Wednesday, May 16, 2012

our first Pinterest project!

Okay... so I'm addicted to Pinterest... but seriously, who isn't these days? ;)

Unfortunately for Andy that means we have projects to complete, and by "we"' I mean "he"... I am not the least bit crafty.

Now... On to the project! I kind of hate having my make-up in a bag where it's all mixed up & you can't see everything, so when I saw this idea on Pinterest, I knew I just had to have Andy make one for me!

Here is my inspiration...

Make-up Magnet Board




















I'm new to this blogging thing, and just as new to this crafting thing, so I realized a bit too late that I hadn't been taking pictures. I have a few, but for the beginning of this "tutorial" you'll have to use your imagination.


Materials:
Picture Frame (mine was a $6 frame from Goodwill)
Spray Paint
Piece of Sheet Metal (Your local hardware store should have this; my local Home Depot did not, but Lowes did)
Metal Clippers (You can also see if someone at the hardware store can cut it for you)
Magnets
Hot Glue Gun

Firstly, you'll need to take the glass and current picture out of the frame and spray paint it to match the decor of your bathroom.

Then, if you did not have the sheet metal cut down to size for you, you'll need to trace the glass from the frame onto the sheet metal in order to make sure you have the correct size.  Using the metal clippers (you might want to wear a pair of work gloves since the metal is sharp), cut the metal along the line you traced.

This shows the cut piece of metal






















Next, simply place the piece of metal into the frame and secure the back so it doesn't fall out.

**My inspiration piece has a piece of fabric attached to the sheet metal using spray adhesive.  I wanted more of a modern/contemporary look, so I left the sheet metal exposed.

Andy securing the metal














After that, you'll need to hot glue a magnet onto the back of each of your make-up containers.  You might need more than one for some of them; I needed four on the back of my MAC eye shadow container!




















I still need to get a few more containers to place my brushes, mascara, and eye-liner in.

Finally, hang your Make-Up Magnet Board onto your bathroom wall and enjoy the ease of use!


Thursday, November 10, 2011

he was right...

Oh how I hate to admit that! However, it's very true & I am extremely thankful that he was!

Andy & I met on an online dating website in February of 2009. I'm not sure what he was doing on there (being so good looking and all), but I thought it might be a good way to meet some new and interesting people. After a time period that I'll say was long enough, I decided that this website simply wasn't working for me and once my current monthly subscription was up, I was DONE! Little did I know that God had a pretty special dude waiting out there in cyberspace for me...

About a week before the end of the month, I got an email from this really cute guy saying that according to the website's calculations, we were a 100% match and we should probably get to know each other. Well, truth is, you can't ignore statistics like that, so I emailed him back & before I knew it his good looks and charm had swept me off my feet. I met his family about two weeks after we met... thankfully, they were just as crazy as my family, so it all went really well! What was even better than that, though, was that my family loved him... they can testify that that was a first (whew)!






*The first picture we
ever took together. :)







That was almost three years ago and I've gotta tell you that I've never been happier. Good thing he was right about us being a match!

~Heather






*Celebrating 2 years on
top of Enchanted Rock