A little Pinsperation

Living on base it's hard (to me) to want to put a ton of effort into decorating when I know I will be packing up and moving in a couple of years.  We don't own this house, so I can't really do much anyway.  

Our bedroom is located on the complete opposite side of the house. I use to just keep the door closed and that was that.  But I realized Tanner really enjoys playing on the window seal when I have the window blinds open; it's the perfect size for him to play with his little toy cars. So I noticed I was back in my room quite a bit during the day. And I got tired of staring at 4 white walls.  It needed a little something.  I could have just put picture frames on the wall, but this was a nice chance to give Pinterest a try.  

I picked four ideas that looked pretty easy and cheap.  This way I was pretty sure I would have something on each wall.  And almost everything turned out perfect. (Everything was found at Hobby Lobby. I LOVE that store.  It must be genetic, because my mom loves it too)

I saw the painted glass bottles floating around Pinterest and knew that was something I wanted to do.  My friend, Kaitlin, made some a few months ago and they look great! 

I picked 3 bottles I liked from Hobby Lobby and found a few colors of paint that would work with the color of our bed/furniture.  

 For some reason the grey and blue worked on the bottles, but the yellow would not.  And after trying 4, yes 4, different yellow paints, I realized it was the stupid bottle.  Not the paint.  
So I just painted some designs on the outside instead.  I really wanted the pop of yellow color in the room.  (I will be repainting, I don't like it. Ha!)

This craft was originally supposed to be on canvas, but I already bought some for a different project, and they weren't on sale.  But the little piece of wood was.  I painted it all the same color, used wood glue to stick the letters to the wood piece, and then sprayed it with some clear acrylic spray I had left over from another project.  

It's hard to tell, but it's shiny. :)

I liked this one a lot, because it was really, really easy.  But I need to make a few more different sizes to hang up.  Three isn't enough, and I need more variety of sizes.  

This one was my favorite.  It turned out exactly how I wanted it to.  I will be making two more to hang next to it.  I painted the wood the same blue that I used in some of the other projects and used mod podge to hold the picture on.  And I just another layer of mod podge on top of the whole thing to make it shiny.  Love it!

These were super simple projects and they added a little something to my room.  I'm pleased!