Bulletin board re-do

Supplies:
Lame bulletin board
Corks
Hot glue

Should have made this a year ago, so easy and looks so much better.

Washi Charger

I bought some washi tape today at Michaels. Thought it was time I checked out what this stuff was all about.

It's not extremely sticky and comes in so many patterns and a few different widths.

I wrapped my iPhone charger with 2 different types. So easy took four seconds.

What projects have you done with washi tape, or as my bestie Leslie calls it...wasabi tape? I love it, I've been missing out. Do you have a brand you prefer? What else do you use it for?

Baby Shower Gift

Kristen and I both have sewing machines but rarely use them  well actually I have had mine for 3 years and used it once and technically my mom used it. We attended a baby shower Saturday and thought we should try and sew part of our gift. We both love personalized/handmade gifts.

Kristen found a tutorial on burp cloths, that she thought would make the perfect addition to our baby shower gift. We made a total of eight burp cloths, while at the fabric shop we found two types of fabrics one that had a little stretch and one that didn't, the one that didn't was MUCH easier to sew. The stretchy fabric would bunch as you we were sewing, lesson learned. Maybe after some practice we can use the stretchy fabric.

The Gift:
Laundry basket
8 Burp cloths
Lotion & baby wash
12 Onesies w/month stickers (stickers purchased on etsy)
Small toy for center of bow

 

 

 

*small dog not included in the gift ;)

Safety Pin Holder

What you need:

1. altoids container or any small tin (emptied)
2. magnet (strong)
3. safety pins

Place the magnet underneath the tin and throw your safety pins into the tin. The great thing about this is if you knock the tin over the safety pins still stay inside thanks to the magnet.

 

 

Map Tray

Map Tray...home is where the HEART is!

About 4 years ago I found this red tray on sale, it was only $3 dollars. Loved it, but after a year it had a bunch of nicks and was looking a little busted. Recently I found it in my garage. I've seen a bunch of tray re purposing on pinterest, and knew my tray had to be redone. Bought a map of Northern California for $.10 cents at the used bookstore.

 

I gave the tray 3 coats of white spray paint.  I cut the map out to the dimension of the inside of the tray. I used a read sharpie to draw a heart around Sonoma (where hubby and I first lived together), and then a heart around Stockton (where we live now and where we grew up). I used spray adhesive to adhere the map to the tray, which is a little tricky/sticky to work with. Then I used modge podge to seal the top.  Ta-Dah!

 

 

 

 

I love the way it turned out. I especially love the hearts and the tray looks much better in white. What do you think? Do you have a tray you can re-do? Have you redone a tray, I would love to see it!

Happy Father's Day!

J and I made this for his dad. The picture is a little blury and it's probably something a child would make but it was fun and my father in law enjoyed it.

Dad, we were going to give you a (Whoppers) ing

 (100 Grand) for Father's Day, but the money slipped through

 our (butterfinger)'s. We didn't have and (Extra) (Whatchamacalit)

to selll and it wasn't (PayDay), We didn't think a pet

(KitKat), a trip to New (York), or an (Orbit) around

the (MilkyWay) would be apprpriate. We do

Want to wish you (Mounds) of (Almond Joy)

as you eat this card. We hope it doesn't

make you (Rolo)ver and get sick. If it does we promise not to (Snickers).

Love your favorite,

(AirHeads)



Curtain Fabric

After 1 year of being in our home (Happy 1 year of home ownership to us!), I have finally selected a fabric for our nook and kitchen windows, it's a little bold and loud (kinda like me) but I love it! Last night my mom and I went to the fabric store and made 3 of the 5 panels our nook is done. Now on to the kitchen. Hoping to be finished by next Tuesday.

 

Fabric: Waverly "Solar Flair Lime Indigo"

Wreath making

I have been wanting to make a wreath for our front door since we bought our home, which is almost a year ago on the 13th (we moved in on the 10th but technically we closed on the 13th). Andrea and I got all the stuff we needed over the weekend to make one for her home and mine. We bought wood letters and spray painted them, armed with our glue guns here is the finished product. If you are interested in purchasing a wreath please contact me.

*Our initial is a little hard to see, I am painting our door a lighter color in January.