Aww ... cute little box! These shipped to my overseas address in a matter of days!
Ooh! A little peek into the box!
Appliques in action! With your MOO cards ... you can use as many photos as you like! Each card can have a different design. SWEET!
I'm excited to show-off on my card that appliques are not just for clothing! Did you notice that the M,T,W,T,F,S embellished clips on my Meal Planning Board were actually Doodle Dot Letter appliques? Oh Yes!
Adding a little feminine touch to the standard Yellow Ribbon Pin ...
Supporting our troops ...
Supporting a spouse ...
Attempting to model the pin (this is NOT my comfort zone)
Ok, grab your scraps of material. I don't expect everybody to have uniform scraps in their house but you can use a military bandana or other camo inspired fabric ... or check out a nearby Military Surplus Store!
Layer them ...
Add a quick little stitch in the middle to hold it together ...
Grab a military pin, poke it through the flower and you're done! Super easy to switch-out to any military inspired pin of your choice!
Do you see the little ray of light shining into my kitchen? Yes, this was a happy day!
Our Kitchen Command Center features a Meal Planning Board, Dry Erase Note Board, Magnet Boards and Chore Charts ... it has everything we need to plan out our week.
The Meal Planning Board was originally inspired by Charity over at All Things Beautiful. I'll be sharing a tutorial for my Meal Planning Board later this week, so please stop back.
I divided our meals into 3 categories; "favorites", "fast", and "new"
I embellished good 'ole clothespins to display our meals for the week (Sun - Sat). I've shared a tutorial on how to make your own "Not Your Average Clothespins" here.
The fabric makes me smile ... and crave sweets.
A simple-to-make DIY Dry Erase Note Board for important reminders, "to-do" lists, and loving notes to the hubby and kiddo! The tutorial for this is also coming later this week but you can get a pretty good idea from one of my previous projects here.
My personal favorite ... the Magnet Boards and Chore Charts! I purchased these beauties on Etsy from a wonderful shop, Abbie's House. Now I know every DIY'er has that urge to make everything themselves, but I believe in supporting others in their artistry too. I {heart} handmade! When I saw these Chore Charts at Abbie's House, there was no hesitation ... they were clean, simple, and beautifully made. She was also so kind as to create two, custom "blank" Magnet Boards to coordinate with the Chore Charts I ordered. She's great ... go check her out!
Abbie's House has a cute selection of "chore magnet" bundles. This Magnet Board keeps all of our "extra" chores that don't have a home under the "to do" or "done" list for the day.
The 2nd Magnet Board is for general use. I clip up mail that needs to be taken to the post, permission slips, etc. I made large, 1 1/8" cover-button magnets in coordinating fabrics to match the Meal Planning Board and Dry Erase Board. You can find my Cover Button Tutorial here.
... and one last look at the Kitchen Command Center. It makes me smile every day!
Oh so "functionally cute"!
Gather your supplies and set aside about 10 minutes of your time ...
Cut fabric to the width of your clothespin ...
I used my rotary cutter but you can use scissors too ...
Cut fabric to the length of your clothespins ...
Modge Podge one side of your clothespin. I used Fabric Modge Podge but any Modge Podge will work nicely ...
Lay your fabric onto the modge-podged clothespin, rub down with your finger, and then apply another layer of Modge Podge over the fabric ...
Glue your embellishment of choice at the top of the clothespin ...
Pick your backing. I chose the magnet for this project ...
Glue to the back ...... and now you have a very "functionally cute" fabric covered clothespin!
We used 1/16th map tacks to mark the cities we've lived in and the cities we've explored as a family. We decided not to mark the places we've traveled individually; just our family travel.
We didn't realize how much time we've spent on the East coast! It's time to venture "out West" when we move back to the states.
Taking a step back to get an idea of size and scale.
A few strokes of craft paint and 5-minutes later we were done ...
Scrabble Tile Letters with a Robins Egg Blue Tile Holder
"U R MY FAVORITE" ... a little love note to the hubby ... think he'll notice? The extra letter tiles are in the old wine bottle that is also used as a bookend for our Wine Journal. Maybe the hubby will spell out a new note occasionally ... hint, hint.
Re-purposed wine bottle turned decorative
... let's not forget the inspiration behind it all. A chicken named Peep.
