Simple Square Frame-Advice

Over the weekend, my hubby and I made this square frame. 

We made it out of very rustic wood and just nailed the it together.  

It seriously took 15 minutes. 

I LOVE the way it looks. I love how rustic and old it looks and the simplicity of it.  

However, I don't know what to do with it!

I was thinking I wanted use it as a wreath, rather than a frame but I have no idea what to do! 

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Brag Board {tutorial}

As you know we are poor college students, and don't really have the funds to buy expensive gifts for Mother's Day. 

So I was trying to come up with an inexpensive, yet cute way that my mom and mother-in-law could hang up all their pictures of all their grandchildren, and this is what I came up with.  

It was super easy to make, and the supplies were really inexpensive. 

I made one with green lettering and the other one with brown lettering.  I actually like the brown lettering better, but I didn't get a picture of the finished product!  

So this is the one I gave my mom.

Another Crate Transformation

So this will be crate number 5 for me.  

Obsessed?

Maybe.

 I just can't help myself when I see one at the thrift store! 

I went a little further than just painting the crate.  I used some paper for the back and also added a lace flower.  Which by the way is my favorite part.  

Here is a close up of the flower:

I am having troubles though.

Not sure which way I like it best. 

Vertical

 or..

Horizontal

And, my other problem is what to put in it! I don't want it to look cluttered.  Especially since it has the paper in the background.  

Would love any feedback! 


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Wooden Crate Transformation

Hope you all had a great weekend!  I had a fun weekend, but it was way too short.  I really could have used one more day to relax! 

 I spent my weekend crafting.  

I made some really great projects...

and a couple of not so successful ones.  I won't discuss those ones.  :)

Over the weekend, I went to our local goodwill store and found a small wooden crate.

Here is the before.

Here is the after.  

I LOVE it! 

I painted it green, and then used some wood stain to distress it.  

I also made these eggs over the weekend as well.  I got my inspiration from HERE.

LOVE how they turned out.

I will be posting the tutorial for the eggs later this week!


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Wood Conversation Hearts : . Tutorial . :

These Conversation Hearts are so fun and festive for Valentine's Day! I love conversation hearts, they are a must for Valentine's day. If you want to make your own Conversation Hearts, here is the tutorial I promised:

Supplies Needed:

3 Wooden hearts

paint

Distressing ink

Coordinating paper

Ribbon

Buttons

Mod podge

Hot Glue

Step 1: Paint your hearts

Step 2: Trace your hearts onto your paper and then cut them out.

Step 3: Mod Podge your paper onto your hearts

Step 4: Sand and distress the edges of your hearts with any color of ink you prefer.

Step 5: Cut out your letters. I used my cricut and used the template "jubilee" and then mod podge your letters onto your hearts

Step 6: Embellish your hearts! You can keep it as simple as you want or go crazy!

The hearts are thick enough that they can sit on their sides by themselves. Or, if you want to hang them up you can hot glue some ribbon on the back to hang them on the wall.

I love how they turned out and they are so much fun!! They make a great Valentine's Decoration, and they look perfect on my shelf! :)

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Wood Conversation Hearts

What's Valentine's Day without Conversation Hearts? Conversation Hearts are probably the most recognizable Valentine's Day candy ever....So I decided to make my own version of the popular candy! Only mine are not edible! :)

My version of a Conversation Heart

I love how they turned out. So fun and festive for Valentine's Day!

Check back Wednesday for the Tutorial.

Boo! Blocks Tutorial

I love decorating for Halloween! These blocks were so fun and easy to make! I can't wait to put them up for Halloween!

When deciding how to decorate these blocks, I knew I had to incorporate glitter...what is Halloween without a little glitter?! I also thought it would be fun to add some black feathers! So that's how I came up with these Boo! Blocks! I hope you like them!

Tutorial:

Supplies Needed

4 Wood Blocks in different sizes

Black Paint

Mod Podge

3 Coordinating pieces of paper. I used a black with white glitter, orange, and purple

1 piece of black card-stock

Purple Glitter

Black Feathers

Ribbon (I used purple, black, and orange)

Buttons

Hot Glue

Step 1: sand your blocks (if needed)

Step 2: Paint blocks black

Step 3: Cut out pieces of coordinating scrapbook paper. I used the black and white for the base of my blocks. I then layered with orange, purple, and the black cardstock.

Step 4: Glitter the edges of your black cardstock

Step 5: Cut out your BOO! Letters and pumpkins. For the letters I used the cricut cartridge Jubilee and for the pumpkins I used Stretch Your Imagination

Step 6: Mod podge your base piece of paper to each block.

Step 7: Continue to mod podge your layers of paper

Step 8: Mod podge your letters last

Step 9: Embellish! I embellished each letter with ribbons, feathers, and buttons. I also hot glued the pumpkins on two of the blocks.

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Patriotic Star Frame

I grew up in a home where my mom decorated the house for each holiday. I always loved to help her get out the decorations and find places for them each year. Now that I have my own home to decorate, I try to decorate for every holiday just like my mom did when i was growing up.

My collection is still very small and every year I try to add something to each of my holiday collections! It can get expensive if you just buy things that are already made, so that is why I try really hard to make things that are cute but really inexpensive! And this brings me to my next craft project!

This project is so easy! It only took me about an hour! It would have taken less if I didn't have to watch paint dry! :) (i hate watching paint dry!)

This seriously is the perfect patriotic project! It was so easy and it is small enough it could go just about anywhere and make your house look so cute and festive! This would also be a great project for your kids to help you with!

Supplies Needed:

1 Wood frame (4 x 6)

Paint

Rub n' buff

Coordinating scrapbook paper

hot glue

mod podge

Here is the tutorial!

Step 1: Paint your frame. I used a dark blue paint and then I went over it with some Rub n' Buff and then sanded it to make it look older.

Step 2: Cut out your main piece of paper to fit to the size of your frame and then mod podge the paper onto the cardboard.

Step 3: Cut out 2 stars that can be layered on one another.

Step 4: Use a piece of ribbon or decorative tape and glue to the middle of your main piece of paper.

Step 5: Mod Podge your stars onto the paper

Step 6: Cut out your letters that say USA or anything else you like! Then mod podge them on your frame.

Step 7: hot glue a couple of buttons on your frame and embellish with anything else you like!

And you're done!

See how easy that was!! This project only cost me a dollar! I bought the frame at Michael's a long time ago and it cost me a buck! I had all of the other supplies on hand! I love how it turned out and it looks really festive! You could definitely make this project your own by adding different embellishments! I hope you like it! :)