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Sail Cloth Shower Curtains | Guest Post

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Soooo when I was at Haven I met the sweetest lady that I just fell in love with and her name is Kari and she has the most beautiful blog called Thistlewood Farm. She is one of those sweet southern belle ladies with a personality the size of Georgia and I ADORE her!!  When I had a chance to check out her amazing blog after we met I was blown away with her work and HAD to share her talents with you today as she teaches us how to make sail cloth shower curtains.  So, take it away Kari…

Hello Whipperberry readers. I'm Kari from Thistlewood Farm and I am so excited to be here with you today, sharing my numbered sailcloth shower curtain project.

Sailcloth Shower Curtain Tutorial

Supplies:

Red Cotton fabric from Wal-mart (the thicker the better)

 

 

 

Scissors

White Shower Curtain

Sharpie

Pins

 

 

 

Step 1:

Print out extremely large numbers on your computer in Ariel Bold.

These were printed at 700 x.

Cut out numbers and photograph them on grapevine.

Because printed numbers photographed on the table just aren't the same.

And because you have been pinning photo props on pinterest in your quest to be a highly sought after grapevine numbers photographer.

 

 

Number four image

 

Step 2:

Take your 700x Bold Ariel Font numbers and trace them with a sharpie.

Backwards.

Because when you traced them frontwards….the sharpie showed.

And even though you tried to fray the sharpie off the edges.

You still knew it was there.

And the little bits of sharpie that still showed even after you tried to fray the edges took on the proportions of the Empire State Building lit up red white and blue for the fourth of July.

Trust me.

Backwards is so much more sharpieless.

 

 

Number cutout

 

Step 3:

Cut out the numbers.

And then pin them onto the white shower curtain.

I pinned them diagonally.

To create the impression that I had just ripped the sail off a sailboat.

And hung it up as a shower curtain in the bathroom.

And so it would look like this without spending the $100.

 

 

 

Step 4:

Pin the numbers onto the shower curtain.

Stitch a one-inch border in contrasting thread.

Fray the edges.

And hang shower curtain and liner on nickel-plated hooks.

 

 

 

Total cost if you would have bought it online: $100.00.

Total cost for project: $16.93.

Simple.

Easy.

For less than the cost of a movie, popcorn and a box of junior mints.

PS For more project inspiration or just a glass of sweet tea….stop by for a visit at Thistlewood Farm!

PPS Thank you so much for having me over today, Heather. You are such a rock star and so full of creativity and inspiration!

Here is some more of Kari's work from Thistlewood Farm…

 

 

  1. Painted Kitchen Island
  2. Garage Sale Hutch
  3. Yard Stick Stool
  4. Butler's Pantry

I want to move into her house now!!! Thank Kari for sharing your amazing talent's with us today.

Styled by Tori Spelling | Become Your Own Jewelry Designer

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Have you ever had the secret fantasy of becoming a jewelry designer? Or, have you ever bought a piece of jewelry and wished that you could customize it to your taste, only to be sadly disappointed that you were stuck with what you bought? Well, your wait is over!! Tory Spelling has introduced a fabulous new line of affordable, customizable, easy to make jewelry called Styled by Tori Spelling!!

Design Elements

Tori's line as hundreds if not thousands of options for creating your own jewelry that you would be proud to show-off.  Here are just a few of the fun pieces you have to work with…

These are some pendants / broaches / rings… quite frankly any thing you can dream up can be made with these beautiful statement pieces.

Here is a taste of some of the bracelet options from the Glitz and Noir lines. Here's how the whole thing works…

make a bracelet

  • Select the bracelet chain or chains that you would like to work with. The have claw connectors at either end.
  • Select a statement piece,
  • For mine here I connected the three chains that I selected to the rosette on one side.
  • Then I used a connector piece to connect the three chains to and then used the connector to secure the chains to the other side of the rosette.  That way I can easily put the bracelet on without fumbling with three chains. Voila, it's finished and STUNNING!!

make a necklace

  • For this necklace I used a bracelet chain as the connector for the bottom of the necklace because I wanted the necklace to be a little shorter than it would be with the normal necklace connectors.
  • I also wanted to add some color so I weaved some embroidery thread into the larger chain of the necklace bottom and knotted it on either side.
  • Then I secured the bracelet chain to the necklace bottom and it was finished. It took like 5 minutes tops!

make earrings

Now this little trick is what made me fall in LOVE with this line. I don't have the longest neck so wearing long earrings looks a little silly on me. Here is what I did to make some fun earrings that I just adore!

  • I selected earrings and the earring connectors and then took the small bead at the top of the earring and created a bead overlay for the main earring.
  • Then I secured the earring connector at the top of the main earring.  It looks great.
  • The nice thing is that you can wear it either way.

where to find Styled by Tori Spelling

I am just overwhelmed by the options in the four different lines. The necklace above is one of my favorites!! I just adore all of the colors and textures. Now if you would like to become your very own jewelry designer you can find the entire line at Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Store or select pieces are also at Michael's.

