In My Own Style

My Favorite Free Fonts Vol. II

March 23, 2012

Free Fonts and How to download font tutorial

You asked for it, so here it is – Vol. II I got such a great response from the font list I posted last week thanking me and asking me for more. I am amazed and so happy that the tutorial I posted helped so many of you. I am no computer wiz, but I [...]

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How To Make a Chevron Chalkboard Photo Frame

March 21, 2012

Today I am sharing a project with you that I created using a random assortment of crafting supplies sent to me in a mystery box from ScribbleShop.com as part of their Scribble Challenge to 40+ creative bloggers. ScribbleShop.com is an online craft store that sells over 75,000 creative supplies. The challenge was to create a [...]

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How To Make a Ribbon Key Tassel

March 19, 2012

While I am still working on the creative wall in my studioffice this week, I thought I would show you a little detail that I made for the armoire in the room. It is a ribbon tassel for the key that I need to open and close the doors. It is so old-fashioned – I [...]

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How to Make a Spring Bunny Wreath

March 16, 2012

Does it feel like Spring in your neck of the woods this week? It sure does here in Pennsylvania. The temperature has been in the upper 70’s and it even hit 80 on Wednesday! All the daffodils are in bloom as well as the flowering trees – they look so pretty, but it is a [...]

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Where I Go to Learn About Photography

March 14, 2012

I have been blogging for about 2 1/2 years now. In that time I have taken quite a lot of photos to use in my posts and have used a point and shoot camera up until about a month ago. But as I have learned more about photography, I knew I wanted to upgrade and [...]

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Working on “The Creative Wall”

March 13, 2012

I was away over the weekend so I didn’t get much done on what I am calling “The Creative Wall” in my Studioffice. It is going to be a wall filled with all the stuff I need to create. The desk side of the Studioffice that I showed you last week is where I write [...]

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How To Disguise a Laundry Tub

March 8, 2012

Hi Happy Friday everyone. Woo Hoo… TGIF Being that it is Friday, I thought I would show you a sneak peak of my Friday post over at Momtastic.com This is my mud room/laundry room. I don’t think I ever posted photos of this side of it. You have seen the white dresser I found in [...]

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My Favorite Free Fonts

March 7, 2012

I get many emails and comments asking me what font I used in a certain post or in actual projects – mostly readers want to know about the handwriting fonts. I decided to create an image with 12 of my favorite fonts on it to share with you. I recently saw something similar on Pinterest [...]

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My Found Desk Gets A High Gloss Makeover

March 5, 2012

Remember the desk I found curbside for free that I recently placed in my studioffice? It was a very pretty desk with great lines, but I didn’t like the color. I envisioned it in high gloss white and over the past week I transformed it into that vision with paint. I still have many other [...]

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How Lipstick Changed My Life

March 4, 2012

Lipstick? Not what you expect to read about here at In My Own Style, but without lipstick, I may have never become interested in DIY, decorating, and eventually blogging about it. I was reminded of how I got into DIY decorating when I was asked if I would like to have a new blog sponsor [...]