saw it. pinned it. did it.

I REALLY wanted this edition of saw it pinned it did it to be un-wedding related, but I failed majorly this week. I made three recipes from pinterest, but forgot to take step my step photos of them. Next week I'll start fresh...but for now, here's something else I made for the wedding. (catching on? i made almost everything myself. get help for yours, it was rough!)

So, here's some of my inspiration pins.

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I knew that chalkboard would fit in with the feel I was going for, so I set off to find some cute ones. FAIL. They don't really sell cute chalkboards anywhere. I almost gave up on this one until I saw these platters at Marshall's. (And here's where I tell you that I got a new phone since then so the only photos I have are screen shots off instagram. Baaadddd blogger.)

 

Each platter was around $5.00. Then I spray painted each with a clear coat because I read somewhere once that you can't paint on ceramic and have it stick without that. Don't skip this step!!

 

Then I followed this tutorial on how to make your own chalkboard paint. Yes, you can buy it, but this way is MUCH cheaper! I ventured over to Lowe's. On a Friday night...yep, life of the party over here! (I did go get wine right after, though. All crafting needs some wine. Just a fact.)

 

Anyways, I got the little trial container of valspar, I think it was three dollars. It's right at a cup. I got a navy color because my wedding colors were navy and yellow. 

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Then came the painting. I had to do three coats because I'm a perfectionist. Two would have been fine, though. Let it dry completely and then you have to chalk the whole thing and wipe it off with a damp rag. Once dry, it's ready!

Here's what mine looked like once completed. (Sidenote - if you make your own paint and want to change out what you write on there, you have to use REAL chalk. I used a chalk pen so I can never change what they say. For some reason the chalk pen doesn't erase well on homemade chalk paint. I guess I could just paint over it, though!)

next to the card holder

the bar menu

we didn't want assigned seating, but did want our family members to get the best tables

our sign in books were children's books of our college teams

the sign in/gifts table

 

Now go link up with Katie and Stephanie to see what others are pinning and making! That is my favorite part of this, seeing how others use their crafty skills.

 

 

 

 



a tutorial on this gorgeous tuesday

It's way too pretty outside to be working today! Thanking my lucky stars that I work from home and have the perfect excuse to frequent the sunshine today. Puppies gotta pee, yo!

[And I already broke my blogging-every-day rule...color me shocked. Friday we had a team training thingy for work and then yesterday just sucked, as most Mondays do! Making up for it today with some pictures, though. Although I'm too lazy to bust out the DSLR so iPhone photos they are!]

The pupster's name is Bowden. (Bonus points to anyone who knows why that's his name/who it's in honor of!) He's only 3.1 pounds, so it's REALLY hard to find him clothes. Scratch that, it's really hard to find him cheap clothes - who has $40+ bucks to spend on a Christmas sweater? I much prefer the same sweater at Marshalls for $8 bucks. Problem is that they usually only have larges.

I put my thinking cap on and decided to make him one! I bought this newborn onesie at Target for FOUR dollars. And they have three other cute Christmas onesis that I'll for sure be going back for later.

Isn't it cute? Good thing I have a puppy to wear it, I almost want a baby looking at this. Almost.

So then I chopped off the sleves and the bottom snappy part, folded it inside out and pinned up the sides. (If you don't know how to sew, you could just cut and call it a day, but after the first wear it may fray a lot.)

Then I sewed it and voila! (For some reason my machine decided to eat the shirt a few times. The perfectionist in my is so pissed that I'm sharing this project!)

I can't wait to do this for every holiday, now. A didn't quite love it as much as I did, but it keeps Bowden warm so it's staying on!