Baby Headbands

My friend was having a baby shower and I wanted to make something cute for her new little girl. I found a bunch of cute ideas on blogland and went to work on my own. Here's all of the ones I made... I so wish I had a little girl right now, maybe that's why I went a little crazy.

Ok....I have to apologize for my terrible photography skills. Or my lack of paying attention to details...and always being in a hurry. Usually I totally forget to take a picture and when I do remember, I'm scrambling to try to do something to make it look somewhat decent. Well I found my birdcage, but ya think I would have noticed the blinds. Seriously, don't know what what up with that. So just try to pretend like you don't see them. I'm new to this whole blog presentation thing:)

I had so much fun making them, and probably could have made a bajillion more, but I ran out of clips...thank goodness. That could have been bad. Here's what they look like individually. Again, I'm sorry for the photography skills. I should have taken the glass out of the picture frame...

So fun! I love little girl stuff! For the felt flowers, I just got on-line and printed off flower patters, then traced them on the felt. Easy peezy. I already had the other fabric flowers and jewels. So that was nice and convenient. My favorite is the pink and yellow rosette. I bought the head bands and the cute feathery bow from Hobby Lobby. That feather one kills me, it is so cute! There was a picture of a little girl wearing it outside in the wind and oh.my.gosh. it was the cutest thing ever! I picked up a cute jar at Hobby Lobby to put them all in. With some ribbon that I had on hand, this is how it all turned out....

Her little girl is going to be so stylin!

Tea Time

I fell in love with teacups after I saw this clock over at Vintage Revivals...one of my fav blogs ever! Mandi is super creative and has some dang good skills, plus she's hilarious! She got inspired by the clock from Umbra and then there is this way cute clock at Retropolitan. L.O.V.E

I was sold. I HAD to make one of my own. Cue obsessive thinking about anything to do with this clock. I didn't want mine to be too large and in charge, so when I found a set of smaller sized teacups at Ross I was giddy with excitement!

Not very cute. The plates aren't in there, but they had the same design. Unfortunately, as you can see, there was only one set of 6 cups and plates. I am way too impatient to wait and try to find 6 more of the right size, so I figured, what the heck, I'll just use the six and everyone can use their imaginations to pretend the rest of the numbers are on there.

Here she be!

 Now for the run down:

I originally went to Home Depot and got a round particle board, but decided that was WAY to heavy and I didn't want to deal with hammering it into the wall.  I was wandering through IKEA one day and found a black circular magnet board! It was the exact size I needed, didn't weigh hardly anything and it was magnetic...awesome! That opened up doors of endless possibilities.

I've always wanted to do something turquoise and black. I thought this would be a great opportunity. Here's the play-by-play of the clock creating process:

1. Measured scrapbook paper. I made a template from the cardboard that came with the magnet board by creating my own protractor. I put a pin in the center with string attached, then tied the other end to a pencil traced a new circle to the width I wanted my paper to be, which was pretty much the width of the teacup.

2. Now this is the part I got ahead of myself on. I glued the paper down not even thinking that when I go to put my teacups on, they will just rip the paper off from being so heavy....duh! So, I had to buy new paper and start over..sheesh, always making it harder than it needs to be. So, then I placed the plates where evenly around the board and trace around them, then cut out the circles. Now the teacups will be glued to the magnet board.

3. I spray painted all the teacups with Krylon Ocean Breeze, Ivory and Black (all gloss). I first primed, then painted. This was quite the process, but finally I finished. Be careful to spray in light coats, so the paint doesn't run into the cup. I didn't really have a problem, but it could be a big one.

4. Once everything was dried. I used Gorilla Glue to glue the cups to the plates and the plates to the board. I still had my wood round, and that thing was heavy, so I put that on top to create the seal.

5. On one DI trip, I had found a clock for $1, that I later found was from Target for like $15...score! I used just the hands from it and painted them blue. I didn't really care to use the mechanism and have my clock actually work. I really just hate the sound of a ticking clock when it's quiet.

6. Details on the saucers: Polka-dot plates: I used a penny and traced circles all over two of the plates then just painted the circles in. White plate: I used my Cricut to cut out a flower to had a little detail. I like the little jewel and dots around the edge of that cup.

