New Throw Pillow Covers.

I am in love with whole mix match throw pillow idea but on a budget I didn't want to spend a lot of money throw pillows when, I already some from my previous bedroom outfit. 


Something I have been doing a lot lately is paying more attention to the clearance racks..... Especially at Target!! Not that my Target shopping weren't long enough already. Something I scooped up a pretty king size pillow sham. Originally 29.99??? Sorry but a 30 dollar sham? Any ways it was on sale for like 12 something and an additional something else off and ended up being like 7 dollars :] For the length of fabric I am getting, that is a steal of price!! 

There goes my beauty :]

Vintage Shabby Shelf

I had my mind set to go to Michaels all day yesterday, even planned out my shopping event by searching online for any deals or specials going on. I came across a 40 % off one purchase and a "bonus coupon." I darted to my closest to get out my printer.. and printed those coupons out with no hesitation lol.

After a hour spent browsing, one cranky Toddler and an impatient Husband I knew my "quiet time" was up and I headed to the cash register with all my new items. :] 

Here is all that I got

all minus the jar, shelf and tea light votive's. I purchased all these things for the great value of 24 dollars! gotta love them coupons. O yes plus Mod Podge and Crackle Medium.

Spa Day at Home (Birthday Present for my Mom)

So my Mom's Birthday is on St.Patrick's Day, how cool right? Well, as a present for her I originally wanted to get her a gift card but I wanted to get her something more personal, so what's better than a spa day?? I thought it would be fun to provide her the right essentials for a Spa Day at home! 

Here is the "Spa Day Kit"

Sugar Lip Scrub

Having dry lips isn't fun. What causes dry lips?

• You could be using a lip balm/lipstick with drying agents... what to look for. An ingredient used in the product to give scent/flavor called.. Cinnamates. 
• Biting or licking your lips. 
• Not drinking enough water. Which causes your skin/lips to stay hydrated. 
• Your tooth paste. Believe or not if you get chronic dry lips this may be the culprit! 
• Sun/Wind damage.

Be sure to apply a good lip moisturizer. After searching the web here are some of the best I came across.

Burt's Bees Original Lip Balm

The  Body Shop Shea Lip Care 

Kiss My Face Organic Lip

Carmex Mint  Lip Balm

DIY Nail Polish Holder!

Items I used were-     

• A black floating shelf (I had this laying around and wanted to make new use out of it) 
• Cheetah print Duct Tape square. (found it on sale at Target for like 99cents!)
• Scotch Velcro strips 
• Saw tooth hangers 

So first I took the Saw tooth hanger and nailed it into the back of the shelf

 

then take the Duct Tape and carefully apply it to the shelf. Be sure to smooth it as you lay it out to prevent a bubble to form underneath. 

After applying cut off the excess Duct Tape  

Repeat the same process on the next one. I left a gap in between mine to add a black and cheetah stripe in the middle. 

Once your done with the shelf take the Velcro strip and stick one side on the nail-polish, and the "backing" on the shelf. I cut my Velcro strips in half to get more uses out of them. 

Almost finished...

Now either have it set up on your vanity or hang it up on your wall! :]

(I gave the adhesive on the back the of the velco strips time to secure before hanging up the shelf)

DIY Brother Wall Art!

So recently I came across this wonderful quote by Marc Brown that stated "Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero"  I instantly fell in love and wanted to incorporate this into the boy's room in some sort of way!

So I decided to print it out and frame it! 

1. I started with a plain black picture frame from the dollar store. 
2. Then I got out my white paint (I had left over from a previous project) and a paint brush. The paint is just a sample size jar I picked up at Lowes in a white latex color. 

Then I started painting. If you like the "vintage" look don't worry about get too fancy with the paint job! 

don't forget to paint the sides both inside and out!

While the paint was still wet I took birthday streamer (you could even use a paper towel or coffee filter I just had the streamer closer at hand!) and brushed it across the paint to give it a streaky look providing the original color of the frame to peek through.

While waiting for the paint to try I hoped onto Microsoft Works, Word Processor and typed the quote in the size,style and color of font I thought would look best in my boys room! (The font size I choose according to frame size) Before you print make sure you do a print preview to make sure the quote is evenly placed on the "paper." 

I printed out two. One to stain and the other to use a "model" for the frame decorating as the other one was drying. 

I then took a baking sheet and placed the paper inside. After that I poured coffee onto the paper enough to cover it completely. In the picture to right that is what the finished look, looks like before dried. 

While the paper was drying I took the baking of the picture frame and measured a ribbon to  right length I wanted and cut the access. After that hot glue the ribbon in place. 

I took an extra ribbon and just tied a bow in the center of the larger one. 

For added touches to the frame I lined ribbon in areas I wanted to place it hot glued them  on and then cut the extra ribbon away. 

After the paper dried I placed the backing of the frame on top of it and traced around it. Then I cut the extra paper away.

And here is the final look :]

 

Bedroom makeover

Since getting a new size bed, I have been inspired to change the looks up of our bedroom. With the help of the web,  finding some great idea's and giving them a twist of my own has been making my re-do cheap and easy!


I am very excited about these little numbers right here-

After an all day event and a couple of blistered fingers (from the hot glue gun) my DIY project was completed! :] Trust me all that dedication makes up for the price of similar looking decor sold at any store! Any ways the ball to the far right is just a styrofoam ball with twine (from the dollar store) wrapped around it. As an added touch later on down the line I hot glued a "skeleton key" to the middle of it. The ball in the middle is a styrofoam ball as well with paper rosette hot glued to them. 

Tissue Rosette Ball

(Clicking that link will send you to a tutorial on how to make the roses)

The ball to the right I soaked twine in even parts of glue (regular craft glue) and water and wrapped around a balloon. When the twine was completely dried I simply cut the end of the balloon and pulled it out. and wa-la lol! 

And this is what it looks like all together! 

On to my next beauty I would like to share is my shelf-

 This shelf started out with a zebra print tin covering over it. My original plan was to paint over it and distress the finish but, the tin plate was hard to work with. So, I crossed my fingers and prayed something good will come out of prying the tin cover off.... well I couldn't be happier with that decision. It was nice un-touched wood. I diluted black paint  to almost work as a stain and painted the shelf then went back through while the paint was still wet and dabbed it with a paper towel to give a sort of "beat up" look. :] 

And the tea light votives are as well another crafty project of mine. I just hot glued twine to it and twisted it around from top to bottom. As a finishing touch, I fabric painted some twine black tied it around the votive and hot glued on some "skeleton key" charms. 

And the finishing touch, toilet paper roll flowers!