Book Page Canvas {tutorial} and Fabric Pom Necklace

Well, I have been nuts over Pinterest lately (who hasn't?) and I wanted to actually make a few things I had seen on there! So, first was the book page canvas, which is everywhere so I decided to just make my own tute on that...

Supplies:

Pre-stretched canvas in size of your choosing (Michaels or Hobby Lobby)

Book with nice thick pages and good-looking typography (Dollar Tree)

Spray Adhesive Modge Podge & chip brush

X-acto knife

Metal ruler with cork back

cutting mat

ok, so the last three are really not necessary if you have a pair of scissors, but I am so anal about cutting straight lines I can't help myself. Plus, I already own all of this stuff. No need to purchase just for this project!

Step 1: Tear out a bunch of pages one at a time and trim off rough edges and white spaces.

 

I chose this book at Dollar Tree because there were a few places in it with different fonts and I knew that I wanted to make some sort of collage with it.

Step 2:

Start to place your pages on the canvas, folding the edges over to cover the staples on the side. Move pages around every which way and then cut smaller pieces to fill in gaps and just add to the overall aesthetic of the collage.

Step 3:

Modge Podge the heck out of it! Use it to tack everything down, then brush a thin coat over it so that all the edges and corners lay flat.

For the necklace, I found it via Pinterest at littlemissmomma.com and you can find the tute here.

As usual I modified it a little and made my pom in the center large then had it get gradually smaller. I like it and I think I'll wear it this week! Some fun little thrifty tips for you:

I found the chain at Wal-Mart for $3 and I should be able to make 3 necklaces with it.

I used a flour sack from Dollar Tree for the white cotton fabric on mine and used less than half!

Oh and this book page canvas will definately be part of my Christmas decor! I think I'm going to skip Thanksgiving decorating (we are going to be out of town anyways) and go straight for the Christmas stuff as soon as Halloween is officially over tomorrow night! Ha! Stay tuned for all of my fun projects!

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Fabric Covered Magnet Board {tutorial}

Even though it's been a while since I've posted, I've been a busy little bee working on LOTS of projects around the house! Here is just a quick peek at a project to help me stay organized in my new basement office!

Here is what I started with...

First, I took some fabric I bought at JoAnn's and cut it about an inch larger on each side than the magnetic board measured. I placed the fabric right-side down on my table and laid the front of the board on top. I then took my hot glue gun and ran a bead of hot glue down the back edges of the magnetic board and pressed the fabric down all the way around the back of the board.

To add the grosgrain trim, I mitred the edges of the ribbon just by using my hot glue gun. I put a small bead of hot glue near the end of the ribbon and folded it over. I pre-measured and cut all four pieces to length prior to this step.

I then glued each piece to the fabric along the edge of the front side of the magnetic board.

I added a zipper rosette to the top corner because it still looked a little plain. (this was an after Christmas Wal-Mart clearance bin find- score!)

And some Michael's dollar bin magnets that color coordinate...

And, voila! Sterlie classroom to chic magnet board!

Cozy Little Dinner Party for 4

I have a great little eat-in kitchen, that I have had a blast sprucing up recently! And, believe me when I say little... the eat-in part is only about 5 1/2 feet by 7 1/2 feet. The table takes up almost all of it!

I wanted to have a cozy little dinner party for 4, and wanted all the decor for the party to match what is in the room already.

Paint on the walls is Benjamin Moore "Honeymoon" from the Affinity Collection (AF-345). It was really a new idea for me, because it's a yellow and I hadn't done much in the way of yellow before moving into this house.

I envisioned a warm palatte of yellows and reds with a touch of black. I had some great little black and white vintage grocery salad plates from Ballard Designs that started my inspiration.

Pictured here hanging one above the other on my wall in my kitchen. There are 4 total and they flank the door leading into my office. (Said office happens to be a lil' bit messy right now, hence no pic of all 4 salad plates)

I then found a fabulous fabric at JoAnn's of all places! I used this to recover some hideous looking chairs.

So, on to the dinner party! First, the centerpiece... Had all of this already. Red gerbera daisies were left over from my son's first birthday party. (It was a Dr. Suess theme - if I get pics together I'll post someday!) They are in a clear glass vase with some green bamboo and are sitting on top of a black painted wooden charger.

I then added some tealights for ambiance on either side of the vase.

Next, white dinner plates, red salad plates, and white napkins with felt flowers. I wrapped the napkins in black grosgrain ribbon, and added the silverware inside the napkins for a nice clean look on the table.

View of the microwave stand from the table. The leaf is a metal tray I hung with a plate hanger, and the red vase and red cookbook stand are thrift shop finds!

And now, the shot from the kitchen.

And every great hostess knows that your dinner party isn't complete unless you look great, so don't forget your cute little apron that says, "I've been slaving away all day, and I still look fabulous!"