Mimosa Bar

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For the day of my friend Heather's wedding I thought it would be fun to have a little mimosa bar with different juices and fruit. I had been wanting to make a fabric banner for awhile and this was the perfect occasion.  I gathered scraps of fabric and cut strips a little over an inch wide.  For the length I really didn't measure.  I would have like the strips to be a little longer but I did not have enough fabric. 

I folded the fabric strips in half and tied them onto a piece of twine. 

For the mimosa banner I used an old book, cut out squares and glued the book paper onto white card stock.

We had, water, orange juice cranberry, and a mango juice.  We mixed pieces of raspberries, strawberries and pineapple in with our drinks. They were delicious.

The mimosa bar was a perfect way to start the big day!

 - Christy

DIY Mirror

Christy and I saw this on Shanty 2 Chic via pinterest and LOVED it!!

We are both needing cute pieces for our new houses so we got the supplies and started making it.

All we got was a mirror from walmart- I think it was only like $5!

And then thanks to my hubs, he was able to bring home extra wood from work for the framing.

Super cheap walmart mirror-
we ripped off the thin white framing off of it

We laid the wood out and stapled it together.

Once it was stapled we started to stain it.

Then we put it outside and let it dry overnight.

We glued the mirror onto the back of the wood and that's it.

Easy easy!!

It really turned out so dang cute.

We decided we are going to make really big ones for our master bedrooms next :)

Love Chels

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How to Cut Burlap

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 Until a couple of weeks ago I had no idea there was such an easy way to cut burlap.  Whenever I would cut burlap in the past, it would always end up so uneven like the picture below.  Thanks to the Clumsy Crafter I learned how to cut burlap in a straight line.

Decide where you want to cut your burlap and grab one string.  Gently pull the string all the way out.

After you pull the string all the way out there will be a space where you can cut a perfect straight line!

There you go! No more jagged edges.  How did I not know about this trick sooner?

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-Christy

Chicken Wire Frame

I wanted to make a cute and inexpensive frame to hold baby bows.  So I came up with this idea for my niece's nursery.  I went to the DI and found this plastic frame.

I painted it Mint Gala by Valspar.  Since this frame is plastic it was so easy to distress.  I used a little bit of sandpaper and sanded away. 

I stapled chicken wire to the back of the frame.  I got my chicken wire at The Wood Connection, but you can buy it at any hardware store. 

I used one of my glitter clothes pins and clipped on a maternity picture of my sister, clipped on the flowers and that's it!

This is a perfect inexpensive gift for a baby shower  I hope you like it.  We love all of your pins, and if you read our blog we would love if you would follow along!

- Christy

DIY Bird Picture

My older sister is having her second daughter any day now! Over the past couple of months we have been doing little projects to put in the nursery.  Well I mainly watch her and take some pictures while she makes them.

She found this cute idea of a DIY momma and baby bird on Pinterest.  Unfortunately when I tried to find the link for the original idea, it was no where to be found. If anyone knows the original source let me know! My sis thought it would be perfect for her nursery.  So we headed to Hobby lobby got some textured poster paper (I believe it was meant for watercolor paints),  bird stencil, and scrapbook paper.  She simply traced the birds in the blue scrapbook paper, then made wings with the colored paper. After she glued them on the poster paper she traced around the birds with a black sharpie and put it in a frame. So simple!

Enjoy!

-Christy

Diaper Basket

My older sister Ashley is having her second daughter any day now! Over the past couple of months we have done some projects to put in the nursery. I mainly watch her, but I am there for support!

She used this basket with her first daughter to hold diapers. Her nursery is going to have turquoise accents so the bin needed a makeover.

 

 She found this great turqoise wethered wood paper at Hobby Lobby.

She traced all of the sides (We had to piece some paper together on the longest side).

 Add a little Mod Podge onto the Wood and stick the paper on. Wood Glue would also work great and cause less bubbling.

After the paper dried we added another layer of Mod Podge on top of the paper

Thats all!  You could also do the inside to make it look like a real wooden basket, but we got lazy and figured it would be covered up by lots of diapers!
 

What do you think?

Happy Friday.

- Christy

Mint Table

You all know how much I love the color Mint! I am so excited for my first piece of mint furniture. I am getting ready to move and trying to find cheap furniture to put in my house.  My mom got this from a garage sell years ago for $6.  She never used it so I snatched it up. 

I did a quick sanding job with my new electric sander.  I had no idea how much I needed to sand.  If anyone has any tips I would love to hear them! I then put a coat of Krylon primer on.  This beautiful mint color is Mint Gala by Valspar. I just used a regular old brush but I would have loved to try one of those machines that spray the paint like spray paint.  I am going to be hitting up my brother in law for the next project.

I sanded the edges again where I wanted to distress and added a Walnut stain I picked up from Walmart. 

 Just wipe of any of the stain you don't want with a rag. After everything was dry I sprayed a coat of polyurethane to protect my new table. 

I bought a new know from Hobby Lobby and Waaaa Laaa here she is!

Definitely not professional but I am pleased with my first furniture makeover.

- Christy 

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