Fabric Memo Board

Last week, Sister #3, my mom, and I spent the day crafting at her house.  My mom did crafts with the kids, while we worked on a few projects.  My sister moved into her house 3 years ago, with a 3-4 month old and shortly after that she found out she was having my niece.  Needless to say, the the house got some basic fixes, but decorating was last on the list.  In the past few months, they have been slowly transforming their house into a home.  They bought gorgeous furniture and reconfigured the layout of their house.  Little by little, they have started accessorising, and it is looking great.  She asked me for some help with some projects and I happily obliged.  First on the list, covering this old cork board for her new office nook (as she's calling it).

We added one layer of batting and just used a staple gun to attach.

Next we added a layer of fabric, pulling as tight as we could.  Her office nook is in her dining room and she wants to keep the same color scheme throughout.  Her colors are greys, pewters, and red accents.  We found this fabric at Joann's Fabric.

We then laid out pieces of ribbon to see what felt right.

Once we figured out how many would work, we measured it out to keep it perfectly aligned.

We hot glued the ribbon to the back (if trying this, make sure you keep the ribbon very tight).  We interwove the ribbon to keep it stronger.

We then added thumbtacks for some bling and to make the slots more user friendly.

 Here it is.  I'm loving the red, white, and grey/pewter color all together. 

I'll be showing you some more projects that we've been working on when we finish them up.  Have you tried making a message board?




 

I'll be joining these linky parties

Loving White

I was taking a look at my Pinterest 'Rooms I love' boards last night, and I noticed a trend. It was not intentional, I think it's just what I am drawn to. It's something I've noticed in my own life, home, and even the car I drive, I LOVE white.  Almost every room I've pinned, the walls are some shade of white.  Some are stark white, others have a light grey undertone, but any way it is, I love it. 

I will be having a handyman working at my house for the next few days.  Nothing pretty or exciting, just a bunch of maintenance that my husband just doesn't want to take care of on the weekends.  I'll post pictures soon. Oh, wait one exciting thing, our guest bedroom will be getting a coat of the lightest, almost white, grey today. Can I have a handyman on staff, that would be the day.

I Love Thrifting

Rashon Carraway from Mr. GoodWill Hunting organized a thrifting party for this past Saturday.  I was excited to be participating via Twitter.  My mom, sister, and I were exited to head out at about 9:00 a.m. that morning.  Unfortunately, when we woke up it was pouring rain.  My husband and I decided to go get brunch and I was able to convince him to drive me by a huge thrift store on our way out.  He stayed in the car, while I browsed.  I then dropped him off at home and headed out.  As I was walking around the Salvation Army, I got a text from my sister (#3) that she was ready to go.  I drove to her house and picked her and her little ones to go to our favorite thrift store about an hour away from us.  The kids fell asleep on the way there, and surprisingly, slept through all our shopping. We transferred them in and out of the strollers a couple of times and still out!

Here are my finds.  All of them for my youngest sister's (#4) apartment that I've apparently become a personal shopper for. I text her my finds and she responds with a yes or no.  It's pretty nice to shop with someone else's money.

This cute lamp will be sitting on her tiny nightstand.  It was marked $10.00, but all lamps were 50% off. So $5.00!

This little carved wooden box was $3.00.  It will be perfect for her vanity...that I will be painting next week. Not only am I her personal shopper, but apparently, I'm her personal painter too.

This copper tray was $3.00.  It needs some serious love.  If you have any copper cleaning suggestions, I would love to hear them.

Finally, these mirrors.  I LOVE them.  The two that are the same were $2.00 each and the smaller one was $1.50.  I think I'm keeping one for my office gallery wall and the other two will be heading to my sister's apartment.

All in all, it was a successful thrifting day.  We were hoping to find some furniture pieces, but no luck.  I really want to thank Rashon for organizing this event. It was fun to keep track of everyone via Twitter. I have to say, I was a little jealous of the big, organized parties going on.  Hopefully, next year. 

Anthropologie Inspired Coffee Table

Rachelle from Adventures in Creating found this inspiration from Anthropologie,

 and created this.

Pretty incredible, isn't it? I've been loving her blog and all the amazing DIY projects on there.