Today I finished the second bulletin board I began on the same day I completed this similar project.
My husband and I needed a place to put our lists – shopping lists, grocery lists, to-do lists, etc. Here was my solution:
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DIY Bulletin Board
I finally had some time to be creative today. I started a couple projects and actually finished one of them. Yay!
(UPDATE: I finished the second project as well! Check it out here.)
I recently revamped my office (see that whole process here, here, and here). I finished the accent wall, but had nothing on any of the other walls. Given this is an office, I thought a bulletin board would be practical. The ones you find at the store are usually plain and ugly, so I made my own!
Here are the supplies/before picture:
Making Laundry More Bearable
Before I was married, doing laundry wasn’t fun, but it was bearable. However, after I was married, I began to DESPISE doing laundry! All of our clothes would be thrown in one, big, heaping pile or in the lone, much too small, laundry basket that would occasionally grace the laundry room floor. It was such a hassle and sooo time consuming to sort all the laundry before throwing it in the washing machine. I had to do something before I lost my mind! Continue reading
Office Redo Part III-Accent Wall
Well, I’ve (almost) finished the accent wall of my office. I’ve been working on this redo project for months now. See Part I and II here and here. It’s taken me longer than I expected – finding time to complete all the finishing touches has been difficult.
All the décor on this accent wall, with the exception of the yellow leaves (which were originally white), was found at a thrift store/rummage sale, was given to me or was something I already had around the house. In other words, this project was cheap! Continue reading
DIY Chalkboard
Picture frames are coming out of my ears, so I decided to get creative for my friend’s bridal shower. For her shower, I’m in charge of prizes! I’m so excited! 🙂 Using Pinterest as my inspiration, this is what I created:
Spice Up Your Vases With Paint
This is the last in a series of three posts regarding our master bedroom decorations. To see the other parts of the project, click here (tricks for deciding décor placement) and here (making your own decorative canvases).
Originally, this is what the finished wall décor looked like:
It just didn’t seem quite finished. It was too boring and needed more color. Pinterest is always full of pins about painting your own vases, so I decided to give it a try.
Decorative Canvases for Little $$
It took me a couple years to decide what to put on our bedroom walls, but it was worth the wait! I love the decorations we have now. View this post to see the very beginnings of this project.
The REALLY good news is that this project only cost $25-$30 (That’s FOUR canvases for only $25-$30! Can you believe it?!). At department stores, I’ve see 12”x12” canvas prints cost $20 or more a piece! Mine were MUCH cheaper, not to mention, fun to make :).
Supplies
- 12” x 12” canvas – I used 4 for this project
- Mod Podge
- Scrapbook paper of your choice – I used decorative paper for the face of the canvas and solid paper for the sides of the canvas
- Paint, any color you wish – I used leftover paint I had from redoing the bedroom
- Paper plate large enough to put a glob of paint on and to also dab your spouncer brush to remove the excess paint
- Spouncer sponge brushes (see pic below) or just a really small regular sponge brush to use for painting the canvas edges
- Watercolor paint brush, optional (I used this a little when painting the edges of the canvas, but it’s probably not necessary)
- Small/medium sized sponge brush to use for the Mod Podge
- Paper Trimmer Cutter, such as this
This was my inspiration and guide for the project, but the link doesn’t work anymore :/. I completed this project a while ago, but I think I can remember all the steps – we’ll see! Continue reading
Personalized Wedding Gift
Good friends of ours were getting married, and we wanted to give them something special. Pinterest to the rescue! These two projects were my inspiration…
- http://diykindagirl.blogspot.com/2012/02/my-latest-wedding-gift.html
- http://thefrugalgirls.com/2011/09/diy-tiled-family-sign-cute.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FrugalGirls+%28Frugal+Girls%21%29
Here’s what I came up with, and luckily, they loved it!
Old Window Turned New Frame
While on the hunt at rummage sales for old frames, I stumbled across this dusty old window. I knew this $6 find had potential.
I cleaned it up and decided to use it as a picture frame (I just know I’ve seen this done before, but can’t remember where). I ordered my prints, totaling about $16, using Wal-Mart’s online photo printing site. I found scrapbook paper at Michaels to use as a mat for the pictures—about $2 total. Unfortunately, the scrapbook paper was 12”x12” and the frames of the window were 9”x13”, so I had to do a little piecing together of the scrapbook paper. It worked out fine, though.