Crafty Katie

I have recently discovered a new app on my iPhone called CraftGawker. If you have an iPhone, like crafts, and are a cool person you should definitely download this free app. It's all blogs that have super neat ideas. I've found so many good projects on it and have already started and completed a few.

 First, my new chalkboard obsession. I bought a pretty frame, that matched my kitchen cabinents, from Hobby Lobby along with a spray can of chalkboard paint. You simply take the glass out of the frame and spray it (OUTSIDE) with a few coats of spray paint, letting each coat dry before applying the next coat. Then you put the glass back inside the frame and you have a homemade chalkboard. Easy as pie.....although I've never really understood that phrase because most of the time, pie isn't easy to make.

Next, I was having a serious space issue with my scarves. I have a ton of scarves and nowhere to put them (out of reach of kittens). I was scrolling through my CraftGawker app and saw someone had taken some household items and made a really neat rack for their scarves. I'm not THAT crafty so I thought about what I could get to substitute what this person had made and I realized it's very simple. A towel rack....from WalMart. It's working perfectly :)

 

Lastly, my new obsession is Shutterfly. I've made 3 photo books, printed off a ton of pictures, and my latest creation are these precious magnets. Matt & I love to travel and on one of our trips I thought it would be a good idea to start collecting magnets from everywhere we go. Then I looked at the price tag on one of the magnets at a store and saw the outrageous price and I immediately changed my mind. But then I found on Shutterfly a place where I can make my own magnets from pictures I took with my camera. I love them and I think they're great memory keepers :)