More Easy Wall Art

I made a few more things to hang on the wall the other day. I messed around with a few vintage images I got online, printed them out, and glued em to canvases. So quick, so cheap, so easy!



I did some sea life images for my kiddos bathroom and some spring themes for the mantle. After I glued the images to the canvases, I inked the edges to make them look a little distressed. Now they are hanging on the walls, sitting in window ledges, or on the mantle. Maybe some day I'll fork out the dough to get them printed onto canvases, but for now this worked like a charm. Bonus: if I get tired of them I just pull the images from the canvas and start over!

Have a great day!

Dreaming....

I think we're finally really going to do it. This year we are going to build our little "farm house" (as the kids call it). We bought a beautiful piece of property a few years ago and have been waiting for the "right time" (really is there ever the perfect time for such an undertaking??) to sell and build. We have a floor plan in mind, and now we just have to get it to our guy who's going to put all our ideas into one cohesive home. I've been looking at and looking in magazines, books, and on-line for a long time for inspiration, ideas, and must haves for our home. It's very exciting!! These are 2 kitchens that I just love. I love the darker floors with the simple white cabinets and black/dark grey counter tops. So elegant, classic, and simple. I also love the idea of painting the island (see the blue island in the 2nd photo) in an accent color... definitely going to do that too... and WHOO HOO!! I think I finally convinced my hubby that we should do the white "subway" tiles as a black splash. See the long skinny white tiles in the first photo. I just love them!! It's a good thing I've been working on converting him to my style for some time now. He is always a little slow to come around. I don't know about your hubby's but mine always says, "I don't care, decorating is your department," and then disagrees with every decision. :) If he could design the our house it would be floor to ceiling dark wood, timbers, big beams, rock work, dark leather, with a gazillion deer, elk, etc mounts hung on the walls. For me it would be a bit like a gigantic animal tomb. Don't worry though, he will have his own man cave in our home.
Love these floors and counters!!
These simple cabinets are great!
Well here's hoping this is the year we really get to do it!

Party Animal!

Ok, I confess I just love to throw parties, especially birthday parties. I think most of my friends think I'm nuts because every year my kids have a huge birthday bash. I have kicked around the idea of throwing parties for other people someday, but for now I think I'll have to stick with my family.

This year my daughter turned 3, and she wanted a pink party. She is completely obsessed with anything and everything pink. (You can check out her invitation in my etsy shop, it's the cutsom birthday invite lesson... the sample is pink :). So here are a few pictures of the party decorations I made. The nice thing about these is that now that the party is over they double as decorations for her room.

These are some "party hats" I made for the party. I covered styrophoam cones and then embellished them with all kinds of pink and sparkly goodies. They look so cute sitting on her bedroom shelf now.





I also made this cute little banner for the party, now it hangs on her bedroom wall. I just love banners. I have made for each party this year and a few holiday ones too. I would love to get some in the shop if anyone is interested. I could do some kits or special orders too. (even the oreos are pink! LOL)




Ok, have I mentioned how much I love to make and decorate cupcakes? Well I do! I am always on the look out for cute toppers too. You should check out the ones on etsy. So cute and handmade. Try www.JeanKnee.etsy.com, she has some adorable ones! Can't wait to get me some! You can also check my favorites in the shop, I have several of her goodies marked there!

So anyway... if any of you love to plan parties too I'd love to hear about the creative things you've done, so leave a post! I've also been thinking about putting some custom birthday packages in the shop. Let me know if anyone is interested.

Speaking of birthdays, we got the cutest invitation to a friends party the other day so I thought I'd share the idea!

Too cute! My friend Jami is so crafty.

Altered Canvases Home Dec Project

I thought I'd post a cute home dec project that I made a few months ago. It's a great way to display some of your favorite pictures. I altered art canvases and scrapbooked them then added my photos and glued it all to a long piece of wide ribbon. I added a bow and hung it in my hallway. It works really well if you turn your photos black and white or sepia to keep it all coordinated.

I used chipboard letters in each of my children's initials next to each photo.

I also used machine stitching, swirl stamps, and lots of buttons.



For any of you who would like one of these but don't want make one, I'd be happy to put one in the shop, do a special order, or even a kit. Just let me know!

Have a great day!