Scripture Signs

I love all of the signs with scripture on them but am not crazy about the price tag, so I decided to make some of my own. 

I used two pieces of poster board and drew out a template for my wall. I used various frames around the house to decide which sizes I wanted.

 Then I went to Lowe's, purchased a piece of wood, and had it cut into the different sizes.

I painted the pieces of wood black (the color that I wanted the letters to be.)

After drying, I used scrapbook stickers to create the Bible verses I wanted. Be sure to push the stickers down firmly so the next coat of paint does not bleed underneath. 

Then I painted over those with a tan color (for the background.) Be careful when doing this because it's easy to pull off the stickers when painting.

After this coat of paint dried I peeled up the stickers and had my own scripture signs. 

Laundry room signs

With a new year upon us my goal is to make more posts to my blog. I am constantly doing little projects but am too busy (or too lazy) to post them on here. So let's begin...

This weekend my awesome dad came down and added a new shelf to our laundry room. Afterwards I was inspired to "cuten" it up a little with some simple decor. Here is what I came up with....and the best part was it cost me practically nothing.

I designed the templates for what I wanted to print. (E-mail me or comment and I can send them to you.) Then I printed the templates directly on the burlap. 

 Then I painted three pieces of wood gray.

 Next I attached the burlap with tacks. Because of the wholes in the burlap I hammered them into the wood so the base of the tack is holding the burlap down.

 For the lost socks sign I used a heavy duty stapler and stapled clothes pins to the board. To do so simply slide the top of the pin over, staple, and slide back.

 Then I attached a  sawtooth to the back of each board...this step should have been done first as it was hard to hammer them in with the tacks on the other side already.

 Then I hung in the laundry room to soon be hidden by piles of laundry. :)

Printing on Burlap

I had recently seen on pinterest where people bought a special kind of paper in order to print on burlap. Quite honestly I had no desire to go look for this paper so I figured why not just print directly on the burlap. So I did and it worked! Here's how:

First I cut a piece of burlap slightly smaller than a piece of paper. I attached the burlap to a sheet of cardstock with a glue stick (around the edges only). (I tried using adhesive picture squares but the printer pulled the burlap off of them.) Then I ran it through the printer and immediately peeled the burlap off the cardstock. 

Tip: print in bold font!  Some of the ink runs through onto the paper and can make it difficult to read. Changing your font to bold makes this much easier. 

Valentine's Wreath

What you need:

3 rolls of tulle
decorative pieces
scrapbook paper

I cut the pieces of tulle into pieces that were about a foot long each. Next tie them onto the wreath, make sure you double knot them so they don't come off.I glued scrapbook paper on an X and O then modge podged over it to get it to stick. I took two wooden hearts and painted them then glued them onto a small piece of a ribbon and glued it to the back of the wreath.

St. Patricks Day Wreath

For St. Patrick's Day I made this super easy wreath.  I purchased three different types of green ribbon, wrapped them around a straw wreath, hot glued a few decorative pieces. Then hung on the door!

Birthday Wreath

I haven't been on here in quite a while.  I thought the summer would give me more time but I almost feel like I've been busier this summer than in the school year. But with this busyness I've got several projects so post! So as the summer winds down I figured I'd take some time to catch up on some posts.

In April Garrett and I both celebrate our birthdays so I made a wreath for the month.  This project was really easy. All you need is:

2-3 bags of balloons
greening pins
straw wreath
decoractive ribbon

Take the greening pins and pin one through the center of a balloon onto the wreath. Do this over and over again until the wreath is full. Add a ribbon to tie and you're finished!

Patriotic Wreath

Last year I made my first wreath for Halloween and since then I have been obsessed with making them.  I've tried to make one for each holiday or event that was near.  My latest endeavor was a wreath for Memorial Day!  I wanted to do something simple and easy and nothing too "cutesy."

Here are the simple steps!

From Hobby Lobby I purchased a 14 inch straw wreath, 3 yards of burlap (2 would be plenty), 2 rolls of red and blue ribbon, and 2 packages of greening pins (found in the floral department). (I also bought these stars that I didn't end up using.)

First cut a really long piece of burlap and wrap the entire wreath leaving no straw showing. 

Next cut several pieces of burlap into approximately 2" x 2" squares.  The squares don't have to be perfect!

 Pinch the squares and pin directly to the wreath.  Again, this doesn't have to be perfect! Do this over and over again until your wreath is as full as you'd like.  Then cut a few pieces of ribbon and add them to the wreath with the greening pins.  

 Tie a ribbon to hang and you're done!