Cereal Box Letters

In my last post you saw that I made these letters out of cereal boxes that I found in my pantry- here's a simple tutorial to make these by yourself!

You'll Need

• A Cereal Box
• Hot Glue Gun
• Scissors 
• Paint
• Painters Tape (for the chevron)
• Toothpick (for the dotted sides)

1. Print out a guide- that you will use to trace on to your cereal box. Make it a desired font and size- I used Century Gothic in size 800- but its up to you if you want the letter to be larger or smaller. Then just cut it out when its printed.

2. Cut your cereal box- so that it is completely flat and make sure that the sides of the cereal box are still in tack. 

3. Trace your cut out letter- onto the OUTSIDE of the cereal box (where its printed with words). Make sure that when you do this you are tracing the letter backwards or you will run into trouble later- you want to do this twice- I did not take a picture of this step but the way you trace it should look something like this-

{You need one K going the right way and one K going backwards}

4. Cut out the letters

5. Using the leftover cereal box- cut equal height cardboard pieces that match up with the sides of letter.  After you make all of the sides you can hot glue them into the right places.

      

6. Once all pieces are glued on you can carefully glue on the top part of the letter- but be sure to work quickly.

7. Paint your letter however you want. I of course did mine with a chevron pattern on the front using painters tape and on the sides I used three different colors to create a almost paint splattered effect using different sized dots made by toothpicks!

{To show off the sides}

Additional Comments-

• Since I had two letters - I glued the 8 to the K at a slant 
• I left the back white and wrote a happy birthday note to the birthday girl!
• The 8 has a flat bottom so that it stands on its own- just flatten any curved lines on the bottom- U, S, C, B, etc.
• You can use this it really make anything- letters, shapes, etc. Perfect for a large number for a birthday party decoration
• Originally I was going to tie balloons to this- but never got a chance to pick balloons up from the store.

Well that's about it- I tried to make this easy to follow but I know it may sound a little confusing- if you have any questions you can just comment of shoot me an email!

Playing Catch Up

Can you already believe that we are almost half-way done with July? I feel like just yesterday I was waiting for school to be out and now- school is sneaking up on us again. July has already been such a great month for me and so many different things have gone on. I've made different crafts, pinned a whole lot of pins, and celebrated living in such an amazing country.

So with that said here's the rundown of what I've already done this month (with tutorials coming soon!)-

1. Remember my last post? I made an adorable galvanized bucket for the family friends that were letting us stay at there house while we were in D.C. Well we filled that bucket with lots of Fourth of July goodies, like pop-its, glow bracelets, and more! It turned out to be super cute and our friends adored it!

2. While in D.C. we stopped at Georgetown and got cupcakes from Georgetown cupcake! It was a really cute store and after standing in line (which took about 15-20 minutes) we got the cupcakes- but after a very hot day walking around the shops, by the time we got home all of the frosting melted! The cupcake was alright but if we would've eaten it right away it would've been better.

3. Once we finally got home I got around to making somethings that sit on my desk.
I made-

• Washi tape pencils (with help from this pin)
• A monogram picture to go inside this new frame I got from target.
• The spaghetti jar- turned pencil holder with a chalkboard paint coat on the bottom

Not to mention I redid my board that I have from Pottery Barn Teen. (You can find them here) I got this for Christmas in 2011 from my Grandpa- and I love it! I'm always switching out pictures and writing on the chalkboard and whiteboards. This is my latest design on the chalkboard-

      {Let's all just seize the day}

4. One of my good friends celebrated her birthday this week and I was there to help with the celebration. Not only did I show up- I came baring gifts :)

{The adorable cake I made for the occasion}

{Cereal box letters that served as a birthday card with a note on the back!}

**could you guess what her name is?

5. Me and one of my other good friends got together to have a crafty crafty day! We spent all day (and night!) giving these wooden objects a facelift-

{For both of these I just used the same method as I did here and it all worked swimmingly}

6. Lastly if you follow my dog on instagram you may already of seen this but- I am obsessed with this picture!

 {Peace out}

Well that's how the past couple of days have been going at my crafty house! I will be back to update with tutorials for everything you see in this post. I hope everyone had a good Fourth of July.

Fourth Of July Galvanized Bucket

This weekend has been a crazy crafting weekend for me! I did one pinterest project and three homemade ones that came straight from my brain. I'm documenting all of them- so let's start with the first one I made.

