Dallas STARS

So many months ago, before playoffs obviously, I went with a few of my good friends to see the Dallas STARS play hockey. Seeing them play has been on my list of things to do in Dallas since I got here but for a million and five reasons it never seems to work out when I can get tickets through work. So eventually, I got a chance to see the game. It was on short notice which for some reason almost always works out better for my schedule. My friends snagged free tickets from some raffle or something so that was awesome. We sat near the top but it was nice to be able to see the entire rink.

It was a pretty close game and in the end it ended up being a shootout. I have to admit that after spending much of my childhood watching Mighty Ducks, I love a shootout. The agony of loss in the final seconds and the amazing winning at the same time, what more could a girl want.

In the end the STARS pulled out a win! It was so fun to see them play hockey, I will definitely be grabbing tickets next year when they are offered. It was so fun to cheer them on, and it is always the best when they actually win! This was a great way to check another item off of my Dallas Bucket List.

DIY: Jewelry hanger

I don't know if you know this but I am super obsessed with jewelry, I love everything about it and I am a firm believer that you can't have too much jewelry on (this is of course not totally true but I love to wear lots of jewels). I have been in need of a new way to hang my jewelry so that I know what I have and it won't get tangeled up in a drawer or worse forgotten about. So after scouring Pinterest to find a great idea I decided that I didn't like any of them and developed my own method. 

Supplies:

Frame

Cup Hooks

Paint (for frame)

Spray paint for hooks

I had gotten a free sample of this gray paint a few months ago with no real plan for it but I decided that it would be a perfect complement to the Pink I was going to use for the hooks. So I painted the frame a dusky gray. I snagged this frame from a garage sale for $10, which is way over priced since it was broken (but it was a Young Life fundraiser so I donated a little extra cash). It was also cracked but I repaired it using wood glue.

A great idea!

So pink and perfect

To paint the hooks, I stuck them in the top of a shoe box since this would allow me to spray all sides of the hooks and not my arm. This was actually super genius, if I say so myself. I painted them a few different times to make sure that I got all of the sides painted.

I decided that I wanted something similar to a chevron print as the pattern for these hooks. I didn't really want them to be in a line and this gave some exciting visualization but not too much. I drew the pattern out on newsprint so that I could make sure it looked good. I found that about one inch apart and three hooks per side worked best for me.

The frame

These are actually much more even than the picture suggests.

I hung the frame using two nails that it rests against since I took off all of the hardware so that it would be flat. I then laid the pattern against the wall and pushed a pushpin where I wanted each hook to go before removing the pattern. I then screwed the hooks into the wall (this was actually kinda hard work).

I have loved having this in my bedroom, it allows me to choose my jewelry everyday and remember what cool stuff I have. I am not sure what I will do as my collection of jewels grows but that is a problem for another day. I do have a few empty hooks so it won't be that bad. Let me know if you give this a try.