Record Bowl. In record time!

Ga- Ga- ga- ha.

I've seen these on Pinterest and in a couple different news broadcasts.

I finally decided to try it. 

I went to the local thrift shop and got 3 records for $1.00

I found a couple different size metal bowls, turned the oven around 350, centered the record on the bowl placed in the oven and waited.

Not very long I might add.

All of a sudden I had some pretty sweet bowls! 

We had My Fair Lady, Camelot, Saturday's Warrior (I melted one a little too much), the Sound of Music!  All the perfect songs!

Now, they hold keys, phones and whatever else will fit in them.

*Note, if you wait too long...they will melt and stink.

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Magnetic Scrabble Board. DIY

My sister Hannah is super smart.

She loves Scrabble.

Too many words in her mind. 

I found this idea on Pinterest...of course!

Obviously, someone needs to use an Official Scrabble Dictionary.

I remember even thinking while taking the photo..."wouldn't it be funny if I spelled it wrong, ha, good thing I've double checked the spelling." Yet, still got it wrong. 

Things you'll need to create along with some approximate pricing.

Scrabble Game : Free from lady at work or $10 at Walmart.

Magnets with sticky back : Free because I am a crafting hoarder.

Scissors to cut magnet.

Large Frame with super ugly photo in it :  $5.00 Thrifted.

Metal Board : For some reason, I couldn't find this anywhere in the craft shops. I even had my 40% off coupons...yet I improvised. Came to me one night...an oil pan.  So, I bought one from Walmart for $10.  But it's so big, I can get another large magnet board out of it. (I have something super in mind.)

Tin Snips : for the oil pan/or this is completely unnecessary if you find the right board initially.

Official Scrabble Dictionary : I bought mine on Half.com for $4.00

Paper to cover the Official Scrabble Dictionary and a sewing machine.

Craft paint to antique : Already had

Metal Letter Stamps : I got these from Artbeads.com $15 for another project...but had a brilliant plan mid making.

a Hammer : Already had.

Water and Paintbrush : Already had.

About $29.00 to make if you don't include my metal stamps.

Took me about and hour to make.

Cut the sticky magnets into strips and apply to all the letters.

We took out the ugly print in the frame and traced it on the oil pan.

Then, we took the tin snips and chopped it out!

Watch out, this is super sharp metal edges.

We then placed the cut oil pan into the frame and put the ugly print flipped backwards back in the frame.

I wanted to antique frame, plus it already had some pretty good dents...so I took my letter metal stamps and stamped the wood.  After, I went over the entire frame with some water downed craft paint and wiped it off  after it bled in the wood. I tested it first on the back to make sure it would still kind of look like letters.

Which is did! 

A true Scrabble player would never play with out the trusty Dictionary.  I didn't care for the cover, so I decided to make my own.  I found some paper strips and material and sewed it right onto the original cover.  I loved how retro it looks.

i love how the antique look is actually letters, so unless someone is paying particular attention, they would never notice!

I put on a tag and Viola!

Hope you had a jolly Christmas!

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Back Rub Shirt for Christmas

I love Pinterest you guys...I may lack the initial creativity, but I love to create!

Found this beauty on Pinterest. 

Made it for the Father-in-Law and Brother-in-Law for Christmas.  It's for the grand boys to play their cars on and also rubs the person's back.

Derek's sister stayed up late to help me one night. Much too late...we were a little crazy!!! 

The original pin had a template which I had a hard time printing for some reason...so we improvised and created our own that was similar.

A few notes...use white shirts...we tried the gray shirt and had to hand draw...it was not quite as good as the template.  Make sure to use "Puffy Paint" as I'm told its called.

Original Pin Here

Dressed up or down?

This lady at work gave me this awesome dresser.  

Since Pottery Barn's magazine landed on my door, I felt I could make that a similar look to the furniture in there. 

It's about 6 feet long and is solid wood.  (Woot, Woot) 

It was also F.r.e.e.

The Husband and I painted it this color from it's slightly purplish color, but I don't love the handles.  

I was thinking about doing something like this:

 Pinned Here

I've begun trying something like this for another dresser, but we'll have to see.

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For safety reason of a super accident prone lady, I am just a little hesitant.

Fort Nelson for Christmas, Deluxe Style

We had the Nelson Fam for Christmas this year. 

they have 3 boys and 1 girl.

I couldn't think of anything i loved more than making forts with my siblings.

Then this brilliant idea popped up on Pinterest.

so of course

"I could and should make that."

I've made this kit a couple other times...each one was very different and so fun!

Kit includes:

3 thrifted sheets with various prints and ties sewn on.  (Lighting McQueen was definitely included.)

Suction cups with hooks.

Rope

Clamps

Clothes Pins

Flashlights

Bungee cords

Glow Sticks

Thrifted Pillow Case

Thrifted Felt Lettering- that was hand sewn...because the machine and I were in a fight.

We exchanged and opened our gifts.

They boys loved it and immediately went downstairs (with my sister Hali, who is 20, and a master fort maker) to make their fort.

I think it was a success.

Original pin here

To see my "Future Reference is All" Board on Pinterest, click here.