Sum- Sum- Summertime

After a week of getting our house ready to go on vacation, and a week at the beach (which was fabulous) I was having craft withdrawals. Today I finished my summer/ June wreath, a little late I know, but better late than never. After cruising pinterest for hours on end I decided to try one of those cute coffee filter wreaths, and I was happy with the results. I dyed white coffee filters with red food coloring and hot water, and I covered the wooden "W" with scrapbook paper. I ended up using less than 200 coffee filters (one pack). It was a very economical project and  our front door no longer looks like bla- February which is when my last wreath was from!

Our door mat was looking a little tired as well. I mean we have only had the same one for 2 years :) I decided to give it a face lift as well. I simply printed a W to make a stencil and used some bright blue acrylic paint that was in my craft box and waah-laa a new door mat!

I like monogram can you tell!

Our vacation was wonderful. We went to Manasota Key off the coast of South West Florida. We rented an AMAZING house and practically had the whole beach to ourselves. (Plus the in laws of course) It is my number one favorite vacation spot because there is NO ONE there. Its so private and quiet. My whole week consisted of sleep, eat, tan, read, walk, watch the sunset, and do it all again. I bought the new Mary Kay Andrews book Spring Fling and read it in one day.  I am already searching for somewhere else to go before the summer is over. I could be a beach bum for the rest of my life.

 

School's out for summer!!

So far I have enjoyed every second of my summer break! Most of it has been spent cleaning, but I am SO glad that my house is finally getting back into it's old shape. I have even worked on a few DIY house improvements! The first was to frame the big ugly mirror in our master bathroom. This project was much cheaper than I anticipated which is always a plus. At Lowe's I was able to purchase MDF pre primed paintable trim for $1.80something cents per 8 foot section. I bought four. To attach the Trim to the mirror we used a heavy duty adhesive that said on the label it would stick to glass. My daddy cut the corners for me and helped me hang the "frame" because I cant cut paper or hang a picture straight so I knew on my own it would probably end in disaster. My daddy being the handy man he is also had white semi-gloss paint on hand so that was free as well :) If I would have purchased paint a sample can for $3 would have been PLENTY! Below is the finished product. For very little money I feel this has

added some much needed detail to our rather plain bathroom.  In the living room our bare walls also needed some work. I love all of the photo canvas projects I have seen on pinterest so I thought I would give it a try. I found a sale purchase at Cracker Barrel that worked perfect for the center piece. I printed 5X7 black and whites of our families and put them on 8X10 Canvas that I had painted black. This project was not as cheap as the bathroom project. The canvas was $5 for 2 and I needed 6. The pictures were at least $10 to print and the center piece was $6 . That comes to approximately $30. It most definitely helped our empty walls though!