Saturday, February 22, 2014

Car decal


friend of mine and her husband are huge steelers fans. They both got brand new cars with in a month of each other and wanted decals for them. I made one for her husbands Chevy camero and one for her dodge journey. It's been about a year and a half and I still get random texts telling me how much she still loves it. I'm glad it's still holding up with the az heat.

BE board

About 15 years ago the president of our church came out with a set of "be-attitudes". At the time every memorized them and strived to do better by being the things he listed. A friend of mine wanted one made to remind her of her mom. Who would reference to these in their home. I like the big BE in the middle with all the things we all can work on surrounding it. I liked the simplicity of the white with black print. To match her home decor she painted her board blue and it looked great!

No Soliciting Tile


My sons preschool teacher needed a $10 gift for her Bunco group and the theme was home decor. She has a tile very similar to this sitting outside of her front door and said lots of people always comment on it. So! She gave me to tile. I cut out the vinyl and placed it. And viola! An expensive yet perfect Bunco gift.

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Happy Birthday Frame

 
I pull this out everytime someone has a birthday. I put an updated photo of them on it and it sits on our table as a center piece. The kids love it!

Frames

I wanted to redo the area above my piano a couple of years ago and this is when Pinterest was brand new. I saw a lady who painted her frames, added scrapbook paper, and clips on the outside of the frame. She could change the scrapbook paper as her decor changed, and the pictures were easier to update. I love the idea of that! I found some frames, added the scrapbook paper and painted wooden clothes pins and hot glued them on. Unfortunately I haven't ever changed the paper or the pictures. :) but I will. 

Dinosaur Decor for Boys room

My son loves dinosaurs. It came on all of the sudden and I hadn't even realized he liked dinosaurs. So I decided to redo his room and sought out all the Dino books and toys I could find. He was so happy! It was really easy to find cute printables and mod podge them to wood. I raided the $1 store for cheap frames and cut out dinosaurs and framed them. He's been so happy!

Excuse the Mess Sign


A friend of mine had found this on etsy and asked me to make her a couple. The ones she ordered were painted black with white vinyl. I liked it so much I made one for myself and put it in my craft room which 90% of the time is the messiest room. 

Front Door Post and Welcome Sign

I was so happy with my front door post. I love the welcome sign that I made for it too. I took this picture before I added hooks to hang holiday shapes from incase people just wanted the welcome sign. Lots of people ordered it this way. and plenty ordered it with the hooks and shapes. I'm glad I offered it both ways!

Welcome Sign with Shamrocks

Naturally I had to add shamrocks to my welcome sign! I love having something outside to switch out the holiday themed decor. 

Be My Valentine Stackers

This was another set of Valentine stackers I've made. I liked all the red, white and black on the same craft. The hearts were a cute touch! 

Valentines Wreath

Oh man. I know I say a lot that I couldn't find wreaths online that I liked so I made up my own. This one was a pure accident I bought felt to cut into squares and was going to pin it on like the 4th of July flag wreath and I cut the strips an then was going to cut the squares and I wondered what it would look like with the felt strips tied around it. It was really cute! It needed a little something else so I added a heart to hang from the center.

4x4 Valentine blocks

These were my 4x4 Valentine blocks. I liked the red paint and vinyl broken up by the white and black scrapbook paper. A few people who ordered these said they've kept them up all year. It would match most people decor since red and black are popular colors to decorate with.   

Valentine Heart Stands

This is what started it all. The original stands and hearts for valentines day. My mother in law and sister in law turned theirs in garland and it was really pretty! 

XOXO Valentine Blocks

I was so happy to make a valentine craft using pink and brown. It broke up all the red and white. I have these sitting on a small shelf on my entertainment center, and they may or may not stay there all year long. :)

4x4 St. Patricks blocks

I made a set similar to this for valentines day and it was very popular so I made another one for St. Patricks. It was equally as popular. A cut up 4x4 was the perfect size and the scrapbook paper and vinyl we perfect touches.

St. Patricks stackers

This is the St. Patricks stackers I made. I liked mixing up the different colors and shades. 

Valentine Stackers

This is a set of valentine stackers I made. Simple and easy. I liked being able to use several different colors on one craft.

Shamrock Stands

I made shamrocks for my stands for st. Patricks. The green was a little bland so I speckled them with white paint and yellow paint. It gave them the perfect texture.

St. Patricks Wreath

This St. Patricks wreath I came up with on my own. I originally was going to do just the white yearn with the green ribbon. But it needed something. So I added one of my shamrocks from my stands and it was exactly what it needed.

Hippity Hoppity Happy Easter

I saw a board almost identical to this on Pinterest and had to make it. Some people painted their yellow, others do a baby blue, or soft pink. I love the pastel colors of spring and Easter. The black vinyl made it easy for it to read no matter what color it was painted. 

Bunny Family

I really liked my bunny family for the spring crafts. It was so fun to see people creativity. They got to choose their scrapbook paper, flowers, etc... They each had their own personality. I thought they were so fun!

Easter Stands

For my stands at Easter I made eggs. I didn't particularly care for them. I felt like other people decorated theirs better. :) but these are the ones I made and lots of people ordered them so they must've seen the potential in then.

Spring wreath

It was so hard for me to come up with a Easter/spring wreath. There wasn't much out there that I liked until I found one similar to this. It's simple and easy and beautiful. 

Easter Subway Art

This is my Easter subway art that I added to the back of the st. Patricks subway art. They were very popular that year! I think everyone enjoyed having two crafts in one. 

Grey/white Yarn Wreath

I needed a wreath that would be good for anytime of the year. To hang in place of all the other festive wreaths people ordered. I'm really like this wreath! People aren't really ordering wreaths anymore like they have in the past so I'm thinking the wreath phase may have come and went but I still love them!

