Bookcase redo

Happy Monday!  What a busy weekend we had here!  Didn't really do that much around the house over the weekend, but I did get some things done last week.  I finished my old bookcase redo.  It didn't go exactly as planned but I finished it.  I ended up spending more money than I would have liked to but sometimes you just can't help it.  Here is a picture of the bookcase before.

Not the best looking bookcase on the block!  I didn't want to do alot with this project.  I cleaned it off with a damp rag and then primed it.  I didn't bother sanding it because I really did not want to take the time to do it.  I used two cans of white spray paint and that still didn't really cover it well.  By that point I had had enough.  I have told myself in the past I don't like using spray paint and yet I did it again.  I think I have learned my lesson this time.  I am just a paint can and brush kinda lady. We used two brackets on the shelf to mount to the wall so it would not wobble.   Here is a picture of the finished shelf in our bathroom.

I used baskets we already had at home for storage and just threw out things we were not using anymore.  This shelf is just a temporary storage solution until we remodel our bathroom.  Which I hope happens sooner than later.  The project cost about $20.00.  More then I wanted to spend, but it just couldn't be helped.  

Inspiration

Happy Thursday!  I am really enjoying doing my blog now and looking at so many amazing blogs that are out there today.  So many ideas and creative people.  All of this has inspired me to be a little crafty and make something.  Now, I am not that crafty, so I am taking baby steps in my creativity.  I decided to do a Valentine's mantel.  I love flowers and thought a homemade vase would be fun to make.  I got an old spaghetti  jar, cleaned it out of course, some tissue paper with little red hearts on it, glue and a pen.  It was a little more time consuming then I thought, but I think it turned out okay.  My son really thought it looked fun and he will be making one for the spring.  Maybe for his Nana and Granny's house.  


As you can see I tore the paper into pieces, wrapped the small pieces around my pen, dipped in the glue, and placed all around the jar.  My hand slipped a couple of times, but it wasn't hard to correct my mistake.  Here is the finished vase on my Valentine's mantel.

To make the valentine ornaments all I did was take an old valentine gift bag, cut out what I wanted, untied the ribbon handles, punched a hole into the paper and tied on the ribbon.  Then hung on my tree which was already above the mantel.  Pretty easy.  I did buy two new red candles for the rectangular candle holders and some flowers from Target.  The whole project cost about $16.00.  


I hope this inspires your creative mind!  Have a great day!

Curtain hooks reused

It's the middle of the week already!  Hope your day is going great.   We had a really busy weekend, but I did manage to get the hooks up in the kids bathroom.  My wonderful husband showed me how to use the anchors and it looked pretty easy.  My oldest is doing a pretty good job of remembering to hang his towel up now.  That makes mommy happy!

I have decided to spruce this up a little.  I am going to get two picture frames and hang one over each hook.  The frames will have a picture of my kids that way they know which towel is who's.  I saw it on a blog and thought it was really cute.  I will have to post those pictures when I get it done.

I almost forgot to mention the hooks used to be in our bedroom.  I used them to hold back the curtains on each side of the window.  I got rid of the curtains and I am so happy I got to reuse these hooks.  Didn't cost a dime!