We had the perfect place to smack down some chalkboard paint in our kitchen and that is just what we did. You can read more about that here. Since then, our chalkboard has changed with the seasons and the holidays. Since Valentine's Day it has been sitting empty. I got tired of staring at it empty so today I crawled up on the counter with our new sidewalk chalk and let my inner artist loose. If you read my post yesterday (here), you know that I am all about family and appreciating what we ...
Crafts
No Sew Bunting for V-Day
I love crafting and I love creating, but I actually have no true skills. This means if I can do it, anyone can do it. Literally! I love me some bunting! Hmm...What do I love about it? I love that it is festive and quick and easy. I love that scraps of fabric, a dollar spool of ribbon, a hot glue gun and a pair of pinking shears are all that is required. I literally trace right onto the fabric with a pencil using my fancy stencil (pictured below). Then I cut out my ...
Valentine’s Kid Project
Okay, so it is more of a mom project with the kids. I couldn't sit on my Valentine's day wall another day so I revealed it to you last week. I wanted to take a moment to go over my little project I rocked out with the kids. It really isn't fancy or complicated and actually didn't turn out like I intended, but I love it. First I got a piece of paper, some washable red paint and a little heart I cut from foam. The plan was to have both kids hand prints have a heart in the palm ...
My Valentine’s Wall
I wanted to break this down in a few posts, but I am just so excited to show you it I cannot sit on it anymore. I figure I can give you the run down on a few things in future posts. The dining room wall has sorta become our holiday decor hot spot. The shelf (post on that here) kind of turned it into our "mantle" (Check it out at Christmas here and the non-holiday version here). When we first hung the gallery wall I didn't know that we would be switching out the art and playing with it as much as ...
Valentine’s Day Wreath
Yesterday I filled you all in on my newest crafting obsession, fabric flowers. If you need tutorial on those click here. Today I am going to show you where all those fabric flowers are now taking up residence. For starters, I would like to point out that my decorating budget is, well...pretty much nothing. So to get my house Valentine's ready I had to be creative, using what I already have on hand. Being a crafty lady and all means that there is quite a bit lying around. One of the ...