FHE Board

I finally got around to completing my FHE Board...and now I'm finally getting around to posting it!

I found a magnetic board at Hobby Lobby while visiting my mom in Kansas. It originally had a saying on it, but I snatched it up on clearance.

To decorate, I just used scrapbook paper, modge podge, and some wooden ovals and circles. The names I modge podged scrapbook paper and stickers onto a wooden circle, then put a magnet on the back.

For the finishing touches I glued magnets on the back of the board so it could hang on the fridge. I like that the finished project isn't too big (12" x 8") - leaves room on my fridge for other things!

Valentine Decor

I found these frames in my craft room and used my Cricut to cut out hearts and Love. Then I just put them in how I liked it and put it up in my house!

I did the same with this frame. Plus I found this cute red pot at Savers and put these flowers in it and used vinyl to put the XOXO on it.

The New Headboard

The old Headboard. I wish i would've taken a picture of this with the bed made, oh well.The new Headboard. The full red squares have the fabric turned down on it to add a little dimension. You just can't see it in this picture.

Linen Shelf Cover

In my new apartment I have no linen closet. The only place I had to put my towels, sheets, and TP was a plastic shelving unit I got from Lowe's that I put in our guest bathroom. Well it looked terrible and I wanted to cover it up. I used Make it and Love it's tissue box cover Tutorial found HERE. I just made it to the dimensions of the shelf. Then I added ribbon on the top and had two pieces for the front and added two buttons with flowers so it would stay closed and look pretty!

So far it's worked great!

Fixing the Curtains

We bought some curtains for our front room, but they weren't quite long enough. If we would've bought the longer size they would've been way too big. So I decided to just add a little extra to them to make it work better.

I bought satin binding from JoAnn's. There weren't any that matched, so I found the one that would work best with all my room colors.I flipped the binding inside out and sewed the edges together.

Once that was done I turned it the right side out sewed along the edges to help it lay flat. This type of material frays real easy, so I took a lighter and burned the edges so I wouldn't have to worry about that.

I made them all into a loop so I wouldn't have to worry about the loops coming apart when I sewed them on to the curtains.

Then I sewed them on to my sheer curtains and hung them up! They work much better then what I had before, and now they don't look like they're preparing for a flood!

A little Something Extra

When we hung our pictures up after we moved I decided to make them big collages. When I put this wall up I got it to look good on the floor, but on the wall it looked off balance to me. It has bugged me ever since (for about 7 weeks now).Finally I figured out a way to fix it. We don't have a ton of money so I used resources from my own home. I got my Cricut out, used my Home Essentials cartridge and made my own "fake vinyl" lettering! Unless you're looking really close you can't tell that it's scrapbook paper. I used white paper and cut out modern shapes using the same cartridge and first glued the lettering on that, then taped the whole thing onto the wall.

I really like how this turned out as well!

Front Door Decor

I've been trying to find something for our front door for a while now. I like the letter thing, and the wreath thing but I didn't know how to combine them. So I decided to just do the letter thing.

I found one of these wood letters at Hobby Lobby. I painted the edges first, then ModPodged scrapbook paper to it. (The letter is still wet, that's why it's lumpy. I promise it looked better when it dried!) After it dried I hot glued ribbon where the different papers touched, and also a daisy on the side.After my letter was done I hung it up on my door and hated it. It was too plain. So I went back to Hobby Lobby and found one of these "sun" wreaths and tied my letter onto it with hemp rope.

I really like how it turned out! Perfect for me!

Wall Decor

Our apartment has really high walls (which I love), and I had an empty spot right above our TV that I didn't exactly want to hang pictures on. I saw something that Make it and Love it did and decide to copy her idea. I didn't follow exactly what she had done, I just made up something that I thought would work for me.

I went and bought 3 foam board's from Hobby Lobby. I used an exacto knife and cut the boards to 19". With the rest of the board I cut it into three strips (I didn't measure them very good at all cause I didn't think it would matter but it did when I went to hang them on the wall. So if you do something like this make sure to measure it and make it straight so it will hang evenly.) I super-glued the strips to the board. Oh and just to let you know the reason I did the strips of foam board on the back was because I was nailing the fabric on, and with just a single board the nails would go all the way through.

Then I cut the fabric to the size of the board with an added 2" on each side.

