Friday, January 31, 2014

Quick, Easy, Cheap Bathroom Fixup

Week 5 Project 5

This week, I did a super easy quick project, with the help of my hubby.  For a few months, the towel rod in our main floor bathroom has been broken, leaving a gaping hole in the wall.  It is an eye sore, and makes the bathroom look sloppy.  I've been wanting to fix it because I'm embarrassed when we have guests over. For lack of patience from me, and the unwillingness to go through the process of patching the hole, picking a new color of paint and then painting the whole bathroom, I thought up a quick, easy, and inexpensive way to fix my bathroom blues.

I wanted the bathroom to feel more spa like, so I remembered the last time I was at a spa, they had individual towels to dry your hand, and then throw in a basket when done.  I found 20 nice cloth white towels at Walmart for about $10 and rolled them up.  I then thought, I need something to put these nice towels in, so I went to Hobby Lobby and bought 4 dark brown wicker baskets that were on sale 50% off.  My hubby screwed them into the wall for me.  3 on the wall, (over the big gaping holes) and one near the floor for the discarded towels. The bathroom is already flower themed with exotic flower pictures I took, (on walls not pictured) so the added flowers in vases and candles go with the theme nicely, (all items I had around the house.)  It needed a pop of color, so I quickly created another little fabric flower on foam board to add to the decoration.  Though it may not seem like a big change, I like the new look, and am happy with how it turned out.  Total cost $40.


Tuesday, January 28, 2014

2013 projects

Here is just a look at just a few of the projects I did last year.

























Lyrics on Canvas

Week 4 Project 4

This week I wanted to use some of the same canvases that I bought at Hobby Lobby to create something fun and meaningful for my friends who are having a baby girl in June.  I had recently bought a ton of scrapbooking supplies on an online garage sale for SUPER cheap that included ribbon, rub-on letters and designs, and a bunch of chipboard cuts (cardboard letters and shapes).  I was just dying to use them and see what I could come up with.  For this canvas, my friend's favorite band growing up was Oasis, so I googled lyrics to their songs and found one that I thought would be really sweet for a little girl's room.  I used a variety of colors, sizes, and letters to make it.  Laying it all out to be perfect in the space took the longest time.  Once I was happy with how it looked, I just glued everything on.  Here is how it turned out:


Searching for those lyrics got me in the mood to search other great lyrics for kid's rooms.  I took the Yellow lyrics by Coldplay for this one.  First I painted the canvas blue with acrylic paint, let dry, and then painted the stars on using a stencil and stencil brush.  I then used some letter stickers I had for the words.  I think for our next baby, I am going to make a bunch of these with all kinds of great lyrics from great singers/bands and hang them all around the room.  We will see.




Scrap Fabric Designs on Canvas

Week 3 Project 3

This week I decided to start playing around with some canvases since Hobby Lobby has a great deal on 2 16x20 canvases for only $7.99.  I had a bunch of scrap fabric from previous projects laying around (JoAnn Fabrics also has scrap squares of almost every design, color, and fabric for a couple bucks each.) that I wanted to use for something, so I thought I would play around and here is what I came up with.



So including the $8 I spent on the canvases, and the couple of dollars I spent on fabric glue, these two projects were very inexpensive to create....except that I did have to buy a new pair of Fiskar scissors that were $18!  That's ok, they will last and cut the fabric very smoothly and sharply without fraying.  I am not one for patience or measuring, so both designs are eyeballed for the most part, but I like the abstract, imperfectness about them both.  Once I had the fabric cut, I laid it all out, and used fabric glue piece by piece.  Once dried, I decoupaged it all, and let dry.  Wala! They are ready to be hung!

Coffee Table Kitty Litter Box House

Week 2 Project 2

My next project was to figure out a way to hide the cat litter box smell and dust from getting all over the place, not to mention that they are an eye sore!  So with a little help from some Pinterest ideas, I transformed a thrift shop coffee table into cat litter box house that can also be used as a table.





For the how to, check out this website:  http://sewsewbyaudreyperrott.com/2011/07/20/the-cats-meow/ 

Grow With Me Blocks

Week 1 Project 1


To start off the year, my first craft project that I made was  interchangeable hand painted "grow with me" wooden block sets.  These are perfect for props for pregnancy bump pictures and weekly, monthly, yearly and all the way through grade school pictures. I made them in 2 different sizes: 2" tall, or 4" tall.  I made them to be customizable to the client's needs and started the price at $20 a set. (depending on style and detail) 

If you would like to order a set, please contact me to place your orders today! Great for gifts!

kelsuniqueboutique@gmail.com. Or find me on Facebook under Kel's Unique Boutique and also on Etsy soon. 









How I made these:


*I went to the hardware store and bought two 8 foot pieces of wood (2"x2" and 4"x4") total cost was about $12

*I then measured and marked the wood where I wanted to be cut- one half I did 2" marks, and the other half I did 6" marks, (4" and 8" for the bigger piece of wood), then had my husband use the table saw to cut the blocks on the marks.
*I then went through each block and sanded all of the sides so there were no slivers
* I then used acrylic paint for the base coat on the painted ones, and acrylic paint a stencil brush and stencils for the numbers and letters.  For the black one with the blue letters, I traced letters and numbers on colored scrapbook paper, glued them onto the blocks, then decoupaged everything to set and smooth out. 

If you have any questions, let me know! You can email me at kelsuniqueboutique@gmail.com