These long, blissful, summer days have been putting me in a crafty mood lately. I just want to make pretty things all day long! So, I thought I'd spread the mood by sharing a lovely little DIY with you.

{delightful dry-erase boards}

you will need:

a picture frame with a glass cover

a sheet of scrapbook paper

acrylic paint {optional}

scissors or a papercutter

a dry erase marker {black works best}

{step one} Take the back & glass cover out of your picture frame and set them aside. If you'd like to paint your frame, now's the time. Make sure your frame is made of a suitable material to be painted on. Unfinished wood frames are perfect for painting. 

{step two} Once the paint has dried, measure the inside edge of the frame. Take your piece of scrapbook paper, and cut your square or rectangle with those dimensions. If you find that your square/rectangle doesn't fit in the frame easily, just trim it a bit. 

{step three} Put the glass cover back in your frame, followed by the square/rectangle of scrapbook paper, & then the back.

{step four} Sit back and admire your lovely handiwork. Grab a dry-erase marker, and doodle away! The marker is really easy to erase with a whiteboard eraser, or just a tissue. 

Use these pretties to decorate your walls, as a reminder board for your locker, or whatever else you come up with. Happy crafting! 

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Hello! I'm Abbey - an aspiring writer, photographer, and daydreamer, living in the Canadian prairies. It's a pleasure to meet you! Come visit me over at The Inglenook, my little space of lovely things.

(Please excuse the terrible photos...)

I saw this great idea and had to give it a try.

First I braided together three strands of yarn, about 3 or so feet long (It will seem waaay too long). It depends on how many times you want to wrap it around your wrist.

Then I stitched the ends together, so it was one big circle:

I sewed on a button that I had on hand...and that's it.

To wear it:

Drape it across your wrist - you want the side with the button on your right.

Loop it through and pull it up to your wrist. 

Wrap it around...

And just pull the button through the middle!

It takes a little practice....

This whole project is so easy and fun! I made almost the whole thing while watching The Devil Wears Prada...it's very, very, very simple.

If this whole post no sense at all, head over to the expert - she's much better at explaining it than I am :)

Linking up to A Soft Place To Land's DIY Day and Reinvented's Trash to Treasure Tuesday.

-carlotta