Friday, July 15, 2011

Oh the Summer Blues..

There is nothing better than crafts to occupy your free time, especially when you aren't working enough and your boyfriends out of town! haha this vase combo is something I made one day to fill the "bland" space above my AC unit. It needed a little pizzazz so I gave it some! Unfortunately I did not take pictures of the vase making process, but you can see the picture and there are detailed instructions below!



supplies needed
*note before buying your supplies pick a co-ordinated color scheme that you simply love!!*
- thin piece of wood around 18" long (home depot for $1.54)
- 1 can of spray paint in your desired color
- 1 roll of thin satin ribbon (Michael's for $2)
- 6 glass bottles (I bought a 6 pack of root beer from the grocery store and saved the bottles)
- 6 different types of fake flowers in co-ordinating color scheme
- paint of desired color for bottom wood piece
- hot glue gun and glue sticks
- painting sheet 

  1.  First things first make sure your bottles are washed and the sticky stuff on the outside from the labels is all gone. My boyfriend taught me a wonderful trick - use acetone nail polish remover on a cotton ball to rub off all the stickiness.
  2. Spray paint the glass bottles your desired color - keep in mind that if you spray too close you will have runs on the bottles, and they will not look as good (I made this mistake) then let dry and re-coat until desired color.
  3. Paint the piece of wood a neutral color such as black, brown, tan, or even a wood stain would do. (I used a black paint I already had in my craft supplies.) let dry.
  4. Take your ribbon and cut pieces the desired length of your bows. Mine were about 9". Then proceed to tie them around the rim of the bottles using the lip from the bottle caps as a guide. I tied 2 nots to make sure the bows sat the way I wanted.
  5. Next place the bottles on the wood piece with proper spacing and hot glue gun the bottom of the bottles to the wood. Be sure to get the hot glue not only in the center (which won't touch the wood very well) but along the edges of the bottle,this will help secure them the best.
  6. last step!! simply arrange your flowers in the pattern you would like! Voila! You're done!

HAPPY CRAFTING!!!



Thursday, July 7, 2011

Necklace holder Tutorial

I'm a jewelry girl. I have tons of earings, necklaces, broaches, everything! and the top of my dresser was getting way out of hand. I had piles of necklaces! I couldnt find anything, and the necklaces were all tangled -  so i decided to come up with a solution and make a hanging necklace holder. Here's my How-to (and it's my very first one!) so I hope you like it!

supplies needed
- Thin wood piece about 18" long (Home Depot for $1.54)
- Paint of desired color
- Command strip hooks
- Hot glue Gun
- desired embellishments
- ribbon (or twine)


First start with your board and paint it in your desired Color (or colors)

I added some edge trimming for decoration. Personalize this in any way you want! even create a funky desisgn!

I decided to put a phrase at the top so I first penciled it in to make sure I had the desired look before painting

Then attach your command strip hooks using hot clue (not the command strips, those look tacky and wont hold as well) i chose to use five, however, you can make your necklace holder as small or large as desired.

i then decorated with a few bumblebee 3D stickers and yarn pom-poms.

attach ribbon on each end (with Hot Glue) to create your hanging device (you may also use twine or wire depending ont he look you are going for)

then you're done! find a place on your wall, hang it up, then put your necklaces on it!


Well that's that! I hope this is helpful! Happy Crafting!

More Pictures..

this was the first painting i ever did



this Quote is from my boyfriend when we were apart. He's amazing. 

abstract unicorn

couple silhouette

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Wow - this is different. (exscuse the mess)

This is my very first blog and I have no idea what Im doing! haha I have seen so many cute blogs and i just want mine like theres! - seems impossible. I have crafts and painting Ive already done that I would like to share to jsut give you an idea of my style a little bit. I hope you enjoy! and I hope to have this blog up and running and beautiful soon!
decorative silhouette plates

wall decor for my apartment

owl painting