Michaels Pinterest Party #MPinterestParty

Have you ever been to or hosted a Pinterest party? 

If you don't know, a Pinterest party is where you get together with some friends and spend an evening crafting up a few ideas that you've pinned from Pinterest? (follow my boards here if you'd like!) Well, I have always wanted to do one and when Michaels asked me to host my very own Pinterest Party I was like sign me up. How fun would that be! I love any chance to get together with girlfriends for some kid-free time!

Michaels sent me some really fun red and white decor (Pinterest logo colors) to get the party started...cups, napkins, balloons, etc. And I juuuuust happened to have some red and white fabric leftover from Oliver's Circus Party which perfectly matched the Pinterest logo colors, score! 

Since the party supplies they sent were red and white, how fun would it be fun to theme out the food too. How about some red velvet cupcakes, red velvet cookies, and red licorice in mason jars with white ribbons :-) 

For project ideas I turned to my Pinterest boards of course! I wanted to do projects that any guest could enjoy doing and that would be easy enough to get done in a few hours time. I also wanted the projects to be for any skill level...so they would look great at the most basic level or amped up with all sorts of creativity.

The main project for the party was to make Burlap Pennant Banners.  I love that I was able to find laminated burlap rolls at Michaels in two colors, natural and cream. Did you know that Michaels carried burlap?

I also bought an assortment of stencils, paint, and paint brushes...

And a variety of pretty ribbon choices to hang the banners.

A second project idea for the party was to make cute ruffle-y burlap Christmas trees using cardboard tree forms, burlap, and hot glue.

And I also thought a super easy quick project would be to make glittered clothespins...I just love these things! They are so awesome for gift tags, advent calendars, showcasing Christmas cards, etc. Love. Love. Love.

I hope these ideas inspire you to host your own Pinterest party! It's the perfect time of year to throw one, you can get a bunch of holiday decor made all in one night or how about some of those handmade gift ideas you have been thinking about doing?

Thank you to Michaels for all the inspiration too...I just love wandering those aisles!!

 And here's a few tidbits of info from Michaels...

·         Michaels offers customizable party supplies like cups, napkins and balloons available online to personalize your event

·         Follow the hashtag #MPinterestParty to see how others are making their pins a reality

·         The Michaels Décor Guide has tons of ideas and projects to make spreading the holiday cheer throughout your house easy. Navigate through the online version, download a copy, or pick up one at your local Michaels!

Thanks for stopping by today!

 XOXO,

*Michaels provided a gift card for my party. All opinions are 100% my own.

TUTORIAL: Magnetic Paint Craft Pumpkins with Magnetic Letters

If you remember from this post here, I was invited to participate in Michaels' Great Pumpkin Challenge where they sent me a box of their neat-o craft pumpkins to create, carve, or design something fun with them for Fall/Halloween. Since we are in Back to School mode as my kids are finally starting school (Noah started his first day of FULL day school today, hold me!) I thought how fun would it be to use those colorful magnetic letters we all have on our fridge and make a magnetic pumpkin to spell out fun Halloween-type words!

This project is so, so easy! All it takes is a few short 5-10 minute stretches of time over a couple of days as you will need a few coats of magnetic paint to get a good magnetic attraction going.  Here is how I did it...

Magnetic Paint Craft Pumpkin with Magnetic Letters

Craft pumpkin

Can of magnetic paint 

Foam brush

Painter's tape

Small can of latex paint in the color of your choice (will be the final color of the pumpkin!)

Magnetic letters 

Can of Primer for Plastic

Can of spray paint in the color of you choice (for the letters!)

For this project I used the largest craft pumpkin sold at Michaels...it has the most surface area for spelling out fun words! Since you will be painting over it with the magnetic paint you can use any color pumpkin.

I bought this small can of magnetic paint at Michaels (found in the spray paint aisle). I used about half of it for this project!

Take your painter's tape and tape off the stem to protect it from the paint. Then using your foam brush, give the pumpkin one coat of magnetic paint and let dry for 24 hours (as per the can instructions). The can states you will need at least 2 coats of paint but I found the magnets were still falling off with 2 coats so I did an additional 3rd coat which ended up being the perfect amount of magnetic attraction!