St. Patricks subway art

More of my subway art. I picked this size in particular because there's not a huge amount of st. Patricks quotes but I also was planning to use the back of the board for Easter subway art. This particular year st. Patricks and Easter were only like 2 weeks apart. So instead of having a craft night for St. Patricks and one for Easter I had to do both the same night. Which worked out great. 

Star Stands

For the stands in July I made a red, white and blue star for them and added matching ribbon. I love the stars! I have so many straight lines in my house it was nice to break it up with shapes. 

Chevron USA Board

Chevron patterns have been the latest thing. People are painting their walls with this pattern, wax Warmers have it, and crafts as well so I knew I had to make something with this super popular design. What better than red white and blue for a Fourth of July craft. I really liked it! 

A girl ordered one at Christmas time or her sister who was having a baby and she ordered it to match the colors of the nursery. So it was blue, and yellow. She was happy and that's all that matters! 

Fourth of July subway art

Subway art was also very popular last year. I've done subway art for every holiday now. I really liked this one. It's very patriotic. It makes you proud to live in this gray nation.

4x4 Fourth of July Fireworks

I had been wanting to do these forever. Fourth of July fireworks. They were so simple and so fun. The perfect addition to a front door step or anywhere really. They're very patriotic.

America Board

I had a hard time coming up with Fourth of July crafts. I felt like I had done all my favorites the year before. So I searched long and hard to find crafts to make. I liked the simplicity of this one. I probably should've picked a bolder font for the blue text but at this point I had been doing crafts for a year and was still learning. 

Halloween Subway Art

This is the original subway art I made. When I think of Halloween I think orange and black. But I liked that a friend ordered one in green and purple. But I wanted to post the original one as well.

Halloween Poem

I really liked this Halloween poem when I found it on Pinterest. I thought it needed a little something so I added the bats and orange Halloween. I sold mine to my sister in law and I know I will be making one for myself in the fall. 

Fall Arrows

I can't wait for fall just so I can pull these arrows out. I loved them so much and they were really popular with my craft group. 

Halloween Wreath

I scoured Pinterest for a Halloween wreath and couldn't find anything I liked so I made my own! I found these soft plastic candy corns at hobby lobby and I spray painted the twig wreath black. I was happy with it. 

Pumpkin Stands

Last year I started the year off with these stands and every season I made something new to sit on the stands. I really liked them. I used them for center pieces a lot of the time. It was fun. And I liked my pumpkins!

Scarecrow

Oh my handsome scarecrow man! This was my first craft where I had to draw on a face. He's so cute. The raffia was a perfect touch. He was very popular with my craft groups. I didn't sand him because scarecrows are soft and stuffed but so many people sanded theirs and I really liked it!

4x4 pumpkins

I loved these little pumpkins! They were so simple. 4x4s cut with a small dowel and twine and raffia tied around them. So stinkin cute! 

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Hanging Clover

This is a craft I'm just not crazy about. But I saw it on Pinterest and loved it. Rarely do I make something and not like it more than the original. It's cute and I like it but I'm not in love with it. Maybe I didn't center the shamrock right and it needs to come up a little more. Either way. It something I'm offering to my craft group.

Shamrock Family

This is another one of my "must haves" for each craft night. These have been insanely popular. All of the holiday personal family sets. I'm hoping people like the shamrocks as much as the sets in the past.

St. Patricks Day Block

For my craft group I typically have a set of things I do for each themed set of crafts- one of those is I have to have a $5 craft for those who want to come but don't want to spend much money. This was the inexpensive craft I came up with. Super cute, super simple. I think after all the red/pink and white crafts from valentines I'm loving all the green and white.

Last Name Clover

I made a giant heart with my last name for my valentine crafts and wanted to make something similar for my st Patrick crafts. I downloaded a ton of Irish fonts and had a lot of fun using them for my st. Patricks crafts. I really like the deep green and white name. It really pops. 

DisneyLand water bottles


I was at a local grocery store and saw Disney princess water bottles on sale. I so wanted to buy them for our upcoming trip to Disneyland but I couldn't find a similar water bottle for my son and I didn't want him to feel left out. So the only way to ensure we were all even and happy was to make my own. Thankfully Walmart has these plain water bottles for 97cents and I have tons of vinyl. My silhouettes trace feature is amazing. These wouldn't have been possible with out that amazing machine. We are so excited about our trip and these are the perfect souvenir. That we can use on our trip and after.

Leprechaun Hat

This was the last of my st. Patricks crafts that I made for my craft group. A cute little leprechaun hat. I really like it. The brown ribbon and white shamrock are the perfect touch. 

Friday, February 7, 2014

Boy Scout Help

There is a Boy Scout banquet coming up at my church and people over seeing it wanted to make thank you gifts for the leaders and came up with etching the Boy Scout fleur de lis on small vases. I got asked to help make the vinyl for the etching. If I see a completed photo when they're finished I will add it. I love etching.

Girls Room Subway Art

A friend of mine teaches piano and so I have my daughter taking lessons from her. Thankfully my friend lets me pay her in crafts. She's found some really cute things on etsy and together we make them suit her decor. She recently redid her daughters room in pink and orange. She found an orange glitter paint which is so pretty and sparkly. Unfortunately it doesn't show up in pictures. I cut the vinyl and this is what she has to hang her daughters room. I'm tempted to make one for my girls' room.

Monday, February 3, 2014

Irish Blessing

It's only Feb but I've already started on my St. Patricks Day crafts. I have to stay one step ahead or I fall behind and people don't get to enjoy their crafts for very long before the season ends. So I've got one done!