[Quick Crafts] Weekly Round Up

A few of the quick crafts I did this week that don't merit a DIY or how to because they were incredibly fast, and frankly I didn't bother to do a perfect job, as clearly evidenced by the shoes.

A white lace clutch from Goodwill becomes striped thanks to yellow paint and a mod podged piece of black lace.

 

 Clearly in a striped mood, I turned this bank deposit bag into a cute summer-into-fall transition clutch.

 

Painted a brown pair of shoes a cheerful yellow (I have a lot of yellow paint. This should be obvious).

Long Weekend

Hope everyone had a lovely day off for Memorial Day, and took a moment to think about the soldiers we've lost. While I didn't actually have a long weekend -I worked Saturday- I did have an amazingly productive couple of days. Purged my room of a lot of clothes and misc. items for Goodwill, organized my books, and did a few crafts. Plus I got to enjoy amazing hand grilled steaks and cheesecake at my siblings house! Overall, a killer good weekend. 

Saturday I turned this:

 Into this:

With a few quick coats of green meadow spray paint. Matches my bedspread better and I love the color!

Also made time to make a mini chalkboard using chalkboard paint, cardboard, and an old frame:

Did a little organizing of my letters and my cosmetics:

And enjoyed a delicious cheesecake and a kickin' vodka lemonade.

DIY- Pottery Barn Knock-Off Mirror

Have you been on Dollar Store Crafts? A lot of the crafts are aimed at kids, but there are a fair number of decor ones that have my fingers itching. With three dollar stores within a 5 mile radius of my house, I am well kitted out to make some thrifty crafts! I followed this tutorial to create a Pottery Barn knock off mirror. It's currently displayed on my bookcase, so it's too high to actually see myself in it, but I love how my lights reflect off of it. The only change I made to the tutorial was to paint the frames- wanted some bright color. I lined the edges of the frame with painters tape so the paint wouldn't smear on the mirror. Say that 10 times fast!

(Sorry for the slightly crap quality of picture)