Pinspiration Sunday: Christmas Card Holder

So awhile back on Pinterest I saw a pin of a picture holder made from an old frame. And I thought it was really simple and cute and maybe one day I would make it. Then Christmas season came. Now I always just tape my cards to the closet door in the living room because I really had nowhere else to put them. But this year I remembered that pin I saw. I had this hideous picture from a gift exchange at work. It’s kind of a joke that started before I came to work at this hospital but I wasn't disappointed when I got it cause all I thought was, “I bet I can make something out of this”. And now I have.

Here’s what I started with:

I took the backing off and removed the picture and glass. Next I sanded the frame down.

Then I mixed some paint up to get a nice minty green color. I painted the entire frame and allowed it to dry overnight. The next day I sanded it down again to get a distressed look. Once I had it sanded to my liking, I cleaned it off then put a coat of Mod Podge on it. I allowed that to dry.

Next, I took twine and tied 4 strings across it. To help the twine stay in place I put a dab of hot glue on the back side of the frame. I originally wanted to keep the staples in on the sides that helps hold everything in place and tie the twine to that but one had fallen off. I tried to tack it back in but unfortunately because of my Rheumatoid Arthritis I have recently become very weak in my right hand/wrist (which is my dominate side) so I have to adjust my crafting to accommodate my abilities. But I really like the ties on the front of the frame anyways.

 So that’s it. To hold the cards in place I have super small clothes pins from my son's first birthday bash. This project was 100% FREE because all my supplies were just lying around. I do think that this frame will ultimately be too small for all the Christmas cards we get so maybe next year I’ll redo it with a bigger and thicker frame I pick up from my thrifting. But until then, this will do.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my project!

Card Holder

Well I finally made the card holder for my sister-in-laws wedding. It's only 3 weeks away!!!!! I'm so excited for her. So I got the suitcase from a thrift store. I cut out the letters with green cardstock using the Plantin School font from Cricut then sprayed it with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Olive Vine. I had the lace runner that I picked up at a yard sale last year for FREE! (gotta love that!) and the brown lace I bought from a thrift store for only 10 cents. The flowers are fairytale roses and I just attached them using glue dots. In fact the letters are attached using glues dots (for now anyways...just wanted to make sure she liked it before anything was permanently affixed to it). I think it turned out great…hope you like it too!


Here is the inspiration picture:

This is the one I created:

Crafting a Wedding

So as it turns out, life with a new baby leaves just about zero time for crafts. But I've managed to sneak some time in to get things made for my sister-in-laws wedding. I had to make wine glass charms for the bridal shower. I ordered both the charms and the charm rings from people off Etsy.com, then I just used beads I had at home. And My friend, Angela, her mom and I went thrift store shopping to find wine glasses. I think they turned out really nice. All the beading is different and I picked out 3 different charms (a ring in a box, a dress and an envelope with a heart coming out). Here's what they look like:






Another task I took on was creating flowers for our hair that would match our dresses. Her wedding colors are camo and fern green. Our dress (thank goodness) are the fern green. So with a little help from Pinterest.com, my friend, Angela had pinned and flower pillow how-to from MarthaStewart.com which showed how to make flowers from satin...very easy...but I've never attempted anything like this before. So when we bought our dresses we also bought the fabric sample swatches that I used to make the flowers. I bought some shiny antique, gold tulle from JoAnn fabrics and with alittle cutting and sewing I had this:



My next task will be finishing the card box for the wedding...my inspiration?


You'll have to wait until next time to see how it turned out :)