My obsession with burlap

...I'm not sure how it started...and at the moment I can't see it ending any time soon.  I LOVE burlap!!!  Today I created two pieces using burlap in frames.  For the first, I stenciled our family name and established date onto the burlap. I then framed it and put it up.  I added the bow later because I felt like it needed something.


Then, because one wasn't enough...and I purchased a whole yard to play around with, I padded and framed a second piece that I can hang items on.  How great is that?!!  I can change out details as the seasons change.


And because I need a group of 3 to hang together, the last piece, much like the second allows me to hang items, but this time I covered one of my metal magnet boards without the padding, so that I can change out pictures.  Then I spray painted  some clothes pins and glued them to the bottom of the frame so that I can hang extra.


Pictures coming...

Teacher Appreciation Magnet Board

Monday begins Teacher Appreciation Week at our school.  Here is Tanner's gift for the first day.  Lucky me...I had everything already on hand.  A couple of years ago I purchased small magnet boards from Cynthia and Co. and still had some I hadn't used yet.  I was waiting for someone else to make one for.

Using spray adhesive, I covered the front of the board with scrapbook papers.  Then using some cardboard punches, I covered a flower and tag with some additional coordinating paper.  To the back of the cardboard punches and a couple of rhinestones, I hot glued magnets...and tada!

**Big Milestone Moment** I've been following so many crafty blogs and gotten so many fabulous ideas that I thought I'd start linking up to linky parties!! I even have made a new tab along the left side for all the sites I've linked to.  So many things on my blog are other great ideas that I find from all the craft-a-holics out there, but here's one that I came up with that I can share...maybe someone out there will find it inspiring!!

Thinking about summer projects...

Of course I can never do them all...but I sure would like to!  I absolutely love the shirts, sweaters, tanks, etc. with the flowery 3-D effect.  A girl and a glue gun puts together a sweater with a recycled piece and her daughters new jacket...pretty cute and clever and...green!

A girl and a glue gun also had this super cute magnet board.  I still have some boards left over from a couple of Christmases ago...so I'll definitely have to try it out.  This is another project that I have all of the materials for, but it looks like it would take some time.  If I get really lazy, she sells them at her etsy shop.