Whitney's SOS and more...

Good morning guys!!  So, we want to thank all of you that voted for Ashley's apothecarys we posted at the Michael's craft contest.  It is that time once again... for us to bring our big guns!  I have entered my JOY plaques and would love for you guys to click on the button below to vote on them.  5 snowmen is the highest rating and you vote by clicking the number of snowmen you want under the picture.  You guys are awesome and we appreciate the support!!

And on a much more AWESOME note...

Ashley and I welcomed a new baby niece a week ago today.  She is perfect in every way and certainly something to be thankful for!!  We wanted to share her with you guys...

So thanks again for everything guys! We love reading your comments and chatting with you all.  We hope you all have a blessed Thanksgiving!!

~Whitney

Countdown to Christmas...

Hey guys!! So... a fun new product... well, products to share with all of you!  Check out this great, super cute Christmas Countdown...

Want to make one yourself?? Here's the great news... It's one stop shopping!  This is a great project kit from Scribble It!  Everything you need minus a little paint and glue comes packaged all together.  The best part... It's cheap too!  Woohoo!!

Now let me show you how easy and fun this is...  This is how your package will arrive.

No cutting of paper or wood... Woohoo again!

My first step was to paint my wood.  I decided to use Rust-Oleum Colonial Red spray paint.

At this point I did the usual and shantied it up a bit.  I sanded my edges and added a bit of stain.  This part is totally optional but also totally suggested:)  I then started working on the paper part.

This part is too easy.  All of the letters and numbers are vinyl decals that come on a sheet ready to apply. 

You just peel off the backing...

Stick it to your already cut paper... and peel the top layer off.

So cute... and easy! No spending hours cutting your letters and then more hours trying to space them perfectly!

Then I did my numbers...

Like 2 seconds later:)...

Now to attach them to my blocks...

After adding a bit of distressing ink to the papers I decided to attach the paper with a bit of hot glue.

I then wanted to shanty it up a bit more so I added a few decorative nail heads to each corner.

And the finished result...

Make sure you go visit Scribble It's online store HERE!

They have lots of other great, cheap goodies like this Joy decal.  I used mine on a small piece of wood to make a Christmas ornament.  You can also visit Scribble It's Facebook page where they upload new photos, tell about giveaways, and have some tutorials for the craft kits.

Thanks for stopping by guys and make sure you go visit Scribble It!  Let them know the Shanty Sisters sent you!!

I will be linking this cutie up at Kimba's DIY Day!!!

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 Transformation Thursday  UPDATE:

New Link Party and Giveaway ~ December 6, 2009

Hi all!!!  We are so excited to announce that our wonderful friends at Rust-Oleum have decided to sponsor our next Link Party and Giveaway ~ Rust-Oleum Revamp!

Simple Rules:

~You must link a project that you have made with a Rust-Oleum product!

~Specify which Rust-Oleum product you use and include a picture of the product for proof!

~You must link back to our party on your post!

Now for the Giveaway!

As always we will pick several of our favorites to feature and will combine them in a drawing for the Giveaway.  1 lucky winner will recieve 1 can of each of our FAVORITE colors of Rust-Oleum Spray Paint ~ Canyon Black and Heirloom White!!!!

Again, you can use ANY Rust-Oleum product.  Rust-Oleum products can be purchased at Lowe's, Hobby Lobby, Jo-Ann's, Walmart and many other retailers.  Click HERE for a list of retailers in your area!

We can't wait to be inspired by all of your fun and creative projects so get those hands warmed-up for some paintin'!!!!  We will open the link on Sunday December 6 at 9pm ~ Can't wait to see you there!!!!

Don't forget to grab the button to add it to your sidebar and post!!  Just copy and paste the link below!!


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Shanty Christmas Advent Calendar

Hi all!  Hope you all are enjoying your Saturday!!!!  So, we mentioned a few weeks back that we were asked to guest blog on Kari's fun site, Ucreate!  We were so honored and thrilled to share our Advent Calendar with her friends over there and now we would like to share with you all ~ and of course our how to tutorial as well so you all can make some of your own!!!  We got our inspiration for our project HERE but we wanted to add our own Shanty touch and give it purpose!

Presenting the Shanty2Chic Advent Calendar!

Follow these simple steps to add your own chicness to your Christmas decor at a fraction of the price!

We started with this 2'x4' MDF board purchased at Home Depot for $5.00....

We marked off the center point and used our circular saw to cut it into two 2'x2' pieces.

Next, we spray painted each piece with one of our favorites ~ Rust-oleum American Accents Heirloom White and set them aside to dry.

While we were waiting for the boards to dry we started on another part of the project ~ can't let any time go to waste!

We purchased 6 bags of these unfinished wooden nickles at Hobby Lobby (40% off)...

gave them a quick spray with Rust-Oleum Metallic...

followed by Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Walnut Stain (just rub on the edges).

We'll show you what we did with these babies in a bit ~ back to the boards!

Once the paint was dry on the boards we painted chip board letters black and nailed them on to the top of the board to spell BINGO!

Now for the lines...

We used scotch tape to mark off the line and dry brushed with Lamp (Ebony) Black American Acrylic!

(Vertical Lines: mark at 4.5, 9.5, 14.5 and 19.5)

(Horizontal Lines: mark from the bottom 3.5, 7, 10.5, 14)

Lookin' Good....Now for the fun stuff!

We used our Cricut to cut out number stencils, 1-25, with the Street Signs font cartridge and dry brushed again with Americana Lamp (Ebony) Black. We started with the number 25 in the top left hand box and finished with the number 1 in the bottom right hand box.

A bit of distressing with our 3M sanding block (80-grit paper)

and a quick dry bursh over with Minwax Dark Walnut stain brought great attention to the distressed edges!

And, of course, no project is ever complete without a little Ralph love (Ralph Lauren Smoke Glaze). Paint on and wipe off to create a vintage look with any piece!

Now for the small details that make a big impact!

We hammered nails at the top center of each box leaving half of each nail exposed.

Remember these babies...

We drilled a hole in the top of each nickel

and then cut 4" pieces of twine to go with each one!

We folded the twine in half, pushed it through each hole...

looped it though and tied a knot at the top!

Now for the reveal!!!

Introducing the Shanty Christmas Advent Calendars!

We loved the Pottery Barn version but not the price tag and this one serves a purpose! Advent Calenders are such a fun way for the family to count down to Christmas and this is such a chic way to display it! Nothing better than a chic look at a shanty price!

We will be adding this to our Etsy shop ~ The Shanty Shoppe ~  so go check it out and take a look at all of our other fun shanties available for purchase!!!!

We will be linking this project up to the following parties:

   and here!