A Few Fun Projects...

So when you've got a sick kid at home for a week and many of those days are spent watching Dora and taking naps, a mom has got to have some projects to do, right? Well, I took full advantage and accomplished three projects on my list!

1. I wanted a "message board" of sorts for near my kitchen. You know...thank you cards, birth announcements, that type of stuff??? Well, I had seen one I LOVED on etsy, but for 70 bucks I knew it wouldn't go over well with D, so I bought this cute little metal one at Crafts Direct right before Christmas. It served it's purpose, but it just WASN'T what I REALLY wanted. So, I set out of make my own like the one I had seen on etsy.

First off, I needed a large old frame to repaint. I found the perfect one at The Porch, which is a VERY CUTE shop in Downtown Buffalo. Last weekend they were having their monthly sale and I was so happy to find just what I was looking for! I repainted it the same burgundy red in our kitchen and (thanks to my friend Allie at proverbs31girl.com) I was brave and tried a little "distressing." It turned out soooo cute!

Then, I found some corkboard in a roll at Menards for the backing. Super easy to measure and cut!

Lastly I needed to find some cute material to match the color scheme of our house and I found the perfect one at Hancock Fabrics in St. Cloud while I was in Cloudy Town with Addison on Wednesday for her flu shot booster. YAY!

So, I hot glued the fabric to the corkboard and then used my handy dandy staple gun to attach it to the back of the frame. I love it! It's just what I wanted in the first place and I couldn't be more proud of myself for saving the 70 bucks!

2. Landon's room was in major need of three things: a night stand, a step stool, and some shelves. So I found the night stand at The Porch and the step stool at a little shop in town called Second Hand Rose. Both were painted "Gumball Red" and distressed (again, thank you Allie!). They both turned out adorable and I love how they seem to bring his room together. I had these old white shelves laying in my room that I also repainted red and distressed.

3. If anyone has little girls, they can probably relate with me on this one...

It was driving me crazy having all of Addison's headbands laying in a big pile in a basket on her dresser. The flowers were all getting smashed and I could never find what I was looking for, not to mention that they were getting tangled! Annoying. So, I used an empty oatmeal cannister and covered it with a cute pink fabric that I had and VIOLA! A headband rack!

So I do have a few more projects on my to-do list, which will hopefully get accomplished soon.

A. paint two walls of the downstairs living room blue

B. make pillows with the leftover material from the message board for the upstairs living room

C. paint the kids bathroom

D. paint the guest bathroom/powder room

E. start reading my "Vegetable Gardening for Dummies" book that Darren bought me off half.com. I am telling you, our veggie garden is going to be bursting at the seams this year!!! (Can you tell I am excited???)

Oh yes, I forgot to add to my list of projects that I accomplished this week...

4. Disinfect ALL the kids toys with sanitizer wipes. That was fun.