Creative Juices

My creative juices have been flowin' lately.  I've been searching high and low for a decently priced headboard for the longest time.  I am torn between buying an expensive one that I will force myself to keep for a long time and a less expensive one that I can replace a few years down the road when I decide to redecorate.  I was watching the Nate Berkus Show this am and was impressed with how much furniture he decorates/makes on his own.  It made me realize that I could just MAKE our headboard.  It will be a fraction of the price and I can just replace the fabric when I get bored with the pattern instead of feeling guilty that I want to buy an expensive new one every so often.

So, I will be using this tutorial and still need to narrow down the pattern I want.  Here are a few that I think I like so far.

Fabric stores and Home Depot, here I come!

Design Using Less Dimes

I have been wanting to buy this amazing head board from Serena & Lily, but I can't decide on the color/pattern so I figured I could put some of our wedding pictures up to fill the void for now.  I didn't really feel like spending a fortune on three nice frames since I know I eventually want the headboard.  So, I decided to just buy the $4.99 frame inserts from Michaels to create the illusion that the pictures were in frames.  That price sure beat the $50 per each frame I was thinking of getting.  Aaron aren't you proud of me!!??  It turned out to be a fun little Saturday morning project.  Have a great weekend everyone!

Looking a little boring in the before shot.

I put double sided tape onto the picture and then placed the frame on top. 

After.  Much better!

Wedding Pictures shot by Brynn Alyson Photography and Kelsey Steindler Photography.