A little bit of what I've been up to.....

I have been in a little bit of a funk lately.  I don't know if it was the heat of the summer, or the busyness of summer vacation.  I have worked on a few small projects here and there.  Let's take a look.....

I made this cute dry erase board from a picture frame!  I slipped a cute piece of scrapbooking paper behind the glass, sprayed painted the wood frame and VIOLA!  I use it next to the front door for all of my reminders for my day care parents!


Next I have been trying to keep the clutter of daycare toys to a minimum.  So I picked up these 3 tiered bins and labeled them with pictures and words to match what belongs in that bin!  So far so good!!

Lastly I have been trying to pretty up my ugly front porch....

Our house is an old farm house and is in major need of new siding.  Until we decide what and when we are doing....all I can do is come up with economical ways to spruce it up!  I used up the left over spray paint from the dry erase board and sprayed the house numbers,  they used to be ugly black!  Then I took an old little sign from my bedroom and sprayed that as well.  The phrase "God bless our home" was the most expensive part of the porch project - no not really - it is non other than a wall rub on that I found at the Dollar Tree!!  yup - it was a buck! 

The wreaths I saw in an email for some projects you can do with supplies from the Dollar Store - most of the stuff I had at home already - it is a foam wreath, socks from the dollar store, ribbon to hang and make a bow, and what ever embellishments you'd like!  I love them!  I can't wait to make them for every season!!
The only thing left would be to spray the light fixture -it's icky black plastic!!- But I have to figure out how to get it down first!!

I have been working on a few other small projects - but I will save those for a later post!  Happy crafting all!  Have a super week!!

Steph