Magnets

I made these for the magnet board that I made in my room. I love them! :) the tutorial is below.

For this project you will need clear stones (you will see what they look like... I don't really know what to call them haha), cute paper that you print off/pieces from a magazine to put behind the stone, magnets, super glue, and mod podge. You really do need mod podge for MANY projects, so you should buy it!

First print off the pictures (make sure they are sized right first so they are not too big or too small for the stone) and then place the stone on top and trace around it with a pencil. After you do that, cut on the lines.

Now paint a thin layer of mod podge on the flat side (the picture below has a little too much) and stick the paper onto the back face down and paint on another layer on top of the paper.

Once that dries, super glue a magnet to the back and your done. See? That was quick!

I made WAY more than this. If you want a copy of all the paper I used, just leave a comment so I can email it to you to use for your own magnets!!

I LOVE countdowns so I spelled out c-o-u-n-t-d-o-w-n, printed of some  things I was excited for on microsoft word, and the stones work perfect with dry erase markers so I put some cute paper behing the back and change the dates every day.

Easy and inexpensive ADORABLE journal!

I was in need of a little craft so I went down to albertson's and got just a plain old spiral notebook (about $1) I covered it with scrapbook paper, ribbon, and rhinestones and it is DARLING! I am so excited to write in it. There is an easy step by step tutorial below.

That above is what you will need - notebook, ribbon, Scrapbook paper (If you want some really cute free paper, visit shabby princess and print some off... that is what I did and it worked great!), and mod podge. I use mod podge in almost every craft that I do... I highly recommend buying it (I like the gloss the best) You will also want just a plain piece of white computer paper.

Coat the notebook with a thin layer of mod podge all over.

Trim the white paper to fit on the spiral notebook and stick it on top of the mod podge while smoothing it out so there are no bubbles. You only have to do this if you printed off the scrapbook paper or yours is really thin because you will be able to see the color of the spiral through the scrapbook paper if you don't. When you put the white paper on though it doesn't need to fit exactly.

Trim the scrapbook paper so that it will fit onto the notebook the way you want it to (I would suggest the way I did it above... it seems to work out in the end better this way) Then paint on another layer of mod podge on top of the printer paper and put the scrapbook paper on. Again, smooth it out so there are no

bubbles!

Wait 2 minutes after the step above before doing this one. Now do an extra coat of mod podge on top to give it a shiny glossy look. This also makes it slightly more water resistant!

Wait 5-10 minutes before doing this step. Now outline the ribbon all around the border of the scrapbook paper and inbetween were the separate paper meets and secure it with hot glue. When doing it around the border, leave a little extra on the sides to wrap around to the back to make it look better. I think it is really cute to use to different kinds of ribbon! (see below)

For the last step I just added some sparkle with rhinestones. It would be really cute to use buttons or fake flowers as well!

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flower pens

These cute flower pens make a great gift for anyone! Or even keep them for yourself. I have always wanted to learn how to make these and now I have :) Head over to Crazy Craft World to get the tutorial!

clip holder

Do you need somewhere to keep all of your clips? Well, I have came up with a cute, and easy idea! I sell clips at my local dance studio that I teach ar and needed to keep them organized! This was just perfect and would work great to hang up on the wall in your own home :)

First, buy a plain white canvas from a craft store (I got this at Michaels) and paint it whatever color you want with acrylic paint... I think it would also be really cute to cover with fabric! But, I needed to get this done quickly, so paint would work the best for me.

Now, hot glue or staple thick ribbon to the back (hot glue works the best in my opinion) and get it tight, but not too tight, you want the clips to be able to grip on.

This is what the front should look like. (sorry, this picture is sideways)

Or this... This one is bigger because it holds the silk flower clips that are much larger.

This is the very end, finished result with the silk flower clips. For some reason, some of the white rhinestones look yellowish. Oh well!

p.s. If you do this, please blog about it and leave me a comment so I can link over and see yours!

mailing anything anytime soon???

Want to mail something (like a gift) to someone, and still have it look like its wrapped up? Well now you can, without having to buy an ugly yellow padded envelope! Sew Sweet Stitches (click on the link for the tutorial) came up with this idea to make your own, cute, personalized one! I would love to do this, especially because I like to mail things... don't you think it's fun to get something in the mail??? Especially if it looks cute! Why not make someones day and send them something nice! :)

Also, Here is another thing that I like to make, and it doesn't cost anything! Do you ever run out of envelopes? Problem solved! Just print off the pattern below (click on the picture for the big size) and cut it out and follow the directions. There you go! Your own envelope :) Print it onto scrapbook paper to make it cuter.