TEST #8
Wood Block Decorated for Jewelry and Pictures
(Before you look at my picture below, click on the titled link above and see what inspired me from Pinterest.) I saw the Pinterest picture and thought, "I HAVE TO MAKE THIS!" So I went to home depot to get wood.. so many options.. Uhhhh... The board that was about 3/4" thick was about $25.. But I wanted to make a board in under $10. I asked the worker, "If I get you to cut this in half and I only take half, does that mean i get this wood for 1/2 off?" He informed me that I still had to pay full price. So, I told the worker that I didn't want expensive wood, and he informed me that I could get REALLY CHEAP wood for .52 cents in the back. I was excited! I went back and picked out 3 pieces of wood. two 4 foot pieces of 2 by 4's... and a piece of wood that was 3/4" by 1 foot by 4 feet. (Does that make sense?) Anyways. He nailed it together for me so that I could cover it in fabric and have my 3/4" piece come off the wall a few inches. It worked! I just hot-glued batting (as well as my choice of fabric) to the wood and then purchased rick-rack and crossed it so that I could stick pictures onto the board to have on display. I then put screwed hooks into the bottom for my jewelry to hang and i was finished! Such a fun project and mine turned out way cute!! :)
SUCCESS!
TEST #7
Bobby Pins
I don't know about any of you, but the people in my house are SICK of finding my bobby pins everywhere... Each day they can all tell which rooms I relaxed in because usually when I relax, I lay down and take my hair down- which means my bobby pins all need to come out of my hair so that I can be comfy! Then I lose them all over the house and can't find them the next morning when I'm getting ready. Or they get messy everywhere in my bathroom drawer and I can't find them. So I bought a little magnetic gadget for sewing pins and put it in the bathroom for my bobby pins. So genius!
SUCCESS!
TEST #6
Goals
I decided now that I am home for summer that I needed to set some goals. I thought, "this will be so easy!"....NOT! It's been very hard! I came across this pin and thought, "I HAVE TO TRY THIS!" It's been VERY successful! I bought a mini pack of post-it notes and cut them into third's (to save paper), and put a number of the month on each of them and stuck them next to my mirror that I use to get ready each morning. Every morning I get to look at my two lists of goals. You can either take the sticky note down after you've accomplished your goal for that day, or just put a check mark on it. I like just putting a check mark because I am one who likes to see my progress. If I were to take each sticky note down at the end of the day (if I accomplished it) then I wouldn't get to see how many days I did it for! I feel SOO accomplished each night when I get to put that CHECK MARK!
SUCCESS!
