Magnet Board

Magnet Board

Today I made a Magnet Board and I am quite pleased with the results!

I think I may make some of these for Xmas gifts...yeah I said it..you have to plan early folks lol :)

Well if you're like me and  have a large family and are a bit OCD you have to plan early,

any who, I digress :)

Here's what I did to create this total master piece:

First I used a Cookie Sheet that I bought at the Dollar Store, and spray painted it Baby Blue.

Then I made some Yo Yo Flowers, and Hot Glued them to the bottom left corner.

To see my tutorial on how to make Yo Yo Flowers go HERE

Then I hot glued small magnets to a few big buttons

And VOILA!  So at this point I needed to figure out a way to hang this bad boy..

I thought about hot gluing some ribbon to the back but then...

I had an AWW-HA! moment...

I hot glued the tab from a soda can...ok really it was a beer can..it's five o'clock somewhere right?

Just kidding..kind'a, it was from a beer can but from our recycle bin :)

Now it's proudly hanging in my office and I couldn't be happier with the results!

(Please excuse the darkness of the photo, it's hanging in a poorly lit area)

This was a ton of fun to make and super duper inexpensive.

Thanks for stopping by, till next time!

Button Art

Button Art

Today I felt like painting...I'm in a rather artsy craftsy kind'a mood right now :)

I had a couple canvases just hanging out...bored..waiting for me to get some sort of creative jolt

So I made this:

I painted the blue sky first, then the tree.  After all was dry I added buttons with a hot glue gun.

I had a lot of fun with this project, and really like how it turned out :) 

I originally planned on doing bright multi colored buttons on the tree, but I  went with greens/yellows instead this time around.  

Now I need to frame it and hang it up.  

Thanks for stopping by, till next time!

Button Hair Band

Button Elastic Hair Band

Ok..Ok..I know what you're thinking..Enough with the buttons Nicole!

But I love them...they're so bright, and fun, and..and..ok I promise this will be the last button project for a while...maybe :)

I suppose I should've brushed my hair before taking this pic lol...but what's cuter than a messy ponytail and one of these hair bands...so cute!

So for these, I used my trusty glue gun, some elastic and buttons...of course :)

I first measured the elastic by wrapping it around my head to get the right measurement. Then I hot glued it together, overlapping by about an inch.

Then I glued on buttons with my glue gun.  Done...It was that fast, and I love them.  Fun for all ages!

This one I just added one huge button...it's way cuter in person..I know I always say that, but it's so hard to take a pic of yourself wearing something on your own head....just say'n

Here are the two I made.  I had a couple extra hair clips from a previous project, so I glued some buttons on them too.  

I don't know, I just had fun with this.  It was quick, and I enjoyed making color combination's.  I've made others in the past where I have added Rosettes, those are cute too.  Here's a pic....

Clearly you could hot glue just about anything on the elastic..so go have fun with it.  Start gluing some fun stuff and get creative!

Have a great day!

Happy Crafting!

MoNsTer Popsicle Snuggies

MoNsTer Popsicle Snuggies

Alright...it's that time of year when your kids come flying in from outside, red cheeked and sweaty asking "Mom can I have an Otter Pop???"

I don't know about you, but I get sick of waisting napkins just to wrap around their Popsicle and not to mention having to track them down to make sure the napkins make it into the trash...

So I broke out some felt and made some fun Popsicle Snuggies for the boys!

Aren't these fun?!! I love them..not to toot my own horn, but my boys freaked out when they saw these!

So I cut out strips of felt with my Pinking Shears.  

Sewed some button eyes, and other facial features.

Then Hot Glued them closed along the sides and bottom edge.

The Otter Pop style Popsicle slides right in the top :)

Ta Da!

No more cold hands or wasted napkins!

Happy Crafting!

Button Bracelet

Button Bracelet

Good Morning!  

Today I am going to show you a bracelet I made out of buttons....yup buttons!

I had all these marvelous buttons just laying around...they were lonely...so I just had to make something with them....I think I made their day...

What I did was took a length of chain, and attached buttons..that's it...I know it takes lots of talent huh? 

LOL!

I alternated the sizes...small, smaller, small, smaller..etc...

I then added a magnetic clasp...I have a hard time putting bracelets on...so the magnet makes it so much easier...and they are strong little magnets too!

Thank you hand model...this model would like to remain anonymous....cause if any of his this person's friends found out that would be horrible :)

I personally love this bracelet, it's bright, fun, and a total conversation piece.

Have a fabulous weekend

  

and

Happy Crafting!!