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About jaderbombllc

I am a Southern DIY blogger and Designer known for fearlessly conquering anything and everything do-it-yourself. I aim to create unique designs by working through my thoughts, dreams, emotions, and tons of glitter! I believe in doing things that make my heart flutter and smile, and I live by my motto, “Life is simple and so should your style.” To learn more about me, visit jaderbomb.com or email me at [email protected]. You can also visit my Etsy shop at jaderbomb.etsy.com. Make sure to check out my FREE PRINTABLES site www.freeprettyprintables.com My biggest accomplishment thus far is being a guest on the Martha Stewart show, yes she smells good. I love my dog Ceaux Ceaux, pens,the smell of Christmas, GOLD, Dr. Pepper and blogging. BTW: I bleed glitter, all shades.

Happy New Year! This is officially my 1st post of 2016 and this will be my year to organize my life and hopefully everyone else’s, haha! Michaels has the perfect items to choose from to help your life stay organized and that is the hard part! This #MichaelsMakers challenge really put me in the perfect mood to get a few new items for my studio and I can’t wait to show you what I decided to get!

Inspired to organize your own space? Start the year off right! Michaels has tons of products and storage supplies that can be used to decorate and inspire creativity in any room of your house or office.

I especially love this time of the year. It is the perfect time for us to do a fresh cleansing of our spaces we spend a lot of time in plus it’s aways fun to get new things to help us organize our chaos! Remember last year when I showed you my WHOLE studio and how I stay organized?

I was stoked when I found out about the new line of organizational products from Michaels! Cre8ted spaces has bright and whimsical products that will freshen up any space you are in! Did I mention that this line is now 50% off right now!!!! I literally started screaming inside when I saw this cute teal cart and I knew I just had to have it!

I just loved the idea of having a mobile cart of art supplies to bring back and forth from one room to another!

For starters why not clean out those cardboard boxes filled with tubes of paint and throw them in these cute green boxes. I can’t even express how much I love this color, it totally fits my personality. Now I love having ton’s of containers for pens, pencils and paint brushes. I bought about 6 of these cute patterned ones and scattered them all over my studio.

Why not clean out your bathroom and place those items you use daily in cute containers or baskets so they actually look nice sitting out!

Honestly I could go on for days because you can literally organize every single corner of your life with these containers. I did however run across this Christmas tray at Michaels for 65% off!! It has a sweater pattern on the top and I will keep this out all year long. I love using twine for all of my project pictures so I figured this would be the best way to display them.

I also bought these containers to store different brands of products in. I love staying this organized!

This cart holds all of the things I use daily and I love it. I think I might just have to get a cart for my house as well.

How nice is this basket for paints! You will never have a problem looking for that perfect color.

Michaels just launched a new line of storage and organization product called Cre8ted Spaces available in stores now and it has tons of different colors, bins and office supplies – with more than 300 new items in 4 coordinating colors, you have to check it out!

I hope you enjoyed this post and until the next one, HUGS!!! XOXO, Jade

If you don’t know where to begin, you can always take a look at some of the fun storage projects on Michaels.com or the other 49 makers’ ideas on The Glue String for tips on designing, organizing and decorating their favorite places!

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Old Navy Artists Hateful T-Shirts – BACKLASH

How NOT funny Old Navy! To think I used so support all of your clothes and I even did a few blog posts for you! This is so disappointing to me and many others out here for the mere fact that it discourages young children to aspire to be an ARTIST. Here is the LINK to one of the shirts and a screen shot because I have a feeling soon, this shirt will be down as if it never happened.

Old Navy customers are going crazy on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Seriously I am not shocked!

Why would Old Navy think it was ok to sell shirts that say “Young Aspiring Artist” with the word “artist” crossed out and replaced with “astronaut” or “president” instead. What blows my mind even more is that an ARTIST created this disgusting shirt.

