Easy Gift Signage

Hi Beauties,

I hoped everyone had a fantastic Christmas and a wonderful New Year! I also hope that everyone was able to spend majority of their holidays with family and friends. I for one had an amazing Christmas with my family, and was able to do majority of the crafts that I wanted to do in a short period of time. That being said, I have some signs that I painted over the holidays that my family absolutely loved and now I’m going to share them with you.

Here are the signs I painted for some of my family members. The tutorial for these signs are the exact same as my pervious sign tutorials. Click HERE for the tutorial.

Christmas Cards

Hey Guys!

I am so sorry about the late blog post! I have been extremely busy with work, packing and a few of my girlfriends have been visiting for the past week that I haven’t had the time to do any crafts except my Christmas cards. This year I decided to spice up my Christmas cards by adding a little Christmas touch to them. I used crayons and some Christmas stencils that I made myself. These cards turned out a little cheesy and playful, but I’m sure my receiver’s will appreciate my Christmas touch.

Items I used to make these Christmas Cards:

Christmas Cards purchased from Target

Crayons

Black Sharpie

Transfer Paper

Printed Stencils

**Majority of these items should be laying around the house! If not, they can be purchased from the dollar store. 

Step 1: Once you have purchased your Christmas Cards its time to spice up the envelopes. I printed 3 different types of Christmas images off the Internet and then used my transfer paper and traced the images onto the envelopes. I did each card differently depending on their names and addresses. I used red and green crayons and a black sharpie to color and bold the envelope. This craft is really fun and easy to do; it’s a great starter craft for the holidays!

Hope you guys enjoyed, and more Christmas crafts to come!

Christmas images I used for my cards

But first, coffee.

DIY Personalized Mugs!

This is a simple, affordable and easy craft to do! Personalized mugs can be a perfect gift for a friend who’s battling a cold, or for those coffee and tea lovers as a great Christmas stocking stuffer, or can even be used as adorable wedding favors.

To put together your own personalized mug, you’re going to need the following:

Oven Safe Mug

Sharpie Marker

Baking Oven

**Oven Safe Mugs and Sharpie Markers can be purchased at a dollar or craft store.

Step 1: First Pre-heat your oven to 350 F. Now take your mug and sharpie, and start drawing on quotes, designs, messages, or you can even do themed mugs such as, birthday’s or Christmas! Once you’re done designing your mug its time to seal the design on by putting the mugs into the oven for 30 minutes. I placed my mugs on a baking sheet while they baked,  just to be extra caution. Once the 30 minutes are up, take your mugs out of the oven and let them sit for about 10 minutes until the mugs have cooled down. Once your mugs are cool, the design is sealed on, and your mugs are ready to be used! 

**If for some reason you don’t like your design and you would like to redo it, but can’t get the Sharpie marks off, you can use a cotton ball and nail polish remover. Dab the nail polish remover on your design. The nail polish will completely remove your pervious design.

**HANDWASH MUGS ONLY.

Enjoy!

Costume Time!

My costume was pretty last minute this year…. Although, it turned out great! I was a blonde Mary Poppins. If you’re in need of any last minute costumes, my coworkers and myself, whipped up some pretty good ones that were almost effortless to make but ended up looking point on. 

Items you will need to become Mary Poppins:

Black Skirt

White Blouse

Thigh High Socks or Nylons

Red Bow Tie

Top Hat (add red flowers)

Umbrella

Black Purse

Black Heels or Combat Booties

Red Lips and Nail Polish 

Inspired by Brandy Melville

Hey Guys!

I’ve made some signs recently inspired by Brandy Melville!

** Under my SIGNAGE Tab there’s multiple tutorials explaining how to make your very own personalized signs!

Crown Jar Bathroom Shelf

Hey guys! So this Crown Jar shelf is one of my most recent crafts that my boyfriend put together as a surprise for me. We decided to use this shelf in our tiny condo bathroom as a cute space to store our q-tips, cotton balls and flossing sticks. I’ve also seen these shelves used for toothbrushes, makeup brushes, hair ties, band aids ect.

Materials to build this Jar shelf:

Piece of Wood

Mason Jars (any type of jar works)

Hose Clamps

Regular Flat Screws

Screw Driver

Palm Sander

Hanging Hooks

Hammer

**You can purchase all of these tools and materials from Target, Wal-Mart or a Hardware Store.

Step 1: First gather all your materials, then sand down your piece of wood until it becomes a smooth surface. You can also use a wood stain or paint to match your bathroom décor accordingly.

Step 2: Once the surface is smooth and the paint is dry, use your flat screws and screw the hose clamps into the wood evenly depending on how many jars you’re placing on your wood. DON’T CLAMP THE HOSE CLAMPS YET!

Step 3: Once the hose clamps are screwed into the wood evenly, place your jars into the hose clamps and tighten the clamps up, making sure they’re snug and sturdy. Don’t forget to take the thin middle lid out of your jars, but leaving the treaded lid on so that you’re able to place items into the jars.

Step 4: Once the jars are on, we nailed some picture hooks onto the back of the wood and hung it in the bathroom. I was then able to start placing my bathroom essentials into the jars!

Hope you guys enjoyed! 

Easy Signage and Wall Decor

Hey Guys!

These are the crafts that I have been doing over the Christmas holidays. Majority of these crafts are signs, which I made for Christmas presents and for holiday decorating. All of these signs consist of the same steps just different fonts and paint colors.

Items you’ll need:

Board/Piece of wood

Paint/Woodstain

Paintbrush

Sander

Varnish
Hammer

Hanging hooks

Step 1: Find a piece of wood that you would like to paint a quote onto. Now sand the board down until the surface and edges are smooth.

Step 2: Paint or stain the background of your sign. Choose a color or stain that will best fit the theme of your quote.

Step 3: Once the background paint has completely dried, it’s quote time. First you need to print out a quote, I use Microsoft word to design quotes at the exact font and size that I wish. Once the font is printed out, tape the paper with the quote printed onto, and place it where you would like it to be painted on your sign. Now use transfer paper that can be bought at any craft store, and put the transfer paper under the quote.  Use a pencil to trace the quote, the transfer paper allows the quote to transfer onto the sign! Once the quote is on, use a thin paintbrush and start painting on the quote. Usually do 2-3 coats of paint until the quote looks bold. 

Step 4: Once your quote is painted and dried, paint or spray varnish your sign. The varnish seals the paint onto the board and gives the sign a shiny look. 

Step 5: Lastly, use a hammer and nail some hanging hooks onto the back of your sign.

Thanks guys, hope enjoy making your own signs!