Last week I revealed Eleanor's big girl room reading nook. The first completed project of her new room. Since posting it, I have received lots and lots of questions about her space. Questions on various Facebook posts, on Instagram, in the comments and just about anywhere one could think to look. I tried my best to answer them, but at the end of the day I thought it would be best to put all those answers in one post. Let us start with a source list: 1. Gutter bookshelves and end caps ...
Crafts & Creative Projects
Everything You Need to Know About Carpet Tiles
Finding affordable flooring solutions for your home can be really difficult. These Home Depot carpet tiles fit the bill and now I am breaking down everything about why we chose carpet tiles, how to install carpet tiles and how these Home Depot carpet tiles are holding up FIVE years later! The room with the carpet problem With a new baby on the way, 8 weeks away (eek!), we have been busy moving Eleanor out of the nursery across the hall from us and up to her big girl room, complete with big ...
Pillow for E’s Room Using Mod Podge Photo Tranfer
Eleanor's room continues to progress. I shared my progress on Eleanor's big girl room along with a Mood Board for her reading nook last week. No reading nook is complete without pillows. Today I am going to share with you how I customized a pillow I already had using Mod Podge Photo Transfer Medium. In case you didn't know, Eleanor knows ever letter of the alphabet. She can identify uppercase and lowercase in various fonts. Pointing to letters and naming them is one of her favorite things to ...
DIY Watercolor Shelf Vignette
This weekend Quinn and I sat down to play with watercolors. You know good old classic Crayola watercolor paints and a Crayola paper pad suitable for watercolors. See my coffee cup? I cannot tell you how many times I almost dipped my paint brush into my coffee. My lovely painting is the one with the yellow brush strokes? I was just getting started. I did random brush strokes and had fun with color. One of the best things about being a parent is reliving your childhood. I don't know that I ...
Hand Print Santa Christmas Gift Bag w/Printable Pattern
The other day I shared with you the gifts we put together for Quinn's teachers. Now I am sharing with you how we wrapped them. The title is a tad bit misleading, because although there is a printable pattern, our printer is broke so I had to freehand it. Imagine how much cuter yours can be. You can see these were just whipped together. The glue is still drying. It was actually a last minute plan and I didn't technically have all the supplies. No pink or peach paper, so we colored paper ...