Felt Rose Ball

My husband: " Your a craft blogger.  Why are our walls so bare?".

Me: " I have not really ever made wall decorations".

mmmmmmmm  ok.

So I decided to make a rose ball to give some color to our mantel.

" So...What is a rose ball?" You ask?

It is a cute little ball made up of lots of little felt roses.

How to Make a Felt Rose Ball


Supplies needed
* 4 pieces of felt
* 1 styrofoam craft ball
* hot glue gun
* scissors 


To make a rose.  Go to this felt rose tutorial on craft gossip.   ( There are so many felt rose tutorials out there, I don't want to reinvent the circle)

Make enough felt roses to completely cover the ball.  Hot glue them onto the ball as you go.  

I glued twine to my rose ball and hung it from a mirror on my mantel.  I felt like it gave my display some color.

This is my mantel.  Right now its a work in progress.  I just Modge Podged the initial to my last name.  Those black canvas's will also get some photos " Modge Podged" on them soon.  I am totally open to suggestions for this display if you have any.

I really like my Felt Rose Ball.  I have been married for 6 years.  If I knew about felt roses back in 2006, I might have used them for decorations.

Guest room chalkboard

Now that I live almost 5 hours from my family, having a nice guest room is important to me.  I want my family to want to come visit and feel like they are welcome in my home whenever they like. 

A few weeks ago, prior to painting my dining room table with chalkboard paint.  I made a " Guest room chalkboard". 

I happend to have a frame with no glass.  The glass broke during our move to Iowa.  I painted the cardboard that came with the frame with chalkboard paint.  Drawing on the chalkboard painted cardboard still works great!

The reason why I came up with a " Guest room chalkboard" is because there are always things I always mean to tell guests, but may not get around to telling them. 

As a guest in someone else's home, it is always nice to know where towels are etc.  Its always a little awkward to ask " Uh Can I take a shower?"

Hope you get inspired:)

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Mod Podged Diaper Box

My sister in law and I wanted to make a " Pre wedding relaxation"  gift  for our soon to be sister in law.  I was in charge of making the box.  Normally, I would head to Hobby Lobby and purchase one of those cute paper mache boxes, but I now live in an area with no Hobby Lobby. 

I searched my house and found this old diaper box.  Perfect!

Here is how I " Mod Podged" This old diaper box into a cute gift box!

 I Cut the " flaps" off the box. 

I found some black and white " scrap paper" along with some old wrapping paper.  I cut out shapes and " Modge Podged" them onto the diaper box. I kept the design neutral.

I painted the rest of the box with chalkboard paint. ( just happened to be the paint I had around.)  As you can see it matches my chalkboard table.

I then used some 3d Puffy Paint to make some finishing touches.

Here is a photo of the finished product!  and OH how I wish I would have taken a better photo!!

And that is how you repurpose a diaper box into a gift box!

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Chalkboard table top

I see so many chalkboard posts everywhere.

 I used to be very reluctant to dive into the chalkboard paint world.  All that chalk dust sounded like such a mess!

Until I had a friend post a link on her Facebook page about a chalkboard fridge.

I decided to give chalkboard paint a try.

 My husband and I have this table set. It is cheep. We purchsed the table and 4 chairs for no more than $200 in 2005.

This table top has lots of scratches on it.  Partly because its made of cheep wood.

And  Partly because I have done many crafts on this table over the years, and should have taken better care of it.

I love this table.  I didn't want to get rid of it, but I couldn't justify spending alot of money refinishing it. 

So.......

I went to Menards and purchased chalkboard paint ( I live in the middle of nowhere, so I chose this brand because it was the only option unless I wanted to make my own).  That being said, I was pleased with this paint.

While my baby was napping, I broke out a roller and painted the table!  It only took about 20 minutes. about 4 hours later I gave the table another coat.

Below is a photo of the paint drying.  I didn't put plastic on the ground.  a small amount did drip onto the ground.  It was easy to clean up.

Here is a photo of the finished table after my family had breakfest and decorated the table a bit.

I added a little glass with some chalk.  I want people feel like they can feel free to draw!

I really LOVE my new table!!

Here are some cleaning tips after having this for a few weeks.

I had to play around with clean up.  The first few times I tried cleaning this table I ended up with white streaks on the table. Also, when I used a sponge, particles from the sponge ended up on the table. 

I found success with a wet wash cloth.  You will need enough water on it in order to remove all the chalk dust off the table. 

Also, I find that I have had to sweep or swiffer white chalk under the table.  However, I still say that having a great chalkboard table is worth it. 

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French Bathroom accessories

Well! I did it! I popped my Modge Podge cherry yesterday! I had never heard of Modge Podge before I started blogging ( 2 months ago) and I decided to give it a try! Yesterday morning I went over to Hobby Lobby to pick up some supplies.

I purchased this tissue holder at a thrift store about a month ago for fifty cents. I have been sitting looking at it for a while now, not sure what to do with it. I figured if I mess up my Modge Podge on this, it would be of little consequence.

Picked out some paper. French looking, that would match my bathroom. ( My bathroom is painted navy blue)

I also found this French gift bag at Hobby Lobby on clearance for only a dollar! I figured I would cut pieces out to use on my project!

Here is my first bottle of Modge Podge ever!!

First I wrapped the tissue box in paper ( I made sure to follow the instructions on Modge Podge Rocks!)

then I cut out some " French decorations" from my bag found at Hobby Lobby and Glued them on too. ( It was difficult to get this material down without it curling. so I used some Krazy glue to get the edges to stick)

Here is the finished product!

I was so pleased with the outcome of this project, that i decided to make a soap dispenser too. I had purchased this at the dollar store, knowing that I wanted to make it part of m french bathroom somehow, just didn't know what I would do with it.

I used some of the leftover paper to decorate the soap dispenser.

Here is a photo of my finished products! I thought Modge Podge was really easy to work with and I will absolutely be using it again!