Day Eighteen: Cardboard Shelves

THE INSPIRATION

A handy little shelving unit for scrapbooking paper.

THE FINAL PRODUCT

I needed something larger for my random supplies in my craft closet. 

Diaper boxes and packing tape = mission accomplished.

Day Seventeen: Crocheted Purse strap

THE INSPIRATION
I used the idea of  "Hand Wrapped Ear Laces"

to make a little crocheted purse using another new stitch I learned that looks like this:

FINAL PRODUCT

Viola! Crocheted purse for fall.

Day Sixteen: Doily Stationary

I love it when I find a Pintrest craft idea and then that SAME DAY my mom sends me a doily in the mail.  How fortuitous!  You know, my mom is super crafty - she may not be into computers and the internet but she would be popular on Pintrest.  Some of the ideas I've come across on that site - she came up with on her own years ago.

THE INSPIRATION

Sharpie with a doily

THE FINAL PRODUCT

The fall leaf doily I got in the mail.

My idea is to make just a few different patterns and then to copy them on the color printer.  That way I don't have to color a billion pages but I can make little packets of homemade stationary and give them away as gifts.

Day Fifteen: Covering Chairs

This project has been in the works for a little while.  I covered three of the six chairs when I first painted the coffee table.  The last three chairs I finished today.  I didn't do anything on the 10th since it was my son's birthday and we were pretty busy.  Scratch that - I made cupcakes - but nothing of the Pinteresting kind.

So these bad boys were pretty easy.  We determined that the cloth I got (from my mom's designer friend for free - SCORE!) was too thin to be the main covering so we left the original cloth on the seats.  A flat head screwdriver, pliers and a staple gun - Kapow! and we were done.

The six chair garage sale find!

The worn and not too pretty original coverings.

Finding the right pattern we wanted on the seats.

Stapling is the easiest part.

Ta-da! Me (nine months pregnant) holding the finished look.

And finally how it will look on the seats.  Can't wait to take a pic of the table in the new house when we move.  I'm excited because they have green walls in the dining room and I'm hoping the green stripes in the cloth will complement it.

Day Fourteen: Heart-inspired Gift Decor

My youngest turns two tomorrow.  Wrapping gifts - check.  Cool pinteresty way to decorate plainly wrapped gifts - check.  If this weren't for a 2 yr old I'd of spent more time on the design.  I know this will be ripped off in seconds - so there is less motivation to be super artsy.

DayThirteen: Paper Roll Desk Organizer

THE INSPIRATION

Paper Roll Organizer

THE FINAL PRODUCT

I feel like I'm constantly saying "this was fun to make!" but I really am having a great time being crafty again.  I love that I'm using ideas I find on Pintrest but I'm changing them up a bit and making them my own.  (Note to self: finish more projects during the boys nap time - the lighting is much better for the pictures.)

Day Twelve: Rolled Magazine Box

This was so much fun and so easy!  The Pintrest idea suggests you use actual magazine pages but since I don't have any - story of my life, never having the exact supplies - I used the thinner kind of mag pages you find in the newspaper advertising section.  This box is mainly comprised of a Khol's catalogue.

A little step by step...
1. Cut pages in half, longways.
2. Fold up strips at the width you desire (a thinner width looks nicer) - gluing the edge down.
3. Put glue on one side of a finished strip and roll it up tightly.  Keep adding them until you have the base at the size you want.

4. Make wider strips for the sides of the box.
5. Layer strips until you have the height that you want.
6. Go back and add skinnier outer strips for a finished look.
7. Make the lid in a similar fashion - just adjust for a lip so the lid will sit securely on the base.