Christiney's Crafts

Garage sale makeover: Medicine Cabinet

Medicine Cabinet Makeover!

I picked this gem up at a local garage sale for about $3

I made sure to sand it really good because it kind of had a varnish finish on it

Then I painted a lovely gray color

And then I used my die cutter to cut out some decorative shapes. Then I used modge podge to seal them on there, or you could use vinyl!

Labels: organization, paint, vinyl, wood

Spice Cabinet Makeover

Spice Jar Organization!!

Before :-(

I got a bunch of baby food jars (the bigger size which I think is size 3?) and cleaned them out. Then, I used my Silhouette Cameo and some nifty chalkboard vinyl that I got to create labels for my jars. I rubbed some chalk over the labels to "prime" them so the chalk would stick better.

I spray painted the baby jar lids blue, red and green.

The AWESOME spice rack my hubby made for me!

Ahhh so much better! Now I just need to do the rest of my pantry ;-p

Labels: organization, paint, vinyl

Retro Bread Box

I got THIS bread box from Target. Then I used the Rennie Mackintosh font (The free version is called Hill House) and cut it out of vinyl with my Silhouette Cameo and voila! Retro looking bread box :-)

Labels: vinyl

Family Birthday Chart

Before Christmas, some friends and I made some of these family birthday charts for our mom's. We got the idea from Pinterest of course :-) Sadly, I forgot to take pictures of the one's I made before I gave them to my mom and mother in law. But luckily my sister in law Cami took a picture of the one that she made!
If you don't have time or the tools needed to make one of these, they are for sale in my Etsy shop here!

Please do not use this image to sell your own birthday charts, thanks!!

We cut a piece of wood about 24" long and then used the router to make the edges purdy.
Then, we spray painted the wood. For my mother in laws, I modge podged some patterned scrapbook paper on to hers so it was fancy.
We used the Silhouette to cut out the vinyl. The font is called Teeny Boppin NF.
We got the little circles from our local craft store. I think they are 1 3/4" size. Garrett drilled holes (1/16" drill bit) in the top and bottom of each circle. Those dang things break easy though so be careful! Also I would drill the holes before you paint them because they break so much!

*I now buy my circles online and they don't break because they are thicker. I get the 2" size which is 1/4" thick

He also drilled some holes in the plaque to hang the circles from. Then we got the little eye hooks from Home Depot to hang them all together with.
Cami color coded the circles by families (There are 9 kids in her family!). Then just write their names on the circles and the # of the day in the month their birthday is on. We hung ours in numerical order.

Here are the screw eyes that I use to connect my circles:
http://www.craftparts.com/silver-screw-eye-p-2476.html
You can also find them at Home Depot and they are size number #216

Here are the circles that I use for the Birthday Chart:
http://www.craftparts.com/wood-circle-disc-p-1870.html

Here are the sawtooth hangers I use for the back of the board:
http://www.craftparts.com/178-sawtooth-hangers-p-2300.html

I got my paints from Home Depot in the little tester sizes.

Here are the paint colors I used:

Gray: Glidden "Seal Gray"

Red: Martha Stewart "Maine Lobster"

Orange: Behr "Poppy Glow"

Yellow: Martha Stewart "Pencil"

Green: Behr "Japanese Fern"

Aqua: Martha Stewart "Duck's Egg"

Blue: Behr "Mosaic Tile"

Purple: Martha Stewart "Violet Aster"

Pink: Martha Stewart "Peony"

Brown: Martha Stewart "Chocolate Truffle" (I think this one got discontinued though)

Labels: vinyl, wood

Valentine's Mailboxes

I found these killer cute mailboxes in the dollar/seasonal section at Target for only a $1/each! So of course I decided to buy 8 of them, I'm crazy I know. They have pink, blue, red and white. I cut out our names in vinyl with my Silhouette and used the Rennie Mackintosh font.