Lately...

Do you ever feel like you have no life and then you stop and think about everything going on in your life and all the things you have to do and soon realize you are one very busy, always on the go person??! Well that is how I have felt as of late. My motto is enjoy the simple things and I believe following that makes for one happy life. I love keeping myself busy with projects whether it's for me or someone else. So here are a few things I have been working on lately. 


First thing: I made another message board! These are fabulous gifts and are sooo easy to make. I made this one for my cousin for her b-day and I love how it turned out! 

I love the fabric!

Second thing: I have been helping my mom plan a wedding shower for my beautiful cousin Sasha. I am so excited for it! We have some really cute ideas! Here are the invites I made for it.

Third thing: Running. I have been running... a lot! Me and my cousin are running the Ogden Marathon. Yikes! I can't believe it's almost here! I am very very nervous for it. I am also so excited I can hardly handle it!!! We have been training so hard and I know it will all be worth it once we cross that finish line! 

Things I Love: Ikat

I am OBSESSED with ikat (pronounced ee-kaht, not eye-cat like most of us in my textiles class back at USU thought!) Ikat is a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warp yarns, the weft yarns, or both before weaving. And let me tell you... the outcome is beautiful! I will probably find a way to incorporate ikat patterns in every room when I have my own house!

Yes, I do own these shoes! :)

Message Board

 I finally got around to finishing this project. It started out as me wanting to make something to hang my jewelry on but I soon realized that I have waaaay too much jewelry for this 18x24 inch frame. (I also found something completely amazing for all my jewelry which I will share in a later post!) So my next idea was to make a message board and it turned out better than I thought and was way easy to make! Here's how I made it:

I found this picture frame and painted it a fun bright yellow.

Next I cut some foam core board to fit inside the frame and spray glued some thin batting to it.

I laid out my fabric (cutest fabric ever!) and positioned my frame on it so that I knew what part of the fabric I wanted to use and where to cut.

I used thumb tacks to attach the fabric and batting to the foam core board.

When I got to the corners I pulled the corner up tightly and pinned it...

and pulled the sides up tightly and pinned them. I did that all the way around the board and cut off the extra fabric so that there wasn't so much bulkiness. After that I fastened the board into the frame like a normal picture and...

ta da!!!! A custom message board!!

Seriously... how cute is this??! I love it! Perfect to add to any room in your home.

Pin to-do lists, photos, messages, and whatever else you can think of! It might be too cute to cover up with anything though! :)