Crafty Mama DIY

So I've been Pinteresting quite a bit lately due to wedding AND 1st birthday planning (1st birthday, can you believe it?!), so I've stumbled across a ton of really great DIYs and I've actually completed a few that I wanted to share with you all!

I've been looking EVERYWHERE for a great framed picture that was big enough to make a chalkboard out of (and easy on the pocket), and I found one last weekend at the Salvation Army for $14.99. That was a bit expensive, but I couldn't pass it up...plus I already had the paint leftover from past projects, so that made it a bit easier.

This was what I started with:

All I need is a shag carpet and some mustard colored bell-bottomed corduroys to get down with this bad boy! Gotta love the faux wood grain stickers they used to put on frames!

After a few coats of glossy white spray paint for the frame and a few layers of chalkboard paint to cover up the artwork, voila!


All that's left is to hang it and get to doodling! With fall already in the air and Halloween on its way, I have a ton of ideas already planned for this chalkboard. I'm so excited to have another item to decorate!

My other DIY is a coupon organizer! I was seriously at my wit's end with not having some sort of organizational system for all of my coupons. They usually got stuffed in a wallet pocket or I had to fish them out of the bottom of my bag...it was annoying and most times, I forgot about them completely. So, when I saw a mini file expander in the Target dollar bin, I grabbed it and got to accessorizing with my label maker and washi tape.


Isn't it adorable?! In front, I made a tab labeled "This Trip" so that when I have my shopping list done, I can grab out any coupons I'll need and stick them in there, which means no rifling in the grocery store line! So very excited about that. I also made tabs for dining, fun, fuel, clothing, baby, grocery, heath & beauty, and household to help me keep things a bit more organized and easier to find. I'm really excited to utilize this and it makes my purse much happier looking now!

I have a ton of holiday and 1st birthday crafts in the works, so I'll be sure to keep you posted on all of those! If you have any great DIY wins (or fails) I'd love to hear about them!

It's been a while, so I'll leave you with a picture of my not-so-little pretty preemie!

Obsessed. I'm totally obsessed with her.