An Easy 4 Step DIY For Your Dorm

I live in an apartment-style dorm.  I decorated a little in the beginning of the school year, but last night (at 2 a.m. of course) I realized I had a lot of things with my monogram on it, but, nothing with any sayings on it! I came across a quote on Twitter that I absolutely fell in love with- so it had to be painted and put on my walls! 🙂

First Step:
I used this owl-shaped piece of wood that I bought at Michael’s craft store over the summer that I hadn’t done anything with. Then, I painted it with two coats of white paint.
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Second Step: 
I decided to use the quote: “She needed a hero so that’s what she became” because a little girl power is ALWAYS needed!  I used my favorite gold paint that I also bought at Michaels’s craft store. Make sure that when you’re using a gold paint, to buy the metallic gold paint! It will shimmer, and look GORG (just like all of you!).
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Make sure to go over the words at least twice, so the paint isn’t transparent!

Third Step: 
At first, I was thinking I liked the board with just the words, and no bedazzles, but I wouldn’t be Danie without any extras on my crafts! So, I decided to look in my crafting bin for something cute I had to put on it, and I found two pretty fake flowers!

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I just magically had two flowers left- so, it was meant to be for this craft! I just hot glued them on, and they stayed perfectly.

Fourth Step: 
Now it’s time to hang up your masterpiece! I used a command hook and hung it up in my living room!

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I hung it up underneath of one of the many monograms that are in my apartment!

These small things make your dorm room have personality! I would love to see some of your DIYs that are in your dorms! 

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Thrifty Thursday Time!

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It is that time of the week again! I just got home from an amazing thrifting trip that I took with one of my best friends, Shawna! I bought seven items for $20! I am so proud of myself! I am still getting everything situated in my apartment and I needed a few more things so I decided that I would wait until today so I could thrift those items! 

I finally have a kitchen, and I am so happy about that because I do love to cook. But, how was I supposed to cook without any pots or pans? So, today I went to Goodwill and they had a few pots and pans but I found the two in the picture above for $6! At full price at even Target or Walmart, I would at least have to spend around $20 for the two of them. I am excited about the steal that I got! Next is the adorable Bohemian-esc purse. I love this bag! it was funny I was already in the process of purchasing everything and the Goodwill that I went to today had their purse section next to check out, so of course I had to browse while the cashier was waiting for me to pay! Haha! 

I am from Maryland for those of my readers who do not know and I was going through the T-shirt section and LOOK WHAT I FOUND… a University of Maryland Terrapins Tee! Guess how much it cost me! $1! YUP. At Goodwill they have certain days that are marked certain colors tags and you will get a certain percentage off of that colored tag! Today it happened to be a blue tag day, making my T-shirt 50% off! The next picture is this adorable polka-dotted shirt! I know the print of the shirt is hard to see, I’m sorry :(. But, the shirt is black with beige polka-dots, and it is SO comfortable!

My apartment (which is actually an apartment style dorm room) came fully furnished, which is AMAZING, but the furniture is not favorite. So, I decided that I am going to put a cute table cloth on my table where I eat. As I was browsing I found this section of fabric and table cloths! I actually did not know that Goodwill sold that! The table cloth that I bought for also only $1 is actually just a large piece of fabric that I am sure someone had laying around their house, but it doesn’t matter to me, it matches and I love that it is patterned! 

Finally, I know you are asking me in your head, Danie, why did you buy a bag of pom-poms? I can explain that to you! This weekend I am making DIY coasters! They are going to be adorable and I will share them all with you! 

I am so sorry I have not posted in a week, this week I started my classes (17 credits worth) and have been so busy! BUT, I know this is no excuse so this week I PINKY PROMISE that I am going to be putting up my apartment tour and my DIY coasters up! 

Thank you all for reading this weeks’ Thrifty Thursday 🙂 

XO,

Danie

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PS: Here is Shawna and I thrifting our little hearts away!