My Pinterest Summer

I love Pinterest. I think it's fair to say most people that have one do. These last few weeks I've found myself with mounds of time on my hands, so I figured I may as well actually try some of those crafts I've pinned. Now I've never considered myself crafty. Honestly, I'd say I'm anything but. But life is all about taking chances, right?
So here are some of the things I've made.

First: The Festive 4th of July Wreath.

You can see how to make this here. 

The main things you need are red, white, and blue pieces of felt, a styrofoam wreath, and push pins.

 This is a great craft to do if you are planning on a movie marathon anytime in the near future. It's super easy and ends up looking super cute! Mine is now proudly hanging on my grandma's front door. As you can tell I'm thrilled about it, really though I am.

Second: Quote on a mirror

You can see this craft here. I wanted to try this on a mirror, just for fun. So after some extensive garage sale shopping I found this mirror for $1.50. What a steal!

Along with garage sales, I would suggest looking at DI and Savers, but always DI first. 

Next I put the stickers on it.

Then took it outside for a little bit of painting

And for the final product....

If I were to do this one again, I would use spray paint instead of craft paint. It will make it look more even.

Third: School Countdown

This summer has been a strange one. I miss my girls more than I thought I would. I see them far less than I'd like. But that's life.

We went to visit Sarah one night at Aspen Grove.

We decided it would be fun to make some sort of countdown until school starts. We all have different things we are specifically looking forward to. The end of a summer job, the end of summer semester, moving back in with everyone, you get the idea. Stephanie and I were looking up ideas online and we saw an idea on etsy that we thought we could probably handle. 

Once we had set out all the necessary equipment we got to business.

Stephanie cut the paper. 

I rolled it into tubes (sorry no picture).

Sarah stapled and put candy in the tubes.

After a few hours we ended up with 4 strings filled with candy. 

To make it a little bit more exciting we decided to put random challenges on some of them. My challenge for today was make a craft from Pinterest. (Thanks ladies). And that is what inspired my next craft!

Good work team!

Fourth: Colored Jeans

Colored jeans are quite the hit this summer. And while I like to be as trendy as the next person my budget doesn't always agree. When I saw this I knew I had to try it out. First I went to DI and bought a pair of white jeans that fit in the waist.

Next I took the legs in to make them into skinny jeans.

I bought a dye from Wal-Mart. They had quite a wide selection. Turquoise sounded fun.

I followed the directions. Tub courtesy of my brothers room.

And the final result looks like this!

My hands are definitely a little bit tinted, but I'm not too worried. Hurrah for inexpensive pants!

Fifth: Festive Headband

This one is just because I really am obsessed with the 4th. I got the idea from here. If you haven't checked out craftgawker.com yet you should get on that. I took some of the leftover felt from the wreath and cut out 4 stars. I then sewed them onto a headband. Quick and easy but oh so festive!

My next project I'm hoping to make is a t-shirt rug. We'll see how that goes.

Happy 4th everyone!