Disney Treasures

New online clothing site I'm obsessed with!

ModCloth

New dress in my closet

This website is full of vintage inspired clothing that is so unique!  I love how different everything is.  Some pieces are a little pricey but sometimes you just have to splurge and go for it!  Even the packaging is eye catching:

Weekends past

Bridal shower #1

My big brother let me borrow his fancy camera for my special event!  I tried my best to be a pro photog and then a few others did the same.  Here is a little of what we captured...

my wedding colors!

They told me I needed to practice posing while cutting cake.  It isn't as easy as it seems :/

Guava cake!  My favorite EVER :)

Mom and I

Maid of honor and bow boquet

Gifts :)

Bestie's baby turns 2!!!
Safari themed.  Her attention to detail in the decorations/food/favors was so fun!

Zebra kind of day :)

The cheese was cut outs of animals!

Elephant shaped bread

Enjoying the sun and swings

The bags were bigger than he was!!

The cute b-day boy hugging it out

DIY vertical mug holder

After receiving some awesome dish sets from my bridal shower I realized I didn't have any more cupboard space for all my new mugs plus my old ones!  I browsed on Amazon and freaked out!  This is what I found:

Designer White Coffee Cup Holder

They want $25.99 for this thing.  Seriously?!  The concept is so simple and I knew right off the bat it would not cost near thirty bucks to make something similar.  So thus my day project was born.

Supplies:

• MDF or scrap wood
• cabinet pulls
• long screws
• dry wall anchors
• staple gun
• fabric or paint
• drill

I have to admit I started on this project before really thinking things through.  My honey had to help me out and actually did most of the fine tuning.  Basically this is what happened...

• We measured how the mugs would hang (about 7 inches apart, my ducky mug has a pretty big beak)
• Drilled holes
• Tried to spray paint the pieces (I got impatient)
• Changed our minds and covered the pieces with some left over fabric using a staple gun (so handy)
• Had to hunt for our pre-drilled holes through the fabric again
• Put the cabinet pulls on
• Used really long screws with the heads cut off to anchor the whole thing to wall anchors in the dry wall.  The long screws started off attached to the cabinet pulls then we had to pass the screws threw the wood into the wall anchors. 2 per piece.

My honey drilling

Spray painted

Got impatient and covered with fabric instead

Staple gun to the rescue!

Marking where the pre-drilled holes are

Blue wondering what the heck is going on

Dinner break from Popeyes (my first time having it)!

Hung right above the amazing Keurig coffee maker :)

Cabinet pulls only cost a few dollars a piece

More storage for more mugs :)

And it only cost me maybe $10-$15 for both.  The whole project only took about 2 hours at max.  I'm so happy with the result and savings :)

DIY: Picture Frame Dry Erase Board

I've been wanting to do this little project for ages now.  So let's get started :)

Picture Frame Dry Erase Board

Supplies:

• Big picture frame (at least big enough so you have space to doodle on)
• Scrapbook paper
• Finishing details (I'm using glitter stickers and accents found at Michaels Craft store)
• Glue (super glue is faster than regular craft glue as I found out)
• Scissors or paper cutter
• Dry erase marker

Fit your chosen scrapbook paper to the frame and cut.  You may need to trim it a little.  This is where the paper cutter came in super handy!  Found this one at Joann's for a great price ( Cricut paper trimmer)  

The great thing about this dry erase board is that you can instantly change out the look of the background since it is a picture frame.  The options are endless! 

Since my scrapbook paper was a little short for the entire frame I decided to seat it along the bottom.

Now you can add the details to really personalize your project:

I like to "dry fit" everything before even thinking about using adhesive.

Now carefully glue the details onto the frame.  I stuck the glitter stickers right on the glass in the area at the top to fill in that empty white space.  The flare corner details took a little bit of time.  After first trying craft glue to stick the cardboard accents on, I switched to gel super glue.  That shnick is so awesome and fast!  Unlike regular super glue it doesn't ooze everywhere.  Since it's a gel it'll stay in the area you direct it to.

All you have to do now is prop it up and write out your thoughts for the day/week/month or whatever!!! :)

Say "No!" to boring white boards!

Have fun crafting it up!!!