TUTORIAL: Something Crafty for your Mouse!

And I mean this kind of mouse

Not the one that lives at Disneyland!

With mounds of online homework, I practically live on my computer.  Sometimes I use my mouse, and sometimes I just use the touchpad on my laptop.  I prefer the mouse, but until today my mousepad looked like this...

I think it originally was white, but now its yellow and gross.

So I turned it into this!

 

Here's how!

You'll need:

Mouse Pad

Modge Podge

Brush

Scrap of fabric to cover mouse pad

Scissors

Piece of Cardstock (optional--I'll tell why later)

First, check to see if you can see the design through your fabric when placing it on top of the mouse pad.  My fabric was pretty light, so I had to glue paper down first.  

Like This:

I just traced the mouse pad, cut out the shape, slapped some modge podge down, and called it fabulous!

Then I cut my fabric out and left about an inch of "glue allowance."

(I should have taken a picture of the other side, but I think you can see that there's extra all around!)

Next, You'll throw some modge podge on top of that mouse pad!

Smash it down good, and make sure to smooth out any creases!

The flip that baby over, cut some notches in the corners for easy folding and gluing.

Then fold the edges over and glue them really well.  

This is the hardest part, and then you're all done!

There you are, a very cute home for your mouse to live on!

Discovery of Modge Podge

Today, I'm going to share a couple of projects I did with modge podge.  After a few more posts of catching up on old projects I've done, I'll get to share the most recent stuff!  I'm so excited!

~Before~

This is the very first project.  Found the tray at DI, and loved it, but needed it to match my decor.  Some black and red paper cut into squares, and some modge podge, and we have a fabulous place for magazines and mail piles!

~After~

This next project was simply 3 little square pieces of woods with ugly pictures from DI for like 75 cents each, and I modge podged cute paper to them and hung them up!  Way easy, and super fun!

This was another of my first projects, that I really am not fond of anymore, but it's not horrible I guess!  I went to Dollar Tree and found a wreath and some cute flowers, and just went at it.  I didn't use any glue or anything, I just stuck everything into the wreath and it's held up pretty well.  Maybe I should do one for fall! :)

Well there ya go, some of my very first projects!  Stay tuned for the most current stuff, coming as soon as I get caught up on my lovely pile of homework! :)