.: February 2011

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Flower window

A while ago I noticed one of these beauties hanging in my friends home and I had to have one. They are so easy to make!

Supplies:

An old window (I got mine at an antiques store for $8)

Sander and sandpaper

Paint of your choice

Wood stain

A piece of wood cut to the size of your window

Dried flowers

Moss

Hot glue gun

Screws (measure to make sure they are not too long)

My window, not to pretty.

#1- Sand off all paint, and wear a mask who knows how much lead is in 100 year old paint.

#2- Paint your window frame. I painted mine white, it is something I had on hand and it matches with anything.

#3-Sand edges for a distressed look. Apply a small amount of wood stain to exposed wood around the edges.
#4- Paint the wood for the back of your frame. ( I don't have a picture of this. My true love cut a piece of scrap wood so it was the same size as the window frame)

#5- Arrange your flowers on your painted backing. Hot glue the stems at the end. Glue moss over ends to hide the glue globs holding your flowers.

#6- Place window on top of backing and flowers. Flip over window and screw backing to window.

And your done.

All for around $10.oo.

I made this one for my home about a year ago (sorry about the picture quality).
I used some leftover bead board for the backing.

This one was made for my in laws. They loved it!

Baby Wipes

I am cheap, super cheap. I hate spending money on things that I can make for a better price. Since my second child was born I have been making homemade baby wipes. They are cheap, smell good, only take 15 minutes and get little bums clean. Although on occasion I do purchase store wipes I just prefer to use my homemade ones. Plus, when you can get three rolls of paper towels for 2 dollars it makes each box $0.33 a piece.

Baby Wipes