DIY Moss Wreath

SO I saw this picture on another blog and just had to have the wreath but refused to pay more than $30 for it... I decided why can't I make this? Oh but I can! So I went to Michael's (with my 40% off coupon and bought some moss) and also bought different moss at Walmart for $2 a bag (which I actually liked the best), the hottest hot glue gun (I figured why not?), and at a later date went to Hobby Lobby (also with a 40% coupon) and bought the green Styrofoam wreath. I got the 12", if anyone cares.

 

here's the moss from Walmart:

and the moss from Michael's:

So while I was babysitting I decided to start. It is very easy and a fairly quick project. Only about an hour. BUT LET ME WARN YOU 2 THINGS!

1. It is VERY messy... the moss that is.
2. The glue that comes out of the hot glue gun is... hot. I mean extremely hot. I may or may not have gotten some on me and may or may not have been able to get it off in time... ouch >_<

I got a picture of it before it was done:

What was neat about the Wamart moss was that I could actually roll it out because it was one big moss sheet... or whatever you would like to call it. Then I filled the holes with the Michael's stuff.

And here it is done!

Up on my door! (yes I know I have an ugly door... that's my next MAJOR project... Installing a "new" door.)

No Sew DIY Roman Shades

We moved in our house over a year ago... And I'm just now getting around to putting up curtains. Well if you have looked into getting window coverings, you know that they are pretty expensive... Well of course I looked for a cheaper way of getting this gorgeous look and found this blog and decided to give it a try.

All of the tutorials I have looked at use the cheap plastic blinds but the fabric that i bought was much heavier than theirs so I went over to my local Home Depot to see if they had some already cut (but messed up) faux wood blinds. Sure enough they did! So I bought them for $8 and came home and went to work. I can't do things by measuring... for some reason it just does not compute so I did it by looks. I have a fairly small kitchen window and I attached TP to the slats and figured where I want the folds.






When I figured out the placement I then laid the blinds out completely:

Then I went to the bottom and popped off the thingy that holds everything in.

See?

I then removed the necessary slats.

So the next things I did was lay the blinds face down on top of the material. 

Then fold the edge as to hem it.

Then fold the top.

Here's a better look:

Now remember NOT to glue the VERY edge of the top so that you can put it back into the hold and covering it.

Then you glue everything down, fold, and let dry.

Dressing Up Your Thermostat

So one day I was wasting time getting valuable ideas on Pinterest when I came across a weird and completely off the wall post. Putting a frame around the thermostat. Yeah sounds funky but it's actually cool! Here's the original blog and here is my version of it:

Before:

I didn't like the color of the frame but I LOVED the detail. The color was almost gold... yeah Gold is so not in... my house. So I went down to Lowes and bought a $3 can of Rustoleum Silver spray paint and

After spray painting it and letting it dry, I took a dry paint brush and barely dipped it in the lid of the glaze and painted it over the silver paint. I dabbed it in every little nook and cranny on the detailed frame. When I felt it had enough I took one of my husbands red garage towels and wiped it off. Now keep in mind this dries fairly quickly so that why I didn't take any pictures of this process... After that dried I did one more "coat" and let THAT dry and this is what I came out with:

After:

Might as well decorate everything around the house! If you can't hide it, decorate it!