Dream Catcher Wall Art

Since I didn't originally plan to post this craft to the blog, I didn't take many pictures of it so, sorry! But anyways, I saw a post on Pinterest of this ADORABLE earring holder that just happened to look like a dream catcher, and I decided to make one of my own.
Items needed:

• Cross Stitch Hoop
• Embroidery Floss
• Scissors
• Spray Paint

Since I don't have pictures to show you my steps, I figured I'll just show you the ending product, and describe all the steps of how I got there(:

First, I spray painted my three hoops different colors and let them drive for a couple hours so I could tie the floss around them without ruining the paint job. Next, I looked up some different pictures of how to tie a dream catcher and tried to copy those as much as I could, and also used some of my own designs. I made sure they all looked at least a little different. At every crossing I tied two knots to make sure the string didn't ever slip, and was tight. And that's pretty much it! Very simple craft and you can add your own elements into it to make it personal.

Here's how it looks up on my wall. I've decided to leave them empty and to just be an art piece instead of serving multiple purposes.  Thanks for reading!

Revamping my Memo Board

SO...probably around five years ago, Kendra got herself and I these memo boards with the intentions of revamping them anyways; we didn't care for the pink and brown with little bows(not pictured here, I took them off like two years ago). Since then, it's been sitting in my closet just DYING to be redone, and finally I got around to do it! The wet spots were scratches on the fabric that I thought I would be able to get out with some water, but it didn't work.
Heres a list of items you will need:

• Ribbon; grossgrain is the best kind to use because it is more sturdy
• Staple Gun and staples for it
• Sewing Machine, thread
• Scissors
• Brads/Jewels/Buttons (your preference)
• E6000

  The first thing I decided to do was pick out different ribbon that I wanted to use. At first, I was going to use ribbon that were all the same size, but decided that using different colors and also different sizes would make it more unique and cuter. I chose colors that my mom already had, and that would match my room scheme.

Next, I cut all the sides where the ribbon was stapled in the back of the board. I then pulled out the staples holding it in place, and threw it all away except the strand of ribbon used to hang it up on the wall, I will need that for later.

For this next step, I needed Kendra's help holding down the ribbon to make sure that it stayed tight and straight so all the lines would end up perfectly(or close to it) aligned. I wanted to cover up the lines from the ribbon before, so I lined up and stapled them all in the same places as they were before. I first stapled the ribbon in the top back, and moved across the board stapling at each place needed, and then ending in the back for a final staple.

 

Here is a close up.

Here is a picture of it half way done.

And here is a picture with all the ribbon finally stapled on! I decided to have the different colors of ribbon all cross each other, making an 'X' pattern.

Next, I decided it needed some BLING. So I went to Hobby Lobby and bought a pack of 12 scrapbook jewels. They were the perfect size and ended up only costing me about $1.80 because they were on sale! Woohoo! I used some E6000 to glue them down in the center of each crossing, and let it dry for 24 hours. I also sewed together the ribbon that would hold the memo board onto the wall during this step. I kept the old pink ribbon so I could measure how long I would need it to be, and went off of that.

And that's it! Super easy, and a great craft to do if you are sick of the way something looks in your home. Here is how it looks up on my wall plain, and also with pictures and other things in it!

Thank you for reading!