Best Craft to Date!!

Ok guys...this was my most favorite craft so far!! And I am so happy with how it turned out!!!

Was inspired by a couple of different crafts and then just kind of made it my own!!

First, had wood cut at Lowe's (because Nate wasn't home to saw it for me.).

I wanted the wood to big a few inches bigger than the canvas I had planned to use.

Glued and nailed the pieces together like this. Also had to attach wall hangers to the back.

After that I stained all of them. Had to let them dry in the basement because of course it rained all day Saturday! Very surprised at how fast they dried!!

I didn't take any pictures in between, but I had 3 blank canvas that I stapled fabric too.

(The same fabric that I used with the tray!)

I would recommend a staple gun to anyone! Not only are they fun to use but very handy! After I had the fabric attached to all 3, I drew straight lines on them for my letters.

(I used the first part of our First Dance song!)

When all the letters were attached, I did one good coat of paint. The hardest part was letting them dry!

When they were finally dry, I peeled away the letters to reveal the fabric underneath!

I glued each canvas to a wooden background and "ta-da"!!

Personalized wall decor!

I LOVE how they turned out!!!! :)

DIY-Frame to Tray

It was a bedroom decor weekend!! Got this frame at Goodwill for $1.00!!! I can see why someone was getting rid of it!!

I mixed some paint up to try and get to color I wanted. After I was fiished and put it in the bedroom, I realized it was too blue. So I brought it back and gave it a thin coat of grey to darken it a bit.

(These pictures were taken before I added the grey.)

I found the fabric in the scrapes at Jo-Ann and it just so happen all scrapes were 50% that day!

Ended up paying around $3.00 for enough to cover this and plenty left over for another project!

The cool designed frame I found at Michael's for cheap and hadn't found a use for

it yet...until now! And 'B' is a stencil that I just used some grey paint on.

The hardware I got at Lowe's. Not the prettiest, but the price was right!

Here it is!!! We've kind of moved stuff around since this picture too.

But it passed the husband test!!!

Bedroom candle holders

Thought this was the perfect addition to our pretty much bare bedroom!! Paid $.99 for each wall "candle holder". Don't have a before picture, but each one was just wooden. I unscrewed the piece that would hold a tall skinny candle (do those have a name?), painted the whole thing with 1 coat of paint, distressed, and hot glued a couple of small mason jars that I got for $.50 a piece. All together....a $3 piece of decor!!

DIY-Flower Box

This weekend I worked on this indoor Flower Box!

Very easy!

Stained some wood from Lowe's. The hardest part was waiting for it to dry!

Found these vases at Goodwill this past weekend for half off!

Some as low as $.25!

The flowers were on sale at Michael's for half off this weekend.

Love the pop of color it brings to the living room!!
(inspired by: http://www.shanty-2-chic.com/2012/01/diy-planter-box-centerpiece.html)

New Hobby!

Have been trying my hand at the crafty-home decor thing lately. Very fun and the outcomes have been pretty good so far! Here's some results:

Here's the before....$2 at Goodwill.

After: A little paint ans some distressing with sandpaper!

This lantern was already green. Just added the fun decor inside!

                                                   Found this frame at Goodwill. Added a fresh coat of white paint and

                                                 distressed it a bit.

                                                      Printed up the "facts" (if you will) in Word and added a green piece of

                                                 scrapbook paper!

Baptism gift for my nephew!

Before: Old candle stick and a small glass....$.99 each!

After: Added some paint, distressed, and hot glued together.

Brand new candle holders!

Before: (Sorry, no picture.) Just a black frame...no glass, no back.

After: Added 2 coats of paint (no distressing this time), spray painted some branches from outside,

found a link on how to make paper flowers online, and added some

fake grass already on hand from the green lantern.

Took this the other weekend when all the trees were blooming! Easy and free new

desktop background at work!! :)

Will try to keep posting my projects. Have a few in the works. It's just finding the time to do them!!!!