DIY Nails and Yarn Card Holder

The change table is gone. 

It was time. 

When we took down the change table (above), we were left with the 1x4's and a big space. I debated what to do with that space for a couple of weeks when today,
 it dawned on me - nails and yarn! 

It's the perfect custom piece that is functional, compact, easy to do, and fun to look at! 

I put in my first nail, then I used a random nail file (different nails but equally useful) to measure the distance between 2 nails. I marked it at the end of the file with a pencil, then moved it to the mark and did the same thing, for the rest of the board. I used 7/8" finishing nails so they are only in the board, not the wall.

Then I tied some yarn to the top left and circled all the nails. I wrapped the yarn a couple times around the nail to keep the tension. Then I hit hammered the nails in a little more, so they aren't going to hurt anybody. 

See?

It was simple, quick and pretty! I call that another DIY win!

{Daily Odd Compliment: Sometimes when I see you, I want to run and hug you. But I don't do that, because it actually happens all the time, and I don't want to run that much.}

Girls Craft Night Saga

I have been having more and more girls night/craft night, but it's never enough!

This past Saturday, I had an awesome girls crafting night! I am trying to get as many of my friends as possible to do crafting with me cause I LOOOOVE it! 

Seriously - it was awesome to not have to worry about my kids (they were with Grandma and Grandpa) and have some wine and just craft! 

Also, I love when my living room looks like this...

Here are some of the awesome crafty things that went down...

Mel made an awesome collage, using something I found and have no idea what it's for...

So it got re-purposed as a pretty tray!

Angela did a bunch of stuff with pictures of her son and some of his artwork. 
Kids have way too much artwork, so kudos to her for framing it!

Amy painted a really cute monkey for her son!

Lindsay re-purposed a metal tray into a makeup holder by adding fabric to the tray, and magnets to her makeup. 

My sister, Vanessa, made a really awesome crayon art. 
She glued a bunch of crayons to a 2x4...

And then used the hairdryer to make them melt onto the canvas, while Mel held the cardboard over the silhouette that Vanessa painted on the canvas.

And finally, I also mangaged to make a few things.. in between cooking all the delicious appetizers we had for dinner...

 I made this shadow box for Mel. It contains a rose and peacock feather from my bouquet as her M.O.H, as well as a few buttons. I used scrapbook paper to cover the front of it. 
Then, I made a notebook for Jay out of old disquettes. 

(I used sticker letters to write his name on the front.)

This concludes an addition of Girls Craft Night. 
Stay tuned.. there will be many many more!

{Daily Odd compliment: When I first saw you, I pictured our lives together. Is that weird? That's not weird. You're weird. And I like it.}