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Monday Funday #18

Happy Sunday night, y’all! I hope you’re having a happy weekend. My mama is in town to see our new house for the 1st time, so we’ve been busy doing projects and exploring our hood! Thank you for being a part of Monday Funday!

Welcome to Monday Funday!

Every Monday you can link up your crafts / DIY Ideas / recipes to not just one, but SIX awesome blogs:

C.R.A.F.T. // Lines Across // Uncommon Designs // That’s What Che Said // Creatively Living //

& our newest co-host:

An Extraordinary Day

Here’s the deal, we decided it would be FUN to add a 6th rotating hostess to the Monday Funday crew! That’s 6x the exposure! So, ONE crafty link party extravaganza will happen on SIX blogs. Plus, each week one of us will choose projects to feature on all six blogs.

We will also be sharing links throughout the week on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. You can follow the Monday Funday party tweets at #MondayFundayParty !

This week’s features are being picked by Jamie over at C.R.A.F.T. and Really Awesome Costumes!

You can follow Jamie lots of ways, if you’d like:

Twitter // Facebook // Pinterest // Instagram // BlogLovin // Google +

Now for 10 clever DIY ideas found from lasts weeks Monday Funday Party!

1. Stump turned side table

2. Egg carton garden markers

3. Fabric pulls on furniture

4. Basket turned pendant light

5. How to write with sparklers and take pictures

6. A command center on kitchen doors

7. Pallet herb garden

8. Twig wreath

9. DIY herb garden

10. Tray makeover

Grab a FEATURED button if you were featured here this week or in the past:

A Few Things to Remember:

Please link to a specific post on your blog.
We’d love for you to pin the features, but please click through to the tutorial and pin from the original source!
By linking up to to Monday Funday you are giving the 6 blogs, listed above, the right to feature one of your photos on all of our SM outlets and blogs.
Click on lots of links and leave some comment love on posts you adore! That puts the FUN in Monday Funday!

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Things to do with an old crib

May 17 posted by Jamie Dorobek

Y’all know I love a good up-cycle… you know, turn something into something else! (garden planters, pallet projects, paint chip projects, DIY light fixtures) And cribs are perfect for this because what else are going to do with an old crib once your kiddos are big or heck, what if the crib gets re-called! You could always give it to a pregnant friend or family friend! Just please don’t throw that sucker in a land fill. Here are 19 clever ideas to turn an old crib into something really awesome!

1. Kid’s table

2. Wall hanging

3. Bench

4. Trellis

5. Chair

6. Outdoor love seat

7. Magazine rack

8. Plate rack

9. Book rack

10. Craft organizer

11. Wagon

12. Herb garden

13. Easel

14. Jewelry Organizer

15. Chalkboards

16. Playhouse

17. Picture hanger

18. Fabric organizer

19. Plate rack

What do you do with old cribs? Have you ever turned it into something new? I’d love to hear…

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Up-cycled iPad Cover {sweater}

May 15 posted by Jamie Dorobek

Sweater season is so over! Does that make anyone else reallllly happy? Let’s cut up our sweaters and make an iPad cover! Sound fun? Or do you think I’m nuts? I’m ok with either answer! So, typically I’m inspired by need. I don’t just decide to learn how to paint a lamp or sew a pillow. It happens because I change up the room, and the lamp and pillows look ridiculous. So, I HAVE to figure out how to paint my wonky lamp and get new pillows on the cheap. After need, I investigate what I have on hand, and then I do a little pinterest/ google image search to get the creative juices flowing. Here’s the scenario: Mom needed an iPad cover + I had a crusty sweater in the Good Will pile = project time.

Here’s what you need for the iPad cover:

sweater
scissors
sewing machine
accessories (felt, flowers, ribbon)
felt to line the cover
Velcro (If you want your cover to securely close)

I literally laid the iPad on the sweater and cut around it. I wanted the bottom of the sweater to be the opening of the iPad.

Here’s what I was working with:

Now, it’s time to embellish the front of your cover. I cut triangles out of felt and used the sewing machine to attach them to my sweater. Voila!

Next, you need to sew a piece of felt to the front of the cover and a piece of felt to the back of the cover. I sewed all 4 sides of the felt directly to the sweater. The felt makes the cover sturdy… don’t skip this step! I’m sure there is a fancier way to do this, but I’m a beginner seamstress, so that’s what I did!

You’re almost done! Put the right sides of the sweater together and sew around the 3 sides of the cover. If you don’t want/ need a clasp you’re done-skies!

If you’d like a little clasp action, I used a piece of brown felt (the same felt as the liner) and sewed one piece of the velcro to the clasp and one side to the liner. Then, I hand stitched the the clasp to the cover. This is a great project for a beginner seamstress! The whole thing can be done in afternoon depending on how particular you are and how speedier of a sewer you are. Have you ever made an iPad cover? I’d love to hear…