https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 23 May 2026 17:06:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-diy-youve-ever-completed#post-110829 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:55:02 +0000 heffalump 110829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: It is a lot of work but so worth it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-diy-youve-ever-completed#post-110821 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:53:16 +0000 mrs. wagon 110821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: I'm desperate to do this with my dad's photos... he has so many and he treasures them all but only a few are actually put into albums, and they're ALL starting to fade with age. It's such a daunting task though, since he has so many. I may do it for his 70th birthday, like 8 years away... haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-diy-youve-ever-completed#post-110813 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:49:04 +0000 heffalump 110813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: I made my own Monopoly too for my sister. She wanted her own version of FSUopoly, but it wasn't nearly as pretty as yours!</p> <p>I think one of my favorite DIY's was for my MIL. She had a box of old photos and it always seemed so unorganized, and I was worried that when she passed we won't know who any of those people are. So we tricked her into lending us her photos, said my husband wanted to scan some, and then I made a scrapbook with all of them. I put them in the best order that I could, and started labeling them with my husband's help. I don't think it's my best DIY, but it was awesome to see the look on my MIL's face when she got her pictures back! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-diy-youve-ever-completed#post-110603 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:24:07 +0000 sulli301 110603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: that is AMAZING!!! I wasn't on WB till 2009, so I didn't see this!</p> <p>My best DIY is probably our wedding programs or our weekly menu board. I love to craft &amp; wish I had more time to do so!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-diy-youve-ever-completed#post-110576 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:57:37 +0000 littlebug 110576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That monopoly board is awesome! I did a lot of DIY for our wedding, and probably my favorite was our favors - we gave out 187ml bottles of our homemade wine with personalized labels. For the labels we used engagement pictures, named the wine "Wedded Bliss," and then on the back put an "ingredient list" based on 1 Corinthians 4-7 and a customized barcode of our wedding date. </p> <p><a href="http://emmatoemmi.blogspot.com/2010/07/diy-four-down.html" rel="nofollow">http://emmatoemmi.blogspot.com/2010/07/diy-four-down.html</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-diy-youve-ever-completed#post-110574 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:49:21 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 110574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think our wedding!<br /> We DIYed basically everything in the wedding, but it was still a really formal, super elegant affair.<br /> I also DIYed the crib bedding in our nursery, and lots of the furniture in our house is refinished/repurposed.<br /> I guess that's more than one, but they're my fave! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-diy-youve-ever-completed#post-110573 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:47:08 +0000 Alivoo01 110573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HabesBabe: @runsyellowlites: Well, the hubby helped, but yes! My neck hurt for weeks!! LOL!!</p> <p>@Goldilocks1107: Holy crap!! That's freaking awesome!! That's on our to do list soon - refinishing our kitchen cabinets. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-diy-youve-ever-completed#post-110519 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:37:21 +0000 autumnlove 110519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably our wedding invites, save the dates, and place cards. Nothing terribly exciting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-diy-youve-ever-completed#post-110518 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:35:32 +0000 heffalump 110518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm all about crafting and diy. But of course I cant remember anything now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-diy-youve-ever-completed#post-110495 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:07:47 +0000 BoogieBea 110495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: those dresses are gorgeous - even from the back! And the necklaces look perfect with them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-diy-youve-ever-completed#post-110494 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:05:22 +0000 BoogieBea 110494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That monopoly game is pretty awesome!</p> <p>My best DIY project is probably LO's Halloween costume 2 years ago. He was Bruce lee in the yellow jumpsuit. I couldn't find one in toddler size that I liked so I decided to make it myself. It was my second sewing project ever! I had no clue what I was doing but was able to pull it off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-diy-youve-ever-completed#post-110473 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:39:45 +0000 Goldilocks1107 110473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think my best DIY was refinishing our kitchen cabinets. It was a complete pain in the behind, but looked so much better when they were done. And creating a new tile countertop for our powder room. It was the first time I'd really tiled something on my own, so I was pretty proud of the results. It totally appeals to my perfectionist side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-diy-youve-ever-completed#post-110460 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:25:10 +0000 runsyellowlites 110460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: Wow that is quite an accomplishment! I've heard that's not an easy task! