Showing posts with label frugal decorating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label frugal decorating. Show all posts

Friday, February 5, 2016

Upcycling Old Wooden Paletts

Recently my girlfriend has really gotten into making new things out of old discarded wooden pallets.  For very little money she is making me a beautiful new home for my coffee mugs.
I found these while searching on google for coffee mug storage so obviously they aren't my pictures. 

For about $30 my girlfriend was able to get all of the materials needed to make me something that could sell for hundreds of dollars.  

She's been sick the past week (as have I) so she hasn't finished it, but I will post pictures once she finishes it! 


Wednesday, May 18, 2011

DIY Earring Display!

OMG can I just say how EXCITED I am that my earring display came out the way it did?? I did remember to take pictures along the way so I can post step-by-step instructions for you all as well!

To start you will need:
  1. whatever size picture frame you prefer. I chose 8X10 (which I found on clearance for $7)
  2. mesh/chicken wire/something along those lines (I found some plastic mesh things at ac moore for .69 each and got 3 colors because I couldn't decide in the store! lol)
  3. glue (hot glue will work best!), I made due with krazy glue and gorilla glue :)
  4. paint if you buy an unfinished frame and want to paint it
  5. fabric to back the frame (I found a .29 piece of felt at ac moore)
  6. scissors
1. Cut your mesh or chicken wire, whatever it is that you picked up, to fit inside your frame the way a picture would. (IF you decided to paint your frame you would do that before this step)

2. Glue your mesh inside the frame, for some reason I couldn't find my hot glue gun so I had to use some gorilla glue to glue mine in.

3. Glue your fabric to the back of the frame (preferably with hot glue however I made due again with krazy glue) (please ignore all the other stuff in the background! lol)

4. Let your glue dry and then add your favorite earrings! :)

I am so so happy with how this came out! It was my first time making one but I think I am going to make some smaller ones to group some of my favorite earrings by color and display them on my wall..well see though!

On top of being super easy and fun to do, it was also a super cheap project for me
clearance frame: $7.00
plastic mesh: $.69
black felt: $.29
Total cost: $7.98

I hope you guys find this helpful and as easy as I did!