DIY Cake Stand

While browsing through the craft store last week, I came across these darling flower shaped charger plates. They come in a variety of bright fun colors. I decided to turn them into some cake stands that I could use for parties or family get togethers. They're so simple to put together. Here's what you'll need:

Glass candlestick-can be found at dollar store or craft stores

Spray paint of choice

Charger plate- I found mine at Micheals

E6000 glue

Step 1: Spray paint your candlestick holders. I chose a metallic silver to go with the bright colored charger plates.

Step 2: Once the candlesticks are dry, place some glue around the  top ring of the candlestick. Wait a couple minutes.

Step 3: Turn the charger plate upside down and place the candlestick with glue in the middle of the backside of the plate. Let it dry.

Now you have a fun stand to display all your goodies! I'm using mine for my daughters birthday party this weekend.

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Spring Burlap Banner

For the first time in a while the sun has been shining and it's gotten me super excited for Spring and to get the kids back outside playing! 

I don't normally put out decorations for every holiday or season but I'm so happy about the sun being out that I thought it would be fun to make a banner to let Spring know that it can come and stay!

Thanks to the Silhouette, it made this project a breeze. After cutting the burlap into the shape I wanted, I chose various fabrics and ironed Heat N Bond to the back of the fabric. I used the Silhouette to cut out the letters and bunnies then ironed them to the burlap. To hang the banner, I hot glued a pom pom ribbon to the burlap then added a couple white pom poms to the bunnies for their tails.

Here's hoping Spring will come soon!

Joy Wreath

 Here's a last minute Christmas wreath that I put together today. It's been one of those days where I have a ton of errands to run but don't feel like going anywhere so I stayed home and made a mess in my craft room instead.

 I used a white foam wreath form and wrapped it with 3 different colors of burlap. Added some rolled felt flowers and made a JOY banner out of Christmas paper with the help of the Silhouette. The O in joy is made from a couple of limbs that I cut from a fake tree garland and just twisted them into a circle and added some ribbon.

Pretty simple and looks great. What last minute projects are you working on? 

 

Jumbo Paper Clip Bookmarks

This is probably one of the easiest crafts you'll ever make! We made a bunch of these bookmarks with a group of 11 year old girls who are getting ready to go back to school. I forgot my camera, so I wasn't able to take a picture of all the cute and creative bookmarks they made. Here are some that I made to give to my kids teachers when they go back to school here in a few weeks.

 All you need for this simple project is jumbo paper clips, and various colors of ribbon. I got the paper clips at Walmart but you can buy them at any office supply store.

When choosing ribbon, make sure it's not too wide. Thinner ribbon works best so you can tie several different ribbons on.

Also, make sure to tie the ribbon on the correct end of the clip so it will clip onto your book page like in the picture below.

Happy Reading!!

Patriotic Rag Wreath

Here's another last minute holiday project that was super easy to pull together. I started this project late at night as I waited up for the teenage daughter to come home from a date. I didn't have a wire frame to use so I took a wire hanger and cut the hook part off with wire cutters then formed it into a circle and used duct tape to hold it together.


I used bandanas that I tore into strips then tied to the hanger. For a tutorial on how to make a fabric scraps wreath go here.  Hope you all have a wonderful holiday!

Patriotic Burlap Bunting

This summer is flying by so fast! We've been keeping busy with vacations, youth activities, swimming lessons and basketball tournaments. I'm loving all the fun things we're doing but not loving how fast the time is going. Can you believe the 4th of July is next week?  
We've been so preoccupied with things that I haven't done much to prepare for the holiday until yesterday when I decided to make this simple patriotic bunting for the mantel. It was easy and didn't take much time at all.

To make the bunting, I took a roll of burlap and cut 6-7" X 9" pennant shapes. Then I googled star templates and printed and cut out the of size star I wanted on cardstock. Taped it to the burlap and painted inside the star shape with white paint and a foam pouncer. You only need to use a little bit of paint on the pouncer, this way it doesn't soak through the burlap and dries quickly too.

