Valentine's Day gift for my Sweetie {Pinterest}

I made this for JJ last year. I didn't want to show it off until he got it so I saved the post to give inspiration this year. :)

My friend Leslie, alerted me to a pin she found on Pinterest. Of course! I immediately pinned it to my "Crafy Creations & Ideas" board. This is where I keep a stash of all the things that catch my eye for ideas, inspiration, how-tos, etc.

The original idea came from PaperVine. Lowri wrote a great tutorial. I followed most of it, I just decorated mine differently.

Here's hers:

I really recommend going and reading her tutorial. It's very straightforward.

Without further ado, here's my finished product!


I cut the letters off some patterned paper I had in my stash.



I covered the front and back of each page...so you really can't see that the base is a deck of cards. When I began, it really wasn't my intention to cover all surfaces...as I had sanded (ruined a cutting board and breathed in who-knows-what from the plastic coating) both sides off all the cards.


This is somewhat of a side view. Mine really doesn't stand up or anything. And I had to use 2" (I think) rings because I added too many layers to use the ones recommended in the tutorial.

Overall, I LOVED this project.

-First I made my list of reasons.
-Then I chose a paper pack and some papers.
-I cut all the pieces with George cartridge on my Cricut...messing with the size until I had a relationship that looked good.
-I hand wrote all the reasons...because I like the idea of my handwriting being on there. And because I am straight up terrible at printing labels. :)

What projects are you making for your Sweetie for Valentine's Day? I'd love to know.

In the pursuit of a sun porch

I've been collecting for my sun porch since I saw our house on the Multi-List Server we moved into our house. The day we closed, we hit up an auction in my home town.

I already had some wicker furniture that came with the house but was looking for a small stool/low chair/something besides the side table on which to prop my feet.

Look what I found! And only $11!!!


Bright sun shine makes it difficult to take a decent picture.


A little on the ugly side but I can see potential with a little paint and some fabric!

I got this wild idea to paint the bottom of it yellow. This yellow:


Boy is it bright!!!


Ok, part of that might be the sun but...

A little Sun Yellow to the rescue!

I was drawing from this inspiration picture:

I lost the source...sorry. I pinned it before I realized I was sometimes losing the source.

Anyway, I still need to cover the top. I think I'm going to use dropcloth...but I'm not sure. I'm also not sure the yellow is staying...

What do you think??

I'll show you it IN my porch soon. I think I am almost done out there...for now.

Scarf Organization {Pinterest}

A couple of months ago, in this post, I showed you a picture of my scarves.



I have a small collection...and I'd love to see my collection grow. :)

While browsing Pinterest one day, I came across and idea to organize and store/hand scarves. This is the original post (to the best I can figure).

I had no organization for my scarves. So, armed with this idea, I set off to make my own. I heeded the original author's advice and opted for a durable hanger and snagged some cheep shower rings from Wal-Marks.

If I remember correctly, they were a couple of dollars.

I snapped the rings on the bottom of the hanger and added my scarves.

Viola!

Whew! Don't look too close. The inside of my closet will scare you half to death!!!



Wow, much better!!!

And look what I saw when I was in my closet...


Cute little girl!


Looks like I need more scarves!!!


Do you have a favorite scarf? Do you have a better plan for organization? I'd love to see!