DabblebyDerinda: DIY*Crafts

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Friday, September 28, 2012

My NEW Craft Space...

If you've known me over the years you may have noticed that I like to change things often. From my shop banner to my living room furniture...to even rooms in my house. I think it all stems from moving quite a bit...17 times in 34 years. {Geez...it looks even worse when I type it out.} Well I've done it again I've moved my craft room to it's original space...where ELB all started.

I painted the walls gray to contrast with the white vaulted ceilings. I also ripped out the carpet and painted the floor a light gray with concrete paint and sealer. I also made my craft desk using pre-made white shelving and closet organizer shelves.

I found these super simple and modern desk at target for $20.00 each and the chairs were $9.00 each. This is my kids' art/homework station. They LOVE their space and are always creating something. They are both crafty like their momma!!

This is how I store all of ELB's items. I pre-make just about everything, seal it and organize them here in these storage containers, which are actually sock organizers for drawers. They work really well for my products and getting orders out is a cinch!

So we will see how long I stay in here! For now I'm just going to enjoy it!

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Chiffon Flowers

I'm in LOVE with these shabby chic chiffon flowers. I made this headband the other day with some little rosettes I found at Hobby Lobby. I attached each flower to a round piece of felt and added two hand cut felt leaves. Glued it to an alligator clip and attached it to one of my famous interchangeable headbands. It's perfect for Valentine's Day!

Link Up:
http://craftomaniac.blogspot.com/
http://www.pollywantacrafter.com/

Monday, January 2, 2012

Modge Podge Craft Table

Getting organized in the new year!!!

I used to have all my craft supplies in my laundry room, but I recently moved all that stuff into the office so I could put my son's drums in the laundry room. I got rid of my little desk and put in a folding table up to have more craft space. The table was not very pretty on top and needed some TLC.

My office is gray, black, and white and for the table top I used scrapbook paper in those colors and mod podged them on top. I really like the way it turned out. The project was something I did on a whim so I just used the paper I already had on hand. If I were to do it again, I would make sure all the pages were a thicker card stock as it was easier to apply and didn't wrinkle up at all. Regardless, the table looks a lot better and looks kind of like a patch work quilt. I added about 3 layers of mod podge. I'm ready to get busy and hope to open my shop back up in about a week!

BEFORE AFTER

Friday, December 2, 2011

A must visit {Make it and Love it}

FRIDAY {Find it}

While browsing the blogosphere this week I found this awesome cite called 'Make it and Love it.' There are tons of FREE tutorials on their...go check it out!!! One of my favorite things that I found was this Holder for your charging cell phone using a baby lotion bottle...hello...genius!!!

Source: makeit-loveit.com via Derinda on Pinterest

Monday, November 14, 2011

Fabric Flowers...anyone can do it!

I've been making fabric flower clips for a long time using my trusty sizzix. If you don't have a sizzix machine I recommend getting one. There isn't anything as good when cutting large amounts of felt and fabric. I really LOVE mine...couldn't live with out it.

Here are some handy dandy fabric flower tutorials {where you don't need machines} that I found Online...LOVE! Click on the image, which will take you to pinterest, then click on the image again to take you directly to the website.