Showing posts with label DIY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DIY. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
DIY Pom Poms
As the holidays quickly approach, what better way to decorate than with pom poms? Last year, I made a few pom garlands, but after chatting out pom makers with my sweet friend, I'm itching to make a few more for Christmas. Looking for inspiration? Check out Erika and Lauren's rendition of the pom garland.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Ideas - DIY
Would you like to see the ideas simmering in my head today (only occasionally at night and during lunchtime, of course ;)
Creating a chandelier (something like this. Maybe in turquoise?):
IKEA Hacking (this may actually come to fruition as we've already bought the pulls):
Table Skirting:
Creating a chandelier (something like this. Maybe in turquoise?):
And a whole lotta Jesus loving :-)
Sunday, September 25, 2011
A Wedding Shower!
One of our friends, Michelle, (well two actually, her and Jordan) are getting married in a few weeks and some ladies from church had the opportunity to throw her a bridal shower and bless her. It was so fun planning with them, and it came out really lovely. God has some really awesome things coming their way and we're so excited for them!
Prepping for the decorations: 
Made these little straw flags (and coordinating menu cards). If anyone is interested in a template, let me know and I'll share:
The Bride!
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Happy Fourth!
Well, it's the fourth of July holiday and I happen to have a four day weekend. Can't wait to spend the weekend soaking up rays, spending time with family and friends, enjoying margarita popsicles (more to come on this, KD is ingenius, my friends) and just having a weekend to rest. Oh, and Brian may come to spinning class with me tomorrow. This should be interesting.. ; )
Isn't this idea below so clever? Well captured too..
Isn't this idea below so clever? Well captured too..
source with instructions
Weekend Festivity
Guess what we'll be making this weekend? Friendship bracelets. Brings me back to my childhood days - in a real good way. It was only fitting that I listened to a Mark D. sermon on friendship on my drive home today. Made me realize how grateful I am for good friends :-)
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Sunday, April 24, 2011
Table de la Lion
I love to see things transformed.
Whether it is a work of art, a home, a team, or even a person. There is something very inspiring and beautiful about seeing something go from utterly broken to fully transformed. While what I'm going to write about is just a story about a piece of furniture, there is another story, a more spiritual one about how my life has been transformed. I'll save that for another day though.
Something else I love - GOOD DEALS :) Which is why you might often find me in a thrift store, flea market or garage sale. Last Wednesday I was at a thrift store with my buddy Chris; we weren't looking for anything specific but just went because some things were half off.
By the way, as you may have inferred from my use of "buddy" this isn't Sam, its her husband Brian and I'm giving my first post a shot.
As Sam alluded to in her last post I found a pretty cool little claw foot table with a lion head drawer, which i think make it look pretty tough. Only it had a few problems: a really good lean, the paint was yellowing and chipping off and it had only three of the four claw feet remaining; this is most likely why most people walked right on by. You can't quite grasp it in the picture below because I think I was trying to hide the lean (this was my text to Sam, trying to convince her we needed it).
For $40 I took a chance on it assuming I would somehow figure out how to jimmy-rig it, as I've become accustomed to in some of our recent projects. Once I got it home I removed the legs and put the table on its top. I made sure that the legs would now be level when I Gorilla-glued them back together. (see below)
Once I put it back on its legs it was (basically) level, so I took off the hardwear. Next I gave it a quick sand, and then Sam and I were ready to paint. I forget the color name, maybe she can comment below with it, I know its from Martha Stewart. I then returned the hardware, but only the front two claw feet since it made it a bit more symmetrical. All in all, a very quick and easy transformation; here is the final product:
Hope you like it!
[Sam here: I'm giddy with excitement that Brian decided to post on my blog. I think he did a great job :-) . Now for a few comments for those that may be interested: The paint is Flagstone by Martha Stewart in the high gloss. We were going to put a lacquer over it, but the man at Home Depot convinced us that we wouldn't need it. I agree with him as it came out very glossy/shiny without it. He also said the lacquer might yellow (heck to the no on yellowing paint). Also - "tough", Brian? hahaha, awesome. A few more things - remember when I blogged about hats? I'm now realizing how helpful it is to blog about something I want, because Brian came home with a hat for me from his deal hunting (I cleaned it, a lot, don't worry). We also found the marble horse head bookends at a flea market this weekend for $15. yay! Happy Easter all]
Whether it is a work of art, a home, a team, or even a person. There is something very inspiring and beautiful about seeing something go from utterly broken to fully transformed. While what I'm going to write about is just a story about a piece of furniture, there is another story, a more spiritual one about how my life has been transformed. I'll save that for another day though.
