the return

Hey friends!
First, I am SO sorry I have been a terrible blogger. Things have been CRAZY around here since school started and I'm trying to figure out how I am going to manage it all :) However, crafting and DIY seem to be my sanity and escape these days so I plan on keeping these up which also means I'll be blogging about it! So no worries-- I'm not going anywhere!

So this project that I'm featuring today I actually made about a week and a half ago. I just haven't had time to blog about it yet! So here you are! This project was inspired by many different projects that I found on the internet as well as by a couple of things I already had.

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The Magnetic Board Cookie Sheet

This is the AFTER picture :) I love it!! It was pretty simple to make also. I was inspired to make it by this project here although they made their's a chalkboard and I just made mine into a magnetic board. I first started with a plain cookie sheet that I got at The Dollar Store for $1. I spray painted the cookie sheet a tiffany's blue with spray paint I already had. Then I attached some brown craft paper I already had (but could also be found at The Dollar Store) with Mod Podge. I just cut a piece that would fit the inside and brushed a couple layers of Mod Podge on to it with a brush. NOTE: The brown craft paper doesn't make it magnetic or anything... I just liked the way it looked. The cookie sheet itself is magnetic so you could put no paper or paper on it depending on how you want it to look.

Here is a picture of the magnets I already had at home that inspired me to make this magnetic board out of a cookie sheet. I just really wanted to use these magnets but they weren't really powerful enough to hold anything on the fridge. I made these magnets last year after my friend Michelle showed me how. They are so easy, cheap, and cute! Here is a tutorial here on how to make them.

I chose to embellish my magnetic board with some book page flowers! Since I already had the books and hot glue gun and sticks, these were free and so easy! You can find a tutorial on how to make them here and here.

and this is just a close up of another magnet and the picture I have on my magnetic board right now. I love this thing because you can put pictures on it or receipts or coupons or whatever you need to keep track of! Love it! Then to hang it up I attached twine I already had with hot glue to the back and tied it in a bow.

So overall, this project cost me 1 dollar for the cookie sheet since I had everything else I used at home already. So cheap! If you used an old cookie sheet you already had at home and then you had the other things as well, this could be free! That would be exciting!

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and there you have it! :) I already had a couple of other projects that I have made that I just haven't had time to blog about so be on the lookout for those soon as well! Love you guys! Thank you for your encouraging words and prayers as always! 



wreaths wreaths wreaths

Hello everyone!
Well I am back from a wonderful weekend in Louisville! It was exhausting but so much fun! This was my first time in Louisville and it is SUCH a fun town! I absolutely loved it :) OH and there was this fabulous antique mall/flea market that Caitlyn and I found and it was wonderful! I got so many great things that will end up on the blog at some point!

So since school starts back in a WEEK (crazy!), I have been crafting away since I know I won't have much time to at school! Recently, I have been obsessed with wreaths on Pinterest. There are just so many cute ones!!! I'll share a few of my personal favorites then the one that I ended up making.



OBSESSED with this one... because it's yellow and grey of course!

I LOVE the bow on this one... not sure how the rest of the wreath is put together though!

love love love... but would take FOREVER to make

LOVE the burlap!

for when I'm a teacher! so cute!

precious!

LOVE all 4 of them!



and this is the one I decided to make! :)



So also on Pinterest when I was looking for an inspiration for my wreath, I found a great way to make a cheap wreath form! The foam wreath forms that you find at craft stores can be very expensive. So instead go to the plumbing department at Home Depot or Lowes and grab a six foot long piece of foam tubing for $.97!! Snip the length you want with scissors and duct tape the ends together. Voila! You have a really inexpensive wreath form. Such a great idea!

This is what the foam tubing will look like except MUCH longer. This was after I had already cut off the piece for my wreath. Then you just duct tape the ends together and you have a wreath form!

and here is my wreath after!!! I LOVE IT! As I mentioned, I tried to make it look like the one above but I added my own touches and made it look a little different.

Here's a close up of the flowers I made. I also used burlap and made a few burlap flowers.

and another picture of the flowers!

This project was so easy! Once I made the wreath form out of the foam tubing from Lowe's, I just wrapped the foam tubing in an old tshirt and then hot glued it down. Then I made my rolled tshirt flowers and hot glued those on there. Then I tied a huge ribbon bow on it and that was it!! So easy!

Price breakdown:

-foam tubing from Lowe's: $0.97

-everything else (tshirts, ribbon): FREE

So this cost $0.97 total!! So awesome! So give this a try because it was easy, so much fun, and looks great! Happy crafting!! :)

a new look + craft time!

Hello friends!!!
I am so sorry it has been almost 2 weeks since I last posted. I have been working on many things but none are quite ready to feature on the blog yet. BUT exciting things have been happening around here!

-- "and it was all yellow" has a new look!! Yellow and grey, because I am currently obsessed with the 2 colors together :) I am very pleased!!

-- MY ERIN CONDREN PLANNER HAS ARRIVED. I could not be more happy with how it turned out!!!! It is PERFECT and the cover is, of course, yellow and grey... haha, I have a problem. Here is a picture of the cover:

love, love, love it!

-- Randomly my good friend Caitlyn and I got invited to go to Louisville this weekend for an Admissions recruiting trip and needless to say, we are SUPER excited!!! I'll let yall know how it goes :) 

 

In other news, today my baby sister left to go to college for her sophomore year :( I already miss her so much!!! As a goodbye gift, I made her this "framed burlap jewelry holder" that she's been wanting me to make. I followed this tutorial here but gave it a few of my own touches that I'll talk about further down! I sadly do not have a before picture but it was just a plain black picture frame that I got from the thrift store for 99 cents. Here is the after picture!

and there it is! Her name is Shawn, hence why there is a large "S" stenciled on there. This was super simple to make. I just spray painted the frame, cut a piece of burlap the size of the frame, stencilled an S on there, and then hot glued the rolled tshirt flowers to the frame! So simple! For further and more detailed instructions, visit this tutorial.

In the tutorial, the lady used a fancy die cut machine to make the stencil. But, I don't have one of those so I just printed a "S" off the computer, cut it out, and used the paper left over as the stencil. It worked perfectly! Just a suggestion for the stencil in case you don't have a machine to make a stencil for you :)

Oh and did I mention this project was super cheap! The frame was 99 cents at a thrift store (All Things Possible Bargain Center in Murfreesboro) and I already had everything else I needed at home!

Well I think that's it! Let me know if you have more questions about this project... I will be more than happy to help! Keep checking back because very soon I will have more exciting projects up that I have been working on! Love you guys so much!