Magazine Inspiration

I subscribe to a few home magazines and I must say I'm pretty addicted to them! I loove flipping through the pages of these magazines and catching glimpses of beautiful homes and decorating ideas! Every now and then I try some of the crafty ideas myself...sometimes they turn out not so good but sometimes I'm glad I tried! Here are 2 of the idea's I've tried lately.

I've always had a love for old mason jars. I remember being a kid, finding some in my grandmothers basement and using them to hold hydrengea's (my favorite flower ever!) from her yard. I still collect them. I use them as candy jars, to hold sea shells, wine bottle corks and etc. A few months back I saw the cutest idea of turning a mason jar into a soap dispenser. I looved the idea and made one instantly. All I did was get my Husband to put a pocket knife through the top of the lid and I used the pump from an old dispenser that I haven't used in a while and BAM! I've got one cute dispenser that I love to look at and use everyday! Thanks Better Homes & Garden =))

Here's an idea I found in Country Living. I took major shortcuts here but it suites me and I'm pretty happy with it. Keep in mind, this isn't my "final result". This is just a first try that I did with a piece of computer paper, a pencil and a black fabric marker! Next time I will use a thin piece of fabric, and black paint.

The basic idea was to "trace" a photo and this lady actually stitched what she traced into the fabric and framed it for a beautiful piece of art! I have no idea to sew but I loved the idea so I figured I'd trace a picture that I love. All I did for this was tape my pic to the back door window with the light shining through, and traced! When I was finished I used a black fabric marker and gave it the stiched effect by drawing black dotted lines.


Here's the photo I chose. I'm absolutely in love with this picture of my son. He was about 11 months old, playing out in the front yard of our old home. This was just a couple of weeks before he learned to walk.

Here's is my tracing job! Some of the details I couldn't see, like his little foot back there, so I didn't even attempt it!

Here is what it looks like with the matting and frame. Once I do a final one, I will use a white frame and white matitng like they did in the magazine. It's just so simple & pretty that way.

So there's a few of my attempts! Now I'm off to finish painting my hallway which I started weeks ago! Hope everyone has a great week!