Back to School

I first saw this in my cousin's apartment and then shortly after, a good friend of mine did one.  I love that even though they are the same concept, everyone's turn out differently. . . and who doesn't love playing with wax! :)

The end product.  All you do is glue the crayons to the top of the canvas, then I used a blow dryer to melt them and let them drip and splatter.  I really like the splatter at the bottom, so I didn't make it drip down too far.  A tip though for anyone wanting to do this project, lots of newspaper. . . you'd be surprised how far the crayon splatters can go.

A Little Bit o' Bling!

After years of tangled necklaces and mismatched earings, I finally decided I could make something to keep me from loosing my sanity. :)

It started with just necklaces.  I took a piece of canvas and covered it in a green polka dot fabric.  I also covered a small metal sheet with some fabric and glued it onto the canvas.  I thought I could use it to leave notes or thoughts on there.  I then screwed in hooks on the bottom of the canvas.  (Just a tip, use a drill to make the holes!  I spent way too long and got way too many blisters trying to screw them in by hand.)

I really liked it and realized that with the necklace issue fixed, I realized how hard it was to find my earings so I spent days trying to figure out how to organize them.  Finally, this morning, I realized that some chains would work perfectly, a way to hook in the earings easily and be able to quickly remove them.

That's it!  I added some words to make it even more fun.  Finally a cute solution to all my jewelry problems.