Cute as a button

I know it's been awhile since I've posted a blog.

Frankly, I've just been busy and a little overwhelmed with the amount of things I want to write about. Mostly because I'm afraid they'd come out extremely passive aggressive; down fall of post-missionary lifestyle. It's crazy how you can spend 6 months loving on strangers halfway around the world, but have the hardest time being understanding and compassionate to those who are in your immediate life.

Which is why I've decided to change up my blog for today and post about something I'm grateful for. I feel the more things I acknowledge gratitude for the more I work on being understanding and compassionate.

One of the things I've realized I'm most grateful for lately is for the ability to craft. Yes craft. I love it. I have always loved art, I have always loved being creative and most of all I've always loved using my stubbornness to make things for less.

I've been working on trying to make my room... "home". I moved down with my parents to a new city when I got back and it was a hard adjustment, still is actually. So I've tried to make my room over and a place that I can go and just have some "me and God" time.
I found this really adorable headboard that I absolutely loved...but really didn't love the price. (even though it's now $100 less then when I first found it)

So I set out to make it for less. 

I followed this tutorial from little green notebook and loved it!

This was my end result:

I ended up spending only $75... take that world market!

Here's a couple step by steps if you want to take a look!

I loved making all these buttons-even if my thumb was killing me after. They're surprisingly easier to make then I thought too.

I just bought 1/8 of a yard of each fabric at joanns and have a ton left over. 

 This was my bed before:

All the supplies to get started!

I got my foam at Joanns as well (make sure to take a coupon with you-it'll save you a ton of money)

They'll cut it to the length you want right there at the store.

Had to figure out all the measurement for the amount of buttons I wanted to add and marked it off with chalk.

PS-in case you haven't noticed yet, I used pegboard instead of plywood. no drilling holes and about half the price! $15 at lowes-can't beat that! especially if it's a little damaged like mine, I got half off. Plus they'll cut it right there in the store to the appropriate dimensions and you get to take the rest home for whatever else you want to use it for. I really had to try and not look like a rookie while I was there and actually ended up having an awesome conversation with a guy about how God used me while I was in Ethiopia. Love those kinds of moments!

 Then took a permanent marker and marked all the holes to make the tufting easier

I forgot to take a picture but I actually cut out these little holes with a paring knife so that the buttons sunk down in and made the tufting look even better!

 Then you get to glue! (make sure you take it outside and lay your board on newspaper, otherwise you'll have little glue dots on your concrete)

 Lay out your batting and fabric on the front-it doesn't have to be pulled tight or wrinkle free.

 Indy wanted in on the action.

 Then add your button and pull as tight as you can, then staple all different ways to keep it nice and tight

this is what the back will end up looking like

Then pull tight starting in the middle and staple out making sure to do the sides last.

I bought 2 legs to help stand up my headboard instead of keeping the full sheet of pegboard intact. 

I drilled two holes for the screws.

 then wrapped the legs in extra fabric I had to "camouflage" them

 Add the legs and there you go!

I'm absolutely in love with it. 4.5hours of pain and sweat was well worth it.