Fabric Diaper Wipe Tutorial

One night I babysat for my neighbor, and she had this adorable diaper wipe case.  I thought, “I can make this” so I looked online and found a few blogs with instructions.

                                All I needed was some batting ,  some cute felt like material, and a diaper wipe case.
              
1) First trace around the diaper wipe caseto get the pattern, cut out fabric and batting, then glue batting to top and bottom of case.                          
 
2) start at back and glue on fabric, 3) pull tight and glue fabric to front of case, then around the sides. 4) Trim fabric with scissors if needed, 5)then glue ribbon all around the top and bottom edge.  Presto…YOU’RE DONE!
 
My friend Tami even came over this afternoon and made one for her grandson out of the cute animal print below.  Forgot to snap a photo of her finished product.                                       
If you want, you can make a cute butterfly by looping the ribbon 2x and then hot gluing it to the top of the case.  then cut about 1 1/2 inch body and glue over the looped ‘wings’.  I also used a little piece of ribbon to make antennae…which you can’t really see in the picture.  Turned out really cute…and Tami wants to come back next week for another craft!

Scrapbook paper and glass thingee project!

I'm pretty new to the home decor and craft blogworld...but boy do I luv me some good craft projects!!! I changed careers at age 40 and went from a corporate HR position to going back to school to earn my teaching credentials and master's degree in a dual program. As you may have heard, teachers don't make squat...and they (I) spend hundreds of $$$$ each year to buy classroom supplies. BUT, I get to spend way more time with my 2 young boys, and that's what it's all about. However, since I got a pay cut this year thanks to the economy, I have to come up with low cost projects for my house....and this is one of them. This was a gift to the teacher who allowed me to student teach in her 5th grade classroom. She is an amazing teacher, and when I saw this project, I knew I had to make one for her!! It's actually from one of my favorite scrapbook designers, Beckyhiggins.com. I looked at the project on her website and duplicated her idea. All it takes is 1) a few pieces of scrapbook paper, 2) some cute ribbon for trim, 3) glass rounds (found at dollar store), and an old frame (must remove the glass). All you do is print on words on scrapbook paper and glue words and pretty patterns with modge podge onto the glass rounds. Then glue the scrapbook paper onto the frame backing and add ribbon for the trim dividers. Then finish by glueing the glass rounds onto the paper. Needless to say, Mrs. Poulson LOVED the personalized gift!!! And I still need to make one for myself.....

Scrapbook paper and glass thingee project!

I'm pretty new to the home decor and craft blogworld...but boy do I luv me some good craft projects!!! I changed careers at age 40 and went from a corporate HR position to going back to school to earn my teaching credentials and master's degree in a dual program. As you may have heard, teachers don't make squat...and they (I) spend hundreds of $$$$ each year to buy classroom supplies. BUT, I get to spend way more time with my 2 young boys, and that's what it's all about. However, since I got a pay cut this year thanks to the economy, I have to come up with low cost projects for my house....and this is one of them. This was a gift to the teacher who allowed me to student teach in her 5th grade classroom. She is an amazing teacher, and when I saw this project, I knew I had to make one for her!! It's actually from one of my favorite scrapbook designers, Beckyhiggins.com. I looked at the project on her website and duplicated her idea. All it takes is 1) a few pieces of scrapbook paper, 2) some cute ribbon for trim, 3) glass rounds (found at dollar store), and an old frame (must remove the glass). All you do is print on words on scrapbook paper and glue words and pretty patterns with modge podge onto the glass rounds. Then glue the scrapbook paper onto the frame backing and add ribbon for the trim dividers. Then finish by glueing the glass rounds onto the paper. Needless to say, Mrs. Poulson LOVED the personalized gift!!! And I still need to make one for myself.....

Scrapbook Paper, Glass Rounds, and Ribbon Project

I'm pretty new to the home decor and craft blogworld...but boy do I luv me some good craft projects!!! I changed careers at age 40 and went from a corporate HR position to going back to school to earn my teaching credentials and master's degree in a dual program. As you may have heard, teachers don't make squat...and they (I) spend hundreds of $$$$ each year to buy classroom supplies. BUT, I get to spend way more time with my 2 young boys, and that's what it's all about.

However, since I got a pay cut this year thanks to the economy, I have to come up with low cost projects for my house....and this is one of them. This was a gift to the teacher who allowed me to student teach in her 5th grade classroom. She is an amazing teacher, and when I saw this project, I knew I had to make one for her!! It's actually from one of my favorite scrapbook designers, Beckyhiggins.com. I looked at the project on her website and duplicated her idea.

All it takes is 1) a few pieces of scrapbook paper, 2) some cute ribbon for trim, 3) glass rounds (found at dollar store), and an old frame (must remove the glass). All you do is print on words on scrapbook paper and glue words and pretty patterns with modge podge onto the glass rounds. Then glue the scrapbook paper onto the frame backing and add ribbon for the trim dividers. Then finish by glueing the glass rounds onto the paper.

Needless to say, Mrs. Poulson LOVED the personalized gift!!! And I still need to make one for myself.....

My Picture Frame Project

Score...I found some frames that were being given away by a local photography studio that I think had gone out of business. Some of them were a bit scratched, but I happened to need 4, and 3 were perfect. One had a nasty looking scratch so what I did was, 1) Take a frame with a light scratch. I know it's hard to see but the paint was completely scraped off the top of this frame.

2) Fill in scratch w/ Sharpie.

3) Use some canvas from a Painting Pad and cover the cardboard that came with the picture frame.

4) Glue 12 x 12 scrapbook paper onto the canvas for a finished project. The frames didn't come with glass so I'd like to find something (other than glass because it's so expensive) to put in the frame to "finish" the project. But this will do for now!!! It will FOR SURE look better when I get the other 3 finished and hung on the biggest wall in the room that will hopefully be painted before I start school again in August.