Rachel's Re-Vamp: Old Window

This is one of the many projects I have been working on lately and I am so glad to have it done (it was half done for quite a while). Years ago I bought this vintage window from a thrift store in Salt Lake... it was one of those things that I just had to have and then did nothing with. At one point I had photos in it... but I ended up hating that so it sat empty in lots of closets for a while.

And then I got this idea! I sprayed the glass with chalkboard paint and then used Prismacolor pastels to draw on it. It was a lot of fun and I love the way it turned out. It now hangs in the hallway outside my bedroom door so it is the first thing I see before I leave for the day.

If you want to try something similar you should know that I sprayed the finished product with polyurethane so that it wouldn't get smudged if bumped. This tends to fade the color a little so you should start with bolder color than you want ultimately. Even so I went back in after spraying and touched up the white highlights in her hair and face because it looked too flat.

Rachel's Re-Vamp: t-shirt bracelets

I saw these... somewhere.

My sister pointed them out and I said "I can make that"

and I did. 

I cut strips off of old tee shirts (from my over flowing sewing box) and braided them together and then used a little (read: a lot) of tacky glue to finish the ends. 

It was super easy and kept me occupied over the weekend where Jake did pretty much nothing but watch Top Gear all day (I must confess... I enjoy the show too). 

Rachel's Re-Vamp: Photo Wall

Here is my photo wall!!! I have wanted one of these forever! I sorta had one in one of my (many) apartments in college but I never felt like it was right. This one is perfect! And really "photo" wall is not accurate since there is a drawing, a print, bottle caps and a napkin in addition to the photos. 

The stickers are something my mom sent me for Valentines Day this year. They are made to put on your walls and are removable. Unfortunately removable also means not very sticky but so far they are working pretty well and are oh so cute! 

*the bookshelf is from ikea and i will feature it in a later post when i'm finished decorating it