Once your last coat of magnetic paint is dry (another 24 hours!) you can paint over the magnetic paint with any color latex paint.  Since I wanted my pumpkin to be used for Halloween decorating, I painted mine Gloss Black in color but how cute would a cream color be with gold letters! Let your topcoat dry for a few hours. You can remove the painter's tape once the paint is dry.

In between coats of magnetic paint you can spray paint your magnetic letters. Remember these? I think we have about 32,498 of them on our fridge and laying around every one of my kids' rooms.

Since the letters are plastic you will want to spray them with a coat of Primer made for Plastic.  I happened to have some of this Krylon Fusion for plastic so I used it like a primer! Once the primer coat is dry you can spray the letters with your topcoat color of choice.  I love the look of a silver metallic on black so that is what I chose :-)

And there you have it...silver metallic letters on a jet black magnetic pumpkin...Happy Halloween indeed!

Now, your kids (or you!) can have fun spelling out lots of fun Halloween-y type words!

Enjoy! See, I told you this one was easy!!

Oh and PS. Just in case you didn't know...

·         All Michaels locations are hosting a Great Pumpkin Event on Saturday, October 5 from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. For only $6 (which covers the cost of a 9” carveable pumpkin) kids can create their own pumpkin design and a free face painter will also be on hand. A great weekend event for the whole family!

·         Did you know that Michaels offers custom carved pumpkins that can be personalized with a variety of designs and names? Prices start at $19.99 and you can them order at all Michaels locations, just make sure to place your order by Oct. 13 so that it will be completed by Halloween. Visit www.michaels.com/custom-carved-pumpkins for more information.

Thanks for stopping by today!

XOXO,

*I received compensation for this post; however, this is my personal, honest opinion based on my experience with the product.

TUTORIAL: Gold Accented Decoupaged Pumpkins

I was contacted by Michaels and asked to be a part of their Great Pumpkin Challenge and with my deep love of the Fall and Halloween I was pumped to participate. They sent me a box of their craft pumpkins and was told to create a look for them...how fun, right!

These are what the pumpkins looked like.  Michaels has a whole array of awesome craft pumpkins in stores now. They come in lots of different sizes and colors...cream, black and original orange....so you can create a whole multitude of looks.  And the best part is they never spoil! So you can paint them, carve them, glitterize them any time (like say August!) and they will last for months and years to come.

I am really into the gold color scheme these days and my first thought was that I wanted a cream and gold look for my pumpkins, how pretty and chic and perfect for Fall, right! I found the perfect shade of gold spray paint at Michaels, some pretty paper doilies in the cake decorating aisle, and then I fell head over heels in love with the awesome rolls of Martha Stewart's new Decoupage papers as one set had the coolest gold cross-hatch design. All pure perfection for my idea to become reality.  Here is how I made them...

Gold Accented Pumpkin using Decoupage Paper

1 roll of Martha Stewart Decoupage papers

Mod Podge

Foam brush

Decoupage Tools from Mod Podge

Using the foam brush, cover the pumpkin with a thin layer of mod podge. Cut the decoupage papers into smaller strips based off of the curves of the pumpkin and brush mod podge on the wrong side of the paper. Place the decoupage papers onto the pumpkin (mod podge side facing the pumpkin) and smooth out the wrinkles as you go using the decoupage tools. Once completely covered wait 15-20 minutes for mod podge to dry. Add a coat of mod podge to the outside of the pumpkin (over top the decoupage papers) to seal, let dry, and have fun decorating with your new pretty pumpkin!

Ahhh, gold and cream prettiness!

Gold Accented Doily Pumpkin with Initial

Krylon Champagne Nouveau spray paint

Krylon Primer spray in White (if needed!)

Small 4" paper doily

Scissors

Mod Podge

Foam brush

White Paint Pen or Chalk Pen

This is the gold spray paint that I just fell in love with...it is the perfect shade of gold!!!
Spray your pumpkin all over (in a well ventilated area...outdoors is best!) and let dry for a few hours.

Once dry, take your doily and cut out the center of it.