I like how it turned out! I'm probably going to try and incorporate the magnetic component. I might put something in between the cups to be the place of the other numbers...I don't know yet. I'm letting it simmer.

Side note..I know it looks terrible with the purple wall, but I had no where else to put it and I wanted to enjoy it. One day it will have a better home that will really compliment it.

Price breakdown:

1. Teacups: $7

2. Magnet board: $9

3. Clock hands: $1

4. Paper: $1

Total: $18

The Bro's Grotto

 My bro and his buddies have got some mad construction skills. This last summer they build their very own tree house! I always wanted a tree house, and this one is sweet! Now where did they build this you ask? Well on private property, meaning the backyard area of some stranger that live off of the golf course. They just up and decided that this was the place and moved on in. Keep in mind these are 3 or 4 17 year old boys, so naturally they do everything as rebelliously/illegally as they can aka they bought very little of what they used to make this...shhh, don't tell.

I never went to see it this summer, because, well, teenage boys are gross and I didn't want to go hang out in it... or intrude on anything! So I finally went a few weeks ago. I had to hike in the snow and mud, but it was worth it. I was so impressed with their skills. Seriously! I didn't know they were smart enough to build something like this!

Welcome to the Grotto (as they named it)....

I love the door! Impressive, right?! They have big plans for this summer.  Add an upstairs and get this.... a chimney! Ha ha I'd love to see that! Let's hear it for the boys!

Magnetic Calendar

Just wanted to post a cute project and give a shout out to my little sis Hailey. She made this cute calendar for her apartment!

Cute huh?! Here's what she did:

1. Bought a frame for $5 from Wal-Mart
2. Spray painted frame. It looks distressed, but she was indecisive and painted it black, then changed to red. Nice when things turn out for the best!
3. Rounded up some scrapbook paper and figured out a cute design.
4. Drew the calendar lines onto the scrapbook paper.
4. Put the glass and paper back in frame.
5. With a dry-erase marker wrote month and dates on glass!

I'm not sure where she ended up hanging it. You can hang it on the wall, or get magnets and glue them all over the back to hang on your fridge! Thanks Hailey!

Spoolery Hanger

My sis had a fun idea for a Christmas present for some friends. A bracelet/necklace hanger! Look how cute these bad boys or I guess since they are girly items, gorgeous gals turned out...

So much fun! She went to Wally World and found some frames for $5. First, she spray painted them. Then she used some cute scrapbook paper and hot glued it to the cardboard back that came with the frame. *Note to self: Make sure the paper is glued down really well or the knobs will pull it off.

Now for the knobs. This was one of those creative process moments. She wanted to put hooks on, but since it was just cardboard, we couldn't really drill hooks in, and we didn't want to deal with screws. So I suggested using wooden spools. We bought a pack in the wood aisle at the Hob Lob.  Of course we had to make them extra cute... enter clear stones! This is out that process turned out.

She glued scrapbook paper to the stone then hot glued the stone to the spool. Very cute if I do say so myself.

They weren't very sturdy, but a few bracelets or necklaces would work great for this little treasure!

Jewelry Hanger

 I bought this magnet board at Roberts with the idea to turn it into a picture board and it ended up sitting in my room for over a year. It just never seemed right to use it for pictures. I have a bazillion frames around and I already have one magnet board filled with pictures. Then one day...lightbulb! It hit me. I could use it for all my necklaces and bracelets. I feel bad that I buy all this fun jewelry and it sits untouched because I forget that its there. It took me awhile to track everything down and get it to turn into the picture in my mind. I really love it!

I painted it black and went to the Hob Lob to find some paper. I wanted something classy. I found this black velvet glittery paper and fell in love. I measured and cut it to go on the end. I found the 2 hooks that the bracelets are on at the Hob Lob as well. They have a lacey design and look like this....

So cute! I then made each of the "hooks" for the necklaces. I had some clear and black stones left over from other projects. I found some treasures lying around the house to decorate them up. I made sure to get a stronger magnet to go on the back or else it wouldn't hold as many necklaces and just slowly slid off the board. Here's what each of them look like...

I played off the other hooks and put real lace under the left one.

I went through some old magazines and cut out pictures of jewelry. These were the winners!

I feel like I have my own jewelry store and can go shopping each day for what to wear!