One Month to Win It - Week 3 Project Reveal

 Chicken Wire Frame

*I found out this morning that I am out of the competition now but congrats to everyone who is still in! I had so much fun making crafts every week and competing with some seriously talented ladies!*

This week's theme is my favorite! I love finding great tutorials from crafters and following them! I decided to make a Chicken Wire Frame and I followed The Project Girl's tutorial. Not only is her tutorial really easy to follow but she has free printables for this project as well! The cost for this project for me was free! I already had a frame that I wanted to re-purpose, spray paint & staple gun and I used some of my grandpa's chicken wire. I am thrilled with how it turned out and it makes me want to make more of them! Here are my before and after shots (it's a pretty big change!)

And here are some upclose and personal shots I took so that you can see how cute the printables look on it!

I really love the printables on it but for me it works better to clip my niece and nephew photos on it :) It was my niece/nephew frame but with the mat there were only 6 openings and I have way more nieces/nephews than that! So I am thrilled to have more room on the chicken wire.   

One Month to Win It! Week 3 Voting!

Please go vote for your favorite HERE! 

I can't tell you which one is mine, so you will have to guess :)

One Month to Win It - Week Two Project Reveal

Mason Jar Display

I love making things no little or no money! This weeks theme was perfect! I made something I've wanted for awhile, a mason jar display! It was so very easy to make and looks great on the wall with candles and flowers. Really, the options for what you put in the mason jars are endless. You could use it to store art supplies, craft supplies, shells from the beach, etc. You really get the bang for your buck with this craft! 


How I made it...


1) I took a 2x4 and painted it
2) After paint was dry, I beat the heck out of it with different things, like a hammer, sander, etc to make it look old
3) I held a mason jar up and marked the sides with a pencil to see where to drill holes
4) Drilled 6 total holes for wire
5) Luckily my grandpa already had rusty wire so I didn't have to make it look old :) I took it and threaded it through the holes while holding the mason jars on the wood. 
6) Once both ends of the wire were through the holes, I twisted the wire in the back just like you see when your kid gets a new toy (picture the back of the toy box with all the twist ties) 
7) Then you decorate! You could use the mason jars to hold sand and shells or crayons and colored pencils, etc! 

Thank you to everyone for voting! I made it to week 3 and the voting started this morning. Go HERE to vote for your favorite! I can't tell you which one is mine until next week :)


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One Month To Win It - Week One Project Reveal

Thank you so much for voting for my project! I made it to week 2 and I'm so excited! Now that the voting for this week is over, I can share my project!

I loved this week's theme of "Preserving a Memory". When I first found out I was chosen and what the first theme was, my mind literally went BLANK. I couldn't think of a single memory I had ever had! I had crafter's block and I had it bad. I decided to leave my house and go visit my sister before I completely lost my mind. On the way to her house I started thinking about a family tree of some sort on wood. Then we went to an antique store because that's where my mind is happiest! There I found beautiful old windows and my crafter's block vanished. Yes, this was exactly what I needed to preserve my memory!  But instead of a family tree, it became a date tree for my husband and I. It's filled will all the important dates we've had so far and we have more leaves and limbs that we can add on for future dates. 

Here's how I made it. 

#1) I painted the opposite side of the window pane a beautiful blue gray. I did two coats, kept them imperfect so that you could see subtle brush strokes and light through the window pane. 

#2) I measured the window pane to see how large to make my vinyl tree. I found the center and marked it using a dry erase marker. 

#3) I designed the tree on SCAL and used my "baby bug" Cricut to cut it out. That's right ladies, I used the 6x12 inch Cricut to cut this huge tree out! It can be done! Just in sections. It really didn't take very long. 

#4) I added very very tiny dates and words to the branches, for example "First Kiss June 5, 2001" The hardest part of the  project was this step. Because the letters and numbers were so small, they were pretty hard to cut out and place on the glass but it was worth it!

I am thrilled with how it turned out and how easy it was! It's something I will keep forever and can't wait to add more dates to it!

It's Voting Time!!!!

It's time to vote! I cannot tell you which one is my project so you will have to guess (shouldn't be tooooo hard)! 

Vote HERE 

Thank you in advance!!

One Month To Win It!!!!!

I'M SO EXCITED

AND I JUST CAN'T HIDE IT! :)

One Month To Win It chose little ole me to be part of their crafting contest along with 11 other fabulously talented ladies!

Every week we will be given a new crafting challenge and only have 1 week to complete it. After that, YOU get to vote on who's you like best! I won't be allowed to tell you which project is mine, but I will post a link on Monday to where you can go and vote!

It's going to be so much fun!