Neezy Peasy

Cardboard Chalk Board

2012-09-19T10:29:00.000-07:00

I love money saving projects. Because I'm a fickle when it comes to committing to anything, I just couldn't bring myself to permanently turn my frames into chalk boards. I still had tons of cardboard boxes in our garage. For the wedding, I simply painted them with left over chalk board paint from a previous project. After it dried, I cut it to fit the the back of the frame and secured it with my trusty old staple gun all around the picture frame's perimeter. Voila .... a temporary chalk board. If your anything like me and just can't bring yourself to committing your picture frames. Well there you go, a cheap and easy solution:)

Remember this old project... same technique

Frame turned chalk board using cardboard

Large Canvas

2012-09-01T10:29:00.000-07:00

I saw a great post on sugarbeecrafts on how to make large canvases for super cheap by printing out images on engineer paper from Staples. I absolutely love love love this idea and used it to enlarge engagement images in the foyer area for a Wedding. It was so much fun that I did a few more for my sister in law. We printed them in different sizes and created a family photo wall. I love money saving ideas:)

jayebphotography

DIY Light Up Letters

2012-08-21T11:02:00.000-07:00

Photos courtesy of jayebphotography

I wanted to share my favorite diy project that we did for the wedding. I absolutely love anything and everything typography. For the wedding I really wanted something unique and modern as a backdrop behind the wedding table. After showing the Mr what I wanted, we headed to Lowe's and purchased 2 large sheets of styrofoam. These big styrofoam pieces are used to insulate houses. They cost around $13 each. What also made this project super easy was the styrofoam we bought had a silver foil like shinny side. We used the silver shinny side as the front side of each letter.

As a template we enlarged each letter on the computer and printed them out. We traced them on the styrofoam and cut them out, yes it's that simple. Holes for each light bulb were made and excess cords were tapped in the back of the letters so they were well hidden. The letters were super light and easy to hang up. What I loved about this project is that it was cheap, and your able to get the large letters you want without paying a lot of money. It definately achieved the look we were aiming for that day

Thank You!

2012-01-25T09:07:00.000-08:00

I woke up yesterday to one of my favorite blog's http://betterafter.blogspot.com featuring my girls room. Thank's Lindsey for the feature. It truly was a labor of love. I know it's not everyone's aesthetic style, but I'm grateful for those that like it. Head on over to her blog and check out her post on my girl's room:)
http://betterafter.blogspot.com

My Girls Modern Yellow & Gray Room

2012-01-08T00:05:00.002-08:00

Slowly but surely it's finally done... or so I thought. It's been 2 years now since I set out to paint and decorate my girls room. Now I've decided to just scrap it all and start over again. So here is my attempt to document where we started, where we are now and where we hope to end:)

Before

Beige to grey.... first photo wall that was later replaced with a magnet board

Prepping the walls to paint a pattern above the beds

hours later...

Voila! a darker shade of grey

Goodwill Find...Before

After many decorative uses around the house

Now functions as a magnet board

Photo wall with both their initials