DIY ~ Upcycled "Home" Decor

I had these cute letters that spelled the word "home".

I believe I got them at Dollarama.

I wanted to spruce them up a bit, so here is what I did.

WHAT YOU NEED:

acrylic craft paint in 4 colors and black

mini paint brush

medium flat paint brush

mod podge

silver/clear sticky gems

First do a thin black line around the outside of each letter.

Once that is dry, pick a color and start painting swirls all throughout the middle part.

Once those are dry, add your gems wherever you have a space!

Lightly clear coat with a thin layer of mod podge.

Make sure you don't have too much excess mod podge around the gems or it wont dry clear!

Let dry and stand on a mantel, desk, book shelf, wherever!!!

Cheers,

Messy

DIY ~ Beaded Knot Bracelet

Oh...this is so cute and easy!

WHAT YOU NEED:

rope twine

beads

hot glue gun

scissors

First take your rope twine and tie a loop knot at the end.

Add a bead and knot right under it.

Keep doing this as much as you would like or until your bracelet is the size you want.

I left some spaces without beads as well as used two different kinds.

When finished, tie a bead on to be your clasp through your hole.

Hot glue the end knots to make sure they don't come apart.

Works perfect.

So lovely!

Cheers,

Messy

DIY ~ Pillowcase Tube Dress

Wow!

I was uber lucky to find these amazeballs pillowcases!

WHAT YOU NEED:

pillowcase

sewing machine

tape measure

pins

iron and board

elastic

flower (optional)

scissors

First take your pillowcase and iron it our flat.

Using scissors cut just a small amount of the sewn together end.

Now flip your pillowcase inside out.

Iron a quarter of an inch down from the top.

Then old and iron down another inch and a quarter.

Sew this pocket "tube" along the bottom of your folded part leaving a hole at the back to insert your elastic.

Measure the elastic for the top of your bust.

Feed it through the tube at the top and sew the ends together.

Hand sew on your flower detail if desires.

Tada!

New strapless dress.

It's just that easy!

Cheers,

Messy

DIY ~ Beyoutiful Painting

This turned out super cute!

Don'tcha think?

It's for sale now in my shop :)

WHAT YOU NEED:

white canvas

pencil

eraser

paint

small and medium paint brushes'

clear coat

First using your pencil lightly draw your "you" near the center.

Now add "be" at the top in script, as well as "tiful" at the bottom.

Using a small paintbrush trace out your "you" with black paint.

Inside the bubbly letters loosely draw some flowers and leaves around adding lots of color.

In between the flowers do gold dots to fill in the white space.

Kinda tedious...but great look!

Do your other letters in gold and fix any touch ups if needed.

Beautiful.

:)

Cheers,

Messy

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Or come see me at the Brockville Farmer's Market every Saturday from 7am - 1pm!

DIY ~ Cork Board Circles

Love these!

WHAT YOU NEED:

round cork rivets

fabric

scissors

hot glue gun

scrapbooking paper

pop can tab

push pin

felt pen

First pick your fabric.

Trace around your cork round with a pen leaving a good 1 - 2 inches to fold over.

 Cut your circle out.

Using your hot glue gun, fold the edges to the back and secure.

Cut out a piece of scrapbook paper the same size as your circle and glue it on the back to cover the raw edges.

I used a pop can tab and a push pin to make a hanger.

Hang them in three's and post you to do notes on them :)

I love mine!

Cheers,

Messy

Pinspiration

Cheers,

Messy

DIY ~ Feather Boho Necklace

I love Native arts and Boho Chic things.

I had these awesome feathers so I decided to see what i could come up with...

YOU WILL NEED:

pliers

leather string

beads

bead crimpers

feathers

hot glue

scissors

First measure how long you want your leather string to be. 

Fold your piece in half and loop it around your neck.

Trim your leather into a peak at the end so it is easier to get your beads on.

Start adding as many beads to each end as you would like.

Tie a knot at the tip to get them all to stay.

Add your feather by putting a dot of glue on your end knot and attaching the stem of the feather.

Pull your bead down over top.

Tie it back around your neck :)

Pretty eh?

Yet so simple...

Cheers,

Messy