Wednesday

SWEET HAUTE'S Favorite Posts this year!

Hey everyone! I hope 2014 is treating you well so far....

I would like to share with you some of the favorite SWEET HAUTE posts of 2013. The year 2013 has been wonderful and busy. We had another baby this year so it has been a challenge but I'm having 'amazing fun' doing it! Thank you to all my blog neighbors who have been supportive with their encouragement and inspiration along the way.

If you are wanting to start a blog, go ahead and do it....seize the day. Stop dreaming about it and live that dream of doing something you love!! 'La dolce Vita' live the sweet life everyday, there is no better day to start, than today!

Also, make sure to join us for the SWEET HAUTE Share link up party held every Thursday here at SWEET HAUTE, it goes live on Wednesday nights and features the top clicked posts from the prior week's party!

Horchata Drink Recipe

This drink is hands down an all time favorite whenever I serve it. I tried to create a 'skinny' version of the horchata as well so that you can drink it more often than not.

DIY Fridge Shelf and Door Liners

These were so fun and makes the fridge look and stay beautiful, of course the aqua chevron liners are amazing to look at thus far...

DIY Maternity Hospital Delivery Gowns!

Adorable in Hello Kitty print with matching big sister and newborn gowns! Try your FREE PATTERN today;)

Big sister matching nightgown and newborn baby gown completing the maternity set.

DIY Framed Builder Mirrors Tutorial

We did the the kids bathroom shown on the left section, and the master bathroom gigantic mirror on the right section, as well as below.

How to frame your large builder grade mirrors!

This DIY project was inexpensive and created a beautiful result!

DIY Clothes Pin Place Cards Craft

These were so fun to make with simple supplies you find around the house. The kids loved the silver dragees decorations.

Pettiskirt Tutorial
FREE Pattern this cute skirt for dress up or special occasions, like going to the grocery store.

Brilliant Brunch Ideas

Enough said...

Cornucopia Party Favors

The kids LOVED this craft and it was a big hit at our Thanksgiving Dinner celebration. Definitely check out this tutorial!

Candy Cane Buffet Signs

....or Place Card Holders

DIY Outdoor Christmas Wreaths Tutorial

These wreaths were budget friendly and quick to put together, they look really pretty from the street.

Here's to the year ahead...cheers!

~Be Sweet

Sweetest Haute

Christina

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Tuesday

DIY Refrigerator Shelf Liners

How to make your own DIY Refrigerator Shelf Liners. I love attention to detail! Organizing, unique decor, and the little details in my house are what 'make' my home....well, 'home sweet home.' I wanted to share something that I made for the refrigerator...or as my daughter would say 'frigafrader' {so cute}...this craft can be done quickly and inexpensively, two things that I look for when doing anything DIY for the home to create a nice result.

This is a tutorial about how to make your own DIY Fridge Liners, for the glass shelves in your refrigerator!

Fridge Liners, Mats, or Coasters which are basically 'liners' made for your fridge shelves. These keep your glass shelves clean and instead of pulling out entire heavy glass shelf, you merely just take out the liner and wipe clean...and voila, fast and done!

Supplies:

6-8 place mats

1 roll shelf liner

Credit Card

Scissors

{or}

Craft Blade/Cutting Tool

X-ACTO Knife

Cardboard

Scrap Paper

Pencil

I made them out of inexpensive place mats and adorable turquoise chevron self adhesive shelf liner that I got here. I ended up finding the place mats at Walmart on clearance but at regular price they are around $1 in my area, I'm not sure if they have any at the dollar store but go ahead check that out too.

If you can find place mats that are already rad, then you don't need to put the extra effort in to transforming them with contact paper...just measure and cut to fit the shelf! I couldn't find any that were already fabulous so I had to change the design and I am thrilled with the results! Yay!

Step 1:

Roll out your contact paper to measure the amount needed for each place mat.

Step 2:

Carefully peel back the wax layer away from adhesive and and place the longest edge of place mat gently without making bubbles in contact paper.

Step 3:

Use a credit card /plastic card to smooth the self adhesive shelf liner paper to each place mat to ensure that it adhered onto the mat smoothly and with no air bubbles or creases. Slow and steady as to not create bubbles.

Step 4:

For the refrigerator doors I simply traced the shelf with paper and then made a cardboard template 'guide' to cut the place mats into the correct shapes, then covered them with the chevron shelf liner paper!

It looks so cute every time I open the fridge for something....it makes me happy! ;)

I did six of these refrigerator door shelf liners, three on each side for a french door styled refrigerator.

It came out really so nice. The bottom shelf I use for the kids to reach their water bottles and kid friendly snacks.

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Cleaning Collective Reveal

Cherry Blossom DIY Accent Wall

I hope you find this tutorial helpful, please enjoy! Let me know if you do a similar project! What do you think? If you have any questions let me know.
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Have a wonderful day:)