Am I mad? NO. I am disappointed. YES! I don’t think there is anything funny about this for one and I believe they are sending out a horrible message to our youth. As if being a president is much better than being an Artist. Frankly you couldn’t pay me to even WANT to be the president. As I sit here writing this I am also wondering how many people have already purchased this shirt…Surely it can’t be alot! Maybe a few people who have this wild dream of their kid becoming the president might have thought this was appropriate to purchase.

Maybe they are sending the message out to the world because they feel that financially a person would be better off as anything other than an Artist. Personally I would rather be a starving Artist than anything else.

I wonder if the ARTIST who created this shirt enjoyed making it. I wonder if the ARTIST who got PAID to create this shirt feels good about sending out this message.

Personally I think I should make a few shirts like this, right!

VIA: news.artnet.com

Bad call OLD NAVY, bad call..

VIA: Artsology.com

VIA: Artsology.com

Remember when Old Navy was slapped with this lawsuit??? Let’s all get together and share the shit out of this post! Let’s send out the RIGHT message, that this is NOT OK!

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Hello!…Perfect Gifts for the Adele lover in your life . I have to admit that I am one of the MILLION humans on this earth that absolutely fell head over heels in love with Hello by Adele. It’s great to know that she is back and ready to mend millions of the broken hearts with her amazingly new album , 25. Now let me be the first to tell you that when I drive in my car I turn this new and overplayed song up really loud and pretend I am in a forest like she was in the video. But when I wake up from the dream I am just on my way to Kroger to get toilet paper and chocolate. Yesterday me and my son were driving and I was belting Hello, and right when I the main verse came on I let it out LOUD with my Sprite Microphone and my clever son decided to press PAUSE on his phone. It was epic and horrible all at the same time. Check it out here, trust me you don’t want to miss out on this doozy.

In today’s post I wanted to do a fun roundup of “Hello” inspired gifts to get for your family and friends for Christmas. Some you can make which will make it nice if you can’t find these gifts in stores! Ready!

Did I mention that Adele just ruined the entire word HELLO for everyone! Anytime someone will tell me “Hello” I will always sing “How are You” in my head. SMH

What’s better than drinking a hot cup-o-java? Having Adele drink it with you! This is a great gift and you can purchase it HERE.

With this on your bed you will surely smile every time you walk in. Don’t we all want our bed to greet us after a long bustling day at work! Get this pillow from the Land of Nod, HERE.

I don’t know about you but I would LOVE to have someone bring me pancakes on this tray! This would be cute to give with gifts in it, right! Hurry and grab it HERE!

Greet your guests with an instant HELLO and I promise you they will feel instantly happy! At least their feet will. Order your own HERE!

Hello from my pony taillllllll. These are almost as cute as Adele’s eyeliner. Get them HERE! I feel like my hair would sing “Hello, can you Washhhh Meeee”… Yessir that is what happens when your hair reaches your waist. You yearn for these babies!

I’m sure Adele has this hanging by her bathroom mirror, huh! This one is for all the ones that do “Fuck you over”… These are mini cards that you can potentially put your cell on the backs and give out to people you meet in random places. Just a little pre-warning. HAHA

We all need signs in our house like this! Perfectly cut out letters screaming HELLO right in yo face! Check out my friends Etsy page to order your very own now! Yeppers, they come in tons of colors!

All you hashtag lovers out there…. I give you #adele on your chest errryy day all day. Cause don’t we all love her this much, get your shirt HERE.

Last but not least you MUST gift someone her entire album. Yo, I haven’t even heard it all yet but it’s about to go down. Order it HERE from the comfort of your bedroom…

Hope you have a very uh-delly holiday! Don’t forget to stalk me below, hehe!

HO HO HO it’s all about DIY Hand Painted Mugs today! It’s a cold night in Louisiana and I am typing this while watching the Kardashians and eating Taco Bell. I know you are all wishing you were in my shoes, NOT! I have a few things on my mind tonight. For starters I would like to meet the person who invented these new “star beam” lights that place little dots all over your entire house! Let’s face it who has time to put thousands of real lights all over their house? Not me! Although I will admit that all year long I have sugar plum visions of my house decorated like the ones in the mushy Hallmark movies.

