Hair clip organizer!

Okay, we have way to many hair clips around here (somehow I find myself wanting more ;)) So I had to come up with a place for all of them! I started with a foam poster board from walmart.

 I covered it in some fabric I had laying around!

 I just hot glued it on the back around the edges!

 I tacked it down with a stapler too, but the hot glue seemed to be holding just fine by itself.

 Then I ran some ribbon vertically, only gluing it down on the very back (don't glue it down on the front, or you won't be able to clip your clip to it! I glued some ribbon horizontally across the top and bottom for looks, and to make it extra secure. I made a loop at the top to hang it from.

 I has a LOT of polka dots! It could have been cuter, but I just used stuff I had laying around, so I didn't have many options!

And here it is with all her clips fastened to it! You can hang it from a hook on the back of your bathroom door or closet! :)

{Jacey's} Earring Organizer!

I have been needing a way to display/organize my earrings for awhile now!

This is what ive been working with....

3 drawers of this! What a complete NIGHTMARE to try and find a match!

I found some on pinterest i liked, but a lot of them i saw didnt have a holder for studs AND dangly earrings. They were either one or the other, So i just put both into one.

I bought an 11x14 open back frame from hobby lobby ($15)

Picked out some fabric, and got some foam.

I already had some chicken wire from past projects, 

and then just found a piece of scrap wood and got out the staple gun!

i measured out the foam and board to the size i wanted. 

layed the foam on top of the board and wrapped the fabric very tightly around both pieces.

(sorry i forgot to photograph this part!)

i then stapled the chicken wire to the back as well.

i also added some hot glue to the back of the chicken wire part just for reinforcement. 

And here she is!!

BIG Teapot tutorial!

As promised, here is the tutorial for the large teapot seen at my daughter's 7th birthday party!

I bought one of these ugly plastic teapots (used to hold disney princess tea cups and plates, etc...) It was $1 at DI, it had no lid so I bought one at DI for 50 cents that fit on top! You could stop there with the lid.....but I couldn't! Next I spray painted my teapot pink, took the knob off the lid, and sprayed it as well. I had the ceiling pieces to the chandelier sitting in my garage, so I of course had to paint the gold metal part aqua, hooked it onto the pink lid with a bolt, gorilla glued the crystal dome on, and I had a percolator top for teapots that I bought at Smith and Edwards for a couple bucks that I gorilla glued to the dome! (I think it would be just as cute, and much easier to just to the pink part of the lid, and srew a hobby lobby crystal knob on in place of the one that came on it) ;) I also sanded all the raised area and edges, cut a paper to fit the opening, sprayed the back of the paper with spray adhesive, and stuck it on!

                                       There you have it! A large teapot for under $5!

Anthropologie "knock off" curtains from bed sheets!

 Start out by cutting your strips (mine are 5 inches wide) (I used a queen flat sheet, it's a great inexpensive way to get a large quantity of fabric) I just cut little inch long snips, and ripped the fabric into strips because I wanted that frayed edge!

 Here's what is looks like as you are ripping!

 You can either iron the pleats into the strips like this, then sew down the middle (takes forever) or you can use a pleater foot! I just took the guard off mine so I could pleat down the middle instead of just on the side.

 This is what the pleats look like out the back of my machine!

I used this walmart brand flat sheet (they are like $4) for the curtain itself, (and a queen flat sheet is what I used to cut the strips from to make the ruffles, same brand)

 

I used a seam ripper to open the end of the seam on the casing (at each end of the top of the sheet) to make a place for my curtain rod to go through

 I just leave it ripped open like this, and keep it folded in, once hung on the curtain rod it pulls straight and looks great!

 One more view of the casing for the rod

 This is the bottom of the sheet, I measured how long it was from my rod to the floor, then I added 4 inches for a seam allowance! 

 I ironed over 1 inch

 Then I ironed over 3 inches (remember the edges are already seamed)

 And sewed a seam at the top of my ironed fold!

 Bottom all done! I ironed my ruffles to make them look more ruffled and pleated!

see!

 Lay it out on your curtain (sheet) after the bottom is hemmed and pin your ruffles into place space evenly! I made 2 curtains, one is a twin sheet that I sewed 2 ruffles on, the other is a full with 3 ruffles)

 Just remember to stop your ruffles at the casing, if you sew through it you won't be able to slide your curtain rod through! ;) (don't ask how I know that!) LOL

 Sew your ruffles onto your curtain!

 I ironed over it again and kinda scrunched the ruffles a bit to make it look more anthro!

And...... here they are in my home! Sooooo cheap, and easy!!! They cost me less than $20, not bad for 2 curtains, especially considering the anthropologie ones are like $200 for one panel! ;)

More subway art!

 I layed out my chip board letters (don't mind that some of the letters are wrong, I only have one of each letter, so I just put another one in it's place to see my spacing!)

 Made this one for my Mamma for Mother's day!

 Made this one for my family room!

 And here's the one I made for my bedroom!

Sorry about the crappy picture, here's the one I made for Kennady's room, I just painted the letters with glue, and pressed it onto the canvas, then sprinkled glitter on! ;)

Monogramed Wreaths!!!

Okay, so I started with a wooden L (from shopko) That was the size I wanted, and spray painted it yellow (so the brown wouldn't show through the yarn. Then I wrapped it in yarn (securing it with hot glue).

Next I got a dollar store pool noodle, and cut about a foot off with a kitchen knife (it cuts so easily) And duck taped it together.

 I cut the legs off some of my daughter's tights right at the crotch, and then snipped the toe off.... Here is where I realized I would have to untape my noodle to slip the tights on...whoops! I put both legs of tights on the noodle, and re-taped it. ;)

 Here's a back view of the "feet" on the back of my wreath...(even has a no slip rubber grip LOL!)
I made a second smaller ring, slipped the tights on it, and wedged it inside (I wanted a larger wreath, not a wimpy one) Then I cut strips of burlap and tied the two rings together at the top.

 I glued the L on first, and then made an assortment of felt/fabric flowers, and glued them on. (I also added a burlap flower to tie the bow on top in)