Using the foam brush, mod podge the pumpkin in the area you would like your doily to be placed. Mod podge the wrong side of the doily too. Place the doily (mod podge side facing pumpkin!) onto the pumpkin and let dry.

Once dry, place another layer of mod podge over top to seal the doily onto the pumpkin. Once that layer is dry (the modge podge should be invisible when it is dry!) you can take a paint pen or a chalk pen and write the initial of your family's last name!

And now I'm off to a great start on my Fall decorating, thanks Michaels!

Also, did you know...

·         All Michaels locations are hosting a Great Pumpkin Event on Saturday, October 5 from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. For only $6 (which covers the cost of a 9” carveable pumpkin) kids can create their own pumpkin design and a free face painter will also be on hand. A great weekend event for the whole family!

·         Did you know that Michaels offers custom carved pumpkins that can be personalized with a variety of designs and names? Prices start at $19.99 and you can them order at all Michaels locations, just make sure to place your order by Oct. 13 so that it will be completed by Halloween. Visit www.michaels.com/custom-carved-pumpkins for more information.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

 XOXO,

*I received compensation for this post; however, this is my personal, honest opinion based on my experience with the product.

TUTORIAL: Framed Chalkboard To Do List

Michael's asked me to be a part of their First Day of School Blogger Challenge and, as I love a good challenge, how could I say no! With school starting at the end of the month for my littles I feel like our whole month of August is filled with trying to get all their Back to School appointments made. 

Eye exam...check! 

School physical...check! 

Dentist...appointment made! 

I'm also in the midst of trying to organize all their fall activities as now we have to do everything between after school between 4:30 and 7 since Noah and Penny will be in Full Day school (when did that happen?)

I thought a great project would be a Framed Chalkboard that not only looks pretty but is uber functional as it can go right on the fridge, a cabinet, or the wall and it can hold my ever-growing and ever-changing To Do List. This chalkboard is so simple to make, you are really going to fall in love with how easy it is to put together! And the chalkboard is not even real chalkboard...it's vinyl chalkboard so it is super light and erases beautifully and without all that yucky chalkboard dust!

Here's what you'll need to make it...

Framed Chalkboard To Do List

Large laser cut frame (from Michaels in the unfinished wood department)
Spray paint in color of your choice
Repositionable Chalk Roll Vinyl (from Michaels)
Scissors
Elmer's glue spots or super glue (from Michaels)
4 small magnets

The first thing you need to do is take your laser cut frame and spray paint it outside.  PS. Can I tell you how much love these laser cut frames!  They are so pretty...I have been dying to make a project using one forever!  They have so many different designs and sizes and they are really light weight too. I gave mine a few light coats of paint and then waited a couple hours until it was dry to the touch.

Once the paint is dry to touch, flip the laser cut frame over and use glue dots or super glue and glue all around the backside edge (like photo above). Cut your Chalkboard Vinyl to size.  Try to cut it so that you don't have any of the vinyl showing through the cut out holes from the front side! Place the chalkboard onto the glued edge you just created and press firmly.

Then you can either glue your magnets to each backside corner of the frame or you can leave the frame as is and just peel the chalkboard vinyl to use the repositional adhesive surface and stick to your wall or fridge that way.

And there you have it!  Such a pretty way to showcase your To Do List!
Makes it so much more fun to have one now, doesn't it?

Oh and a few more things...

Thank you Michaels for the challenge!  

You can take a look at the Michaels Back to School Lookbook for more ideas.

Also:
1. Michaels offers a 15 percent discount for teachers every day. Make sure to talk to a store associate during your next trip to learn more.
2. Need a large quantity of one back to school item but don’t see enough on the shelves? Michaels offers a bulk ordering program where you can order as many supplies as you need and save up to 20 percent.
3. Don’t forget to download the Michaels app so that you will always have the latest deals and coupons at your fingertips in case you need last minute school supplies.

**If you want to create something fun for Back to School make sure you tag @michaelsstores and use the hashtag #michaelsbts so they can share your creation on Pinterest!

**This is a Sponsored Post brought to you by Michael’s. As always, all opinions are 100% my own.

XOXO,