DVD Shutter Storage

I have a lot of movies that seem to be ending up all over the place lately and it was driving me crazy! So I put together this storage unit to contain them. I had these great shutters just sitting around, so I added some shelves and it was a done deal. The best part is that the shutters are already aged beautifully!

Have a great day!!

xoxo

Amanda

Barn Door Clock

I got this amazing barn door from my Great Grandparents farm years ago. It sat in my garage forever because I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it exactly.

I wanted a wall clock, the big round ones like in the PB catalog....but this is what I ended up with!

Don't you just LOVE the colors of the barn door!!I ordered the wall clock kit online and drilled some holes to set it on the door. Then I painted on the numbers with some black craft paint.

I used some really strong picture hangers and wall anchors. This thing weighs a ton!!

I've been Featured on HOH!!!!!!

I'm soooo excited! I LOVE Allison and her blog-I read it daily!!! You have to go and check it out!

Thank you!!!!

5 minute Spring Wreath

I decided that I needed to celebrate spring and get something on my door to welcome Spring finally getting here!!
I found this grapevine wreath and a garland of flowers in my garage. So I found some floral wire and tied the garland onto the wreath and.....

tada!! Done :)

Ruffle Lampshade

I found this lamp at Goodwill that was an ugly wood and brass combo. I spraypainted the lamp black. I loved the shape of the lampshade it came with but it was an ugly old tan color so I needed a new lampshad. This is what I cam up with.

I cut out strips of a white sheet that I had used for another project and made them into ribbons. I then hot glued them onto the lampshad. I thought it needed a little something more so I made a few flowers and glued them on one side.  

I especially love the frayed edges of the ruffles!!

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New Headboard

I had this old cupboard in the garage that I took apart when I moved because it weighed a ton. I loved the vintage wood. I used the door of the cupboard to create my mirror/jewelry holder. I have had the sides in my garage for months now trying to decide what to do with them....

So I painted them white and screwed them to the wall to create a headboard for my room. Can you believe that I've never in my life had a headboard for my bed! Crazy!!

I started with setting one of the pieces on the floor to determine
where it should go on the wall - very scientific!

I used 3 2x4s that I had in the garage from a previous project and screwed those into the wall. This should be enough to support the weight of the headboard - right?!



I set one of the sides on the 2x4s and screwed the side into the wall.

I did the same thing for the other side of the cupboard.

 I had a scalloped edge trim piece that I stuck on top of the headboard. I'm not sure yet if I like it or not.....I feel like I need something bigger.

I might add a quote or saying or something to the boards...but it works for now.

Chandelier Pillow

Chandelier Pillow Tutorial

My daughter actually made most of this pillow, I did the sewing even though she probably could have done that herself too! It was so easy and she loves her pillow - that's all that really matters!

Here are the supplies I used:

1. Pillow form
2. Soft Black fabric
3. Black Feathers
4. Fabric Paint
5. Stencil (I used my Circut to cut this out)

I cut out the fabric to the size of the pillow form.

 

Mackenzie used the Circut and cut out the template that she chose.

Since vynal is expensive (and I'm cheap) I went to the Dollar Store and bought some contact paper. It works the exact same! And the entire role was only $2....not too shabby!

I used Tulip's Soft fabric paint. It has held up really well, I would recommend it.

After the stencil was cut out we stuck it onto the fabric.

Mackenzie had to find all of the little pieces and match it all up.

  

Mackenzie filled in the stencil with the paint using a makeup sponge.

 

Let the paint dry.

 

Carefully peal the stencil off of the fabric.

 

 

 

Here's the finished paint job

  

After sewing the pillow together with the fabric, this is the final pillow!

Happy Sewing!!

 Amanda