Welcome to the once a month blogger! The purpose of this blog is really to share ideas/thoughts/projects and maybe even a story or two!

I became a stay at home mom after having my second child. As a new stay at home mom I wanted a way to document the things I'm working on as well as share with anyone who might care to listen. I have gotten so many great ideas from others that I want to pay it forward in any way I can.

As for the name, "The Once a Month Blogger," Well, I have to be honest, that is extremely ambitious for me! I've had a personal blog site for about 6-7 years and have probably written on it less than a dozen times. My posts aren't likely to be long. I like to try to keep things as brief as possible!

As a warning, if you're looking for comic relief or inspiring literary genius...you won't find it here. But

I promise I will do my best to post once a month or more, even if only to briefly update you on a current project. Hopefully you can find something you'll like!

Thursday, February 5, 2015

DIY Beach Bedroom Series: DIY Dollar Store Nautical Trash Basket

This is going to be a quick post.  The project is fairly self explanatory.  I've just included a couple pictures to help out.

Materials:
Waste paper basket from the dollar store. 
Twisted Jute (I got mine from Joann's in the craft section.  $4.99 originally, but I hardly ever buy anything at Joann's without a coupon!)
Hot glue gun and glue sticks (it took about 7 glue sticks for my basket)

First put one end of your jute through a hole at the bottom edge of your basket and glue securely.  Start wrapping the jute around the basket, gluing every couple inches.



Make your way to the top.  Tuck in the end at the top and glue down.



Start another end close to where you began, but now glue in a circle towards the center of the bottom of the basket.  Once you get to the center, tuck the end through the basket and glue down.  Ta-da!!


Posted by at
Labels: ,

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)