Washcloths

Kelly made these washcloths as part of her Christmas gifts for her mom this year.

Christmas Star

Kelly made this Christmas Star for her front window.  She purchased 5 yard sticks from Home Dept at $.69 a piece.  Then she bought a pack of nuts and bolts ($1.18) to put it all together.  She used a strand of white lights she had to wrap around the star.

Here is the view of the star from the road.

Rag Rug

This month Kelly was inspired by this post.  She decided to maker her own rag rug for her basement to give it a nice pop of color.  Turned out great and her dog is enjoying it too:)

Monster Windows

This month Kelly got a jump on Halloween.   After seeing this on Pinterest she decided to do her own version.

 Kelly purchased black poster board at the Dollar Tree.  She had chalk and tissue paper on hand so she went to work creating some fun monsters.

The whole craft was less than $4.00 - love it!  So simple, so fun.

Clothespin Magnets

Kelly got inspiration for this project from one of her friends.

 She used scrapbook paper, clothes pins, glue and self adhesive magnet strips.

 She cut the scrapbook paper to size and glued it onto the clothespins.  Then she cut a strip of the self adhesive magnet strips and attached it to the back of the clothespin.  She set a couple of heavy books on top of it so it would really stick well.

Cute, easy project!

Sand Dollar Cookies

One of Kelly's friends just had a baby and as part of the meal she prepared to take to them she decided to try out a new cookie recipe.  She made these "sand dollar" cookies.

Redesigned Furniture

 Kelly also gave these garage sale finds a fun make over.  She used Rustoleum spray paint, in the color Lagoon, and gave them both an overall coat to make them pop!

Paint Chip Art

Kelly is working on finishing her basement and has finished some projects this month to get closer to her goal!  She gathered a bunch of pain chips in the coral color family and cut them into triangles.  Then she arranged them in an ombre layout and glued them to a canvas.

Knitted Washcloths

This month Kelly learned to knit.  She was able to get two Washcloths done in time for a Mother's Day Gift for her mom.

3D Art Piece

Kelly made this piece after being inspired by this artist at the Des Moines Art Festival.  She attached some dinosaurs to a picture frame with glue.  The glass had previously been removed from the frame.  Then she gave the whole thing a coat of spray paint.

Scrap Flower Canvas

This month Kelly made this flower canvas with scrapbook paper she had on hand.  She painted a canvas  grey.  Then cut 3 different size petals from various scrapbook papers she had.  The she started in the middle and with the small ones and worked her way out.  She glued them down with a glue stick.  She found the idea for the project here.

2012 Yearbook

This month Kelly made a 2012 Yearbook of her favorite photos.  She used the My Publisher site.  She was inspired after seeing this.

Card Books

This month Kelly made card books so they are easier to save and to look at again.  She saw the idea originally here.  

She cut out pieces of cardboard, decorate them, punched holes in them and cards and used book rings to put it all together. 

So far she put together 3 books and did them by themes.  One booklet is cards from her parents, another is cards from her bother and family and the 3rd is cards from when she lived in Spain.  

Refurnished Footstool

 Kelly found this footstool at Collectamania in Des Moines.  It has a little storage compartment which was great, but the fabric was not.  Kelly had some fabric on hand that worked much better so she recovered the stool and used a staple gun to fasten it.

 Works much better with her chair.

 And a perfect size to be tucked under the chair, which is a great space saver in her cozy living room.

Close up of the "new" stool.

Dollar Tree Christmas Crafting

 This month Kelly purchased all her supplies at the Dollar Tree for a grand total of $10 to make some cute and easy Christmas Decorations.  She glued candlestick holders to vases.  Then she filled one with Christmas candy and the other with some Christmas floral branches.  She then made a Christmas tree in a mason jar after seeing this.  Quick and easy way to add holiday cheer. 

Upcycled Christmas Cards

This month Kelly went through old Christmas cards and recycled them to make a new batch of Christmas cards.  She cut out a portion of the card to fit onto folded card stock and used a glue stick to paste it on.   She then used the card scraps to make gift tags.

Towel Hangers

This month Kelly made some towel hangers out of antique door knobs and back-plates.  She was inspired by her friend that did the wall by her front entry door all of door knobs.  Here is that inspiration picture:

 For hers, Kelly removed the door knobs from the spindle, found a short bolt to screw into the spindle and then it was secured to the back plate.  The whole things was then mounted on the wall using screws (EZ Anchors) through the back plates.

 Close Up

View of both towel hangers.

Sheet Music Envelopes

 Another project Kelly did this month was to take old sheet music and fold it into usable envelopes.  The top picture shows the steps to folding and the bottom is the finished product.

Floating Frame Wall

This month Kelly finished her Floating Frame wall, which she started here.  She has painted several more frames and now hung them all on her wall.

Repainted Frames

 Kelly started a project this month that she hopes to continue.  She is on the lookout for fun frames and as she finds them she is spray painting them white to create a floating frame wall.  Off to a good start!