Like I said we are going to Washington D.C. and staying at some family friend's house. To thank them for being kind enough to let my whole family stay with them we like to bring a gift basket. Well since we will be going for the Fourth what better than an american flag inspired bucket to hold it in.

1. Bucket- This is what you are making! I picked mine up at the local Ace Hardware for 15 dollars- it was the most expensive part of the whole project. I bet you could find these any where for much cheaper- I just wasn't looking that hard.

2. Paint Brush- so you can paint

3. Paint- Red, White, and Blue ('murrica)
                  I didn't have red white and blue paint when I started this project so I thought I would be frugal and add black to the lighter colors- didn't really turn out so I had to make a quick stop to Michael's.

4. Paper Towels- You will see how I used this shortly.

OTHERS- I also used blue painters tape to make the stars and the stripes and star cookie cutters to outline the stars onto the painters tape.

1. First things first- After I bought this tub it needed a serious wash so I took it over to the hose and washed it out.

2. Then after it was all dry I sat down to start to paint. Using the white acrylic paint I started to paint small sections of the the bucket. Then using the paper towels I gently wiped some of the paint- still leaving behind white. I wanted to be able to see some of the shiny silver underneath the white. 

3. I let that dry over night just to be sure it was dry and then I taped off the sections that I wanted using my painters tape. The stripes wrap all the way around until it just to the blue part of the back and the blue part I decided by looking at the bumps that were in the tub already (you can see in the picture above).

4. Now that you have everything taped off you need to make some stars. These stars can be any size you want or can have as many points as you want it doesn't matter! To make my stars I took about six pieces of tape (all about nine inches long) and laid them on to of each other to make a little "sheet". Then using cookie cutters that I have in the shape of stars I traced them on the not sticky side of the tape sheet and cut them out. Then just stuck them onto the bucket where I wanted them to go.

5. Now the easy part! Just paint red over where the stripes are going and blue where the stars are. Wait for that to dry completely before removing the tape to see how awesome the bucket looks.

I love the way that this turned out- it is so adorable. I might just need to make myself one of these. I could totally see this being used at Fourth parties- keeping the drinks cold or holding sparklers or s'more supplies. I just can't get enough of the fourth of July! Hope everyone has a great holiday- anyone have traditions? I would love to hear! I will post more on my crafty weekend soon!

Knotted Headband

My next pinterest find is this pin. 

This is such a cute headband that anyone could pull off! I made one and I love the way that it turned out.

It was so easy to make- there is only 2 things that you need! That's it.

So with that said lets see how its done-

1. Old T-shirt- something that is sitting in the bottom of your dresser that you haven't worn in years. **The type of fabric does make a difference! I think my shirt was 50% cotton 50% polyester. It was a great material.

2. Scissors- you just got to be able to cut the shirt.

(sorry the pictures are a little small)

1. You first are going to want to start off by cutting your shirt right beneath the sleeves- or the design in my case. Just make a cut all the way across until you reach the other side.

2. Now cut the part that you just cut from the shirt into 2 equal strips. **Don't make these too big, around an inch is a good size.

3. Just keep cutting.

4. Now you are going to want to pull the two strips out until the sides begin to roll into each other. It doesn't matter how long you pull for- just make sure that its two strips.

5. To start making your knot- take one of your strips and make it into the shape of a ribbon (see picture above)

6. Next, take your second strip and put in on top of your ribbon form. Make that strip like a "u" of a smiley face. Take the right end of the second strip and put it BEHIND the right leg of the ribbon. Then take the left side of the u and put it behind the hole of the ribbon.

7. This next step is a little hard t explain- bare with me. Take the right side of the u- still behind the right leg of the ribbon- and take it over the right side of the ribbon top, under the part of the u that's behind the ribbon take and back over the other side of the ribbon. (hopefully that made sense- I'll make a video soon)

8. Now all you have to do is pull all of the sides (4 of them) outwards. Do this until the knot looks the way that you want it to- some people like the knot to be looser- others tighter. And that's basically it! The only thing left to do is to tie it off. I did this by taking another piece of the t-shirt and putting it through all of the holes in the headband ends. Then I just tie it into a bow and cut off all of the excess. And that's it!

A cute headband that I love to wear! It looks great in a messy bun- or however you like to wear your hair!

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