Deco Me Crazy

     So I dicovered a new craft about six months ago and immediately fell in love. And I firmy believe that anyone who likes crafting even a little bit should try this craft at least once. I guarantee you will love it!!! What is it you ask me? Well if you can't tell from the title, which i tried to be clever with ;), its......

DECOUPAGE

Oh the sweet and wonderful world of decoupage. I think besides sewing, this has to be my absolute favorite craft. So I have put together a blog of things that I have decopuaged. Even though I discovered this six months ago, I have only done a few things. I have been very busy with other things, but I am going to def. start decopauging more. So I hope you enjoy, and I hope you see something that inspires you to try it out. Its a great way to update old furniture, or just give some spunk to something you use every day. So here goes.......

Okay, so this dresser was given to us by my husbands father an his wife. They gave us sister dressers. Which is my word for two dressers that are alike but one has two rows of dressers and the other is just one row...if that makes sense. Anyways, this is the one I keep in our room. And I really needed a dresser, but I really hated this dresser. So the picture on the left is of course the dresser before, and the picture on the right is the dresser after. I also did some candels to match which I featured in another post. I love how it turned out and it totally goes with our room now.

So this is a desk that I did for my husband who just recently went back to school. It used to be almost the same green as the wall that its against... :/....My husband is going to school for music so I put a music spin on the desk. And of course topped it with a yellow chair...I think it turned out great, and he likes it...hes a guy.

Here is another before and after. This is my daughters stool that she stands on to brush her teeth. I did a very cute school theme on this because she started school last year. She loves this stool. As you can see from the picture on the left, it was just a plain white stool that I think I got at Target. This def.
makes it look a lot better.

This is another decopauged item that I did for my daughter. I am redoing my daughters entire room to have more of a princess theme....and this is her little undie/sock dresser. Its actually a small dresser and I LOVE it. Basically what I did was paint it pink, distressed it with a piece of very fine sand paper and then decoupaged the top. Remember that if you decoupage something that you want to combine with paint, always always paint first. 

The last item that is in the right side, which says the name fowler is what I made for my nephew. I did a very cute robot space theme...it turned out soooooo cute. I will say that if you decide to decoupage for the first time, a name like this is NOT the way to go. Its really hard to figure out , so save this kind of stuff until you get better. And finally I want to say that decoupage is a great way to completely transform something boring, or old into something amazing. If you just use your mind, take your time, and just enjoy it you can really make something come to life. And its a fantastic craft that is farely cheap. Especially if you already have the furniture or something to decoupage. I will be posting a 'how to decoupage' blog up by the end of the week for anyone who reads this and wants to try it. I  notice a lot of people read this and comment to me on my facebook...which is GREAT!! See you next time!

Cute Candle craft

So I ♥ to be crafty. And I decided to share with you one of my crafts that I did. I have been gathering things for a benefit yard sale that I am going to be throwing in the next couple weeks and one of the donations were these very boring glass cylinders. A lot of people use these for weddings, or just as candle holders. And I thought instead of trying to sell them as they were, I would decorate and sell them that way. I think they turned out super cute. I did two for fall, one for christmas, and then just one black, white and red. Now this is my first craft blog, so im not sure how this will turn out, but I hope you like it :D

Okay first you need to get your supplies. Here is a list.

*Scrapbook paper of your choice. You can use one kind, or several different kinds

*Scissors

*Hot glue, two sided tape, or just tape.

*Glass cylinder.

*Ribbon (in some of mine I used crafters rope)

I picked these two colors. One for the background color, and one for the accent color. 

I cut out a strip of the accent color to go on top of the main fabric.

I don't like to measure too much, so what I did was just lay the glass cylinder on top of the paper and cut at the bottom of the glass. This way the paper is the same lenth as the cylinder.

Now with this step you can use tape, two sided tape or hot glue. Remember tho if you use hot glue to never put the hot glue directly on the glass as it can break it. And if you have a hot glue gun that can be adjusted, make sure its not on the highest setting. I use tape. If you use tape its easier to change out paper. If you decide you want to do it over next year or something then it would be best to use tape. So I usually tape the middle first and then tape the sides.

Then bring the rest of the paper around and tape the paper closed. You should not be able to see any of the cylinder on the outside. I do like to often use hot glue for this step, that way the tape wont be visible to guests.

Next...do the same step with the middle piece. You don't have to use another piece, you can use another piece, and you can use several different pieces. Use your imagination on this part. 

Then use some ribbon to tie around. Again, you don't have to do this step, but I think it looks better. In a lot of mine I like to use the thin crafters rope and I think its super cute. Then what I do is I either put a large candle in the cylinder, or I put sand art sand in it and then place a candle on top. Remember with any candle to never walk away from a lit candle, and always make sure to keep an eye on your candle. When these candles are lit they are really nice. These would be great as gifts. You can make baby shower candles, you can make bathroom candles. The possiblities are endless.

Im sorry if this blog isnt great in explaining, and kind of scattered, but this is my first  crafters blog so im still learning. If you have questions please let me know!!