Simple Reminder...

I need simple reminders in my life. Little sayings or little pictures or such to help me through the days that may be tough! So I was creating a vinyl quote for a friend of mine and after creating part of it I fell in love with it! So I threw in on a board and have it on a tile stand to see everyday! Here is what I did :)

Item's Needed:

1-1x10x10

Paint

Paint brush

Sandpaper

Vinyl Quote

Black material

Rhinestones

Ink

Step 1: Paint your 1x10x10 with the color of your choice. I used a tan color! Let it dry very thoroughly!

Step 2: Take your board and sand the edges down really well....using your ink you can distress it up! :)

Step 3: Place your vinyl on where you want and press it on.

Step 4: Make 3 rosettes out of your material of choice...I used just plain black material. Hot glue them on underneath the quote and glue the rhinestones on as well.

Step 5: Hang it up or put it on a tile stand and Enjoy!

Love it!! :) Simple Reminders....

Valentine Stacker...

I have been trying to use up a bunch of my scrap wood...(my pile is taking up a large section of the garage) :) So....I went out and looked at what I had and came up with this project! :) I love how it turned out...although the colors I'm still not sure! But it looks cute on my shelf!!! So here is how I did it!

{Valentine Stacker}

Item's Needed:

3 pieces of wood these are 2x2's I believe- 6in, 8in, & 10in.

Paint (3 colors)

Paint Brush

Sandpaper

Ink

Vinyl words

Wire

Picture

Step 1: Take your 3 pieces of wood and paint them with your 3 colors of paint!

Step 2: Let them dry really well
Step 3: Using your sandpaper and ink...distress the heck outta them!! :)

Step 4: Take your transfer tape and vinyl and apply your words to the 3 blocks.

Step 5: Take your wire and wrap it twice around all 3 blocks and then twist it at the top.

Make little "swirls" on top (2) like so:

Step 6: Find a cute pic of you and your sweetheart, or your sweetheart kiddos and put it in the swirls :)

Set it on your shelf and enjoy!! :) {LOVE} it!!!!

{Valentine Stacker}

{Bee} Mine...

{Love} Day is just around the corner! Man this month is flying by!! I love Valentine's day for many of reasons. I {love} making little things for my kiddos and daycare kiddos and I love the pinks and reds!:) So the other day I was diggin through my pile of scraps! I found 5 different sized blocks and came up with this {Bee} Mine project. Now I'm not extremely fond of the little "bee" I did above the "I" but..oh well you win some you lose some! All in all in turned out pretty cute! So this is how I did it:

{Bee} Mine

Items Needed:

5 different size blocks of wood (honestly couldn't tell you the measurements) :)

Paint

Sandpaper

Paint brush

Vinyl

Embellishments

Paper to make your "Bee"

Mod Podge

Ink

Step 1: Take your 5 blocks and figure out how you want to stand them...I played with mine a few different ways and decided on a set up. Then decide what colors of paint you want to do!

Step 2: Paint your blocks the different colors you want. The two colors of pinks were mixed pinks and reds and whites! They turned out that color so I went with it :)

Step 3: After they dry very thoroughly..sand and ink your edges all up!

Step 4: Take your vinyl letters and place them onto the blocks

Step 5: Embellish (My favorite part) :)

Step 6: Make your bee...I just cut a small oval-ish shape for the body, some stripes out of a different color of pink, then a head and some wings...inked it up and mod podged it all together and onto the block!

Step 7: Set them up and display!! Yay! So cute :)

Halloween Subway Art...

My new love {subway art}! There are so many fun things you can do with subway art for any holiday or season or well...anything!! My first one I did was a Halloween one! I have many different ideas for a thanksgiving one, christmas, wedding....your options are endless!!! Here is how I made the Halloween one!!

{Halloween Subway Art}

Item's Needed:

1- piece of any size board...I used a square scrap piece of wood I had

White Paint

Orange paint

Paint brush

Vinyl lettering with lots of Halloween words

Sand Paper

Here is a Step by Step of what I did!

Step 1: Take your scrap piece of wood/board and paint it with a good coat of white.

Step 2: After your white paint drys/ Streak with a napkin or cloth with Orange paint

Step 3: Sand it down! Distress and weather it all up!

Step 4: Start by laying your lettering on to see what fits best...you can play with it, turn it different directions and then once you love what you see start applying it on to the wood!

Step 5: Take a stand and set it on a shelf next to your other Halloween decor or wherever you please and ENJOY!!!!

Have Fun!! :)

Stackers...

Love these stackers! They are so fun to make and are really simple! :) Here is how I did them!

