Crafting: 4th of July Mantle Decor

If you read my post yesterday, you would have saw the beginning of my 4th of July mantle decor. 

If not click here to check out the details on how I went about crafting this frame. 

Our wedding anniversary is July 2nd, so I wanted to incorporate some memorably into our decorations. 

I gathered things from all around the house and purchased a few small cheap things from hobby lobby.

Because of the flash you cant really see, but in that in the frame is our wedding invatiation. You can also see our handmade cake toppers of our initials in the flower arrangement. 

Paper fan purchased at hobby lobby.

 Wooden star purchased at a boutique here in Wichita.

 

The bird can be found at Michael's and the silver vase I purchased at Hobby Lobby.

Banner purchased from Hobby Lobby. 

Aren't mantles the best thing to decorate?

They are the main focal point of any room and you can do so much with them.

Seeing the completed picture makes me want to now go and paint the mantle white.

 I guess I'll just have to add it to the every growing list!

Linking up with Organized 31 and Craftberry Bush
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Washi Tape Wednesday - Link Up #1

Welcome to my first Link Party- Washi Tape Wednesday! 

Washi tape is one of my new found loves. It's a craft supply that is super affordable and there are so many uses for it. From decorating, to lables, to color coding your planner - the possibilities are endless. 

This is a place where you can link up your best washi tape post of the week. 


Link up rules

-Follow Crafting a Fairytale on GFC & Bloglovin'

-Add my button or do a text link back to my party in your post

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-Link directly to your post and not your home page. No items for sale, etsy shops, ect.

-Spread the word of Washi Tape Wednesday

-Check out other links and leave a comment! 

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My first washi tape craft is this fun decorated frame I did for my 4th of July mantle. 

I purchased this unfinished detailed from Michael's last week for 50% off make it only 2.99. [I wish now that I would have picked up a hand full of these in different sizes. I LOVE them!]

I added a coat of white paint figuring it would go with anything.

After it had dried, I added a washi tape border around the inside of the frame. I wanted there to be some contrast between that and what was going to be inside.

 

Now for the inside of the frame.

 Our anniversary is July 2nd and I wanted to incoporate some wedding memorably into our 4th of July decor. 

 I decided to do our wedding date.

I whipped out my cricut, cut some fancy numbers and hearts, and wa-la it looks great plus it's festive!

 

It's crazy what a little tape can do. 

 

What's even nicer, is that when I no longer want the frame to have a blue border, it peels right off and can be easily changed. 

 

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Mothers Day Weekend

I love the weekends! 

 Lounging. Cleaning. Sleeping in. Naps. Catching up on DVR. Loving on my husband and pupperz.

 Yesterday was most definitely a Friday. It was such a CRAZY busy day at work. I think it mostly was due to our cosmetic clinic director only having 3 more days left with us. I'm already feeling the repercussions of her leaving. I got triple the amount of emails that I normally do. Things are about to get even more crazy. All I can do is take one day at a time and continue to check www.indeed.com in the meantime.   

Last night a group of us girls got together for a going away dinner + drinks and then they all came back to my apartment.

We went to Mikes Wine Dive.

It was the best meal I've had in a really long time. 

I got a fried egg sandwich, a spicy oyster appetizer, and some gourmet deviled eggs. I was going to get the smores for dessert but I was too stuffed by that time.

This is where CT and I will be going for my birthday dinner [in 19 days!] because it was so delicious.

Speaking of my birthday, we also got tickets to the circus! I can't wait. 

 

 

Welp, it's mothers day weekend! 

I hope ya'll did something special for your mom. My mom was able to come up to Wichita yesterday to be a training model for us at the clinic for injectables.

 One of the many perks of my job!! 

 In the last month she has got more then $1500 in free product. I'd say that's quite the mothers day gift. =)

 

 

My mom also brought to town my new buffet table. Now I'm just needing to go find some red chalk paint and get to work. 

There are so many apartment projects on the to do list.

 

1. paint buffet red

2. paint mantel white

3. add tile around bathroom mirror

4. paint bathroom

5. find a better fabric storage for hobby room

6. refinish kitchen table 

 

 

     Still on the agenda for the weekend: Wichita Wild football game, church, our nieces soccer game, and a dance recital. 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekend Recap + Shabby Spring Bunting

This weekend started a little early on Friday. I picked up a few extra hours throughout the week and had to stay late for an open house one night, so I was pushing over time and decided to leave early Friday.

Saturday was a hang at home all day kind of day. 

It was showering and thunder-storming all day, so it was the perfect opportunity to do a little spring cleaning and spring crafting! 

I mainly organized and cleaned out the hobby room. It's crazy how quickly it can turn into a hot mess! 

I still have an abundance of black feather boas from our wedding that I need to find something to do with. 

I'm thinking probably a Halloween wreath and maybe some garland on the Christmas tree? Any other ideas?

I'm also looking at doing something with these beauties! Besides these colors, I have a ton more grey, brown, and black buttons. I'm thinking about spray painting some metallic silver and incorporating them into our bedroom decor somehow.

After a little organizing, I joined the hubby in the living room with some fabric while he watched the draft. [Go Cowboys!]

 

I cut 4"x 2" blocks of some 'springy' fabric.

 Then I cut them into various shapes and left them with a raw edge which gives it a more shabby look. 

My complete Spring mantle!

I don't know how I feel about the leopard and I'm wishing it had more pink in it, but other than that I'm loving it and I'm impressed with how easy it was. 

We ended the weekend at the zoo with CT's little cousin. It's insane how crazy Kansas weather is: freezing during the week, rainy on Saturday, and 75 and sunny on Sunday! 

We had a really good time! 

It's even better when you can return the child to their parents and then come home and take a nap. Oh the joys of not having kids and borrowing them for the afternoon!

Linking up with Sami.
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Weekend Madness

Today and tomorrow are pretty crazy around here for me.  

Between going to CT's little cousins basketball tournament, a co-workers baby shower today, church, and a work meeting tomorrow. I hope I have sometime to accomplish some chores and crafts! 

Last night I had some free time to whip up part of my baby shower gift for today.

I made this taggie blanket in white minky and grey chevron. 

[tutorial at a later date]

I also broke out my colorful springy fabric that Im going to use to make Spring bunting for our mantel.

I need to hurry and get this hung up before we skip right over Spring into Summer! 

I also picked up these beauties at the store yesterday. 

  

I am excited to play around with them and see if I can come up with something cool for next weeks nail files.

Have a good weekend!

Linking up with Sami.