~thrifty Thursday~button initial art

I have a ton of buttons, so I thought this week I would make something with them.

Start out with an assortment of buttons.

Cut a square piece of wood. I used a 1x8 piece of pine.

Sand any rough edges off.

Cut squares of scrapbook paper the same size as your wood.

Decoupage your paper on top.

If you have any edges that hang over, you can sand those off.

Make sure all air bubbles are smoothed out.

Lightly go over the top with decoupage and let dry.

For the edges, I wiped on dark wax. 

You could also paint the edges.

While all that is drying, print out your letter of choice.

Printing on card stock works best, but it's not necessary.

Cut out the letter. It doesn't have to be perfect.

Center it on the wood and trace it on.

I'd suggest using a pencil.

I used a ballpoint pen and you can see a little bit of it in the finished product.

Starting little by little, brush on some Elmer's glue.

And start glueing on your buttons. You might want to pick out the colors, sizes ahead of time.

Let the whole thing dry and place it on a shelf or wherever you would like!

xoxo

~ DIY ribbon covered Valentine's box~{& a winner}

I have a really simple project for you today that is perfect not only for Valentines Day, but for birthdays, mothers day, etc. 

I am sure you have all seen this little cardboard type boxes at your local craft shop right?

They come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, even heart shaped ones.

I thought these were perfect for my son's teacher and bus driver to show a little love this 

Valentines Day.

Here is how I fancied them up a bit…..

I started by using adhesive backed ribbon by Martha Stewart.

I love all her products, and I love that this is actual ribbon.

You could use washi tape for this project as well if you prefer.

I simply covered the lids of the boxes with the ribbon until every inch was covered. 

{sorry, I got carried away and didn't get a picture along the way}

For the bottoms of the boxes I chose some coordinating scrapbook paper, 

measured, and simply glued on.

I love this green heart paper.

Here are my strips for the side of the round box. 

On the round box I ran short on paper, so I used more ribbon tape and clamped the whole thing until 

the glue was dry.

To finish off the corners on the small rectangular box, I used the ribbon again.

I also finished off the bottom of each box and the under side of each lid. 

Each box got tissue and some heart shaped brownies, recipe coming soon!

 I found this great giant fabric flower in just the right

 color and added it to the top of the big round one.

I myself love getting homemade gifts, and I hope they will love these too.

I also wanted to announce the winner of the Hamilton Beach durathon iron.

Dixie Delights is the lucky winner!

Congratulations on your win, I will be emailing you shortly.

xoxo