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Clipboard Art Frame

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I have a budding artist at my house. My little guy can crank out a good number of pictures in a day and they are totally precious and surprisingly good for a not yet five year old. When putting together my craft room, I knew I wanted a place to display his latest masterpiece but being that there is quite a bit of turnover it needed to be something easily switchable. A clipboard was the perfect solution.
This way he feels special that his art is important to show off, but I am not constantly fiddling with a frame of some sort.
CLIPBOARD ART FRAME

SUPPLIES:

Clipboard (thrifted 75 cents)
Wrapping paper
Scissors
Elmer’s tape runner
Xacto knife

Project Time: 15 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Cut a square of wrapping paper about two inches larger than your clipboard.
2. Line the edges of the clipboard with the tape runner.
3. Place the square of wrapping paper as close to the top as you can get it sliding it under the clamp as much as possible and secure on the tape.

4. Cut out some rectangles of paper to cover the top corners of the clipboard where the square of paper could not reach. Lay them on the board aligning the design. Secure with the tape runner.
5. Score the paper along the edge of the clamp with a fingernail to give you a line to trace with your Xacto. Trim the paper to the edge of the clamp and if possible tuck under the clamp slightly.
6. With the front secured, tape around the back edge of the clipboard. Fold the paper around the edge and secure. Fold corners like wrapping a present so they lay flat and look nice from the front.
I didn’t worry about covering the back of the clipboard because I was hanging it on a wall.
Add some art or a photo and hang. A clipboard frame would be great for a command center, bedroom, or playroom too!

I love the pattern and color it adds to my craft room gallery wall!

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Creative Picture Frames

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Picture frames are a great way to add pops of color without committing to a large expensive piece. I used three chunky frames in my new office/craft room to house quotes that I love. 
I started with these thrift store frames…
and with a few coats of Valspar gloss spray paint in Exotic Sea, a little vinyl, cork, and creativity ended up with these fun additions to my craft space.

I love this reminder to simply Make Something Today. That’s really what this space is all about. Creating something whatever it may be.

I think as women we sometimes have a hard time saying “NO.” This quote reminds me to fill my time with things that better my life and clear it of what may be good, but is just cluttering my life from what is best. It reads, “respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy.”
This last one is my favorite of the creative picture frames in my space. I simply inserted a piece of cork and added a printed quote with a push pin. I love the dimension and texture it adds to the space. The quote says, “Be you. Be true. Love what you do.”
What do you think? Have you used creative picture frames to update or add color to a space?

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EasyMake Bedding for Kiddos

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 You know where I find my son’s comforter every morning? In a pile next to his bed. We long ago discarded the flat sheet. It was more of a tangle hazard than anything. What if I told you that your five year old could make his bed by himself every day? Comforter sheets and all. Sounds like a myth right?
That’s what I thought too…

I was contacted by Easymake to try out their bedding that makes it super easy for kids to make their beds. How does it do that you may ask? Zippers. Zip the comforter to the flat sheet and the flat sheet to some panels on the fitted sheet and voila. Genius.
The panel holds the blanket and sheet in place as to avoid the aforementioned bedside pile in the morning. I don’t know who was more excited to try it out me or my son. We put it through the ringer. Night after night of ninja sleeper. I swear I don’t know what that kid does in his sleep, but it is crazy. 
The first few nights the zipper was unzipping while he slept and the blanket would be disheveled or even off by morning. I was frustrated and even tried safety pinning it until I realized just today as I checked their site that we had put the bedding on upside down. The panels were supposed to be by his feet. Whoops! I felt a little better when I saw that the instructions on the website are more clear than those on the packaging.
As a sidenote there was also a flaw (shown above) on one of the panel zippers when it came out of the packaging.
So let’s review…
Cons:
Directions on packaging should be clearer like those on website
Quality control needs improvement (small tears in product)
Currently only comes in two colors
Pros:
Machine washable
Comes apart easily for washing
Classic look (goes with lots of decor and age groups)
Kids can make their own beds!!!
Saves time
Keeps blankets on the bed so they don’t get cold in the middle of the night
If I do end up making it, it looks like this in less than a minute…
Now that I figured out what was going on I really do love it. It’s fluffy and cozy for my little guy and sooo easy for me. It keeps the sheet and blanket together which is something I had given up on long ago.  Hurrah for chore time slashed!

I received product and a stipend from Easymake for my time. The opinions are obviously mine.

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File Cabinet Makeover

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Now that you saw the overview of my craft room, it’s time to dig in to the details about how it all went down. Being that it is the first thing you see when you step in the room let’s start with the file cabinet makeover shall we?
She was well loved and frankly a bit gloomy when we started out, but a few coats of paint and some creative use of wrapping supplies and she’s a downright diva. 

You won’t believe how easy it is to take your file cabinet from blah to aah!




SUPER EASY FILE 
CABINET MAKEOVER

SUPPLIES:

  • Metal file cabinet
  • White Spray Paint
  • Wrapping Paper
  • Poster Tape
  • Xacto Knife
HOW-TO:


1. Wipe down the cabinet and make sure it is free from dust.

2. Spray paint the cabinet using lots of thin coats spraying off the edge as you go back and forth. I used a paint and primer in one so it would get a great finish fast. Let the paint dry.

3. Pull the drawers out and lay them with the drawer front up.

4. Cut a piece of wrapping paper a few inches larger than the face of your cabinet drawer.

5. Tape around the edges of your handle. Tape around the edge of the front of the drawer and on all the lips around the edge to wrap the paper around.

6. Carefully, from the middle to the edges, lay your paper on flat on the face of the drawer and wrap it around each edge folding down corners to make them flat like you would a present.

7. Trim the excess paper from the edges.

8. With your fingers lightly feel for the edges of the handle. Score the edges with a fingernail so you know where to cut then follow with an Xacto. 

9. Put the drawers back in place.

10. Move the cabinet in and let your files ride in style!

I love that with this method using the poster tape the paper is totally removable. If I decide in 6 months that I am over this pattern I am not committed. I can rip it off and replace with whatever new style I love. I can totally change the look with 10 minutes and a $3 roll of wrapping paper! Oh the joy of options!
What do you think? 
Would you paper your file cabinet?

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