Then I took my staple gun (that my Dad gave me as a going away present!) and put one staple in the middle on all four sides. Then you go through and closely staple the fabric on pulling it as evenly as possible. You want to make sure the staples are close or else the fabric pulls unevenly and it looks dumb. (Trust me, I did that on my first project).

Here is my finished project! I really like how it turned out! The middle one I screwed up on (I cut the fabric the wrong size), but I had to make it work. Hopefully it looks alright.

A cheap Decoration

I had a little date jar that I made for Brian a few Christmases ago. Well I am making a new one so I decided to use this jar for a bathroom decoration. I took some brown scrap material I had and ripped it up into strips and shoved it into the jar.Then I used some cute ribbon and tied it around the top of the jar. It's small, and I just might add something to that corner but I don't know what that might be. But this is a start! Oh, and I don't know how I did it, but I tied the nicest bow I've ever made in my life!

Pillows for my new Bed Set

I decided to make these pillow slip covers for my new comforter that we bought. Make it and Love it has a great tutorial for slip covers HERE. I made most of the pillows with that tutorial. But I really wanted a cylinder pillow and so I kind of used the idea of that tutorial, but kind of changed it up.

The first thing I did was cut a piece of fabric the width of the pillow and then I measured all the way around the pillow and added about 5". Then I sewed about an inch down on both ends of the longest sides. For the rounded ends I found a bowl that was the size of the pillow and cut out a different fabric out.Then i just pinned the edges on and sewed all the way around and overlapped the end. (I hope that made sense.)

This shows the overlapped end.

This shows the finished edge.

And then the finished pillow!!

Here's the next pillow that I did. Make it and Love it also has THIS tutorial for making pleats. I loved how this turned out! I wasn't very happy that I did it with white cause it just didn't pop like I wanted it to. So I added the flowers and pieces of fabric to it. I also added buttons to the middle of each flower, but I did that after I took the picture.

This is the back of the pillow above. On each pillow I added button holes and buttons so they would fit more snug and lay more evenly. I liked how that turned out better.

The brown pillow in the middle I made with a regular slip cover tutorial and then I added THESE yo-yo's with buttons in the middle.

I really love how it turned out! I love my new bedding! Now I can't wait to make curtains and add other little things to made our room a little getaway!

Rose Shadow Box

So I saw this idea on The Crafting Chicks blog. I loved it because Brian has given me roses that I've had for a long time and it has become too much having to move them. This is a great way to show them off and a way easier way to move them, since we'll be moving 700 miles in a couple months. Anyways, I bought a shadow box and some cute fabric. I took the shadow box apart and used some spray adhesive to glue the fabric onto the back of the box. This is my first time using spray adhesive and I loved it. It worked so great!

Then I cut the rose heads off the stems and set them aside. Once I finished cutting them I hot glued them in a heart shape onto the back.

This was a super easy project and it turned out great. Without all the stems and leaves it doesn't look like there are very many flowers. But I loved this project and can't wait to hang it up in my new house!!

Halloween Apothecary!!!

I saw this idea on the Idea Room and loved it, so I started my own. The labels came from The Love Manor. I have one more bottle I need to add and some spider webs, but I thought it was a good start! Fun addition to my other Halloween decor!

EEEEEKKKKKK!!!!!

I made this cute Eek at a Super Saturday activity. Happy Halloween!

Magnet and Dry Erase Board

I saw this idea on the Blog Make it and Love it! I LOVE that blog, it has been one of my very favorites! The address is makeitandloveit.blogspot.com in case you want to go over there and see what other fun things she has made!

Anyways, I went to Ben Franklin and got a 12X36 frame. I also got a 12X12 magnetic sheet, and used the same material I used for my headboard. (I absolutely love that material and have been using it for all sorts of projects!)

First I took the cardboard piece behind the frame and covered most of it with fabric. I was pretty lazy and just duct taped it on the back. Most people hot glue it on the back. I didn't do the whole thing because I knew I was going to put the magnetic sheet over that end.
Then I put the magnetic sheet in the frame first followed by the full glass piece then the cardboard covered with the fabric. And it was all done! I love it. The only thing was the fabric I used was very busy so it's kind of hard to see the writing. So we had to get a really thick dark dry erase marker. But if you don't want to find a special marker, just use a less busy and bright fabric.

I also wanted to spice it up just a little bit so I made fabric yo-yo's. There is a great tutorial here on how to make these.

Now we have something that we can keep notes of things we need to remember, things we need to buy, and things we need to save up for. Plus I just think it looks cute! Enjoy!