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-diy-youve-ever-completed#post-110459 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:23:23 +0000 HabesBabe 110459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: OMG you scraped your ceilings on your own?! That's insane.</p> <p>I think my best DIY efforts went into our wedding-- I made our invites and pretty much all of our stationary. Nothing since then (that was in 2009)... hahaha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-diy-youve-ever-completed#post-110401 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:45:48 +0000 Alivoo01 110401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My best DIY would have to be removing the popcorn ceiling at my house when we first bought it. Craft wise, it'd have to be the sushi platter onsie I replicated for a baby shower a few weeks back. The mommy to be owns a sushi restaurant so it worked out perfectly!</p> <p>@Mrs. Bee: That's a freakin awesome present!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-diy-youve-ever-completed#post-110339 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:18:28 +0000 runsyellowlites 110339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: That's AWESOME! I don't think I could manage making the whole board and everything! Mine would definitely stop at "great idea"</p> <p>@mrs. wagon: Those are SO pretty!</p> <p>My best is probably my paper bouquet for my wedding.</p> <p><a href="http://bios.weddingbee.com/topic/paper-anyone-tehe#post-10150" rel="nofollow">http://bios.weddingbee.com/topic/paper-anyone-tehe#post-10150</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-diy-youve-ever-completed#post-110338 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:16:53 +0000 mrs. wagon 110338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: hehe thanks! They were a labor of love and the reason why I will never make jewelry for a living-- my hands killed for MONTHS after that! </p> <p>And the dresses-- those were my first wedding purchase. Hehe. The weekend after we got engaged I found them at the BCBG outlet for $75 each. I called all of my bridesmaids and got their sizes and bought them! They're gorgeous floor length satin a-line ballgowns with low backs and spaghetti straps. That champagne color (and their deep red rose bouquets) were our two wedding colors. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-diy-youve-ever-completed#post-110334 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:15:34 +0000 MaisyMay 110334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've done glitter champagne flutes which were lovely. Also, I did a lot of DIY for our wedding. I love arranging flowers, so maybe some of those if that counts! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-diy-youve-ever-completed#post-110333 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:14:46 +0000 chopsuey 110333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: oh wow! the necklaces are so pretty! The dresses are a beautiful color too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-diy-youve-ever-completed#post-110332 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:14:03 +0000 Andrea 110332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That is the coolest thing ever. I do not DIY! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-diy-youve-ever-completed#post-110324 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:10:25 +0000 mrbee 110324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: So funny to see DIY projects made before we had kids!</p> <p>If we did another customized Monopoly now, it would just be a Monopoly box with the word Hellobee printed out and taped to the front. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-diy-youve-ever-completed#post-110320 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:02:21 +0000 mrs. wagon 110320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>probably either the cookies for RJ's first birthday party or my bridesmaids' necklaces. Or my baby clothing bouquets!</p> <p>The cookies and bouquets are featured in the hellobee blog but here are the bridesmaid necklaces:</p> <p><a href="http://images43.fotki.com/v1329/photos/5/57184/2823570/DSC_0126-vi.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://images43.fotki.com/v1329/photos/5/57184/2823570/DSC_0126-vi.jpg</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-diy-youve-ever-completed#post-110316 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:59:10 +0000 polkadots 110316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We made a couch, and old baskets into lamp shades. -- We do alot of DIY but those are probably the best so far.</p> <p><a href="http://s1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg570/lovelife920/?action=view&#038;current=diy014.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://s1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg570/lovelife920/?action=view&#038;current=diy014.jpg</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-diy-youve-ever-completed#post-110314 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:56:54 +0000 chopsuey 110314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totally remember this! Wow. I haven't done many DIYs. My best DIYs are probably the 4 towers I made for my LO's 1st birthday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-diy-youve-ever-completed#post-110311 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:39:23 +0000 Mrs. Bee 110311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not a super crafty person, but I've always aspired to be! Perhaps one day when I have a little more time. :-)</p> <p>Mr. Bee sent me a link to this diy project I created for a Weddingbee gift exchange many years ago. I'd completely forgotten about it! I think it's my best diy!</p> <p><a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/2008/01/07/weddingbee-opoly/" rel="nofollow">http://www.weddingbee.com/2008/01/07/weddingbee-opoly/</a></p> <p>What is your best DIY? </p>