I guess I should keep those visions in my head because I can execute them much better there, haha! OH, my good friend Aunt Peaches just did something incredible and I am so jelly but I will start manifesting us doing it together next year, check it out here! You will FLIP OUT!

Also incase you didn’t know I added some charm in my house this year with a RED Christmas Tree. I know…a RED ONE! You won’t believe how gorg it it y’all check it out here and see exactly what I am raving about! Also, is there such thing as TOO many trees in one’s house? I think I might be a little obsessed because I counted the ones in our dining room and I have 5. Yes they vary in size but still, who has that many trees in ONE room? I also have 3 in the kitchen, one in the living room and one in our main bathroom. I am sure you are all shaking your heads huh…

Let’s all make hot cocoa and drink out of cute mugs, especially the one I am showing you how to make today!

We are making some cute painted mugs using minimal products, literally. You all know I work for I Love to Create and all I will say is these markers have to be my favorite thing in the world lately. They are bright and fun so if you think this will be a boring roller coaster ride you are sadly mistaken.

You will need: Painted by Me Markers & Painted by Me Mugs (Bird Mugs)

Now rest assured, these markers are made so anyone can use them. You remember those paint pens that you would SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE and press the tip down on paper until the paint would slowly trickle down! These pens work the same way, but better! Hope you enjoy this project.

It’s really that simple. The reason why I love this project is because anyone can do it. Seriously you could have a paint party and it would be so much fun. Plus your mugs will be personal and every time you look at them you will have happy thoughts!

FYI: WHEN YOU ARE DONE PAINTING YOUR MUG YOU HAVE TO DO THIS….
*Place mug in a cold oven.
*Turn your oven to 350.
*Bake for 45 minutes.
*When timer goes off, leave the mug in the oven to cool off with the oven.

That it is! Now your mug is safe to handle, wash, put in the dishwasher or throw at someone… HAHA, don’t do that we wouldn’t want to ruin the mug for anything stupid!

These mugs I used today have a little bird on the handle and I love it. It’s like a thumb rest, seriously. Plus you can decorate the bird however you want.

These pom pom’s have absolutely NOTHING to do with this post but why not. Look how beautiful they are! My friend Alexa Westerfield sent me these!

DIY Hand Painted Mugs are fun for the whole family so get everyone involved. Plus it’s nice to see your personal mugs in the cabinet when you grab one!

Happy Holiday’s Y’all! Hope you eat too much candy and drink a lot because I will!!! See you in the next post… XOXO Jade

***This Red Christmas Tree is brought to you by Treetopia – All opinions are 100% mine***

I am so honored to be on the Treetopia Design CounciI! Today I am showcasing the Tango Red Lipstick Christmas Tree from Treetopia! If you are a fan of COLOR then you just found fake tree heaven, seriously! I will simply call it my BOHO Red Christmas Tree, mmmmkk!

I’ve always wanted a bright and whimsical tree but never found one that looked good in person until Treetopia came into my life. I know most of you will not understand what I am about to tell you but I truly had issues picking out the tree I felt I needed this Christmas. It took me about 3 days, I know I have issues. People this is serious business!

Once I finally decided on a tree I realized I had bigger issues figuring out what theme I would go with for this stunning red tree until I went in my studio and saw a collage of DIY tissue paper flowers. It dawned on me that I needed to dig deep into my tissue paper collection (yes I have one) and start busting out flowers. From there on I completely saw “the” vision in my head. A flower tree enhanced with a few spray painted pine cones and a handful of vintage glass ornaments…..I DID say BOHO!

If you know anything about me then you know I am a fan of BRIGHT colors. I don’t have a preference I just love color. A few years ago we painted all the rooms in our house white and I just love it. For some reason it feels cleaner and it allows all of my gems to constantly POP!

I love making paper flowers especially ones with black and white stripes bursting out of the centers! I will show you Friday how to make these flowers on the blog so make sure to come back! You don’t want to miss it.

