Frame it up with base molding

Do you remember this project from a couple of posts back?  How it started like this...

And we were working on this!  Well, I finally finished the project and I love the results.

I knew when I finished the picture it needed something extra, so off to my favorite store (Lowes) we went.  I decided on using base molding for the frame. I liked the chunkiness of the molding. "We"  (meaning Jeff) routered the inside to fit the picture and mitered the corners together.  Impressive building words I just used right.  Jeff is probably  laughing his head off now...hope I spelled them right.  I sprayed the frame black and "we" attached it together.  I displayed it in my entry above my closet.  I love the way it looks up there!

A new little addiction

Happy Tuesday! I decided today I was going to write about a new little addiction I have come to have. Have you tried these?  Yum....addicting...and very tasty. So good when eaten with a string cheese.  Completely random post, but then again, Tuesdays are completely random days aren't they.

I've been working on a project using this picture I made for enrichment, and this frame. Can't wait to show and tell!

mirror mirror on the wall

Today I am linking up with the CSI project and showing off my frame project.
My girls have a jack-and-jill bathroom between their rooms. They chose the color purple to be painted in there. I was not in love with the color, so I tried to come up with some ways to make it better. They had a long mirror above their sinks that was not framed. I drew out the pattern I wanted on some wood and my husband cut it out for me. We also drew some over-sized flowers to go on it, and I painted them with all different pastel colors and dotted them with the back of a push pin. I also painted poka dots all over the frame to add whimsy and color. I found some wooden letters at the craft store that spelled out their names, and painted them to match the mirror so each girl knew which sink was hers. It was a very easy and inexpensive way to add some life and personality into that room.

Craft room wrap up

I am happy to report that I am finally finished with my craft room.  No more craft room posts after this one. Yea! I used Saturday to finish hanging pictures and making my window treatment.  The whole room was done on a budget using a lot of what I already had.

I had a whole blank wall that needed something on it.  I bought some two dollar frames and spray painted them turquoise and gray, and added a framed doily my great grandma made to fill that wall.  Just spraying some inexpensive frames give them a more custom look.

I took the left over fabric I used on my sewing chair and used it for my window treatments.  I added a little ribbon and bling...and in my hubby's words, made it look girly.  Doesn't he know by now...he married a girly girl.

Um..yea, that's the treadmill...I have to share the room with that.  A constant reminder that while I am hot gluing, I should be exercising instead.  Anyhow...here is the room finished. I used an old sofa table, painted it gray and it became my paper table that now holds my cricut. I bought some shelves from Ikea and filled them with all my fun crafting treasures.  A glass container to hold buttons, my fun turquoise box to hold my hot glue guns, tool boxes to hold my crafting paints, and magazine holders for all my inspiration.

I have had this shelf since I was married. It was white and stored my dishes in my small apartment. I stenciled some red checks, and letters on the side, added some chicken wire on the front, and it became my craft cabinet. I bought some cute containers to store my stamps, scissors, and sewing supplies, and it has become a great place to store my crafting supplies.

Here is a pic of the whole room. It was a fun project, on that I am glad I finished.  I love having a space all to myself to be creative, and it was fun to have something to do and think about in the cold month of January.

Groovy

Today is groovy man. The kids got to dress up as hippies for school. This was what they came up with.  I have to admit that I don't have a lot of hippie costumes, but I think they did OK.  I spent the day spray painting my mirror, and painting a chair.  I went turquoise with the mirror and I think I really like it.

Do you remember the chairs I had Landon put together. Well, I got one painted for my craft room.

It started as this...and ended up as this.

I painted the chair onion peel and stenciled a gray checked pattern.  I took my fleur de lis pattern and used some tuquoise paint to stencil that pattern on the top.

I also got my other chair's cushion re-covered in some different fabric.  Thumb tacs and a screw driver, and I had that done in about an hour.

My room is almost done, and I'm excited for the weekend.  Happy Friday!

Window window on the wall

We had a great weekend this past weekend.  I was able to finish a few projects, and go to a fun Jon Schmidt concert.  Love his music!  I love that my kids liked it too.  Maybe it might motivate them to practice the piano more...you think. ha ha  I got my bulletin board done for my craft room, and it turned out great...just like I envisioned it in my head.  Love it when a project turns out like that.  I took my old window.

