pom-pom wreath

A while back, I found this idea for some DIY pom-pom balls. After the whole project was all said and done, I realized that I could have save myself a lot of time by making the circles larger, as in the post. Oh well. What's done is done, right?

I stared with a foam wreath and 1.5 yards of fabric. I found some nice blue fabric in the sale bin for $5.00 a yard. They were also having a sale, so the fabric was actually an additional 50% off. Oh, how I love to save!



I then proceeded to cut out about a billion 1.5" circles.

I started to glue the circles to the wreath. About half way through, I ran out of fabric. So, this project actually calls for 3 yards of fabric!

I also started this thinking that it would be an afternoon project that may need to be finished up throughout the week. I was DEAD wrong. This tedious little project took over a month to complete. Every time I sat down to watch TV, I plugged in the glue gun and got to work. I calculated that I could do about 10 square inches in about an hour. Sheesh.

But it turned out beautifully! And the color is a fun pop on top of the light aqua wall.

a mini makeover

I'm note sure if I had mentioned this, but I am temporarily living with my folks here in H-town. My little brother has been out of the house and so I was fortunate enough to take over his room so that I could have my own bedroom and my own office/studio.

That was too good to be true...

My brother is moving back home which means that I have to combine rooms back into my childhood bedroom. Some time in high school, I thought that it would be a magnificent idea to paint funky stars on my ceiling. I had a pretty rad room then.

Before

But now I find the stars to be absolutely ridiculous! And so I took on the crazy project of repainting my ceiling.

Goodbye, funky stars. You will not be missed.

After

diy wall art

I know I have seen this done all over the place, but I just can't seem to remember where! I needed something funky to hang above my bed. So I searched all over etsy for a great piece a art to hang there. No such luck. Granted I found A LOT of prints that I wanted, just none that screamed "I need to hang above your bed."

I ended up going to JoAnne's and picked out three different fabrics. I then stretched each of them into embroidering hoops. Then to give it some more pizazz, I cut out a little birdy and adhered it to the fabric with bonding fabric.

Super easy and super cheap! Total cost of product: $12.00. Total time spent on project (not including shopping time): 20 minutes!

holiday crafts

Erika and I sat around at Hifi Cafe, drinking our apple cider (which is by far the best apple cider in town) wondering what to do next on a chilly Sunday afternoon. Michael's? Sure...why not.

Neither of us intended to get anything. I wanted ribbon, but that was about it. Little did we know the entire store was on sale! Well, maybe not the whole store, but all of the Christmas goodies were at least 40% off. How could we pass that up?!

Erika found these little pots on super clearance. So we filled up our baskets with tiny bits of glittered jewels (also on sale) and created cute little arrangements for the holidays.

I have decorated the house in silvers and blues for this holiday season and so mine is the (mostly) silver arrangement. Erika went with more traditional colors and added an adorable little bird.

the perfect organizer

I love to be organized but I am super picky and on a pretty tight budget. And not like "decorating under $100," but more like "decorating under $10." And so I made these. I took cardboard out of the recycling at work to create the boxes, thus making part of my endeavor free and reused! Then I decided on the blackberry paper from Snow & Graham that I purchased from work with my sweet discount (making it super cheap!)

So I made custom boxes and then adhered the paper to the boxes. I put an eyelet at the top to hang which I also got for free thanks to the best boss ever! I love the way they turned out! They are perfect for storing all of my miscellaneous office and crafting supplies!