Yard Stick Star

  
 I went from not posting anything for over a year, to posting TWO blogs in a week! What is going on?! Anyways, I wanted to make this star for awhile now and I thought Christmas would be a great time for it.

 

 

    The first thing I did was paint 5 yard sticks white, you could paint them any color you want. Of course, you do this on plastic bags in your living room. Where else would you do it?!

  

 

    Next, I laid out the yard sticks in a star formation and tied each end with twine.

 

 

Then, I wrapped each end with twine several times to make sure it was secure. Then tied it in a knot on the backside. I used wood glue to secure the yard sticks in the middle, otherwise they were loose.

 

 Here is the finished project. Not the most difficult project, but I think it turned out nice. I wanted it to look a little rustic with the twine holding the ends together. I think all I need now is to add some white lights around the edge and hang it outside for Christmas.

 

Easy DIY Christmas decor

Hey everyone! It's been quite a long time since I've written on here or made a craft for that matter. I decided that I wanted to make a quick and easy Christmas picture to hang in my undecorated hallway, so this is what I came up with. It was extremely easy and adds a nice touch to our hallway.

Updated end tables...finally!

These end tables have been around for quite some time, probably 10 years. They were my mom's and when we moved back in with my mammaw, they were put into storage until it was time for me to take them. So, my *new* husband and I, we just got hitched!, have had them for about a year and a half now. I was completely fed up with the ugly ugly ugly generic finish of them and wanted to update them! I had a can of tealish paint lying around that I snagged at Lowe's for 2 bucks because it was a mistake paint! AWESOME! So, for $2, or free really since I already had everything, this is what I did.


I painted the legs and trim of the table. I taped off around the center of the table and painted that so that I could do a tileing (I don't know if that's spelled right) effect. I used scrapbook paper that I already had and found complementary colors and cut them in 1inch squares. I really loved the pop of red glittery paper.


I Mod Podged all the paper on it in random patterns. These pictures really don't do it justice. It's much more bright and shimmery in the light than what this shows.

Here it is finished! I looove it. Now, all I need to do now is update the lampshade, which was my mom's and is completely broken and hanging on for dear life. And, update the lamp itself! Any ideas?!?!?

Lions and Tigers and Brides...oh my!

So, it's been a little while now since my bridal shower, which was a Wizard of Oz theme! It's my favorite movie, so I just had to. I tried to make and come up with ideas that weren't directly just pictures of the movie or what not, so I made most of my decorations, because everywhere I looked there were just pictures of dorothy and the other characters. I just wanted things to be represented.

This is my maid of honor (left) and me (right). We wanted to look like Dorothy, so we wore our blue and white plaid shirts, also red shoes, but you can't see them.

The basket represents Dorothy, I added and blue and white ribbon to it to represent her dress. The poppies I found at Wal-mart, the big one in the basket, I made. You can't see it very well, but it's pretty big.

Here is the "Lollipop Shoppe" based off of the Lollipop Guild. Everyone received "lollipop" soap as a favor and I tried to make cookie pops, some turned out, but they aren't ideal for mass production when you're on limited time!

Here is the lollipop tree I made...

I really wanted this area to be as colorful and mis-matched, because Munchkin Land was very colorful.

This represents the lion, tin man, and scarecrow...

Ruby red slippers of course! I bought some white heels at Goodwill, painted them red and black, and covered them with red glitter. I looove them!

The Emerald City...