Boho Earrings

I saw this idea on Michaels.com along with a necklace, they didn't provide instructions for making the earrings so I just used the picture for inspiration and winged it. I did change a couple things - theirs are hanging on dangling ear wires, I did mine off silver posts; and it looks like they used chain above the beads but I substituted copper tube beads. These took me less than 1/2 hour to make and I love how they turned out!










Supplies:

•  something to hang them from - silver posts like mine (with a little loop on the bottom to attach the beads), hoops, ear wires...whatever. 
• 2 2" eye pins with loop on one side
• 4 small copper tube beads
• 12 4mm beads
• 6 silver feather charms
• 4 jump rings
• small needle nose pliers

Directions:

for each earring - string 6 beads then 2 copper tube beads on the eye pin, bend the top of the pin using the pliers into a closed loop. Attach to a jump ring (open the jump ring using 2 tweezers, pull one side towards you and push the other side away from you - put thru the beaded loop and close by reversing how you opened the ring). Put the 3 feather charms on another jump ring and then attach to the bottom of the beaded strand. 

how to open a jump ring

one year ago today: the best baked beans!

Mini Succulent Shadow Box

I love how this little shadow box turned out and it was another simple, quick, fun project - my favorite kind!

Supplies:

• small paper maché rectangle box 2" x 3.25", without the lid
• small matted frame 3.5"x 4.5"overall with 2"x 3" opening, remove the glass and back
• small artificial succulent
• craft paint and brush
• hot glue, clear craft glue

Paint the inside of the paper maché box, I did 2 coats, let dry. Hot glue the small succulent to a bottom corner of the box. Using clear craft glue, attach the mat to the front edges of the box creating the shadowbox effect, then glue the mat to the frame. Easy!

I just squeezed some paint into the box
and brushed it around using a small foam
paintbrush - a little lazy, yes :)

Got the idea for this project here

Notebook Paper Frame

I love back to school time of year - I think that's one of those either love it or hate it things. Dave hates it, how many years later he is still traumatized about going to school hahaha, but it makes me excited! I was shopping with Brooke the other day looking at school supplies (see here for her jazzing up her composition notebooks) and I couldn't resist getting myself notebooks, folders and new markers! Pitiful I know...but I love this stuff. So when I saw this idea I immediately knew I'd be making it.

I saw this frame idea on the Michaels website, I didn't follow their instructions exactly but that's what an inspiration idea is for! See an idea, change it if you want to, and make it your own...

This is super simple - paint a plain wood frame white; after it dries make lines using a blue fine point sharpie every 3/8" inch horizontally on the frame. Then make 2 vertical red lines on the left side - looks like notebook paper! So cute, what a great teacher gift (or a gift for someone like me who is slightly obsessed with notebook paper)!

I wasn't patient enough to paint one side and
let it dry before painting the flip side!

To make the picture to put in the frame, I played around with some free circle flower templates I found online (click here for the site I used) and added the 'make my day camp' text.