Mother's Day Flower Pens

Hi Guys! Today we are going to do some cute pens for Mother's Day. Here's the supplies we need for this craft:

• a pen

• green tape

• faux flower of your choice

Grab your pen and the flower and the green tape. Place the flower where you want it then wrap the flower around the pen.

Your pen should look something like this:

Bathroom Decor

Hi Guys! Today we are going to learn how to make a cute bathroom décor using dollar store items. For this Project you will need:

• a cute vase of your choice

• Styrofoam to be cut and fit into the vase

Finally, some faux flowers to stick in the Styrofoam

Cut the Styrofoam into a shape that will fit the middle of the vase. Once that is set into place, go ahead and arrange the flowers to your liking.

The end result should look something like this:

Magnetic Bottle Cap Bows

Hi guys!! So today we are going to make magnetic bottle cap bows. If you saw my last post, you will see that we already learned how to make the personalized bottle caps. For a refresher here's the items you eed to make the bottle caps:
Super Glue

Clean, unbent bottle caps

• Your preferred picture printed out on a 1 inch circle

• Epoxy Stickers

First, grab your circle cut out and an epoxy sticker and out them together.

Now that you have your bottle cap ready, you will also need:

• super glue                                                                                                                             
• a small circle magnet                                                                                                              

• A Pretty Bow

Now, grab the bow and put 2 tiny dots of super glue in the middle where you will put the magnet.

Then quickly place the magnet into place.

Hold the bow and magnet to make sure it sticks correctly. You should have something that looks like this:

Now grab your bottle cap and put the bottle cap on there!!

                                                                                                        

Bottle Cap Necklaces

Hi guys! Today we will be doing some bottle cap necklaces. The items you will need are:

• Super Glue
• Clean, unbent bottle caps

• Your preferred picture printed out on a 1 inch circle

• Epoxy Stickers

• a metal hole punch

• a small metal ring

First, grab your circle cut out and an epoxy sticker and out them together.

Then grab the bottle cap, put a drop of super glue and put the sticker on there.

WARNING: MAKE SURE YOU SET THE PICTURE CORRECTLY AND BE CAREFUL TO NOT GLUE YOUR FINGERS TO THE BOTTLE CAP. ALSO CAREFUL TO NOT PUT FINGERS ON TOP OF THE STICKER, WHEN YOU TAKE YOU FINGER OFF, YOU WILL LEAVE A HUGE SUPER GLUE FINGER PRINT.

Then grab your metal hole punch make a hole where you are going to put in the metal ring.

Then place metal ring and a chain and your result should look something like this:

Toothpick Bottle

Hi guys! Today I will be show you how to make a cute toothpick holder. For the rest of the blog posts, you will notice a common theme. All the items I make are with recyclables. Also they going to be spray painted for a nice touch.

For this we will need

• An empty glass Starbucks bottle ( go ahead and treat yourself, wash it out, and set it aside.)

• Frosted glass and a color of your choice spray paint

• Toothpicks

• Acetone and Cotton

First, drink your Starbucks. Then take off the front sticker. It will be very sticky after you take it off so  grab the cotton and acetone. and rub off the glue.

Then separate the bottle and the cap. Spray paint the bottle with the frosted glass spray paint. Then Paint the cap with the color of your choice.

WARNING: DO NOT PUT THE TOOTH PICKS IN THE BOTTLE BEFORE YOU SPRAY PAINT.

Your end result should look a little something like this

DIY Brush Cleaning Board

Hi everybody! Today I will be making a cleaning board for my brushes. I usually would just use my hands and dish soap and just lay them to dry. What I found was that the bristles were getting lose because the water was loosening them up. Plus, the brushes never got that clean. So before we get started, let me list the materials we need:

• Plastic/Waterproof clip board (you can also use a plastic cutting board or a plastic place mat.)

• Glue gun

• Glue gun sticks (1-4, depending on the size)

• Dish soap (or any gentle cleansing soap)

• Rubber bands or and type of band that is stretchy

So if you have a plastic clipboard, or any plastic board of your preference at home that you don't need, go ahead and use it. If not, go take a trip to your local Dollar Tree or dollar store of your preference, and look for any of these materials you need. Before I show my materials I will show you my embarrassingly dirty brushes just so we can compare the before and after. I wanted them to have as much makeup as possible so I didn't clean them for 15 days. Everybody is different but I like washing them on a weekly basis. 

Now I'll start actually creating the board. I had bought this at Target for $5 because I thought it was cute and I was originally going to use it as a clip board, but it became my the base of my next project. But again, you can use something that you have lying around the house or go to the dollar store and get something for  $1.

Before you start, go plug in your glue gun to get it ready to go. You are going to want to wash and dry the board, just to make sure you get the dirt and dust off. If you don't, the glue might not stick as well. Once you have done that, go to the glue gun and start making patterns on there that will help you clean the brushes as best possible. You can search online what patterns work best for the brushes you have. These patterns work best for my brushes.

After you have done that, go ahead and make sure it's dry. Then, run it under the water to make sure the patterns are on properly.

After that, go ahead and put the soap that you prefer over the patterns you will use.

Ok, I went a little bit over board with the soap. You can use a couple of drops and it should clean it perfectly well.

Then go ahead and grab the first brush and put it at an angle under the water. Putting a brush face up can make the bristles to loosen up the glue and get the bristles to come off of the brush.

When it is saturated with water, go ahead and put a couple of drops of soap and start scrubbing the brush.

Repeat as often as you need until clean.

When you are done cleaning the brushes, you can put the brush face down with a hand towel or paper towel.

Another way to effectively dry the brushes is to use the same board when you are done. Dry it well and use rubber bands or  any bands that can hold them in place. I didn't  have rubber bands at home so I just used some head bands that I really don't use anymore. They're a little big but they'll do in the meantime.

When that is ready, go ahead and lay 2 layers of paper towels (or a regular hand towel) perpendicular to a wall and place the board with the brushes on top.  When place the brushes, go ahead and weave them with the bands.

The brushes will be dry in about an hour. Once they are completely dry, go ahead and put them away in your brush holder.