an ode to art projects..

I am a huge fan of anything 'do it yourself' or crafty and moving into our apartment a few months ago was the perfect opportunity to try out some projects I have had my eye on. These are some my top favorite do it yourself projects that now live in our home. 

Magnetic scrabble board (my latest project)

 *covered in poems from an old poetry book. So easy and such a fun continuous game!

Heart map frame

*this guy I made for Garrett actually last summer. It has a map of every place we have been together (with room to grow, work in progress)

Jewelry hanger

*this is an oldy, but goody. I made this quiet a while ago with help from my fathers sawing skills (thanks dad) then painted the frame a dark charcoal and wood a cream color and found mismatched knobs.

Long distance mug

*made for Garrett last valentines day after he moved to California. I love the simpleness of it and I a, always a huge fan of black and white.

Super old piece of a wood fence shelf

*this wood has an interesting story. It was actually 'borrowed' from an old abandoned fence/barn in Fort Collins. The plan was to get 4 pieces and create a headboard, but let me say that is not a light piece of wood and it happened to be the only one not still nailed to the fence (laying flat on the dirt) needless to say I could only get this one piece. We got some shelf hooks from Ikea and with the help of my live in handyman (thanks gar) made a pretty awesome shelf for our bedroom.

Coffee mug holder

* I wanted a way to display all of the mugs I had been collecting and so I found this old piece of a baseboard for a house, cut it to the size I needed, painted it, found some cute hooks at World Market and voila! Coffee mug display!

Morning and night mug

*i wanted to make a morning and night mug because Garrett always has his morning cup of coffee and night cup of tea. One mug, multi purpose and cute!

Paint chip calendar

* this is probably the most useful and handy craft I have made, plus I absolutely love the gradual color change. For this I used a large black frame with a white poster background. I then went to Home Depot and collected the tiles I liked ad cut off the names/labels on them, measuring them out on the white poster. By framing it behind glass it becomes the perfect erasable month to month calendar.

Picture Wall

* I have been waiting to do this project for such a long time! It took me and while to find the frames I liked and the right letters, but once I did I couldn't wait to see the finished product.