Decorating on a budget

I cannot say I came up with this idea on my own as usual it was 100% an idea I got from Pinterest. I saw this on there and I just had to do it when I was trying to come up wit ideas on how to decorate my daughters new room. 

I went to my local Big Lots store for the canvas and then with my trustee JoAnn Fabrics coupon I bought the pink fabric. Now I am slightly obsessive when it came to the buttons and I wanted them to all be the same color so while I was shopping at Wal-mart I found that they had packets of buttons that were all the same color but different sizes. 

This whole project cost about $10 and it is so worth it to me!

Here is a toy box that I refinished a few years ago and where I ended up pulling all the colors for her bedroom. I found the toy box at a local thrift store. I stripped it down and painted it with her initial on it and a cute saying. This whole project including the cost of the toy box was about $20

In this photo I am showing the bedskirt that I mad for her bed, which is another idea from Pinterest. Here is the step-by-step link on how to make it. After making it though I must warn you. It is very time consuming! BUt totally worth it and fun! 

It's hard to see but I also sewed the curtains for her room. Now mind you I am not one who sews too often nor am I very good at it but these were SUPER easy and cost effective! And obviously you can see her bed before I made the bed skirt. What a huge difference!

Plunge

The theme for this years MOPS group is "Plunge" which is such a great idea! As the craft coordinator I saw yet again an idea on Pinterest and had to go with it! So therefore this is what I came up with for a quick craft for the ladies to do.

As you can see we wrote on ceramic cups. However the pin that I saw on PInterest advises you to use Sharpie permanent markers and I DO NOT advise that. I tried that technique several times and could not get the marker to stay on the ceramics so I had to go back to the computer and do some research. What I ended up finding is that the Sharpie paint markers worked the best. I placed the mugs in the oven while the oven was cold and turned my oven on to 350*. I then let them bake in the oven for 30 minutes until I turned off my oven then let them cool in the oven until I pulled them out and had fun mugs to drink out of and remind me daily of my "plunge!"

Bleach Pen Shirt

I am a die hard Pinterest user and I had gotten the idea from a pin on there so I thought to myself "I have a ton of shirt that I could do that to." This photo shows one of the shirts that I did the bleach pen technique to and every time I wear this shirt I get a ton of compliments!

How To:  Take a plain cotton shirt and place a plastic bag between the front and the back of the shirt. I personally like to use a garbage bag for this.

Make sure to shake your bleach pen really well so that it is not too runny.

Apply a small amount to the shirt and design away! 

Depending on the color of the shirt and how well it absorbs the bleach depends on how long I leave the bleach on it. For the shirt shown I left it on for about 15 minutes. You may have to leave it on for anywhere from 10-30 minutes.

Then I rinsed off all the bleach in cold water in my kitchen sink. 

Throw it in your washer and wash as normal, and voila! You have a bleach pen shirt.

This is also great to do with children's shirts that have stains on them you cannot get out!