I made it and Love it!

I absolutely love the website make it and love it, as you can see by just looking at my side bar. a few weeks ago she did a great storage box idea for her craft room. I loved it. So when I woke up to snow on the ground today and decided I was spending another day inside I new I had to keep busy and this is what I came up with it is a little bit a variation of what she did (mine did not turn out as cute but I don't care).

(Don't mind my shelf it is a project for summer time, I just have to talk the hubby into moving them into the garage so I can paint)

This was my problem do you see all of these Cd's that nobody uses anymore but my husband the pack rat cant throw them out and I have to say still buys some once in a while, all they do is sit there and I have no idea what to do with them. I did know that I don't want to look at them anymore.

A few weeks ago we bought a new TV and the box has just been sitting in our garage ahhhh!

I took a 12"x12" paper and marked where I wanted to cut I then took my trusty box cutter and went to town. after which all I did was modge pogde on some paper and paint the boxes black I then just hot glued them to make the shape I wanted and...

Walla!

Picture frame

Our friends just had a baby so i made a bright fun little picture frame. I started by buying an unfinished picture frame(2.50) from the craft store and a piece of bright paper(0.72) and a baggy of rihnstones(1.50) I started by tracing the frame and cutting out my paper. I put a layer of modge podge on the frame and stuck my paper on and smoothed out all the air bubbles and let it dry. While the first coat dried I went into all of my scrap paper and found bright colors. I used my cricut to cut out letters for her name and i did the shadows to make it pop a little. i used my little scrapbooking xyron sticker maker to stick the letters together. i stuck them on the frame how i liked and modge podged over the entire frame. when it was dry i took a q-tip and dabbed a little modge podge on the frame and stuck my rhinestones on. I also tied a piece of ribbon i had around it and stuck it down with a little modge podge.

it took about 1 1/2 hours to make mostly for everything to dry and it cost about $5.00. When i am looking for embelishments like buttons, rhinestones, ribbon,ect i venture away from the scrapbooking section and into sewing and jewlery and where ever else. I can find what i need and it usually costs half as much.

wooden sign

I made this sign for one of my husbands friends that was getting married. We are poor graduate students with a baby on the way so finding ways to cut costs is key. I just bought an unfinshed wood sign(4.98) from the craft store and put a wood sealer(2.00) over the top and let it dry. next i put a very thin layer of black paint(i used paint i already had) over the sign it was just a real sloppy coat. next i put an even coat of crackle finish(3.48) over the black paint and let it dry just until it was tacky. When the crackle was still tacky i put a coat of cream paint(i used paint i already had) over the the top and as it dried the crackling effect starts to happen. when it was completly dry i put another coat of sealer over the entire thing to keep it from chipping while that was drying i got out my cricut and just cut out the couples last name and the date they were married out of vinyl(used black vinyl i already had) and stuck them on and i was done. the entire project from start to finish was abut 2 hours and it cost about $11.00. You can use spray crackle and spray sealer it cost a little more but would be easier. When i am buying a neutral paint color i usually buy it in a larger bottle becasue chances are i am going to be using that color again. is save a little bit of money and thats one less trip to the store.

Shamrock

The other day I was looking through one of my favorite blogs and I came across a no sew wreath made out of fabric. I thought that the wreath was a great idea however I wanted something for my wall to celebrate St. Patricks Day which we love at our house. So instead of using a round pattern I printed off a shamrock pattern from the Internet and made that instead this was a great project it only took a few hours for me to complete.



I went to my moms and raided her scrap fabric because I don't have very much in green I found the colors I wanted and cut them out. I also found some matching ribbon to attach to the back of my frame.

I also went through my old boxes and found a frame I liked instead of purchasing a new one. The frame I found was red and I did not like that look so I simply painted it black and took out the glass.

Here you can see that I have just folded over and glued the material. If you want to make one of your own let me know and I will tell you where to find the tutorial.

New camera

Since my camera broke on Christmas day, and I have been too poor to buy a new one, my side of the blog has really suffered. Rach has been way too sick to update as well so we are sorry. However, thanks to my tax refund I have a new camera woooooooo. I hope that more posts will come with in the week.

picture frame

ok so this was another vinyl project. I kept seeing these cute frames at hobby lobby with just letters and I wanted one and I was convinced I could make one for less than 8 dollars and well I did. So I just cut out a C as big as my little cricut would let me but i suppose it depends on what size of frame you use mine is and 8.5/11 and i just got it at the dollar store so that brings my total so far to 1.07 next I cut out christensen and i just practiced on paper until i got it to fit . my last name is really long so the letters are pretty small. Then I jsut cut out a few flowers. Next I removed the glass and put the letters on. After that I threw the cardboard backing to the picture frame away and stuck the glass in the frame with heavy duty glue dots that I already had. I bought a half yard of fancy black ribbon .62. I already had the vinyl it only took a scrap. So that brings my total to 1.69. Not too bad.Ii have not put the ribbon on to hang it yet because I need my husbands help I am not very good at making things even.

canisters

For this I feel like i cheated and did not do anything but they were so easy and I think they turned out really cute. All i did was get clear glass canisters they don't need to be clear that just what I found. I got mine at ikea for really cheap. so I just cut out the words flour oats, sugar and brown sugar with black vinyl then cut out some flours and I adjusted the size of the font and flowers to be in proportion with the size of the canister. I just stuck them on filled them up and put them on my counter. I think they turned out really cute.