Thrifty Fun

I came across this beauty at the thrift store a couple of weeks ago. It is gorgeous chalk board surrounded by red beadboard. It was marked down to $2 because she was missing a hook. I did not see a broken hook but some amazing potential. Who could pass up an adorable chalkboard like this broken hook or not?!

I was going to paint her but the red is so vibrant and beautiful that I decided to leave it alone. I moved the hooks around so they were on either end of the board and placed a cute fabric flower in the middle. Then I go out my cricut and cut out the words and decorations for the top. I now have a gorgeous Menu board for my kitchen. Maybe this will put an end to the "What's for dinner?" I hear everyday!

A Spring Vase

The weather here has been very odd lately. It will be warm and sunny for a few days only to be overcast, rainy and chilly for the next few days. It does this over and over again and I am starting to get very confused! Every time I think spring is here it gets chilly again. I am so excited for spring and sunny weather! I decided to do a little spring craft to cheer me up on one of those chilly rainy days.

Twine Flower Vase

You Need:
Vase or Jar (looks don't matter as you are covering it)
twine
cute ribbon
lots of glue and glue gun

I was able to score my cute glass vase from the thrift store for a dollar. When I bought it I had no idea what I would do with until I came across some twine in my craft supplies!

The first thing you want to do is make you ribbon rose buds. (there is a tutorial on this post if you would like to know how to make them) I made 3 rose buds for my vase but you can make as many or as few as you would like. Set your roses aside and grab your twine and get started wrapping your vase. I started at the bottom and used big dabs of glue every now and then. If you would like a tightly wrapped vase just push your twine down as you go to keep it as tight as possible. Once you get a few lines of twine on the vase you will get into a rhythm of sorts and it will go much faster after that. Depending on the size of your vase you could be at this awhile. It took me about 30 minutes to wrap my vase but I was interrupted a few times. After you vase is wrapped add your rose buds and secure with a few dabs of hot glue. I placed my on the vase so they would cover a few overly glued places on the vase.
Place some beautiful flowers in your vase and step back and enjoy your beautiful vase!

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A New Wreath

I have had this project in the back of my head ever since I saw this beautiful wreath on Tatertots and Jello.

Click on the picture for the tutorial

Isn't it just gorgeous? She does some amazing things with burlap. I was super impressed by some of her earlier projects so I tried to find some burlap to re-create them. Sadly I couldn't find any one the island. If you live here and have seen it somewhere please tell me!
So when I decided to make the wreath I had to come up with something that would work like burlap. Of course I dug through that pile of clothes that was headed to the thrift store and found a pair of jeans Bella had outgrown along with a pair of pants I was never going to wear. I knew if I made it out of denim it would drive my husband nuts! It is an ongoing joke with us. For some reason he thinks I am obsessed with things made out of denim. I am not sure how it started but I find it funny so I buy and make things out of denim just to drive him nuts!
I put this together the day after Delilah passed away. It was nice to take my mind off of things. The bad part is that I was so focused on it that I didn't snap one in progress picture. So all you get is the end result

Please ignore the dirty door!

I think it turned out adorable. I still need to come up with a bow or something for the bare spot at the top. I need to find some twine or ribbon for it.
Brandon hates it. In fact he told me not to post it unless I wanted to lose all of my followers. I just laughed and hung it up anyway!