DIY Cute Button Pin Tacks...

I'm still beavering away at the office makeover, 

and the room has suddenly developed pops of yellow!

The pot plant got switched, 

as I thought the black pot was just too big.

The new orchid is potted in a crackle glazed yellow pot!

Then that meant that I covered the coffee coaster in a yellow-toned fabric.

All that was needed was some new thumb tacks...

And look what I found in the button stash!

The cutest yellow-toned buttons and embroidered flowers.

Perfect for the upcycled thumb tack idea.

I saw this somewhere in Pinterest land.

And what a cool idea it is!

 Here is the Mia Bella Passions version...

You'll need:

A hot glue gun

Pin tacks

small buttons
small embroidered flowers

 All you do is put a dab of hot glue on top of the pin tack 
and press the button or embroidery flower tightly on to it.

And that is it.

Super simple and super cute,

DIY button pin tacks for your office or craft room mood board.

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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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