On a crafty roll!

A while back I saw a tutorial for an easy, small chalkboard using spray chalkboard paint and a melamine plate from Target. This has been a long project in the making. It’s totally easy, but I took forever to complete each step. I finally finished it today and love it!

I taped off a square using blue painters masking tape (that was the hardest part!), sprayed a few coats of chalkboard paint—letting it dry between each coat (duh), peeled off the tape, added “Welcome” and the flower at the bottom (rub-ons), and lastly glued the ribbon on the back for it to hang from! CUTE!!

Loving this wreath!

I saw a tutorial yesterday on the Moda Bake Shop for a fabric wreath that I knew I wanted to make!

How cute, right?! I love the colors, it definitely has a fall vibe to it. Good thing we still have a few weeks until Christmas completely takes over, right?!

I already had the fabric, just needed the wire part (which I purchased at Michael’s). If you want to know how I made it, check out the tutorial. Super easy and fun!

Magnets

I posted this on my other blog too. I whipped up these six sets of magnets the other day. I'm thinking I would like a set for each month or at least for each season. These would be perfect as a gift. (These were extremely difficult to photograph so I'm sorry the pictures aren't better. They look much better in person.)

I made these for a magnet board with assignments on it that stays up year-round. Each magnet has a family member's name on it and they match my decor.

These would be great for winter or January.

These would be great for spring, April or Easter.
These would be great for fall, October or Halloween.
These would be great for winter, December or Christmas.
These would also be great for winter, December or Christmas.

More Picture Frames

I already posted these on my other blog, but I thought I'd post them here too. The first two I made as samples for a class I taught at a church activity recently. The third one I made just because I wanted to. I love the bling! If I ever have a little girl I want to decorate her room in black, white and pink. None of these are really the style or color scheme of my place right now so I'm thinking I'll either hold a give-away, give them as gifts or sell them or some combination of that. (The pictures aren't that great. Maybe I need to take a photography class from Katie.)

Another Frame

I recently taught about 15 12-18-year old girls at church how to make these Mod Podge picture frames. This is the sample frame I made to show them what they would look like. I tried to keep it simple so it wouldn't be too overwhelming. It was a little chaotic, but most of the frames turned out pretty well.

Assignment: Family Picture

Jackson's preschool assignment - bring in a family picture. Well, mom has been lagging! I don't have one you see. We haven't taken a picture with all five of us yet. Wow, there are five of us. Finally, this morning I decided to just whip something up. Improvise, as it were. My husband is out of town and I don't want another week to go by letting Jackson be "family picture-less" at school. So this is my quick little creation via Picasa collages. Thank you Katie for the beautiful photography and Picture People for the cheap stuff =). I'm picking up an 8x10 of this today from Costco and dropping it off at school. Total cost: $1.49 and about 15 minutes of time.

BAM! A onesie…

A friend of mine just had a baby boy and his initials just happen to be BAM! So I made him this super cute onesie with fabric paint and freezer paper. Have you tried this stuff out yet? I LOVE it! I bought the paper at Walmart (150 yards thank you very much!) and the paint at Michael’s. Then, I followed this fabulous tutorial from MADE. And here’s what I came up with:

Autograph Books

It may have been 2 years since I set an eyelet or used a rub on. When I ventured out of my digital world to make my kids autograph books to take to Disneyland, I had forgotten about being sore from sitting on the floor with my supplies sprawled out everywhere and having to get up every few minutes to retrieve a ribbon or button from the closet. But despite all this, it still felt good to have it in my hands when I finished and to use all those brads, buttons, and paper that have been taking up space in my closet. It was the perfect size for their little hands and the acryllic front and back made it a little more sturdy. My neighbor helped me bind it. Forgive the pictures, they are pretty terrible.

Photoshop Announcement

Katie and I designed this baby announcement on Photoshop...and we are very proud of it =) The greatest part is that it's nothing but photos and text. Very simple, yet elegant design.
Meet Robin's newest baby boy, Gavin.

Pictures courtesy of Katie Sabin Photography.

My Last Two Towels

I finally finished my last two towels-February & July. (See my previous post to see more towels.) I can't take credit for the stitching around the edges. My mom did that on her fancy-schmancy sewing machine.

I had to finish the faces and hair without any pattern, but I think it turned out okay.