Transformation Thursday: Guest Post & Giveaway

Welcome once again to Transformation Thursday! It's the one day a week we come together to celebrate getting things done! Everyone is welcome to join in with MckLinky below!

This week, due to my Blissdom craziness, my friend, Jeanine is going to guest post. She is One Cheap B*tch - and I LOVE her for it! She is AWESOME!

Hi Shabby Chic Cottage followers! Gina graciously invited me to do a quick and easy tutorial on her blog. Quick and easy are two favorite words in my house - oh, and cheap too, of course! These vintage-inspired blocks are really easy to make and would look adorable on a mantel or shelf.

Once again I had some leftover wood blocks from another project.  Since I hate to waste anything, I decided to make these easy Paris blocks.  Here's how to do it:

Take random sized blocks such as these.  Using book paper or in my case, vintage hymnal music pages, cut the paper to the size of the blocks.  Easy!  You'll need five pieces (six if you do the bottom, I didn't).

  Next, glue them onto each block.  They should look like this:

Next, using Distress Ink (or you could probably use paint if you have a light touch), you'll want to rub it on all of the edges on each block.

Here's how they should look:

Finally, I used a variety of Paris-inspired stamps in red (Staz On ink) and stamped them on each side with the paper.

Voila!

See? Isn't she awesome?

While we're talking about friends, my friend Angie at The Country Chic Cottage is offering a giveaway! For one lucky participant, you will win these three decorative balls. Too cool, huh?

Soooo... whatcha got? I wanna see it - and so does everyone else! Just put your PERMALINK into MckLinky and make sure to link back here so everyone can find the great ideas.

Let'er rip, tater chip!