Twine Wine Bottles

I have come across multiple pins about covering things in twine. I decided to do some wine bottles that have been sitting in my garage for a while. I sprayed the bottles with spray adhesive and then starting wrapping them up. I made 2 burlap rosettes and a maroon t-shirt rosette. I added some buttons to the center and then hot glued the rosettes to the bottles. Very simple and I am very happy with the way they came out! 

Maroon Chevron Bulletin Board

I got the idea to do this from pinterest (of course!) for my office. I need a bulletin board but I needed to add a little bit of "Nadia" to it. Here is the pin I got my idea from. I found maroon and white chevron fabric that was over priced because the custom made it...but I had to have it! I cut the fabric to the board with a 1" extra to each side. I ironed to get out the creases. 

I sprayed the board with spray adhesive and then put down the fabric.

Instead of buying upholstery tacks I bought a pack of 300 thumb tacks from Wal-Mart and spray painted them a bronze color.

Once you have your fabric put down you can start pushing down the thumb tacks. I did this over a few overs because your thumb begins to hurt, haha. 

Between pushing in the tacks I created some fabric rosettes for the corner. I made three different sizes.

I added some buttons to my rosettes for an embellishment and then hot glued them on to the board!

Here is the final product!

Now I just need to find a spot for it in my office! :)

Gig'em Blocks

I came across a pin and loved the idea of spelling out gig'em on wooden blocks. Here is the original pin.  I had some left over 2x4's from a previous project. I used three different sizes of blocks. 

I then painted the blocks white and then found a font that I thought looked best for this. I printed the letters out and then placed them on their specific blocks. I used a ball point pen to trace the letters out and i pressed down pretty hard. I wanted to leave an indent in the wood as I traced the letters.

After tracing the letters out I went over the outline with a pencil so I would have a guide to go by when I painted on the maroon.

 This was after a couple of coats of maroon. The paint I used was not very thick so I had to paint on multiple coats.

Next, I distressed the blocks all over the edges. I like love distressing. After distressing I sealed the blocks.

Here is the final product!

 I now have them in my office...since I work on campus it is only appropriate that they be there! :)