Fabric Mats (no sewing)

I'm excited at how this project turned out.   It cost me all of about $4 to do.  The frames are from the dollar store that I painted white.  The baseballs are vinyls that I cut out on my Cricut and the mats in the frames are made from poster board and fabric scraps.  Warning I took a lot of pictures on how I made the mats.

I used the paper that came in the frame as my guide as to how big to cut the poster board.  I then traced around it.

I cut it out then repeated the process 2 more times.

The pictures that I was putting in the frames were 5x7's.  So then I measured a little bit smaller then 5x7 in the middle of each mat.

Here are my three mats with the centers cut out.

Using my scrap fabric from making the bean bags I cut out a piece that was a little bit bigger then the mat.  I also cut the inside corners just a little bit.

Then I started hot gluing the fabric to mat, folding the fabric over.  I did the outside of mat first.

Here is what my corners look like.

Then I pulled the fabric tight and started gluing the inside.

Here is what the back looked like when I was all done.

Here is the front of the mat.

This is after hanging the frames.  I am waiting for the pictures to come in the mail. 

Two Braids into One

Here is another braid hairstyle that I did on my daughter and she kept it in for a couple of days which is a big deal for her.

I started with two braids.  Then when I got to the point that I would put a normal half ponytail in I quit adding hair to the braids and braided them to the ends.  Then I did the rest of the hair into one french braid.

Kitchen Jars

I have been wanting to replace my yucky plastic containers for some nicer ones for a long time now.  I haven't done it because it has been hard to find jars the same size as my containers (they are bigger then normal).  I finally replaced the smaller containers with these jars from Walmart.  I used my Cricut to cut vinyl for labels.  Now my cupboard looks a little bit more organized and a little nicer.