You need:

• Speakers with a removable cover (these are James’s Logitech G51 speakers)
• Pretty paper or fabric
• Scissors, screw driver etc
• Double sided tape

First clean the speakers and remove any dust. Take off the plastic covers, our speakers just unscrewed at the sides.

Use the cover as a guide to cut a strip of paper long enough to go all the way around.

My speakers curved at the back so to get the paper to fit snugly I made several small cuts in the middle.

Like this:

Use double sided tape to stick it to the speakers. The cuts will allow it to fit to the curve easily.

Now pop the plastic back on and screw in place.

Easy!

Repeat to all of your other speakers. James has a surround system which was originally from his music room so I had to do 5 of them.

I added some stuffed toys too and it brightened up the area nicely. I’ll show you the whole thing when I do the big house reveal. We’re getting SO close to being finished!!

I can’t decide if I want to keep the speaker covers on or replace them with some white tulle to make it even lighter. More thought needed!

I’m so excited to be finished the apartment, having made all of these changes has made such a difference in my life!

Hours of fun drawing or more realistically writing shopping lists!

You need:

• Whiteboard paper (got mine from Daiso)
• Markers
• Old magnets
• Hot glue gun
• Lace
• Diamantes

So first step is deciding what size you want. The whiteboard paper was really easy to cut so in theory you could make all kinds of shapes.

I decided to edge it with lace but I thought pink would look better with the fridge so I coloured the nylon lace with a Copic marker.

Easy!

Glue the lace to the sticky side of the paper all the way around the edge.

I taped it in the corners for a little extra strength.

I was kind of decorating as I went along so the next thing I did was clean off my fridge and remove all of the stickers. I find it easier to do projects like this when they’re actually on the item. Sometimes you just need to see things from further away to pick up any mistakes!

This is what I had at this point but it looked a little plain.

Diamantes to the rescue! I put a row of large diamantes around the edge of the paper.

Pretty!

Now it’s time to do the matching pens 😀

These are really simple too, just make sure you use actual whiteboard markers not regular ones or else you’ll never be able to wipe them off XD

All you need to do is cut some old magnets to be the size and shape of the lid then glue them of. You may need to glue one to the actual pen too depending on how strong the magnets are.

Easy!

I added my Bergamot magnet for another little detail too 😀 You can learn how to make your own Bergamot magnet here.

Taadaa!

Now you just need to draw something on there!

When I made this one I was thinking I would use it for shopping lists and things like that but all I really ended up doing with it was drawing cute things XD

The fridge definitely looks cuter now! I’m still considering adding a heap of flowers to the bottom of it too but I can’t decide on which medium to use!

It’s still messy but it’s totally a step up 😀 😀 😀

There really wasn’t much to this. Kim gave me some pink paint that she was finished with and I went to town.

The small table first with a test swatch.

Then the shelves.

After giving the table a couple of coats I gave it a wash of PVA glue for strength and covered the top in clear contact.

I then made a cut table cloth to hide all the crap underneath using some old table runners my Mum didn’t want. Goodbye visible mess 😀

Next the shelves. I painted them first then a coat of PVA.

I covered each shelf with some pretty paper. I didn’t have enough to do all of then the same which was a bit annoying but I alternated instead. I’ll probably change them once I get some more paper. More future projects!

And back in place! There’s a pretty handsome man holding a flash in there too 😀

Ignore all the crap on the floor waiting to be put back XD

Aaaaand done!

Now I just need to actually clean it out properly and get rid of the junk. I always hoard craft supplies… just in case I need them! I totally might need that 3 inches of cute fabric… and that piece of string… and those pieces of cardboard… I might!! -_-‘ I think I have a hoarding problem.

I wasn’t sure how well the PVA glue would stay on the metal so I did this old useless key first before I tried it on any of my actual ones. Turns out it stays really well!

It couldn’t be simpler to do either, just coat the end of the key in the PVA glue.

Drop it in glitter.

Wait for it to dry and either recoat with more glue to seal it in or give it a very solid brush to get rid of any loose pieces. Washable fabric glue is another great alternative which doesn’t require a top coat.

These kinds of projects have been around for ages and I’ve seen different versions ranging from painting the ends of the keys with nail polish to baking sculpey covers on the ends. No matter which method you choose it really brightens up your handbag!

I found it made the keys easier to differentiate by feeling the texture so I didn’t have to dig around my bag to find the right one either!