DIY Coffee Coaster Fabric Makeover...

The 'Let's make the home office beautiful project' continues with a coffee coaster makeover.

Nothing worse than coffee cup rings all over the desk,

(Did I mention I LOVE coffee?)

So a pretty coaster was the obvious answer!

 Fab excuse to use some pretty fabric from the stash...

All I did was paint over the picture on a coaster with white paint.

This created a neutral back ground for the fabric. 

After the paint is dry, cut fabric to fit , leaving a fold-over edge.

Then glued (mod podged) the fabric on top.

When it was dry, I folded the fabric under the coaster and glued it.

 Cover with a layer of mod podge...

As you can see, the Mod Podge will dry clear.

Leave for 24 hours, then spray it with a clear enamel sealer.

And there you have it...

a pretty fabric-covered coffee coaster for the home office.

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DIY Chalkboard Labels...

Right now I'm LOVING anything chalkboard...

so I thought I'd whip up some chalkboard labels for the home office makeover.

Label templates are freely available on the Net.

These cute heart shaped labels from;

http://www.homemadegiftguru.com/support-files/heart-template-free-gift-tags-3.pdf

and these funky shaped ones were sourced from a simple Google Search for 'Free Printable Shapes'.

Print the labels onto paper with your home printer, and then cut them out with scissors.
Use them as a stencil, outlining with a pencil or pen onto heavy cardboard.

Cut the cardboard shapes out.

Paint with chalkboard paint.

Leave to dry.

 When dry, punch holes for twine to hang.

Chalk the tags with words.

 Hang...

Or glue to attach.
 I'm definitely loving these chalkboard labels!

A great office organisation idea.

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DIY Shabby Chic Valentine Heart...

Dried hydrangea flowers and white paper doilies 

were the inspiration 

for this pretty

Shabby Chic Valentine Heart....

To make one you will need:

Cardboard
Glue & Hot glue gun

Dried hydrangeas

Ribbon

and some embellishments of your choice.

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Cut out a heart template,

Stencil shape on to a piece of sturdy cardboard.

Enlarge the shape if necessary.

 Glue the paper doilies onto the cardboard heart.

You will need to trim them to fit...

Here's the cardboard heart with the doilies glued on. 

Now you're ready to glue on the hydrangeas...

I love hydrangeas...fresh or dried.

They bring back memories of my Grandmothers Garden.

 Place as desired on the heart, 

Then hot glue into place.

 Attach a ribbon hanger.

 And some embellishments of your choice.

I used a lovely chalkboard heart...

 Onto which I penned the word,

which is the whole purpose of Valentine's Day...

LOVE!

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