If you are wondering if I went with a certain color theme for my flowers the answer is yes and no. I knew I wanted pink, green and orange….. the teal and white just made sense once I started. Trust me anything will look good on this tree!

I bought a bag of scented pine cones and spray painted them then dashed them with some shiny glitter!

How beautiful are these miniature ornaments.

I always have a “Christmas Scent” and last year I found this one. Let me tell you it smells AMAZING! If you are wondering it doesn’t smell like a cigarette smoking hippie, haha!

I am pretty happy with the overall look of my red tree from Treetopia. I hope you enjoyed the little snippet inside my home! Happy Holidays Jaderbugs!

Right now you can get FREE GROUND SHIPPING SITEWIDE (((WOWZERS)))

Looking for more tree inspiration? Hop on over and check out and see the other Treetopia Design Council Members! You will NOT be disappointed friends!

Sending HUGE hugs from my computer straight to yours! XOXO Jade

Disclaimer – I am a member of the Treetopia Design Council and received a tree to participate in this design challenge.

Happy Holidays today I have some exciting DIY’S to share with you. Trust me you will be happy you came visit me today! I have three different DIY projects that you can do with your friends and family, or FOR your friends and family! That sounds more like it huh!

We all have stressors during the holidays and this month the Michaels Makers were asked to come up with creative and fun holiday hacks and tips to help relieve some of that stress and make holiday entertaining and prepping fun!

We were given 5 common holiday hiccups to choose from and I went with “What to give as a hostess gift”.

I am so pleased with the outcome of this project! I hope you enjoy all of them, let’s get to it!

For this project you will need: WOODEN TRAY * CHALKBOARD PAINT * BRUSH

ALL OF THESE PRODUCTS WERE PURCHASED FROM MICHAELS.

HOW PRECIOUS IS THIS TRAY! Here is a snippet of everything we will be making today so peek too long!

I love the look of a chalkboard tray. You can put anything inside of it and it will pop with excitement! Cheese and crackers would look great inside of this also.

For all of my projects today I am using outdoor Mod Podge simply because I want to use these items outside for parties.

For this project you will need: DECORATIVE PAPER * MOD PODGE * COASTER * PENCIL

ALL OF THESE PRODUCTS WERE PURCHASED FROM MICHAELS EXCEPT THE COASTER. You can get this from your local hardware store for pennies.

Tadahh! I love this because you can personalize coasters for personalities. How cool is that! BTW kids will LOVE this project!

For this project you will need: WHITE MUG * STENCIL * SHARPIE MARKER

ALL OF THESE PRODUCTS WERE PURCHASED FROM MICHAELS EXCEPT THE MUG. When done with this project put the cold mug in your oven and set to 350 degrees. Leave the mug in the oven for 40 minutes, make sure to let the mug cool down on it’s own in the oven!

Now your mug is all set to give away and enjoy!

Now for my stencil I sprayed it will adhesive spray then applied to the mug. Make sure it is firmly placed on the mug so when you trace with marker it comes out perfect. You can clean up edges with makeup brush and alcohol.

I used a red sharpie to create the peppermint handle.
Give to someone on the tray with a cute box of different teas and you will surely make someone very happy!

For this project you will need: GLASS JAR * MOD PODGE * BRUSH * GLITTER

ALL OF THESE PRODUCTS WERE PURCHASED FROM MICHAELS.

I filled my jar with hot chocolate so when you give it away it’s all neatly tucked away. Just grab some with a spoon when ready to use! Don’t forget to add peppermint marshmallows!

Michaels has tons of holiday project ideasand instructions on their Michaels.com, including gift wrapping, home décor, last minute gift ideas, hostess gifts and more.

Check out the other four holiday hack topics and the unique ideas all of the makers came up with on Michaels’ blog, The Glue String.

I hope you enjoyed this project because I did! Make sure to check out all of my other Michaels Maker HERE!

Sending HUGE hugs from my computer straight to yours! XOXO Jade

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