[Ideas] Happy St. Patrick's Day

What will you be doing for St. Patrick's Day?

Every March 17, a little green will be seen almost everywhere you look.  I decided to look up some cute ideas to try this year and I found 5 very simple, very cute projects to try. 

1. Martha Stewart's Clip Art and Templates for Saint Patrick's Day
2. It's What It Is's You're My Pot Of Gold Gift
3. Love Sweet Love's St. Patrick's Day Wreath 
4. Bakerlla's Shamrock Pop Cakes
5. The Dating Diva's Scavenger Hunt 

I think #5 will be a great idea for toddler and husband.  Looks like there is going to be a little bit of magic around our house.

Take care!

 

[DIY] Decorative Wall Art

I have a skinny hall in my home.  On one side there is a large painting that was given to my family from my wonderful brother-in-law and sister-in-law and on the other side... blank.

I have seen a few DIY wall hangings on Pinterest and this led me to Becoming Martha and Spunky Junky.  They each have two great tutorials using old shoebox lids and painting canvases.  I did not have either, but I did have these old pieces of Christmas presents left over.  What a great way to upcycle some old cardboard and scrapbook paper, fabric, paint... lying around your house. 

[Theirs: Becoming Martha | Mine: You Can Pinterest]

[DIY]  Decorative Wall Art

Difficulty:

• Easy

Time:

• 15 minutes to 30 minutes

Supplies:

• Box lids, canvas or any leftover cardboard pieces
• Scrapbook paper
• Glue stick
• Scissors 

Steps:

• Begin by measuring (or eyeballing) the paper over the cardboard.
• Add glue to the base of the cardboard.  A glue stick works best because it does not leave large blobs of glue behind.  

• Once you have the paper glued to the base, turn it over and cut out the corners to make it easy to fold over the edges.

 

• Simply glue the sides :)
• Now you have easy wall art to decorate any space in your home!

 

I apologize for the coloring of the photos.  My hall is skinny and there is absolutely zero natural light. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

[DIY] Yarn Vases

My kitchen/dining room bar needs something... but what?

I went on a Pinterest search for some simple do-it-yourself [DIY] ideas and I came across Yarn Vases.  After a few clicks I found Designs by Vanessa & A Simple Kind of Life have two great DIY tutorials. 

Myfriend came over (and she is crafty) so I put her to work on our first yarn vase.  Here is our journey with yarn, hot glue and a bottle.

[Theirs: Designs by Vanessa | Mine: You Can Pinterest]

[Recipe] Yarn Vase

Difficulty:

• Easy 

Time:

• 15 to 30 minutes [based on size of bottle and optional embellishments]

Supplies:

• Yarn
• Bottle
• Hot glue gun & glue

Steps:

• Start by placing a small strip of glue along the bottom base of the bottle.
• Place the yarn over the glue and begin wrapping the yarn around the bottle.

• After a few wraps (2-3 to begin, then 4-6 after you feel comfortable) push the yarn to create a tight, close coil.

• Since our bottle has writing, we wanted the yarn to be very tight, but depending on your bottle and style, you could leave the coils looser.  It's simply your preference. 

• If you choose to make the coils tight, you won't need additional glue until you reach the portion of the bottle that changes size.  Near the neck of the bottle you may need a small strip of glue every few wraps to keep the yarn in position.  (Trust us, this took a few tries without glue before we noticed it gaps and strange over-lapping...)

• Once you get to the top of the bottle, it is your choice to decide if you would like to place yarn around the top of the bottle.  Which ever way you choose, make sure you add glue to secure the yarn.   

• After our first [white] yarn vase, we decided to be a little bit more adventurous.  We made a bi-colored vase and added swirl flowers.  The ideas are limitless.  If you make some with with embellishments, please share what you did!  We would love to hear about them!

As always, thank you for stopping by!

[DIY] Bow Holder

I have a little girl.  She was born with a full head of hair.  The old wives' tale about heartburn and a newborn with hair was proven true for this mommy.  I never had heartburn before my pregnancy and towards the end of my second trimester into my third, Hello Heartburn.  Boy (or girl...) was I poppin' Tums.  

When my daughter was born, I did not go bow crazy.  It wasn't until about one month old I decided to add a nice alligator clip bow into her hair.

Now I never got into over the top bows, but after a few months, the bows became and essential part of my daughter's life to keep the hair out of her eyes.  A year and a half later, I was losing bows all over the place.  It was time to make a Bow Holder of my own.

[Left: Little Birdie Secrets | Right: You Can Pinterest]

I have seen many bow holders on Pinterest.  Some of my favorites have included:

Little Birdie Secrets: Bow Holder

Make It and Love It: Bow Holder

Baby Making Machine's Blog

 [DIY] Bow Holder

Difficulty:

• Easy 

Time:

• 15 to 30 minutes

Supplies:

• A picture frame [This was an old frame from my Grandmother]
• Scrapbook paper [I used 2 - 12"x12" sheets]
• Glue Stick
• Ribbon [I used the backside of a ribbon I had since I did not like the design]
• Hot Glue Gun & Glue

 

 Steps:

• Glue your scrapbook paper on to a piece of cardboard.  Make sure to line up the design the best you can.  Don't worry about if it is uneven, you can cover it with ribbon later.  The key is to leave paper along the edges to fold over.

 

• Fold the paper over.  Make a cut where the end of the cardboard is for each corner.

• You will have 4 corners cut out around the cardboard like so...

• Fold up the sides and glue with your glue stick.  You can use your hot glue gun if you'd like.

• Using your hot glue gun, glue ribbon strips on to your base.  Remember to cover the section where you aligned the design together with ribbon. (You can see where the longer ribbon is aligned with the start of the second page of scrapbook paper).
 

• Now add your base to your frame.  Volla!  You have your own bow holder!  You may decorate it accordingly or leave it as you wish.

Thank you for stopping by!  As always, comments and questions are greatly appreciated.