Thanks to Lyss for reviving the Shae Sister blog!! I know you are all out there creating and we want to be inspired - so SHARE!

I've been wanting to make a growth chart for a long time. I saw one at PB kids that I loved that looked like a gigantic ruler! I knew I could make one for cheaper than $150 so I bought a sweet piece of wood from Home Depot for $15 but you could even get one cheaper if you prefer to stain it - I went with the raw grain look. I ended up using a Sharpie to draw the measuring lines and then I found some sweet sticker/numbers @ Hobby Lobby and Viola!  Here is is in all it's glory. We have fun measuring the kids and they love to see how much they've grown. Now we can take it with us where ever we move... cause we are ALWAYS moving ;)

(sorry for the crummy phone photos)

Classroom makeover.... at least the start

This is my classroom picture before....

And this is after.... I know, I know... still have A LOT of work to go!  But slowly it will get there.

These are my favorites (and super easy!):

THREAD WRAPPED WORDS.

UTENSIL HOOKS.

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!!