Let's get crafty!

Thanks in part to Pinterest, I've been on a crafting spree lately!  I've found a lot of cute ideas on Pinterest that I could do with items I already had around the house.  The first thing I did was create a picture wall.  Because our apartment is so large, I tried to fill up wall space by hanging a picture or two on each wall and it ended up not looking very cohesive.  I got the idea to take the pictures from around the house and put them all onto one wall.  Along with items I already had, I went to the clearance section at TJ Maxx and got a couple of picture frames for around $2 each.  I took the glass out of the frames and hung them on the wall.  One frame has a little yellow watering can in it that I got from TJ Maxx for $1.  For the other frame, I took out the glass and replaced it with part of a placemat that I also got in the clearance section for a quarter.  Then I added a little flair to it.  :)

 Wall from far away

 Wall close-up

Bama and ZTA flair pinned to a placemat!  

For my next project I saw a picture on Pinterest of a coffee table centerpiece that had a candle in a glass vase surrounded by wine corks.  Since I currently had a vase with wine corks in it as my coffee table centerpiece, I just added a candle!  It was $5.99 at TJ Maxx.

 Centerpiece

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I have always been a big fan of shadow boxes and was so happy when I found one for $12 at TJ Maxx!  I loved the floral design on top, but thought I needed to change the fabric on the inside of the shadow box to match the rest of my decor.  I used some leftover fabric from my DIY fabric bed frame to cover the inside of the box.  Here is what I did step-by-step:

 Before close-up

 Before

 First I cut the fabric 

 Then I made sure it was the perfect size

 Next, I ironed the fabric (notice my pink iron)

 Then I pressed the sides of the fabric into the box (no glue needed)

 Then I added some pictures :)

Then I hung it, which was a disaster.  I think there are six holes in the wall now... oops!

and.... voila! 

The last thing I added to the room was an amazing find I got from the Cottage House on Bank Street when I was back in Alabama last weekend.  It is a beautiful framed vintage advertisement from the 1800s.  The Cottage House is amazing.  The owner's husband restores all kinds of vintage furniture and she sells mostly "Made in Alabama" products.  I suggest checking it out!  If I could afford to ship some furniture back up here, I would have!  

Just beautiful!

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