Disclosure

Here are some more fabulous ideas on how to use the new Styled by Tori Spelling line…

Color Your Summer Guest Post | KoJo Designs

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Hey guys, I'm playing over at KoJo Designs today!  Kirstin has a fun series going on called Color Your Summer with all kinds of fun projects to do with or for your kiddos this summer to add a little splash of color to your day.  My assignment was red {one of my favorite colors!}

Come on over and play with us…

Also… Don't forget to come back later today.  I have a fun giveaway that will post later this afternoon!!

Fathers Day Magnet Board | Gift Idea with Free Printable

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The other day the little guy and I joined my sweet husband at work for a quick bite to eat and I noticed something horribly wrong with his office… All of the pictures that I had so lovingly framed and put together for him of our family were horribly out dated.  Some of them were missing key family members because they weren’t even born yet! With Fathers Day approaching I thought this would be a great opportunity to bring his office surroundings up to the present day. The issue, he needs his desk to actually work so… I needed to come up with a fun idea that was also space saving as well.

The Photos

Like many people out there I have fallen in love with Instagram and I thought it would be a fun idea to use my fun Instagram photos to create a magnetic memo board for my Honey’s office. My sweet friend Kellie from Nest of Posies turned me onto StickyGram9 while we were at SNAP! and I thought it would be a perfect way to liven up my husband’s work space.  StickyGram has such a fabulous idea… they turn your Instagram photos into a cute little magnet that is perfect to dress up your fridge, your work space, dorm room… where ever you can stick a magnet…  now you can stick your Instagrams. I LOVE this idea.

This is such a fun way to get a snapshot of real life, not just those posed family pictures that we all love.  This is a slice of real life. 

The Magnetic Board

I headed to the brand new Container Store here in Las Vegas and found the perfect magnetic memo board for the job.

You can’t see it here but it’s long, 2.5 x 28 inches perfect for adding several StickyGrams. Of course, being myself I wanted to dress it up a bit.  I couldn’t just hand him a long strip of stainless steal and some magnets and call it good.  It needed to be Whipperfied! 

Granted, I know the poor guy does not want a single felt flower or a lick of burlap to ever set foot in his office space… gasp, what would the guys think? They all say they don’t care… but they do care what other guys think! I knew it needed to be masculine and understated in order for it to fit the space. I found some vintage looking paper and thought it would look great if I decoupaged that right onto the magnetic strip.

The Supply List

The Instructions

  1. Place the magnetic strip on some freezer paper and lift it up on some plastic knives or whatever is handy, it just keeps the board from resting directly on the paper while you are using the Decoupage.
  2. Cut the strips of paper into 2.5 inch strips. Because of the length of the metal strip I need a few sheets of paper. 
  3. Apply a thin coat of Decoupage directly onto the surface of the metal.
  4. Carefully apply the first piece of paper onto the metal and secure into place by appling another thin coat of Decoupage onto the  surface of the paper.

  1. Once you finish appling the paper let it dry for a bit.  The beautiful thing about the Decoupage is that it dries to the touch pretty fast.  However, I would still let it sit for a couple of hours before I did anthing else to it, just to be safe.

The Design

Now even though I was trying to keep this pretty low key, I wanted it to symbolize that it was a Fathers Day gift from us, so I created a classy image to put in the corner of the memo board.  I printed it directly on the paper  so it fit seamlessly into the general design of the memo board. Here it is if you would like to download it and use it for a board of your own.

Click on the arrow at the bottom of the box and the download will automatically start. This printable if for WhipperBerry followers {please follow via Facebook, Twitter, Feeburner, Email, Pinterest or Instagram} and is for personal use only.

Before you apply your printed image to the board, test it with the Decoupage just to make sure the ink doesn’t smear.  I didn’t have an issue, but it’s better to be safe than sorry.

When it dries it looks beautiful!!

The Finishing Touches

Once your board is dry, all you have to do is find the best instagram photos to share.  I created several sheets of my Instagram pictures that I thought my husband would love. 

Not all of them fit on the board at one time, but that’s the fun of it!  I put all of the extras into a jar that he can keep on his desk and then he can switch them out as often as he likes.

The lovely thing is that every once in a while I can purchase a new sheet of StickyGrams to freshen up his fun board.  It’s perfect!! It doesn’t take up too much space and it doesn’t have all the same old pictures all the time.  I LOVE it!!  I hope my Mr. will love it too.

The Deal

The amazing folks at StickyGram have offered all of you, my favorite friends… 10% off your total first purchase!!   All you have to do is enter WHIPPERBERRY at checkout to receive the discount. Cheers StickyGram… you guys are the best!

 

  Here is another fun Fathers Day easy gift idea for you.  Add a fun printable to a bottle of soda that says, “Pop you put the Fizz in my Life.”  It’s another fun way to show your sweet Dad how much you love an appreciate all that he does for you and your family! Visit this post for the free printable Fathers Day gift tag.

Happy Fathers Day everyone!!

 

 

Disclaimer | This is not a paid post for any of the companies mentioned in the post.  I contacted StickyGram myself and asked for the discount code for you all, they did not solicit me for this post. |