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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Kids table and chairs & Bonus Holiday wreath

Remember this..Well we finally got around to painting it. We started with it white but I quickly realized that white as a children's table was a bad idea. Plus, it stood out like a sore thumb in our living room since nothing else is white. So it got painted black. Then after a random trip into Michael's where I scored these kids chairs on clearance I was STOKED!

These are what the chairs looked like pre-paint. Don't mind the ornaments..that was another do it yourself. See that hanger..I bent it into a circle and strung those ornaments on it. Picture to come!

A little sanding..a little painting and we have ourselves a new kids table. It's adorable and I have some plans to customize it a bit..stay tuned.

DIY eat sign

Everyone always comments on this little eat sign that I have in my kitchen. Do you want to know a secret? This sign was totally free. They don't believe what I tell them it's made out of...can you guess?

It's starting to look a little worn so I need to reglue it...

It's a clothes box. A kohl's box to be exact (I like the sweet black border it has). It's spray painted yellow. Then I printed out black cardstock letters of EAT and glued them on. Easy. Peasy. and Free.

No one ever thinks it's a clothes box.

BOO YA!

cheap wall art

Cheap Art?! I am a BIG fan of framing scrapbook paper. I love these black and white prints but finding a 12x12 frame is hard. I ordered these offline for about $12 a piece plus $ s & h. Overall I still think it's a great steal and I love the look it adds above our couch. Now that we have a sectional I feel like I need one more to make it look complete....

For an added touch I print out my favorite quotes and glue them on top of my scrapbook paper. I have this one in the middle of our picture college. It has pictures from marriage to pregnancy to our kids and this message simply states where all this started...

DIY yarn balls

Materials:

Yarn

ROUND ballons (smaller the better- I got regular size against the husbands protests and well..I should have got smaller ones because some of my balls aren't so round)

Elmers glue

Mix elmers glue and water in a bowl

Use more glue then water..I made mine a little too watery and they aren't rock hard like they are suppose to be.

Cut yarn into long strips and dip in your bowl, totally saturate the yarn.

Then wrap around ballon any old way

Let dry..I let mine dry for 2 days just to be sure!

Then pop!!! the ballon and remove out of one of the holes

I got this great little basket at Hobby Lobby for 7.99 and 50% sale..making it only $4!!! Steal!

DIY starburst mirror

DIY Starburst Mirror

Supplies

3 packs of dowel rods from Hobby Lobby @ $2.49 each

1 mirror from Michaels @ $4.99

Hot glue gun

compass

wall mount (I used the same type that are on the back of picture frames)

Spray paint (optional)

I staggered my sticks into three different levels. I drew a circle with a compass to know where to glue each one. I then alternated and hot glued each stick down until the mirror was complete. Then I hot glued a wall mount to hang it. This was SO easy!

I still plan on spray painting it but haven't made it out to get the right color yet. I will just cover the mirror with paper and tape it down and spray away.I think it looks pretty good and "natural" without the spray paint too!