DIY "Silhouett-ish" Art

I have been working on hard on my "soon-to-be-6" year old's room. She wanted a "big girl" room, but she wanted a Fancy Nancy room. Hmmmm. So I decided to do a "sophisticated" Fancy Nancy room. I started with this D-I-Y Eiffel Tower Silhouette that was super easy, very quick, and really cheap to do! I headed to Hobby Lobby and purchased a large canvas that was half-off. I painted it my base color (aqua blue).

I applied the Eiffel Tower vinyl decal (also half price at HL) on top of the dried base-coat paint.

Then I painted the entire surface pink.

After the paint dried, I removed the vinyl decal and...tah dah.....

Ooh la la!!

Sunshine likes it because it reminds her of Fancy Nancy and I like it because it was easy, quick, and cheap! Stay tuned for more projects from her room!


I'm linking to Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch, Making the World Cuter, Keeping It Simple , Under the Table and Dreaming, I Heart Naptime

On Tuesday, I'm linking to Toot Your Horn Tuesday and All Things Related, Take a Look Tuesday

On Wednesday, I'm linking to Works for Me Wednesday at We are That Family, The Thrify Home, Gettin Crafty on Hump Day, Whatever Goes Wednesday at Someday Crafts.

On Friday, I'm linking to Frugal Fridays at The Shabby Nest.

I've missed you, little ol' blog!

I've neglected this blog and I've missed her. The truth is...I've continued to complete projects, but I've had little time to blog about them. I purchased a new camera back in February, and while the picture quality is 100 x's better than my old camera, it takes FOREVER to upload my pictures. I've continued to update my other blog, but I haven't had the time to consistently update both. But now that summer is here, I'm hoping I can find the time to update more frequently. Here's to hoping...........

First up:

My oldest daughter's "Coca Cola" themed birthday party! It rocked!!

Blogging Break

Taking a week off from blogging while I enjoy Spring Break with my family.

Have a great week, everybody!!

Modge Podge with Napkins??

Yes!!

While scouring everywhere looking for fabric with the perfect color of blue and green, I spotted some napkins at Target that made me happy! I already had these shades that I had hot-glued rose petals to many years ago. I removed the petals and got to work.

I had no idea if the napkins would work, but for $2.99 for a pack of napkins, I didn't have much to lose.

I cut out my pattern.

Then my six year old and I Mod-Podged the shades.

I added some ribbon with a glue gun.

And Voila!

The room is still in progress, but I'll show you some "completed" projects in a few days (I hope!).

You're Gonna Love This!

My $30.00 upholstered headboard!! Super EZ and super cheap and I think it looks awesome!Yesterday I decided that I wanted to upholster a headboard. But I never made it Lowe's before school was out, and I hated to take the kids to Lowe's with me because it was such a gorgeous day for them to play outside. I was hoping that I could find a leftover piece of plywood in the basement or in my husband's shed. I couldn't find a piece of plywood, but I found something better! I had a half sheet of insulation board left over from this project. I wondered if it would work as a headboard, then decided just to dive in head first.
I measured the board and measured the bed and decided that I had just enough board to make it work.

The great thing about insulation board is that you can cut it easily with a utility knife or other razor blade. I wrapped the insulation board in batting (which I duck taped to the back of the board!). Then I wrapped it in the fabric (which is actually a shower curtain from Target for $9.99). (By the way, a sheet of insulation board, which is 4' x 9', is about $7.00). My staple gun quit working about a third of the way into the project. I think this was divine intervention because the insulation board really isn't dense enough to held the staples in place very well. No worries...I plugged in the low temp glue gun and went to work.

Don't let that curve intimidate you! I used the top of a hat box to make a circular mark on the top corners of the board.

After I taped and glued the batting and fabric in place, I used a ruler to draw a thin pencil line around the border of the "headboard". I carefully inserted silver upholstery tacks into the board, following along the pencil line. By the way, the tacks were from Wal-mart. They were 97 cents for a pack of 30 and I think I used 5 packs.

The total time spent on this project was under three hours. Probably under two.

Oh Happy Day!

I'm linking to :

Get Your Craft on at Life as Lori

Strutt Your Stuff Thursday at Somewhat Simple

Frugal Friday at The Shabby Nest

Frugaliscious Friday at Finding Fabulous

Show and Tell

The Inspired Room
Finished for Friday

By the way, this is my "soon to be 10 years old" daughter's bedroom. She REALLY likes her new headboard!

Just a little bit longer...

Just wanted to touch base and let you know that I haven't forgotten about my crafty friends out there! I am busy and I can't wait to show you what I've been up to. I have several projects that are all about 90% complete. So just give me a little longer and as soon as I complete one of them (which will hopefully be tomorrow!), I'll be posting some fun stuff.

Here's what I'm working on:
a headboard for AA (you are gonna love this!)
chandelier shades for KitKat's rooms
Euro shams for KK's room
kid's kitchen re-do
cool mirror (x2!)

Can't wait to finish up and show you my stuff!

See you soon!

Teacher Appreciation Lunch

We celebrated Teacher Appreciation Week a few weeks ago at our school. I LOVE being the chairperson for this committee!! I love spoiling our teachers and making them feel extra special. I try to get the point across to everyone on the committee to please pay attention to the little details and please bring only "homemade" food items during the week. Anyone can go to Wal-mart and buy a dozen cookies from the bakery. But to really show we care, bake those cookies (even if it's "slice and bake"!) The girls on the committee were awesome because they all like the special details. I kept telling them, "Martha would be so proud!"

The bags (which were only 6 cents a piece at Wal-Mart after Christmas!) were filled with containers of fruit salad, chicken salad, and pasta salad, as well as a croissant, two cookies, and mini muffins.

We made these labels from scrapbook paper and paper punches. They were so fun!

The teachers enjoyed themselves and really noticed the details. They had as much fun eating the lunches as we had making them. I will tell you this because it's too funny not to share. One of the girls who came to help assemble the lunches ( and who is a huge help and always ready to get to work), asked, "Okay, can we just start scooping?" I explained that we were going to scoop the salads into the containers, label each salad with a darling little label, put the cookies into clear bags and tie them with ribbon, fold the top of the bag down, fold the napkin in half and punch holes through the napkin and bag, thread a ribbon through the holes then tie the fork onto the ribbon. She looked at me like I had two heads. I said, "It's okay...you can laugh." She replied, "Oh thank God." Then she proceeded to die laughing! It was actually hilarious.