Everyone is born with creativity. But those people who appear to be super creative have a secret. They know that creativity has to be developed and exercised to come easily. I am on a quest to immerse myself in creativity of all kinds. I hope you will join me!

Yesterday was Christmas in Action by the City of Canton, and Divine Design participated. We were assigned two rooms in one of the ten houses they worked in.  Homes and homeowners are selected by needs, financial and otherwise. Our homeowner was delightful and we enjoyed meeting and getting to know her yesterday.

This was our first one day job. There was a lot we wanted to do in those two rooms with minimal time and minimal finances.  I spent my budget on art, but we needed more. Luckily, I had a 25% off coupon on the day canvases were 50% off.

I asked for volunteers to make art and got terrific projects!

Project #1: three 12" x 12" canvases. The girls painted them brown.


 Then Mod Podged sheets of cut out scrapbooking paper to the fronts. So easy and very inexpensive.

 They look great on the green wall next to a new black chair. Perfect!

 Project #2: Paper covered switch cover, cost $2. And it is custom made. Nobody else has one like it!  Just Mod Podge paper to the cover. So easy.

 Project #3: Complements to a large canvas. We had with three 8" x 8" canvases. One was decoupaged with fabric.

 The other two were simply painted with craft acrylics, one with the homeowner's initial and the other with some swirls.  We used the color palette in the large painting so everything was tied together.

 Project #4: I found these 6" canvases in the clearance bin for 50 cents each. We already had scrapbooking paper in the right palette and some Mod Podge. Put it all together.........

They make a nice little bit of color right over the desk.

To see the before and after pics of our two rooms, see the Divine Design blog.

Just took a big lack of funds and a little Vitamin C!