Then I took some ribbon and hot glued it across the top and used fray check on the ends of the ribbon.

To hang the pennants from a small rope, I used mini clothes pins. To make the pins more festive, I used washi tape to decorate the tops and bottoms.

I also used some red, white and blue ribbon to tie between the pennants and hung it from the mantel. Nothing like a last minute project but I love how it turned out!

Monogrammed Canvas Tote

My daughter has the most wonderful piano teacher who's kind, patient, and so encouraging. Lilly bug has been taking piano for just over a year now and still loves it! Thank you Mrs. Snow!

We wanted to thank her for all she's done for our daughter so I made this cute canvas tote for her. She also plays the piano and organ at our church, so we figured she could use a bag to carry all her music books in.

I used scraps of fabric that I had to make a ruffle and fabric flower. For the ruffle I used fabric that was 3"x21".  Using the widest straight stitch on a sewing machine sew all the way down the middle then pull on the thread to gather the fabric to look like a ruffle. Pin in place on the tote and sew the ruffle down the middle. 


For instructions on how to make a fabric flower go here. After making your flower, hot glue the flower on. 


For the letter,  I ironed some Ultra Heat-N-Bond (red package) to the fabic then used my Silhoutte to cut the letter out and ironed it on to the tote. Viola!


You can find some other fun teacher appreciation gift ideas here.

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Pretty Letters and a Magnet Board

Here are a couple more projects for the daughter's bedroom. It was extremely rainy yesterday morning so I had a great excuse to stay inside and finish up these wooden letters. Super easy and fun to give each letter it's own look. 

I traced each letter on different scrapbook paper then used mod podge to adhere the paper to the wood. I used brown distress ink on the edges then added different embellishments. 

This one happens to be my favorite:)

The second project is a magnet board. I made one a while back but didn't match the new room colors anymore. This little cutie hangs on the back of her closet door. You can find the tutorial to make the magnet board here.

Fabric Scraps Wreath

A few months ago I bought a wire wreath frame to make a Spring wreath for the front door. But with five kids' schedules I never got around to it. So instead of a wreath for the door I finally took the frame and made this simple wreath made from fabric scraps for our youngest daughter's bedroom. We're in the process of decorating it (it's about time) after being in our new home for 1 1/2 years. At this pace, give us another 25 years and we'll have the entire house where we want it. Enjoy the journey, right?

It's a simple project but takes a little time. Put in your favorite movie or, now that the weather is good, sit outside, soak up some sun and tie a hundred or so fabric strips.


Supplies needed for this project:
Wire wreath frame-found at most craft stores. I got this one at Micheals.
Fabric scraps-cut into 1" by 6" strips- didn't count how many, but it's quite a bit. I used 6 different fat quarters and used 3/4 of each one.
Ribbon to hang

Take the fabric strips and begin tying them to the frame until it's filled in to where you like it.

Can you guess what colors she chose for her bedroom?

Stenciled Fabric Cork Board

After stenciling some art for the baby's room I was itching to stencil something else. I had one of those plain cork boards that you have lying around and some white fabric and decided to try stenciling the fabric. It was a bit challenging to get the spacing right but I love how it turned out. 

Supplies needed for this project:

cork board (any size)

plain fabric

stencil of choice

paint- I used Martha Stewart Acrylic Satin- Green Olive

small paint roller- I used the foam roller from Martha Stewart

foam pouncer

thumb tacks- I used about 200

adhesive spray

glue gun

After stenciling the fabric, I used some adhesive spray on the cork board to keep the fabric in place while I placed the thumb tacks in.

Start placing the thumb tacks in. WARNING: This does take a while and your thumbs might get sore. (I had to take little breaks while doing this)

After all the tacks are in place, flip the board over and hot glue the edges down.

 I love the pop of color it gives to this plain wall in my office.