Framed Mirror

In our half bath in our utility area, the mirror had some imperfections around some of the edges and it really bothered my husband. I had shown him ideas about framing the bathroom mirrors in the past, but he suddenly NEEDED to do this one right away. If any of you know my husband that is not shocking behavior from him. Most women can't get their husbands to finish projects around the house and I can't get my husband to stop and relax. I have to admit, I'm a pretty lucky wife!

We just bought some chair-rail that matched the rest of our house and cut the edges on an angle so each edge matched up. We glued it on with liquid nails and painted it black. It was a quick project that added alot to this boring old bathroom

Pillows!

I decided I needed some new pillows. I needed some girly new pillows with ruffles! 

 I just used a pillow form I already had as well as some fabric I already had from my niece's skirt I made a while back. I made the pillow, using a zipper, so I can keep using the same pillow forms for future pillows. I then took 2 inch strips of black fabric, gathered them, and sewed them on straight down the middle in 4 rows. Super easy and super cute!

I love my new pillows on my bed!

Wall Decor

My husband has been working on finishing our basement, but as he finishes walls, they desperately need decor on them. Here is one cheap, but cute idea I did a while back to fill an empty wall in the hallway of our basement

 I bought some sheets of 1 inch thick styrafoam at Hobby Lobby and cut them to 12 x 12 and then just used mod-podge to glue on my scrapbook paper. Easy as can be! Just make sure you use the thicker scrapbook paper and it turns out less bumpy when it dries. Then, to fisnish off the edges, I used a brown, 1 inch thick ribbon around all the edges

This is a fun project I did with my niece and my cousin. Projects are way more fun when you do them with someone else! Thanks girls!

Scrap!

Card Clips

Some friends of mine found this idea on Pinterest and we all wanted to make it for our Christmas cards this year!

 We got the clothespins at Walmart and painted them each red and green. My friends even added white to theirs, but I wanted to stick with the bright colors. Then, we cut out some pieces of scrapbook paper to fit on each one and used mod-podge to add them on. The finishing touch was a button on the top, and we all agreed that it was best if you left half without the buttons

You then just tie your ribbon around a door, yoiur kitchen cabinet doors, or wherever you want to hang your cards and clip them on! I only used half my pins this year, but I think next year I will add another ribbon below the one I have and add the rest of the clips there. Hope you have as much fun with this one as I did! Thanks Natalie and Jen for the idea and fun!

Christmas Ornament Wreath

Early in December, I got with a group of girlfriends and we made this ornament wreath! I love how it turned out! We found the idea on Pinterest and got to work. The ornaments were from the dollar store or wherever we found them for cheap. Also, we used the plasic ones so it was not so fragile

 We each got a metal clothes hanger and unwound the top and shaped it into a circle. We cut off the curly end of the hanger to string on the ornaments, but we left the curved hanger top to give it more length. We then hot glued the top of the ornamnt onto the ornament so they didn't pop off once we strung them. Then, just string your ornaments onto the hanger in your own desired order. Some like random and some like order. Whatever works for you. Then, when we were finished we looped the ends of the hanger together and added a cute ribbon to hang it with. I love how it turned out and how everyones was different from eachother. Thanks for the fun time ladies! 'Til next time!