I spent Thanksgiving with my brother and SUPERSTAR sister-in-law - one of my very favorite people because she's awesome, super crafty and always willing to jump into a project with me. I might add that she's also smart. Smart enough to go 'another way' when we began this seemingly easy peasy art project! :)
I was strolling around some blogs for an alphabet idea for our playroom wall and came across my very favorite option at a blog called HowDoesShe? I am currently obsessed with my Silhouette so it was a pretty easy sell. However - didn't really think it all through. the whole 26 squares, 26 mounting plywood pieces, sanding the 26 squares, sanding the 26 mounting pieces, painting the 52 squares (thankful for said superstar sister-in-law who helped!), cutting the 26 papers, glueing 26 papers, picking 26 vinyl letters, cutting 26 vinyl letters, mounting 26 boards on plywood squares, installing 26 frame mounting claws, measuring, remeasuring, leveling and hanging 26 squares onto the wall. 26. there are 26 letters in the alphabet.
But it looks FANTASTIC! And I love it! :)
I'm also looking forward to the day where I get to be the one to patch 26 little holes in the wall! :)
Make sure to check out Danae's finished project here! (Like how I set you up there Danae? - pretty sure you mentioned you were waiting for me to 'inspire' your post....?!)
Happy Valentine's Day!!
It was Claire's first school valentine party today and so the two of us made up special little chocolate valentines for her class. It was a super cute idea - totally not mine - and pretty easy to put together....however, not as easy as buying a box of Disney princess cards which I'm sure she would have been JUST as excited about sadly! :) But, fun nonetheless...Just a Rolo chocolate bar with a Hershey Kiss on the end!
Hope you felt loved by someone today! :)
They say that imitation is the finest form of flattery...and well....I saw this sign on Crafts by Amanda and totally loved it! So...hoping she's flattered because...COMPLETELY ripped it off! :)
Although - sad to say that I was working with small little sheets of vinyl and not one large one shot deal vinyl print-out so,...I had to squish the letters on little sheets and pick off each letter one at a time and place it on the plywood. Sucks to be me - and not every letter is 100% straight...but I'm happy with how it turned out. So - $10 for the white vinyl sheets, some paint, my Silhouette, a sander and a piece of plywood! Shawbang! Perdy art.
And thus, another post....and I've bought myself a few more days of guilt-free creative unproductivity! :)
I was strolling through blogville yesterday morning and had one of those moments - those "I gotta make that right this instant - oh shoot, I have two kids and don't get to do what I want to" moments. I saw it over at Red Heads Craft More Fun and instantly had it's final display place in mind - just 'happened' to have one uninspired blank canvas sitting in my closet (and THIS is the reason I have to buy things EVEN when I have no project in mind Aaron...) and had only a few short hours to wait until rest time when I would have two hours of 'uninterrupted' (oh how I joke) solitude. :)
Unfortunately I don't have a Cricket though - I know, let's all have a moment for the girl! :) and I am WAY too impatient to cut out all those letters by hand - so I took a little artistic freedom and changed up the lettering a little...but think it turned out super cute! (Thanks Courtney!)
Ralna