Something else I love - GOOD DEALS :) Which is why you might often find me in a thrift store, flea market or garage sale. Last Wednesday I was at a thrift store with my buddy Chris; we weren't looking for anything specific but just went because some things were half off.
By the way, as you may have inferred from my use of "buddy" this isn't Sam, its her husband Brian and I'm giving my first post a shot.
As Sam alluded to in her last post I found a pretty cool little claw foot table with a lion head drawer, which i think make it look pretty tough. Only it had a few problems: a really good lean, the paint was yellowing and chipping off and it had only three of the four claw feet remaining; this is most likely why most people walked right on by. You can't quite grasp it in the picture below because I think I was trying to hide the lean (this was my text to Sam, trying to convince her we needed it).
Once I put it back on its legs it was (basically) level, so I took off the hardwear. Next I gave it a quick sand, and then Sam and I were ready to paint. I forget the color name, maybe she can comment below with it, I know its from Martha Stewart. I then returned the hardware, but only the front two claw feet since it made it a bit more symmetrical. All in all, a very quick and easy transformation; here is the final product:
Hope you like it!
[Sam here: I'm giddy with excitement that Brian decided to post on my blog. I think he did a great job :-) . Now for a few comments for those that may be interested: The paint is Flagstone by Martha Stewart in the high gloss. We were going to put a lacquer over it, but the man at Home Depot convinced us that we wouldn't need it. I agree with him as it came out very glossy/shiny without it. He also said the lacquer might yellow (heck to the no on yellowing paint). Also - "tough", Brian? hahaha, awesome. A few more things - remember when I blogged about hats? I'm now realizing how helpful it is to blog about something I want, because Brian came home with a hat for me from his deal hunting (I cleaned it, a lot, don't worry). We also found the marble horse head bookends at a flea market this weekend for $15. yay! Happy Easter all]
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Office Project: Inspiration Board
As promised, here are some photos from our inspiration board project for the office. It was a fun project to work on with Brian and I really like the way it's turning out.
Disclaimer: The bright red walls in the office are going to go soon(ish). I'm thinking a gray color for the walls, or maybe a green. Not sure, all I know is the red is a little too...boom.
Also, you'll see that our board is not filled up yet. We're working on it :-)
Oh and if you can't tell by now, we treat our dog like a child.
A shot of the bookshelf we got from IKEA.
So here's what you need to know to replicate:
- 3 2'x3' bulletin boards
- 2.5 yards duck canvas
- 6 packages 3/8'' dritz decorative nails
- Hot glue gun
- Screws
- Staple gun
- Fabric adhesive (not necessary, but nice to have)
In order to save money (because large bulletin boards are expensive) we bought three boards and screwed them/glued them together. Each of the three boards had a wood trim, so Brian took the trim off of all three boards that would be on the main part of the big board. He then used that trim to brace all three boards together. Sounds confusing, but if anyone is interested, we can give further instructions (you can also see in-progress shots here). Then we hot glued the sucker everywhere to stabilize.
After the boards were joined, we used a fabric adhesive to keep the fabric sturdy while we stapled the fabric to the back. After all was tight and stapled, we put the decorative nails in. We just used my pinkie finger to measure between the nails, and because there was a frame on the board, it was easy to keep them pretty straight.
Disclaimer: The bright red walls in the office are going to go soon(ish). I'm thinking a gray color for the walls, or maybe a green. Not sure, all I know is the red is a little too...boom.
Also, you'll see that our board is not filled up yet. We're working on it :-)
Oh and if you can't tell by now, we treat our dog like a child.
A shot of the bookshelf we got from IKEA.
So here's what you need to know to replicate:
- 3 2'x3' bulletin boards
- 2.5 yards duck canvas
- 6 packages 3/8'' dritz decorative nails
- Hot glue gun
- Screws
- Staple gun
- Fabric adhesive (not necessary, but nice to have)
In order to save money (because large bulletin boards are expensive) we bought three boards and screwed them/glued them together. Each of the three boards had a wood trim, so Brian took the trim off of all three boards that would be on the main part of the big board. He then used that trim to brace all three boards together. Sounds confusing, but if anyone is interested, we can give further instructions (you can also see in-progress shots here). Then we hot glued the sucker everywhere to stabilize.
After the boards were joined, we used a fabric adhesive to keep the fabric sturdy while we stapled the fabric to the back. After all was tight and stapled, we put the decorative nails in. We just used my pinkie finger to measure between the nails, and because there was a frame on the board, it was easy to keep them pretty straight.
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