DIY-ing it Up!

We are s-l-o-w-l-y decorating our house. We decided that we would focus on one room at a time, and I'm having a little decorating ADD. We started with the tables in the living room, one of which is complete and the other is apart, but still in our living room.

After our big trip to IKEA, we thought we would tackle the spare bedroom. I know it may sound strange to begin in a room that we are not in often, but we found these awesome shelves that I am dying to put up. The only problem is Sam says he won't put them up until we paint. So...I have put up paint samples, (by the way-I think those are the best things invented, because it is so hard to go by those paint squares) and we are still trying to decide on the one we like the best.

So my project tonight has nothing to do with the spare room or the living room. (I think I have blogging ADD too!) I really want an area that I can work on crafts in, i.e. sewing, scrapbooking, jewelry making, etc. Enter 3rd bedroom. I am so excited that we are able to have a guest bedroom and a spare room. Since we Sam isn't going to start another project, I thought I would do a quick DIY project on my own. So here it is: Super EASY and super CHEAP!

I started with an empty cashew can:

I tore of the label:

(I know-these tips are so great, you can't stand it!)

Then I used scrapbooking paper I had lying around and trimmed it to fit each can. I used mod podge to adhere the paper. Any kind of glue would work, but I like that flat look it gives underneath the paper, and the low-maintenance it provides. I rolled it around the can and glued the backside down.

On the bigger can, my 12x12 scrapbook paper, didn't quite wrap all the way around. I thought about leaving it, since I will face that side to the wall and only I would know (and the few of you that read this blog)...

...but Sam convinced me to fix it, and with the scraps I had left, I cleverly matched up some of the paper to cover the little spot.

So there it is! My little DIY project I completed in about 15 minutes. I know it's not fancy, high-tech or sophisticated, but I like it and I can't wait to fill it with craft goodies! (pens, scissors, glue, whatever floats my boat)