that are unique, playful and truly original. This project is for those who just want to have fun with their wardrobe.
We all have our own style, mine was influenced by being the middle of five kids, having a very creative artistic mother and a distinctively stylish grandmother?which this is the results.
it doesn?t matter what the top end commercial designers are doing..Do your own thing?celebrate your style, decorate it?make it your own..and most of all have fun with it!
This photo was taken by Shane Kelly. A friend and talented photographer from Hudson Qu�bec. (please no awards for this picture?thank you)
Photo by Miyspirit
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Painting with a heart
Textured abstarct painting adorned with a heart shaped rock.
creation by miycreations.com
Photo by Miyspirit
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Zen Harvest Thanksgiving
I like to do things a little bit different even for Thanksgiving.
Add a touch of serenity and a spectrum of rich fall colors this Thanksgiving with a Zen Harvest Centerpiece. Spice it up with delicious aromas of Ginger Peach, Cinnamon Twist, Harvest, and Asian Spice pillar candles which evoke the senses for a soothing ambiance.
To all my Canadian Flickr friends...have a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend! :)
Find out how to make this yourself and for more fall creations, ideas, projects and inspirations visit www.miycreations.com by Maddylane Designs
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This pix was taken with my older camera, so the quality is not as sharp as with my 8 meg.
Photo by Miyspirit
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Paris Christmas theme tabletop decorations
Paris theme tabletop decor For full project details and how-to visit www.miycreations.com
Photo by Miyspirit
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Keeping Cozy with Photo Memories
This fall, keep cozy with your warm summer memories and make a personalized memory photo throw. I just had too many favorite summer pictures and wanted to do something fun and different with them. Showcase your family pictures beyond the scrapbooking pages by turning a casual throw into a family treasure. This creative keepsake will keep you warm with joyful memories....perfect for curling up and reading a book!
I have combined a nature shot and a MIY project in the same pic... :) ...The sun was peeking through the clouds, Hudson, Qu�bec, Canada
I'm still a little under the weather; i'll be back when I can.
A heartfelt thank you for your kind visits, Cheers!
To view my weekly newspaper article and how to make a cozy photo Blanket for yourself visit.... www.miycreations.com by Maddylane Designs
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Photo by Miyspirit
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Its a wrap, chic christmas wrapping ideas
Its a wrap, wrapping Christmas gifts with style with things that you already have around your home! For full project details and how-to visit www.miycreations.com
Photo by Miyspirit
23 of 29
Flea-Market Finds Part 2
Flea-markets findings part 2; how you can transform them into unique home decorative accents. Salvaging flea-market finds to revive and reuse them in a new light.
An old window frame with broken glass panes can make an intriguing wall
d�cor accent. Add other components such as small frames or china plates
directly on the walls to make a vintage montage.
To find out more visits ... www.miycreations.com/miycreations-decor-project-of-the-we...
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Photo by Miyspirit
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Vacation Photo-Art Montage.......
So now you have a lot of vacation pictures,..... what to do with them all! Here?s a simple, and yet stylish way to display your favorite vacation captures. Create a 9 block photo set montage to display your best pictures as art; to find out how to make-it-yourself visit www.miycreations.com To view this week's latest @Home Decor with Maddy articles in the Montreal Gazette.
Best viewed in large!
Photo by Miyspirit
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Colorful Illuminations
This week's Gazette column; Colour Dripping Votives, Design concept and creation by MaddyLane Designs.
Find out how to make-it-yourself visit miycreations.com, to view my weekly decor Gazette articles, @Home Decor with Maddy articles, visit www.miycreations.com
See the instructions on how to make this project yourself visit,
www.miycreations.com/Miy-kids-craft-project-picnic-tablec...
Photo by Miyspirit
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Have a seat, with travel photos
Paris blanket decor, made with travel photos of trip to Paris, to keep the memories warm!
creations by www.miycreations.com
Life is a blanket of memories!
Photo by Miyspirit
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Photo Beach Pillows and Tote Bag
This week's Gazette column; Photo Beach Pillows and Bag, Design concept and creation by MaddyLane Designs.
Find out how to make-it-yourself visit miycreations.com, to view my weekly decor Gazette articles, @Home Decor with Maddy articles, visit www.miycreations.com
For a fun summer time project that is sure to make a splash with the kids visit;
www.miycreations.com/Miy-kids-craft-project-picnic-tablec...
Photo by Miyspirit