a few wedding diys

I can't believe that in less than 5 days I will be Mrs. Wallace. I get to marry my best friend in the entire world. The beautiful wedding I've always dreamed of will be here. It's just crazy and so surreal to think about. I just can't wait.

I don't have any time for any outfit posts this week, but I wanted to share with y'all just a few of the DIYs we've made for the wedding! My entire wedding is shabby chic/antique/DIY. I'm so ready to go decorate the hall on Friday!

1. All of the wedding party will be doing the toast in the mason jars we made. Us gals will probably drink out of it all night, but I doubt the boys will!

2. I found this old floral box at a thrift store for $2.50! Just a little sprucing up and a little banner, and wa-lah! The perfect card box!

3. At the bottom of our wedding invitation it says "dinner & dancing to follow" so I thought it would be cute to have a sign! Mom and I pulled apart some pallet boards that she got for free, and then she painted it (and how cute is her handwriting!).

4. My mom and stepmom found these little burlap sacks for like 30 cents each I think! My sister wrote on the tags and mom filled them with birdseed there will be a sign that says "to shower the lovebirds" for our exit! 

5. I had a lot of excess/old jewelry pieces and all I did was hot glue them on to this wooden W from hobby lobby!

6. I made these signs on picmonkey.com for the reserved tables, and I put them in thrifted frames, of course!

DIY Christmas Banner

I have been loving these cute triangle banners I have been seeing all over Pinterest lately! So, I decided I would make a Christmas one. I love the way it came out, so I will definitely making more for other holidays and possibly for my wedding too!

 Supplies:

You will also need a sharpie, scissors and a hole puncher.

Step 1: Cut your scrapbook paper into triangles.

Step 2: Cut the burlap into triangles also. (FYI burlap is really hard to cut, so I just made it purposely messy) 

Step 3: Place the scrapbook paper triangle on top of the burlap triangles and punch holes in the two top corners.

Step 4: Run the juke string through the holes and connect all of your triangles.

Step 5: Cut out small circles that will fit in the triangles.

Step 6: Spell out whatever you like on the circles and tape them on your triangles!

DIY Toilet Paper Roll Art

Hey guys! Today I wanted to show you how you can save some money on wall decor by utilizing something everyone uses... unless you're one of those people on TLC's Extreme Cheapskates that doesn't....

 Ok the 1st thing you'll need for this DIY  is something we ALL throw away way too much of...

Toilet paper rolls!

You will also need scissors & hot glue.

 Step 1: Smoosh the rolls like so..

 Step 2: Cut them into thirds.

 Step 3: Create a design & hot glue it

Step 4: Spray paint it! (optional) I did mine gold.

That's it! SO easy & FREE!

And here's the one that my roommate, Adele, made a while back. It's way better than mine! We get compliments on it all the time, and no one can ever tell that it's made from toilet paper rolls!

Today I'm linking up with:

DIY High-Low Skirt

This summer, I had been really wanting a high-low/fish-tail/whateveryouwanttocallit skirt, but thrifty me was not about to pay $30 and up for one like they charge at the mall. So, decided to take things into my hands. I bought this ugly, 90's era skirt from the Goodwill, and created my own! I didn't even have to sew- I used hem tape! So, what do you think? 

Forever XXI Top: $14.00

DIY Skirt: Goodwill $3.49

Belt: Came on a dress $0.00

Charlotte Russe Wedges: (On Clearance) $2.50

A Friday Night Friends Date Outfit Total Cost of $19.99!

DIY Spruce Up Your Shelf

When I moved into my apartment, I needed something small and cheap to hold my TV. I got this plain white shelf at Walmart for $15.00. It was kinda boring I have to admit. So I found a pin on pinterest showing you how to apply wallpaper to a shelf to spruce it up. My roommate and I have the same shelves, so we were brainstorming on what we could use instead of wallpaper. We looked at Hobby Lobby, and were going to use scrapbook paper, but we just couldn't find any that we loved (plus we were very indecisive that day). We also thought about fabric, but again feeling indecisive.  Adele came across some shelf adhesive liner at TJ Maxx (our favoriteeee store to shop at together) for $5.99 and that's what we ended up using! 

I love love love the little bit of color it adds to that side of my room! 

From Drab to FAB

I found this terrible long skirt at the Goodwill in Mobile, AL a couple of weeks ago. I loved the print of it so I decided that I would buy it and hem it. I LOVE the way it turned out!

Here is my best friend, Adele, pinning it for me.

Skirt: Goodwill $3.49

Black Tank: Charlotte Russe $3.99

Belt: borrowed from Adele

Tan Flats: Goodwill $2.49

Total Outfit Cost: $9.97

Refashioned Goodwill Clutch & Sandals

I found this tutorial on painting a chevron on to a clutch on Pinterest, and I lately I love anything with a chevron on it. I went to the Goodwill specifically looking for a little white pleather clutch, and somehow I found exactly that! I paid $2.99 for it because the cashier rang me up for a purse instead of a clutch (should have been $0.99), but no biggie. Here it is:

This is the tutorial I used: 

http://shortofsomething.blogspot.com/2012/06/diy-chevron-stripe-painted-clutch.html

And Voila!

My mom found some B.O.C. sandals at the Goodwill a few weeks ago for $2.99, but they were missing the flower that was supposed to be on top of them. So, we got these little do-dads from Hobby Lobby for $2.99 (a pack of 4) and super glued them on. 

And now good as new! They look like they belong on there!

I went to this hidden thrift store in Hammond called The Shop and found these adorable clutches today! The white one was $3.00 because it is real leather. I'm not sure if I want to paint anything on it just yet. The gray one I got for only $0.50, but it definitely needs some sprucing up!