Kawaii Crafts

I'm really excited about this DIY ornament, not only was it cheap, but its fun and easy. There would be some things I'd do differently on the next ornament; but I'll list them at the end of this post.

So first I started by buying  3 wood blocks for 99 cents each at Michaels. I took those block and painted them black.(leaving one side not painted so it could dry on that side). Lay them on wax paper so they don't stick. 

 I then drilled a hole in them (okay, so maybe Junior drilled the hole for me...I was totally capable but he insisted). Make sure you make the holes as straight as you can. You'll want to be able to put 2-3 strands of THIN ribbon through, or maybe 1 strand of medium sized ribbon.

Choose 12 pictures, and resize them down to 1.5". I did 1.5" this time, and while they look nice, I'd probably do 1.3" next time to give it a black edge effect to it. You can do this in Microsoft Word, Photoshop or even Picnik. 

I printed my pictures on gloss paper, but you can print them on regular paper then put a coat of gloss mod podge over them. To apply the pictures to the blocks, I spread a light layer of mod podge to the wood then placed the picture on. I let this dry for a day before I messed with it again.

I then just put threaded some ribbon through, making knots for each block to sit on then tied off on a bow.

How easy and cute is that??

THINGS I'D DO DIFFERENT: Downsize (vertical) pictures to 1.3"

Use beads to separate blocks,

thicker/more ribbon.

Let me know if you try it, I hope you do!!!

~Lauren

I am constantly complaining about Presley's hair being in her eyes. She refuses to let me put her hair up. So I think we absolutely needed something simple like this in our lives:)

This project takes two supplies I'm pretty sure you have laying around your house: ribbon and a hair band.

Here is how you make it:

1. Measure the ribbon around the child's head or your own head. Cut it to the approximate length.

2. Fold the ends of the ribbon around the hair band and either sew or use a glue gun to secure it in place and the end!!

Literally the easiest DIY project I've done yet!!

Leslie

So, I originally planned to make these Polaroid Picture looking magnets that I saw on Pinterest... Until I went to print out my pictures and saw about 15 pennies shoved into my printer, that no longer works (Thanks Skyler!). Ohhh toddlers, she never ceases to amaze me!

So I worked with what I had so I could still have a sample of the project.

First, I went to Michaels and bough 1.5' rectangle wood cut outs (19 cents each), a roll of self adhesive magnets ($1.99)& some Matte Mod Podge ($3.49). You'll need paint or paint markers and a paint brush- which I already had.

I painted the wood cut outs white then left it dry for about 10 minutes. I applied mod podge onto one side of the wood with the paint brush, then carefully put a picture onto it (smoothing out any wrinkles). 

(Back of the wood cut out, Magnet) 

I only had to trim the edges of the picture just a smidge to make it fit perfectly. From there, I cut a piece of magnet and stuck it to the back of the wood cut out. And...WA LA! You have your very own Picture Magnets!

  ( Photo Magnet, on my fridge)

I still plan on making the polaroid magnets once I have that handy boyfriend of mine figure out what our little monster did to my printer.... but for now, I think these are super cute!

Try them out, these would be PERFECT for a small Christmas gift. Print your favorite pictures and give 5+ magnets in a small box for a family member or friend! Very personal and SUPER cute!!!

~Lauren

The process (although it took me forever) was simple. I bought two pieces of wood painted them the solid blue and red. Then I found a font that I liked and print it out to fit the wood. I cut all the letters out and then I traced the letters onto the wood. Next, I started the filling in process with the different colors of paint. I probably did about 4-5 coats of each color. I especially had to paint the yellow a ton of times because the red was so dark. Then I used a clear wood coat to finish it off so it would be super shiny. I know the pictures aren't the best but you get the idea! 

Let me know what you think!!

Leslie

These are mostly thanks to ideas I've found off pinterest.com ;) but I've still made them my own.

I have an old wooden ikea tv stand, we keep tons of junk in the bottom since there is lots of storage. Well, I was sick and tired of looking at the junk all the time so I decided to cover it up. My first try was a complete failure because I was going to use scrapbooking paper in the windows. It looked cute, but the cable box is down there and it totally blocked the signal, so while it was cute it was completely inconvenient!

Next, I went to Make-Man and did some snooping around and found some contact paper that I could put in the windows that gave it a blurred effect and I could most likely still get the signal to the cable box..bingo! I took it home and cut out some cute images on my Cricut then traced them on the contact paper, cut them out, and stuck them to the window!! Sooooo simple and it makes the doors look super cute!!!

(*NOTE: I tried the contact paper in the cricut and it was a no-go! The cricut pulled the paper and demolished the contact paper.:( )

Here are some pictures:





How do you like it?? Give me some feedback:)!!!
Leslie