Firefighter signs

My husband is a firefighter and was given an award for helping at West, Texas. I wanted to hang up his accomplishments so I decided I would make some firefighter wood boards.

Materials:

All I used were these paint pens

and a 2x2ft thin board from lowes, (had them cut a 24x12in and two 12x12in boards) And used the paint below to stain the boards. 

I painted the boards and then scraped off 

The extra paint to make the boards look like this 

 

I let them dry over night and then googled this firefighter saying to paint on the 24in by 12 in with my paint pens

And I made this on the 12 in by 12 in

The last 12 by 12 inch board is for his award. With a clip on top. 

(I blurred it out but you get the idea :))

Here is the final product. I hung these up by using poster command hooks. 

This project cost me $5 for the wood boards, $2 for the white paint pen and the red one I borrowed from a friend.

I already had the paint and command hooks but it cost about $7.00. If you do not have any of the materials the whole project will cost you under $15.

Must have wedding pictures

 This cake was made by my mother for my bridal shower! She is very talented.
 I am a huge fan of the wire name wedding hangers. They are so easy to make!

  Love this picture, of the in-laws and parents and the new couple kissing.

 My sister bought me this lovely sweat suit with the future mrs. Sullivan written on it, great pictures and very comfortable!

Since my husband played college football and I am a die hard Texas Tech fan, we put a Texas Tech garter on a football. The boys were way more willing to catch it.

 Loved my wedding shoes but the picture is to show you how cheap you can add the I DO stickers. Total 1.99 at hobby lobby!

Bar wedding shot with groomsmen

One of my favorite pictures of the night.

DIY dress up water bottles.

Colorful duct tape and printed labels.

Groom's Day of Survival Kit

All from the dollar store except the Jack Daniels bottle. :)

"Socks to keep your cold feet away.
Lifesavors to keep you from drowning in emotion
Large bottle of alcohol to calm your nerves.
Mints to ensure a fresh kiss
and a ring pop in case you forget the essentials.

Sparkler Send off

Sparkler send off.

I looked and looked for cheap sparklers and ended up spending about $65 for 200. Then I made this cute sign to explain what they were for.

Materials:
printer
cardstock
dollar store frame
mason jar
paint



I also bought personalized matches at the knot.com when they were on sale for $5.00 for 100! great deal!!

I painted the mason jar to match my color scheme and got cardstock in the same colors.

Printed out the sign and TADA DONE!

Then it looked like this

DIY candy buffet sign

I wanted a sign for our candy buffet in our colors but couldn't find it anywhere, so I made one instead.

Materials:
12X16 blank canvas
paint in the colors you want
duct tape
Walmart wood letters .99 a pack
stencils



Any questions feel free to leave me a message!

Who wears the cake?

I just loved this idea!

Materials:
Dollar store frame.
A set of cups from Target 70% off right after Valentines day for .75
Pink cardstock
Printer

 "Who wear's the cake? Care to wager a bet? Throw some dough in the flute of your choice and whoever has the most cash by cake cutting wears the frosting."

diy groomsman gifts

I wanted a cheap but still meaningful gift for the groomsmen so I made these.

Bought 8 glass at the dollar store.
Mustache stickers at hobby lobby for $3.99
Black alphabet stickers for the names.

Super easy project and very cheap!

Love Sign DIY Pallet

I have developed a love for FREE products so I have created lots of projects using FREE pallets. The first one I made was a rustic LOVE sign.

I first took apart the pallet pieces and managed to save 4 long pieces.

I then cut them 2 pieces in half with my miter saw and glued 3 half's together with gorilla glue, no nails involved :).

Then I painted the 3 boards grey and let it dry.

I then got white paint and used my finger to spell out love.

Then I wrote our wedding date.

I made the 4th of July board with the extra pallet for my  door holder I made.

Extra fabric no sew pillows and table runner

I had so much extra fabric I decided to make pillows and a table runner.

I wrapped an old pillow I had like a present and glued it on the pillow wiht fabric glue and just cut a peice ofr the table runner. Another easy project.

Chevron kitchen valance

I went to fabric.com and bought 2 and half yards of this red and white chevron fabric.

 I paid about $23.00 with shipping.

Then I cut the fabric down to the size I wanted, no sewing or glue and used command hooks

 to put the fabric up. SUPER EASYY!!!

Final product:

DIY spray paint cushions.

I wanted a blue theme in my backyard but I didn't want to spend $30.00 on new covers for each chair. So I searched and searched and found out you can spray paint fabric! So of course I gave it a try. I bought 8 bottles of  the greenish blue color, they were on sale $2.00 a piece at walmart.

First I washed each cushion with soap and water and let them dry over night. Make sure they are 100% dry before you start.

Next, I spray painted the front of each one first then the back then the front and the back again, two coats some needed three. This is very time consuming but totally worth it.

 Ignore the grass I should have spray painted over something else. ugh..

 Before and after pictures.

DIY bling to your garage!

I am in love with the new houses with the awesome bling on their garages but not the price tag that comes with them.

So I did some internet searching and found bling for the garage for $22.98 at home depot! You can also find on ebay magnetic ones but the ones I did invovled screwing them into the garage.

My garage went from this ........

to this....

DIY mirrors

I tried adding crown molding to my master mirror but it did not work! So instead I spent a little bit more money but it was well worth it. I was lucky that my huge bathroom mirror was not glued onto the wall so with my husbands help we took it down and the wall looked perfect. We did not even have to paint.

I went to a couple of stores, kohls, target, walmart, bed bath and beyond and looked online. The cheapest place I found these two mirrors were at Ross for $29.99 each. This project cost me $60.00 total and my super awesome father in law hung them up for me.

Shoe rack DIY

I had some extra space in my closet and wanted a shoe rack in the back corner.

I had some left over mdf from when I framed my mirrors so I cut it down to the size I wanted with my mitter saw and painted it brown to match the closet theme.  Then I drilled a hole in board and straight to the wall. Super easy project!

Final product....

DIY Stain concrete

So when we bought our house the outdoor concrete had a huge black ugly line in the middle of it. I needed a cheap and easy way to make it pretty so I googled and came across concrete stain.




I went to lowes and talked to the guy who told me all about this wonderful product.

It is amazing and cost just under $25.00. You will only use about 1/2 the can but keep it to touch it up.
I bought a rolling brush and pan at walmart for around $4.50 and that is all you need.

Next you just wash and scrub your concrete so it is all clean and let it completely dry for 24 hours.

Then you are ready to paint. It soaks in really quick and I only did one coat, no primer or concealer. Took me about 30 minutes to do and cost less than $30.00 total. Love the way this looks!!

DIY Monogramed chevron sign

So I have come to realize I need to take more picture while I am making my projects.

Supplies,
*20X16 blank canvas, I bought mine at hobby lobby with a 40% coupon for aorund $12.00.
*Gray paint I bougth one small bottle for .59 cents
*Paint brush, I had
*File folder
*Big wood letter (about $7.00)

I started by cutting a file folder into connected triangles and made one long pattern.

Then I traced it all the way down the board with pencil .


Then I painted everyother one.

When I was done I went back and repainted small places I missed or messed up on.

I then painted the wood letter.

Used wood glue and glued it on the chevron canvas.

Final product cost me under $25.00 and here it is...