Flag Wreath

Thanks so much to Capital B for this tutorial. I made this Friday and auctioned it off at our family reunion on Saturday. It now belongs to it's proud new owner and my sweet cousin Raegan. So glad it went to someone who appreciates it and loves it! I do think I'll be making another for myself real soon!

Just a few tips that made it easier for me:

1. I used a rotary cutter on the felt, which saved tons of time because I could cut 2 pieces of felt at a time
2. Straight pins do seem to be the best to attach the felt to the foam wreath. I would recommend using pins with red, white and blue heads because they do sometimes show through. It took at least 250 pins for mine, so be prepared!
3. I used 2 vertical rows of three "flowers" each for the red and white sections. This seems to space out the colors nicely

Happy 4th of July!!

Polka Dot Tiered Planter

My project for the day was this tiered planter. Thanks to Positively Splendid for this very cute idea! It was another Pinspiration from Pinterest, of course! B napped while I painted the pots, but when she woke up she helped me fill the potting soil. She kept saying "more dirt!!" She learned a new word today... She now runs around the yard pointing out all the "pots, pots!!" Aww, she's such a joy and a blessing! This project turned out really cute and reminded me of lady bugs:) I also think it compliments the black and red porch theme pretty well. Plan on painting my door red soon as well. It is currently dark green. I'll be sharing that when I get around to it:) Toodleooo!

Father's Day Plaque

So excited about our fathers day craft we completed today! Again, as I always say...Mod Podge Rocks! The little pictures are of B holding the letters DAD. I found out the hard way how difficult it is to get a 19 month old to hold her hand flat to make nice handprints. We had a couple of paint-overs and do-overs, but she absolutely LOVED it! Check out her helping paint the clear coat on! What a crafter just like mama!!

Foyer art

I have had this in my foyer or a few months, but I've been wanting to share it with my readers. I found this cool wall decal for $11 at Ross department store. I have gone crazy about birds this year and had to have this. I decided that I really didn't want to stick it flat to the wall, so I went to Home Depot and had them cut a cheap plywood board into 11 in by 11 in squares, the size of these decal tiles. I simply stuck the decals to the plywood squares and hung up my new art with Command velcro picture hangers. It turned out much better than expected and added a great "outdoor" feel to my foyer. Looks much nicer than if stuck flat to the wall in my opinion. I have a family heirloom park bench that I will be adding to this space soon. Can't wait to sit in my foyer on my park bench and watch the birds!

Mother's Day Silhouettes

Wanted to share my latest project for Mother's Day. B's 18 month silhouette! Grandmama, Nana and Maw Maw loved it! This is a painted wooden plaque from Micheal's with modpodged scrapbook paper. The silhouette was traced from an actual picture I had taken of B recently. Tadaaa! Easy craft and a big hit for the mamas and grandmamas!

Coffee Filter Wreath

I have been diligently working for two straight days on this wreath. Finally finished! I have to say, it turned out beautiful! Be forewarned...this is a time consuming and meticulous project, but well worth the results. I borrowed the idea from Lovely Crafty Home. Thanks for a great tutorial!

So I started by coloring the coffee filters in old empty ice cream buckets of different diluted paint colors, most of which were a mixture of different colors till I got what I liked. I used about a 1/2 inch of water and mixed in my paint colors so that I could color several filters at a time. The cream colored filters were colored with brewed tea. I then spread my coffee filters out on an old blanket to dry. Lovely Crafty Home hung hers on a line to dry and I think that would have probably worked better for me if I had a place to do it.

I used a foam wreath.

I used floral pins to attach the flowers.

Here is a coffee filter flower in the making. Get the full flower tutorial here.

Here is the finished product! What a beauty!

 



Meet the Family

Hi! These are some pretty recent pics of my family on one of our silly shenanigans. So let me introduce you!

Grandmama and Paw Paw: (Do they not look too young to be grandparents?!)

Me and my very handsome, single (ladies;), and hilarious brother:

B and her favorite uncle. Aww Wee!

B being silly with Paw Paw.

And B just being precious B!

That's all for now!