Burlap Letters

Burlap is one of my new favorite mediums to use. A wonderful friend of mine gave me a few letter W's as a gift (I have a selection of W's throughout the house...I am a huge fan of letters!). I decided to combine 2 of my favorites... burlap and W's! It was a very quick and easy craft and I love how it turned out!

Supplies.

Trace.

Cut.

Glue.

TaDa!

CD Baby Announcement

Nate brought it to my attention that I should put Marlo's baby announcement on our DIY blog. It made sense...we did "DIY" them (with a lot of help from Abby at Monogram Wedding).  Well before we had baby girl (back when she was just an idea), Nate made the comment to me that he thought a CD baby announcement would be neat. I was not totally convinced. Once we found out we were pregnant, he got right to work on a playlist for a "boy" and one for a "girl". He had the playlists ready and waiting. Once M was born, he played me the Jack Johnson song "My Little Girl". It brought tears to my eyes. I loved everything about it! With that song, he had me convinced that a CD announcement might actually be a neat idea.  I drew up an outline of what we were looking for and sent it off to Abby. Abby put our ideas to work and the CD baby announcement was born!

Marlo's Baby Announcement

We used a photo of M holding onto the necklace that Nate bought me after she was born of her first initial. 

The inside flap listed her "baby stats".

The pocket held the CD along with a newborn photo taken of her. 

On the back of the photo, we added our favorite line from Jack Johnson's "My Little Girl".

On the back of the envelope, we included M's return address and "M" monogram.

We tied the announcement together with dark brown string and placed them into envelopes to be mailed. The key to mailing CD's is to make sure they hand meter them otherwise the CD can get ruined. 

Save the best (and back) for last...

My favorite part was the back of the announcement. We had a photo taken of all 3 of our feet and turned it into a label that we placed on the back of the announcement. Abby had to use photoshop to get the dog hair on my toes (the pugs were determined to appear the announcement somehow).  All photos used in the announcement were taken by Alisa Hayes Photography. 

Marlo's Musical Playlist:
"My Little Girl" - Jack Johnson
"Sweet Pea" - Amos Lee
"My Front Porch Looking In" - Lonestar
"Nothing Else" - Dave Barnes
"Like My Mother Does" - Lauren Alaina
"Make You Feel My Love" - Adele
"I Won't Let Go" - Rascal Flatts
"New Soul" - Yael Naim
"Capri" - Colbie Caillat
"A Beautiful Day" - India Arie
"Diamonds and Pearls" - Prince
"Hello World" - Lady Antebellum
"Little Miss Magic" - Jimmy Buffett
"Daughters" - John Mayer
"Just the Way You Are" - Bruno Mars
"Born this Way" - Lady Gaga
"Good Life" - Onerepublic
"My Best Days are Ahead of Me" - Danny Gokey
"Isn't She Lovely" - Stevie Wonder

Pallet Wine Rack

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My obsession with pallet furniture continues (and I have successfully dragged my husband into the obsession with me!). I saw this idea on Pinterest:

Nate grabbed a half pallet from the side of his work and we got to work.

NOTE:  ***Before selecting your pallet, make sure that you are aware of how the pallet was treated in order to make sure it is safe for your house. All pallets should be marked with a code that lets you know how it has been treated.
-Heat treatment (HT) (SAFEST OPTION FOR USE IN YOUR HOME)
-Methyl bromide fumigation (MB) 
-Chemical pressure impregnation (CPI)
It is also very important to make sure that the pallet is free of insects. Make sure the wood is in good condition and does not splinter easy. 

 He took the bottom of the pallet and made a cut across the 3 beams.

He then took an extra board off of the pallet and added it to the back of the wine rack.

 He took a second extra board and attached it to the bottom of the rack to hold the wine bottles up.

He then went through and secured each attachment with wood screws. Similar to how we finished the pallet coffee table, we sanded the wood with a very fine sandpaper then stained it with some leftover stain we had in the garage. We finished the wine rack with a few layers of polyurethane.

If you like this, you might also like our pallet coffee table: