Teacher Gift

My friend Melissa just landed her first full-time teaching gig. She starts teaching graphic design courses at a community college tomorrow and she loves coffee. So, I thought this little gift was the perfect way to wish her luck.

I simply cut a coffee cup shape out of white card stock paper, slide a coffee cup insulator over it, secured the insulator with double stick take, slide a gift card into the insulator and wrote "I hope your first year teaching is a "latte" fun." It would make a great first-day for school gift for almost any teacher.

Mod Podge Picture Frames

I found this is a fun and really cheap way to add some fun frames to your home. All you basically needs are pictures frames (I got mine in a pack of three for $5 at IKEA), scrapbook paper, Mod Podge, scissors, an Exacto knife and a foam brush.



Take the glass out of your frame and place it on the area of the paper you want to use.


Trace around the frame and cut out the portion of the paper you want.


Cover your frame with a thin layer of Mod Podge.


Place your paper on the frame and smooth out any bubbles.


Trim away any excess paper with your Exacto knife and cover your paper with another thin layer of Mod Podge. Make sure your knife is really sharp. Mine was getting a little dull and so some of the paper ended up jagged on the edges.

Coffee Table Before & After

It's amazing what you can do with a $5 garage sale table and a can of black paint. Here's my first attempt at refinishing furniture. It's far from perfect, but it was fun and I'm happy with how it turned out.

Before


After

Towel Rack

I'm in the middle of a mini bathroom makeover. One of the things I really wanted to replace was my white porcelain towel rack, but I was shocked at how expensive new towel racks are.


Instead of getting more towel racks, I took a quilt rack I purchased at a garage sale for $5 and added hooks. I now have something that was much cuter than the white towel racks, and it only cost me $10, which isn't bad considering the towel racks I wanted would have cost me $35.