Fabulous DIY Necklace Display

Ok, I will admit it...My name is Reana and I am a Pinterest addict.  I love finding inspiration for teaching ideas, home decor, recipes, and most of all easy DIY crafts that I would have never thought of on my own!  This summer...it was my goal to actually bring some of those adored pins to life! This is by far one of my favorite Pinterest projects to date!  It was soooooooo easy and literally took 5 minutes once I had all the supplies.  I was not able to find an actual tutorial for this and I have had numerous people ask how I made it, so here ya go!  

You will need:

• Any size canvas you choose-I picked up a box of canvases from a garage sale for a steal, but I know you can get them at Hobby Lobby or Michael's for a reasonable price!
• Fabric- I chose a printed duck material because it is thicker
• Scissors
• Spray Adhesive
• Staple Gun
• Small Screw Hooks 

***REMINDER-If you shop at Hobby Lobby, don't forget your 40% off coupon that you can print from their website or pull up on your phone!  This gal is ALWAYS looking for a deal ;) 

1. Gather your materials 

2. Spread out your fabric, face down on a clean, smooth surface.  Place the canvas on top of it to see how big you need to cut your fabric.  The canvas I am using is 11"x14", so I cut a about 13"x 16".  I didn't actually measure because I am not that much of a perfectionist and couldn't find a ruler ;)

3.  Next, you will want to spray a thin layer of adhesive on your canvas.  I did this outdoors, because the overspray will get on your floors and is no fun to clean up! 

4.  You will want to carefully lay your fabric over the canvas and smooth it out, so there are no wrinkles/ bubbles in your fabric.  

5.  Turn your canvas over and pretend you are wrapping a christmas present, but this time...replace the tape with a staple gun :)  This will give you nice clean corners! 

6.  Finally, trim any excess fabric behind the canvas.  This is completely optional as you will never see the back, but since this is a gift for my sister, I want it looking sharp! 

7.  Now, you will want to screw in the hooks into the wood of the canvas.  You can choose if you want your display to be vertical or horizontal.  I chose to make this one horizontal, so I screwed in 3 hooks to the longest side of the canvas.  Screw them until they are nice and snug.  They may not seem like they want to go in at first, but trust me...they will, if you use a little elbow grease.  

^^^The screw hooks go here ^^^ But I accidentally deleted the picture of this step--woops! 

There ya have it! The CUTEST necklace display EVER!  I've looked and looked, but I could not find the original pin for this.  I found several pictures on Pinterest, but all the links were no longer working.  I did not use a tutorial to make mine, but I used a picture as inspiration.   If you know of the original person, please let me know so I can give him/her credit.

Fab Finds

All week, I have been taking a professional development writing course, which has been a fabulous learning experience.  Of course, when a bunch of amazing teachers get together and start sharing ideas, I immediately feel the urge to rush out to the store to find all the great items they have mentioned! Anyone else do that?!? Last night, I had to run to good ol' Wal-Mart to grab a few necessities (apple slices, white chocolate PB, bananas, gum, and their yummy little bistro salads) and right as I walked in, the school supplies started calling my name!!! My cart automatically veered in that direction.   I remembered one of the class facilitators mentioned she bought some small spiral notepads to use during Writer's Workshop.  I HAD to pick those up! I also found some super cutesy-tootsy chevron items! Who doesn't love chevron?!? I went just a little chevron crazy, but at least I'll be starting the year in style.  I was so excited and caught up in the school supplies that I seriously forgot everything else I went in for besides the gum! So even though I will be starving at class tomorrow since I forgot to buy my lunch stuff, at least I'll have chevron and good breath! Hurry up...head on over to Wally Mart and get yours before they are gone! 

The Picture Story Chart Tablets were an awesome little steal for only $3.47 and will be GREAT to use during a writer's workshop mini-lesson.  A good teacher friend of mine told me about those treasures! The chevron composition notebooks and pocket folders were $0.97 each.  The floral print planner was $4.97 (hopefully it will help me stay organized!!!)  and the packs of mini-spiral notebooks were $0.88 for a pack of 4!