Bar Rehab

This one is pretty simple I repainted an old book shelf and added a few features to make this a great bar!

I know the after picture isn't the best... But it still made a great gift!

After painting it I stopped at Lowes to pick up some hardware to make this more of a "bar". I found awesome glass racks for a little less than $2 bucks a piece! Then to give it a little charm I wanted to add a decal to the back - normally I would paint it, but because I was unsure if the receiver would like the look... I actually used wall decals. I found a really neat pack of wall decals and cut them down to make a running border. 

Then just finished it off with a few bottles of booze and some vintage barwear and TA-DAH! A great personalized gift on a budget!

Bridesmaid Boxes

So I found this next idea initially on Pinterest. I twisted it to match my wedding theme and colors. Everything I used was just little bits and pieces of wedding decorations I already had!

I wanted the maids to have a sense of the wedding and the colors they can look forward to seeing for the next six months so I made little memento boxes to ask them to by my maids!

The boxes are from Michael's and with the online coupon I bought all five for less than $4 each! 

For the outside I used -

1. Stickers for their initial - I put on initially and then went back with paint.

2. A chevron stencil - I used acrylic paint and a dry brush 

The sticker left me an outline that I was able to fill in with a solid letter. As for the inside...

I also made sure to include -

1. The wedding info (when/where)

2. What their dress was going to look like

3. A meet and greet of each bridesmaid and how we met.

These turned out great and the girls LOVED them... So +1 for Pinterest! They took about 15 minutes a piece, so a great gift no matter how much time you have for crafting! 

Homemade Paint Chips

Good morning! 

I thought I'd share a little tip! When it comes to remembering what exact shade of blue you picked when you painted that piece of furniture... It's really tough to match that obscure pillow you found at that big box store. SO! I used this idea because my bridesmaids are going to wear different color dresses. I wanted to make sure they each wore a specific shade and now I carry around an extra set of chips for when I find wedding stuff at random. 

These are my chips - 

I just bought little pre cut wood chips at Michaels for roughly $0.33 per chip. I then painted them the colors I needed to be reminded of and because they had pre drilled holes... I just linked them together with a ring that I used to use for notecards. 

These are great for not only wedding colors, but color schemes in each room of your house! I highly recommend writing the color brand and name on the back of the chip in case you run out of paint and need to grab some while you are out.

Well I know that was a lot of crammed information - feel free to ask questions if you need to!! 

Get crafting!!