Took out the screen and added chicken wire and some fabric.

And with a few staples and thumb tacs...I ended up with this!

Just need some clothes hangers and some inspiring pictures to hang from it.  I am working on my window treatments next. This room is taking forever, and each time I add something, I decide I need to change something else.  I am excited to finish, and see how it turns out.
I also finished my spray painting project, and put them on my shelf. Remember these?

They turned into these and now have a home on my new shelf.  I am still arranging, and don't love what I've done yet.  I am still looking for some cool old picture frames to add to it. 

All in all, it was a really great weekend, hopefully I can finish a few more things this week. Happy Monday!

Today

Today I have been working on spraying painting some of my cool finds.  Now that I look at it, they may need another coat.  Today I am going to work on my other projects for my craft room.  I haven't made a lot of progress yet this week.  Today I am going to start thinking about my bedroom.  We are going to repaint and re-do it.  Exciting!  Today I may make some yummy cookies.  Tonight I am going on a date with Jeff.  Today Amity asked me on the way to preschool what I was going to do when she was gone and if I was going to be lonely without her.  She said she could stay home if I needed her to be my friend.  I smiled and said, I think mommy will manage.  Today is a good day!

Jolly Old St. Nick

I found the funnest blog  (House of Smiths) a while back and started stalking... I mean following it.  I love reading her posts and I absolutely love here style and vinyl.   She sells her vinyl here and had great ideas for Christmas decorations and gifts.  I saw these Santa Silhouettes and knew I had to get them to use for Christmas gifts.  In the true spirit of giving, I made sure to make me one too.  

I smile at how simple this craft was, and how great it looks in my family room.

Getting Crafty

I was so lucky to have my mom come up a couple of weeks ago while Jeff was gone to the Phillipines.  While she was here we made Christmas table runners to give away as neighbor and friend gifts.  They were so easy and fun to make!  Measure and cut the strips of fabric, hem the sides, fold the fabric together length wise with the outside patterns touching, and sew the top to make the point.  When you are done you have a cute, inexpensive gift you can give any of your friends.  Pair it with a set of cooking utensils from Ikea, some white chocolate popcorn, and you have yourself a great gift!

Pre- Winter Fun

We had a great weekend this past weekend.  We started a little early and went Christmas shopping on Friday. I am well on my way. Yea! On Saturday we spent the day working on the yard. The girl's had so much fun playing in the leaves.  (Gotta love Danica's hair). We got everything cleaned up and put away, and even made a trip to the dump. Now we are ready for snow.....ummmm...almost.
I couldn't resist starting my Christmas crafts.  I made a Christmas advent calendar for the kids to use this year.  I took a metal cookie sheet and sprayed it cream.  Then I had some vynil lettering I stuck on it.  I need to make the magnets now for it.  I hope my kids have fun with it this year.  It was the perfect, easy, fast kind of craft I love.  Only two more weeks til I can break out the Christmas decorations.  Can't hardly wait!

Say it with a Letter

For weeks I have been buried under this pile of box tops.  I have clipped and counted over 3,000 so far.  Yea for the school....a little time consuming for me.  So at last I am done and they are submitted.  To celebrate, I decided that I needed to do a little something fun for my house.  I had this gold letter T lying around I had bought at the Hobby Lobby for a while.  I wanted to paint it, and had seen way cute wreaths with letters on them on other blogs.  I had to do this...so I sprayed the T black and hung it on the wreath I have on the old door in my family room.  I love the way it adds interest to the wreath, and it was a fun fast afternoon of fun!

A Halloween Craft? From Me!

So I had to post the craft I just finished.  I seriously love the fall, but for some reason I don't get into Halloween crafts and decorating that much.  Anywho...I have been seeing these fun word crafts at the scrapbook store, and decided I had to make one to get into the spirit of the holiday.  I love to decoupage paper onto anything, so this was just up my alley.  The girl's got to help and loved it, and I have a fun new Halloween craft to display. Hmmmm.....maybe there will be more coming.  We'll see!