Monday, April 30, 2012





Top: Jewlery box from neighbor's trash =)
Middle: DIY bar lights I made
Bottom: iPhone charger I made from a $2 goodwill book


Here are some of the furniture projects I've done. If you have any questions on how I did them just let me know!




So all over pinterest I've seen these awesome night stands made from old vintage suitcases. Ever since I saw them, I was on a hunt for cheap suitcases. I came across some at an antique mall. I got 3 large suitcases for a total of $20! The pictures I saw had the suitcases on the floor just stacked up. My suitcases, of course, had a funky shape to them. The bottom end was taller than the top. So in order to have them be level, I used nails to level the front end. I also added 2 wooden balls I purched at Michaels to help level it out and give it a cute finishing touch. I painted them gold to match the latches on the suitcases. Sorry I don't have a tutorial on how to do this, but every suitcase is differnt, so you may not have to do all the work I had to do lol here is the finished project! I am so in LOVE with it


ps: I got lucky with the colors they came in. They matched my room PERFECTLY


So I've seen alot of these neon rhinestone necklaces all over Pinterest, and I must say I am in LOVE with them! I didn't want to spend big bucks on one to own one, so I painted my own of course =) Here's what you need:

-cheap rhinestone necklace (I got mine at Icing for $18 which is more than I wanted to spend but owell)
-neon nail polish or neon paints

All I did was figure out a pattern I wanted to use. I painted it on paper before I painted the necklace. Then when I finally figured out a pattern I wanted, I carefully painted the rhinestones. After they dried, I did put a coat of clear coat nail polish on them to make them brighter. Here is my finished necklace!

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After:
Here's my first DIY post! This past weekend I FINALLY purchased an iPad. I didn't want to spend a bagillion dollars on a case and screen protector, so I ordered them online at a way cheaper price. I am so scared that I will scratch or hurt my new toy, so I decided I needed to make a cover or sleeve to keep it in. I searched on Pinterest and came across this super cheap and easy DIY iPad case from P.S. I Made This and decided to try it.  I luckly had some no slip shelving liners laying around the house. Here is a list of what you need:
-Shelf liner (got mine at Deals for $1)
-Duck tape (duck tape makes several different designs of duck tape so be creative with it!)
-velcrow or super strong magnets
-scissors

Unfortunately I don't have step by step pictures on how to make this, but you can find them at the link above at P.S I Made This.

all you do is cut the liner to the length you need to make a sleeve. You can kind of tell from my pictures what I mean by this. Then all you do is cover it with the duck tape binding the edges to close them up. Tape the magets so you can use them as the clasp (velcrow also works well, I used magnets because that is what I had already). That's it! you've now got a super cute and super CHEAP (cuz I'm all about cheaper the better!) iPad case.



Hey everyone!! Welcome to Katie's Kreations! I am so excited to try out blogging for once. Here I will post some DIY how to's so you can Kreate awesome like I do! DIY and crafting is seriously my addiction. If I could stay home and make DIY project all day instead of go to school, I totally would. I hope to one day open up my own store so I can sell furniture and other things I've made, but for now I will just blog about them =) I hope you enjoy these DIY projects as much as I do ;)