{Stackers}

Item's Needed:

2- 2x4x6 wood blocks

2-2x4x4 blocks

Sand Paper

2 coordinating paints

Vinyl or Rub on lettering "Love at Home"

Buttons/ Ribbon

Ink (if you want)

Paint Brushes

Step 1: Take your wood blocks all 4 of them...

Step 2: Paint them... Each set needs to be the same color...I did the smaller blocks- green and the larger blocks- tan!

Step 3: Let them dry very well!

Step 4: Sand down the edges and such to give them that loved weathered look :)

Step 5: Ink the edges...if you are frugile (cheap) like me you can use a stamp pad and a napkin to get the same effect!!

Step 6: Apply your vinyl or rub-on lettering like so...

Step 7: Decor them up! Use Buttons/ Ribbon/ Flowers whatever you want!!

Step 8: Stand them up like so and enjoy!! Aren't the super cute?!!?

There are so many ways to do these!! Here is the summer set I made as well!! They are so fun :)

I will have some items up for sale on the side bar on the right in a few days. Some of these stackers are for sale as well!! Let me know in the comments or you can email me if you want something...More Details to Follow!! :)

Laundry...

This is a simple and fun decoration for your laundry room/area!! It's very easy to make and turned out super cute!! :) Here's how I did it:

{Laundry}

Item's Needed:

1- board...any size you want

Paint

Paint Brush

Vinyl Wording or Stencil

Twine

1- med. clothespin

Ink

Sanding Block

Step 1: Take your board and paint it...mine is a bright Turquoise!!

Step 2: After it has dried really well take your sanding block and sand your edges down to give it

the weathered look.

Step 3: After sanding take your stamp pad (if your cheap like me :) ) or your distressing ink and ink the sides of the board a bit!

Step 4: Next take your lettering or stencils and place them all on the board. The saying for this board is "Laundry, Drop your Drawers here!"

All put on!

Step 5: Take your twine and clothespin and tie it around the bottom/side/or top of the board whatever you choose! (I didn't leave the arrow on the board...I decided I didn't like it!!)

Last hang it up and stand back and Enjoy!! :)

{laundry}

Black & Pink...

Our Sissy has had her name in the white wooden blocks up in her room for some time...but they are soo plain! So I decided to do them {black & pink} to match her room!!! They turned out sooo super cute! I love them! Here is how I did them:

{black & pink}

Item's Needed:

White Letters for your childs name

Coordinating Scrapbook paper

Mod Podge

Paint Brush

Glue

Sanding Block

Razor Blade

Embellishments

Step 1: Take each of your letters, lay them face down on the backside of your scrapbooking paper and trace them.
Step 2: Cut all of them out.

Step 3: Do a thin layer of Mod Podge on your wooden letter and lay your paper onto the letter...press it firmly to make sure there are no air bubbles!

Step 4: Let all of them dry really well!!

Step 5: Mine weren't perfect and had to be trimmed up around the edges...so I used a Razor Blade to do so...

Step 6: Sand the edges of your block and paper to make them blend better...it also leaves a little white edge around it and is soo cute! Also if you wanted to distress them..now is the time to do it!

All sanded and ready to embellishStep 7: Do a layer of Mod podge over top every of your letters to secure the paper on

Step 8: Embellish them as you wish...buttons ribbon, and paper flowers (My new love!) (tutorial soon to show you how to make these babies)

Every letter can be the same or different...

Let them all dry very well and Enjoy!!! :)

I can't help but smile everytime I look at them they are perfect for her room!!! :)

{black & pink}

bugs...

I keep thinking if I do more and more Spring crafts maybe it will get here and stay?! I don't think its working but the crafts are dang cute!! Here is Spring craft up I came up with last night!!

{bugs}

Item's Needed:

1- old frame with 4 windows in it..or 4 small seperate frames

1- piece of springy scrapbooking paper

The Letters B, U, G, S in vinyl or rub on lettering

Green Paint

Paint brush

Embellishments

Stamp Pad/Distressing Ink

Paint brushes

Scissors

Sanding block

Step 1: Take your old frame or seperate frames and sand them down a little bit.
Step 2: Paint your frame...i had to do about 3 coats to cover the brown.

Step 3: While your frame is drying take your glass and trace it on your scrapbooking paper.

Step 4: Cut out your four squares..

Step 5: Put your B U G S on each of them.

Step 6: Now that your frame is dry...sand the edges and give it the weathered look.

Step 7: Distress your edges with ink!!

Step 8: Put your glass & paper back into the frame.

Step 9: Embellish away!! My favorite part....

Flowers & of course {buttons}

also some Ribbon!! :)

Step 10: Stand back and marvel!! SOOO cute!

Set it on a shelf, counter, wall...wherever you want!!

{bugs}