weekEND projects.

i finished the wine-rack turned entryway organizer....a couple weeks ago, and finally got around to snapping some photos.  actually, this post is mostly for my mom who wasn't able to visit a couple weekends ago because all of us managed to get sick.  i was pumped to show her all the things i have been working on because crafty nesting is our jam :)  so i'm cramming it all into this post-wooooo! 

 i decided to leave the outside as is and just paint the dark, scary innards :)  i went to Lowe's and asked the kind wood cutting guy to cut some shelves for me from some cheap wood. Then I bought a sample of yellow paint....that turned out to be too carnival yellow...so i picked up something more peachy and it turned out just right, after the many many coats it took to cover up the dark wood.  

 i'm pretty happy with how it turned out.  brightened things up and made it seem less....cavernous and more happy :)

it's a little more filled up since i took this photo with some small photo frames and things

 see? soooo happy :)

now we can keep all our keys and mail and random junk organized....

 .....so it doesn't clutter up the table.  right?

NEXT:

 I finally moved on to another project that I've been wanting to do ever since we shortened the table and chairs.  I had some great leftover wood pieces from the chairs that you see below.  My inspiration was a frame that I saw at pier 1 that had wire stretching across it.  It came with clothes pins to pin up photos...

so i thought....i can do that....for 1.99 :)

I had my willing hubby drill some small holes through the wood.  Then I sanded and painted them the same color orange that I had leftover from the dictionary photo frames.

I found some old greyish-brown yarn I had leftover from my knitting days and threaded it through the holes.  I purchased some wee little clothes pins from hobby lobby for the afore-mentioned price and voila; cute photo hanging thing.  I like to call it my little laundry line of love.  :)  Not the best picture because of the glare....but you get the picture ;)

The "Olivier" frame was a shower....or wedding gift.  I'm not sure which--but thanks mom ;) it works perfectly over the photos.

fun fun.  I'm still considering painting the clothespins....but i think i like the au natural look.  we'll see!  and i also need to find some more photos to fill in the blanks too, but couldn't wait to show it off :)

AND Finally:

I got this idea on pinterest.  I wanted to have a little wreath to showcase some holiday spirit.....but all those wreaths that i truly love cost some real true mooola....that is needed elsewhere at the moment :)  soooo, i made this!  with toilet paper rolls!

and leftover felt from henry's buck.  and ribbon leftover from something else.  and, of course, some hot glue (i'm getting pretty handy with that gun).

we hung it in the entryway.  i really wanted to hang it on a door, but we weren't sure if we wanted to mess with leaving holes in any of the doors of our rented apt., since holes in the wall are so much easier to fix.

not bad for throwing a bunch of leftovers together :)  and it was fun.  these little crafties are a nice break for me.

OF COURSE henry was also very busy.

:)


if you are interested in toilet paper tube wreaths and how to make 'em, here is the link where i got my idea:
http://www.seeyoutheredesign.com/2010/12/diy-toilet-paper-roll-wreath.html