Spring Craft Day!

Alright so... I had a Saturday to myself and desperately wanted to do anything besides work. So I decided to do some crafts that I had pinned a while ago, both designated for the bathroom.

To start- I wanted to take a boring white plastic three-drawer container that I've been carting around with me since college and update it a little


So, borrowing from the idea here: http://jen-simplyliving.blogspot.com/2011/02/plastic-drawer-mini-facelift.html


I took my 3-drawer monstrosity and picked out some pretty scrapbook paper.

And then I Mod-podged it, mod-podge is super awesome but I still don't get how the name is says anything about the product. That, and when I was explaining how I did this to the bf I learned that after the 5th time you say "i mod-podged it" you start to feel like an idiot. but whatever.
As always-Eli is super into helping/overseeing anything crafty.


*Eli is in charge of quality control.

So I did that for each drawer, one layer of mod-poge, paper, another layer, let it dry, repeat x2. At the end it was late so I let it dry overnight.


Meanwhile, I decided to do my other bathroom craft- which was inspired by this : http://www.bhg.com/bathroom/storage/storage-solutions/store-more-in-your-bathroom/#page=7


I got plates from wal-mart, and candlesticks from the dollar store. To adhere them to each other i used (aquarium-safe) silicone. It worked great, and smelled terrible. I felt like I should be using a fume hood.

I let each step dry for ~1/2 an hour before adding another layer and then let it dry overnight before I picked it up/threw it around/trusted it to hold my precious bathroom belonging (like nail polish)

Anyway, after 1 day and 2 crafts my bathroom is pretty and has a lot more storage!

St. Patty's Day Crafts!

So I've become obsessed with pinterest, as has everyone else, and I thought I'd start trying out some of the crafts I'd pinned.

First- I wanted to do something for St. Patrick's Day. I love everything about it, the green, the luck, the ugly little leprechauns and it's the day before my birthday.

I decided to make two pots of gold.

To start: These are my supplies- couple of glass vases, some paint, east

er grass, fake flowers, and st. patty's day little decor stuff from michael's. All told- it was about $15 dollars worth of stuff.

Step 1 was to spray paint the vases black.

Step 2 was to paint the inside rim of the vases with some gold paint- my cat Eli wanted to help at this point- he loves crafts.

Step 3 was to assemble! I printed out some cute irish sayings that looked like little signs telling you what was in the pot and some clovers with more cute irish stuff. I glued them onto scrapbook paper to make them more sturdy and then attached them to wooden skewers. The result- cute signs to put in your pot of gold!

Then I put easter grass in the bottom of the vases to give the stuff a base, and arranged the flowers/signs and any other cute stuff I had.

Last step was to put gold coins around the rim of the pot because it is a pot of gold after all!

Finished products:

And... Eli's ready for more crafts!