While I've been MIA from the blogging world, I have been keeping myself busy with several projects both big and small. Redoing our master bedroom would be one of the bigger ones but I thought I would share a few of the smaller ones today.
I had a great find recently at our local Dollar Tree of small glass jars. I knew they would be perfect both for my crafting purposes but also for some of the homemade Christmas gifts I will be doing so I bought the entire lot of them. For my craft storage, I painted the lids with chalkboard paint and now they are holding supplies like buttons, pom poms and googly eyes.
I also used Mod Podge and some adorable gray chevron scrapbook paper to cover my light switch and plug plates.
And finally, I took three 12x12 canvases from Michaels and covered them with fabric. Two canvases are covered in a black chevron and then I painted wooden letters to glue in the center and the third canvas is a print (tactfully called "busy" by my mother-in-law heh).
Stay tuned, I have a ton of projects in mind for the near future!
One of the many (many, many, many) blessings of being able to stay at home is the time I have had to devote to hobbies such as baking, cooking, and crafting. My bestie calls me Betty C2 (Betty Crocker Cooking & Crafting) but she's just jealous of the time I have to do those things...as well as of my new craft desk but more on that later. Anyway, a few weeks ago, my best friend & I got together with our daughters for an afternoon of crafting.
Our first project was some wall art with the girl's initials:
This one was super easy, even for a crafting novice like myself. We simply used a 12x12 piece of MDF from Hobby Lobby & mod podged some scrapbook paper on it. Then the girls painted their wooden initial and I used a hot glue gun to attach that and the little black flower embellishment. This one belongs to my daughter, Annika.
And this one is Ali's (my besties kiddo):
After that, we made some flower headbands for the girls following these instructions:
The headbands were super easy, if a bit time consuming, to make. The girls love them.
All in all, it was a fun afternoon and we've already got a slumber party craft night planned for later this month. I love the fact that this gives me something to do with my daughter so that we can continue to build a strong and loving relationship.
