DIY Chevron Letter

As wedding season draws to a close, here is a great gift you can give to the newly weds!

My friend from church got married this past weekend and every single thing she registered for was chevron print in gray, black and silver. I didn't want to spend 20 bucks on something I couldn't customize for them. So I spent $3 on the letter and a little bit of time creating something that was unique for them. 

I printed off a chevron pattern from online and cut it out. I then traced it as many times as I wanted down the face of the letter.

I filled it in with some silver paint and voila! Easy enough.

DIY Magnet Board

It's my mom's birthday (almost) and she recently moved within her school to teach another age group meaning that it was time to decorate a whole new class room! I asked her what she wanted to decorate her room with and she said that maybe a magnet board and a mod podge letter. Maybe? Just maybe? I had to fix her maybe.
I turned dollar store kitchen ware and clearance fabric into something so cute that she will love to hang it in her classroom!

These are the supplies! Fabric, coordinating paint, ribbon and a metal cookie sheet. (Not pictured: a drill - girls can use power tools too!)

What I did first was drill two holes in the top center of the cookie sheet in the way that  I wanted it to hang. It took some time to make it all the way through it, but it wasn't bad or scary. I would recommend doing it over a sink so you don't drill into your counter... oops. 

Next I took some paint and blended it together around the edges of the sheet. I then cut and covered the center with fabric. I used spray adhesive to glue it down, but mod podge would have worked. I then covered the top of the fabric with mod podge to give it a more finished look. I put some ribbon through the holes and viola! Magnet board!

Raspberry White Chocolate Cookies

I had never made anything with jello before other than... jello. And of course, on Pinterest a round of "jello cookies" and "pudding cookies" surfaced and I had always wanted to try them out. Except for I never EVER put jello on my shopping list (nor do I remember) but it was on sale this week at the grocery store! The bonus is that they are super pink with no food coloring!

Raspberry White Chocolate Cookies

adapted from lilluna

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 TB raspberry jello
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 3.5 oz. box instant white chocolate pudding
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 bag white chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Cream together butter, sugar, and jello. Add in eggs and vanilla. Continue to cream until well blended. 
3. In a separate bowl, add together pudding, flour, baking soda, and salt. Slowly add into sugar mixture. Gently stir in chips.
4. Spoon onto a greased or parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 9-11 minutes. 

DIY Hanging Dish Towel

      Happy Fourth of July! I've been very crafty over the past week or so since my husband has been away on business and I was  very bored. One thing that I had been meaning to make for quite some time was a hanging dish towel to go over the bar on our oven. The husband likes to carry dish towels over his shoulder when he cooks then just throws them wherever on the counter. That's not happening anymore!    

     This project took maybe thirty minutes to complete. And the bulk of the time was spent trying to re-thread my sewing machine... oops. 

The finished project!

   

I bought a dish towel from Target and cut it in half. It was too bulky to have it all on one thing. (One for you and one for a friend!)

I then cut a pattern of how I wanted the fabric top to look. I cut out the fabric, ironed it, and hemmed the bottom edges. 

The I sewed around the edges of the fabric with the face sides together. I couldn't get a good picture of sewing in the towel, but after you have sewn the fabric panels together and have turned it right side out, pin the cut side of the towel into the opening of the fabric creating a sort of ruffle while you pin it. Sew it down!

I then added velcro to the skinny part of the fabric and to the rounded part as well. (Just the stick on kind).And done!