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Thursday, October 16, 2014

6 Two Step DIYs

Alright, you busy bees, here's a list of DIYs that are a sweet and simple two steps. From hair pins to trinket holders, you can do it all in fifteen minutes or less!

1) Bobby Pin Holder















These mini Altoid boxes are available at most stores. All you have to do for this DIY is eat the Altoids and then replace them with your bobby pins. A delicious project that will put some organisation back into that messy hair accessory drawer.


2) Garland











Okay, for this one you'll need a shape hole punch and paint chips (the free ones from your nearest home improvement store are perfect). I went with a flower like the one pictured above but stars are cute too. Any shape you like works. Now, take the paint chips and punch out a bunch of shapes. How many you punch depends on how long you want your garland to be. Now take a needle and thread and string the punch outs on. You can string them on with one hole for the shapes to be parallel or you can use two holes and the shapes will hang horizontally.


3) Photo Wall















Gather up all those old photographs and a roll of tape and get to getting! You can leave gaps like I did or make a solid wall. Try using plaques like the one of the Eiffel Tower in mine or paintings or framed photos to break it up and make it more interesting. (Tip: The Walgreens app allows you to print photos right from Facebook or Instagram, and if you print from Instagram they'll print as 4x4's) Check out my DIY Bunting post to learn how to make bunting like mine!


4) Signature Book



















Alright, you all are so crafty that a lame notebook is definitely not cool enough for people to sign at graduations or goodbye parties. Pick up one of these books and have your friends and family sign it for you when you leave high school, go to study abroad, move away, or embark on any new chapter of life.


5) Travel Tracking Board















This one is for all who have the travel bug. My best friend bought me a large world map and a bulletin board (same size or larger than the map). All I did from there was tape the map on, grab some pins and put one colour pin in the places I have been, and another colour in the places I still want to go. Hang it on your wall and all your friends will be so impressed with how cultured you are.


6) Trinket Holder













Soup can plus twine or lace or paper or duct tape or decoupaged magazine clippings equals one cool pencil holder. Or tooth brush holder or paper clip holder or...well you get the gist.


I hope you enjoyed these! Leave questions or comments below. If you're looking for other DIY projects, check out the others on my DIY page.

Friday, October 10, 2014

Photo Gallery

Horses at the ruins

 Outreach Team

 Christmas Banquet

 Christmas Banquet 

 Christmas Banquet

 Christmas Banquet

  Christmas Banquet

  Christmas Banquet

  Christmas Banquet

  Christmas Banquet

 Christmas Banquet

 Christmas Banquet

 Christmas Banquet

  Christmas Banquet

Wimbledon Centre Court

 Seville, Spain

 Seville, Spain

 Seville, Spain: Bullfighting Ring

  Seville, Spain

Cordoba, Spain: Flamenco 
La Sagrada Familia

Cordoba, Spain

 London, England: High Tea
 London, England
  London, England: Big Ben

  London, England: Westminster Abbey

 Capernwray Hall

 Capernwray Hall

  Capernwray Hall

 Premier Football League

 Capernwray Hall

Edinburgh, Scotland

Edinburgh, Scotland

Edinburgh, Scotland

 Edinburgh, Scotland

 Edinburgh, Scotland: Arthur's Seat

 Capernwray Hall

Windsor Great Park

Windsor Great Park

 Capernwray Hall

 Capernwray Hall

 Capernwray Hall

  Capernwray Hall

 Capernwray Hall

 Capernwray Hall

Provence, France

 Dubrovnik, Croatia

 Cassis, France

 Venice, Italy

 Venice, Italy

London, England: Harrods 
 London, England

 Naples, Italy

Dubrovnik, Croatia

Rome, Italy: Colosseum 

Rome, Italy: Vatican

 Rome, Italy: Vatican

 Rome, Italy: Vatican

 Venice, Italy: Murano glass blowing island
Venice, Italy: Grand Canal

London, England

 Chattenuef du Pape, France

  Chattenuef du Pape, France

 Roussilon, France

  Isle sur la Sorge, France

Aix en Provance, France 

 Cruise ship somewhere in the Mediterranean 

 Dubrovnik, Croatia

 Dubrovnik, Croatia

 Cruise ship somewhere in the Mediterranean 

 Venice, Italy

 Venice, Italy: nightly gelato run

 Provence, France

Capernwray Hall

Capernwray Hall: Valentine's dinner

 Capernwray Hall

 Capernwray Hall

 Capernwray Hall

 Capernwray Hall

Train to Glasgow, Scotland

Glasgow, Scotland: Rend Collective Concert 
Capernwray Hall

 Capernwray Hall

 Capernwray Hall

 Capernwray Hall

Capernwray Hall

Capernwray Hall

Cassis, France

Cassis, France

Cassis, France: calanques

Cassis, France: calanques

 Genoa, Italy

 Genoa, Italy

Valletta, Malta

 Valletta, Malta

  Valletta, Malta

  Valletta, Malta

 Athens, Greece: Parthenon
  Athens, Greece

  Athens, Greece

 Corfu, Greece

 Dubrovnik, Croatia

Venice, Italy: Grand Canal

 Rome, Italy: Trevi Fountain

Capernwray Hall: Spring Banquet

Capernwray Hall: Spring Banquet 

 Capernwray Hall: Spring Banquet 

 Capernwray Hall: Spring Banquet 

 Capernwray Hall: Spring Banquet 

Capernwray Hall: Spring Banquet 

 Capernwray Hall: Spring Banquet 

Capernwray Hall: Spring Banquet 

 Capernwray Hall: Spring Banquet 

Capernwray Hall: Spring Banquet 

Capernwray Hall: Spring Banquet 

Lakes District, England

Lakes District, England

Lakes District, England

Edinburgh, Scotland

 Edinburgh, Scotland

Edinburgh, Scotland