Transportation Wall Art

I've got a thing for Dwell studio. I love their kids stuff too! Unfortunately, it's a little out my price range (unless you find their line at Target!) I just love this boys transportation collection.

I wanted to add some art work to the boys room but it can be pricey, so with the Dwell theme in mind..

I came up with these! (sorry I don't have a close up.) I just penciled on the simple outlined vehicles to some canvas I bought at Walmart and painted it in with acrylic paint. I really really like the finished product and I was able to match the colors to their room!

family face book

Eva got lucky and scored two spots :)

I saw this cute idea somewhere. I feel bad I can't give credit to someone but it's pretty simple. Living far from family and with everyone adding on spouses and children it can be hard to remember and learn names! I thought this was a fun, simple way to let the kids put a "name" to a "face". I plan on printing these photos in 4x6 and putting them in a little cheap photo album for them to thumb through at church or in the car!

If any of you want copies, let me know! It will save you some time in PS :)

Chevron Artwork

Okay! So i wanted to make my house feel more updated, and I have been obsessed with chevron (zig-zag) as of late. I decided to make my own artwork and paint a chevron canvas.

All i did was..

Buy a canvas at michaels and two colors of cheap acrylic pain (or just one if you want one of the colors to be white). i got a dark greige (grey/beige) and a light ivory. i divided the width of the canvas by 4 (because it was easy) and marked it off on the top and bottom of the canvas. I then made 6 marks along the side, each an equal distance apart. At every mark on the side of the canvas, I went across and made a mark under the marks at the top/bottom of the canvas. So i made a grid-type thing. i then connected the dots...the first mark on the side with the first mark on the top, then then went across the canvas going up and down. I did that for all rows. Then I taped along the lines I made when i connected the dots and framed the three grey rows. I painted a few coats and let it dry completely. I then taped off the opposite lines and painted the cream. 

Did that make any sense at all???? please ask if you have any questions!!

Butterfly Mobile!

As you know, I become a crafting queen as of late. :) My latest project was a little mobile for Ruby. I have been drooling over this one from pottery barn and couldn't muster up the will/means to pay $90+ for it. Luckily, Katie felt the same way and was planning to make one too. So...we both made a little mobile for our little girls!  Now I am not by any means a huge butterfly fan (insert Mariah joke here), but I think it looks so air-y and simple! 

Here it is the final product! 

It was very easy (albeit time consuming) to make! Here's what we did...

We bought: and embroidery hoop for the ring (and just used the circle without the fastener), invisible thread, a needle, a butterfly paper punch, and cardstock or scrapbook paper.

1. Use a paper punch to punch out butterflies. Slightly bend the butterflies in the middle so they look like they are flying.

2. Create a criss cross with two threads across the width of your circle. These are the main threads you will tie the rest of the dangling threads with butterflies on. 

3. Cut a piece of clear thread as long as you think you want the longest middle string to be. Tie a triple knot at the end and thread on a butterfly. A few inches up, tie another knot and thread another butterfly on. My middle thread had 6 butterflies and was about 18 inches long. Tie this thread to the middle of your criss cross.

4. Start on the  second row of butterflies. I just did one less butterfly with each row. So this row had 5 butterflies. You need four of these threads. Tie one onto each branch of the criss cross about and inch from the middle.

5. Create another row of 4 threads each with 4 butterflies. Tie them on about and inch from the previous row. 

6. Now, make four rows of 3 butterflies for the last row. This row should be right about where the criss cross thread meets the ring. 

7. Now, in between the criss cross rows, tie on four rows on four butterflies. I did 4 butterflies so that it would cover up the "bald spot" better. 

7. I then tied 3 threads around the ring, joined them together, and then tied a long one to the three to hang it up with. I just tied a loop on the thread and stapled it to the roof! 

Hope that made any sense! Please ask any questions if you need clarification!

Flower Pillow

I saw THIS tutorial and knew I just HAD to make one :)
I'm happy to say that this was really quite easy and was under $10 to make a fun accent pillow.  I actually found the exact fabric they use in the tutorial, which I really liked and it was %50 off at JoAnns. However, she recommends using the felt you buy on a bolt and I just used the felt squares you can buy four for $1. I had to go back and buy one more so I would recommend buying 5 if you go the cheaper route like I did. I'm happy with the final look of it. I wish my pillow was fluffier or bigger to really fill it out. I made this in just a couple hours!
It was fun, easy project and I really want to make more after I found these great fabrics on sale at IKEA :)

crafting!

Well, the snow found us and we've been staying warm inside but trying not to go stir crazy!

For awhile now, Zaney's been asking me to tie his blanket around his neck so he can "fly". I decided I would sew the boys more official SUPER HERO capes. I googled kids capes and found THIS tutorial. It was pretty easy to follow but for the most part I just made my own pattern. It was a fairly inexpensive project. I let Zane pick out the colors for his cape and bought felt squares for super cheap at JoAnns. I wanted the capes to be reversible for more play options. You can always count on their coupons to help keep your project cost down. I really love how these turned out. I only wish I took a picture of the other side (a batman symbol). I finished these pretty quick (two nights, I worked after the boys went down) I love that I was able to crank these out and see how excited the boys were for a new 'dress up' :)

 now my boys can SAVE THE WORLD!

sharing sisters

SISTERS

I love how talented all of you are and I want to learn from each of you! I'm hoping we can get this little blog started and share our ideas, creations and favorites here on this blog! 

I've added a few little side tabs that include some of my favorite blogs I go to for inspiration and fun ideas. Also, if we can add our names and type of craft/project keyword to help with searching in the future. Thanks gals, can't wait to see what you all come up with!