I Have an Intense Love of Mason Jars

I have been slowly gearing up for my new apartment in the Fall! Lots of Home Goods trips and fun DIY!

Apartment DIY's: I just finished painting 3 little mason jars to have as mini fake flower vases to brighten up my room. I love mason jars so much. I love drinking out of them, I love having them around, and I just plan love them. Not sure why, I just really do. I found the tutorial on Pintrest. Here is the tutorial if you want to do that same thing!! I loved it and the finished product is great and this tutorial is really great and easy to follow.

http://somethingturquoise.com/2014/01/17/distressed-chalkboard-mason-jars/

Watching Law and Order SVU while crafting. With the amount of Netflix I watch, they should pay me! Not the other way around! 

Face-timing with my cutie while putting the finishing touches on

The blue jar looks way more purple than it really is, actual color is better represented in the picture below

What I need to do now is to go out to Michaels and buy florist foam for the bottom of the jars, and then make some little fake flower arrangements to finish the project off! The vases are in the same colors as my quilt. I am excited to have these fun little bright things to brighten everything up during the cold days in Flag.

Another thing I did was DIY an old lamp base that was previously spray painted red and give it a little makeover! I re-spraypainted it a gray color, and after a trip to Target did not produce the perfect lampshade, my mom and I went to Tuesday Morning and found the perfect one! So now I have an old/new lamp for the price of just a shade! Awesome! 

It still has the plastic wrapping on to protect it, but the shade is light blue with cream accent details

My next DIY project for my apartment room is a little key holder. I used to have a command hook stuck on the wall near my door. Functional? Yes. Cute? Not really. Also the problem with that is when Mike came over he had no place to put his keys, and of course when it came time to leave, could never find where he left them. (Usually my fault because he would put them down somewhere and I would move them to a location I thought would be easier to find hahaha) So now I want to make a little key hook thing with 2 hooks in it so Mike and I both do not lose our keys.

I am going to take a little wooden plaque board, paint it to be pretty, then screw hooks into it. It will be a cute and cheap little project I am sure I will get a lot of use out of. I haven't gotten anything material wise yet, but as usual I'll show you pictures as I make progress!

The quilt: I am starting to get a little anxious I won't finish it before I leave for summer, even though I am making pretty good progress. I think it is going to be okay though because 13 more squares then I am done with the squares!!!!! Yay! Then I will be sewing on the border and going on to the next step in this awesome process. 

My amazing sweater has sadly taken a back burner to work and quilt and apartment and life. I hope to pick it up soon as Mike's family reunion is nearing. (Even though it will be too hot to wear the sweater, even at night). I am considering recinding my self imposed deadline... still haven't decided yet though.

I want to ask you, internet people for help with something. This next year I will not have a meal plan with which to get Starbucks or Einsteins coffee. I have a Keurig, which I love, but I have not had any real success with making fun yummy drinks with it. I usually have the Cafe Escapes Cafe Mocha Kcup because it tastes good, and I do not really like my coffee black, but I know that will get old over the next year. If you have a Keurig, how do you make yummy Starbucks-y-ish drinks with Kcups? If you have any answers or recipes, let me know in the comments! Thanks!

All is well in my crafty world. More hauling butt on the quilt and in my next post I will include some pictures of my progress. :)