Kendra's Wood Sled

 

A few years ago I gave my mom and Kendra both a plain wood sleigh.

Fast forward to a few years later

(this was 2019... and I am just now getting around to posting it)

and I finally got one of them painted.  

Kendra picked which colors and how she wanted it to look,

and I took it from there.

I think it turned out super cute and...

looks even cuter on the front porch of their brand new home!

Now I just need to get the other two done!

Happy December Everyone!!! 

Target Easter Baskets

Not having a Target in our town...

I was stoked to find these cuties on a trip to Twin Falls, Idaho to see Shoshone Falls.

They only had two that were in good shape... the rest had been pretty picked over

but that worked perfectly since I have 2 beautiful grandbabies!

I painted them both in an off white paint and then added Enamel Dots for their eyes...

chalk for the ears and nose... I couldn't find any small wood pieces

I could use for their noses... but I will be adding that for next year.

Cute pink and purple ribbons to each and a cute white pompom for the tail.

 I also added colored crinkled paper in the bottom.

Next year I will also add their names to the sides with vinyl.

Happy Crafting!

Aggie Pride !!!

We have 5 very special birthdays from June 27th - July 25th ... and we wanted to

celebrate them all!  I wanted to find a fun gift for each of them...and when Todd

and I went shopping at Wood Creations in West Haven...

 this one caught our eye.  I didn't have a lot of time to get the gifts ready so I

bought the vinyl that was already cut and ready to go.

I did two of these... one for Suzette - my "sister from another mister" and our

long time good friend Dave. Dave and Suzette both graduated from USU and

Suzette has been working for USU for over 25 years... so she is a die-hard

Aggie fan! Dave moved back to Logan after several years away and loves

attending all of the Aggie games he can.  Todd and Dave especially love

the football and basketball games they can go to together!

I painted the wood blocks with 3 coats of Ceramcoat navy blue paint... 

then applied the vinyl. I had Todd drill a hole in the top for the wood topper

(I honestly don't remember what they are called) used wood glue to hold it in

place and added 3 different ribbons tied in a bow.

It was awesome listening to the "banter" after they opened their gifts... as to which

school is better... Ahhhh ~ we know the answer to that... Utah State!

Happy Crafting ~ Vicki

BYU... Who???

We have 5 very special birthdays from June 27th - July 25th ... and we wanted to

celebrate them all!  I wanted to find a fun gift for each of them...and when Todd and I

went shopping at Wood Creations in West Haven...

 this one caught our eye.  I didn't have a lot of time to get the gifts ready so I

bought the vinyl that was already cut and ready to go.

This one is for my sister-in-law, Rayann.  She graduated from BYU and will always

defend her Alma Mater to the end.  This gift was perfect for her!

I painted the wood block with 3 coats of Ceramcoat white paint... then applied

the vinyl and used some black and blue cream chalking to the sides since

there was a lot of "white space" showing.  I had Todd drill a hole in the top

for the wood topper (I honestly don't remember what they are called)

used wood glue to hold it in place and added 4 different ribbons tied in a bow.

Happy Crafting ~ Vicki

Jaden's Grizzly Pretzels...

Jaden is Kendra's (my daughter-in-law) youngest brother and he plays football for the Logan High Grizzlies!  We were making Halloween pretzels when I thought it would be fun to make some special ones just for Jaden.  We pulled out the red and gold as well as the black candy melts and Kendra decorated away. I made the tag with my Quickutz football die... then cut the letters for his name and #... put the pretzels in a plain cellophane bag, punched a hole in the tag and tied it with red ~ yellow and black ribbons... he loved it and we love him!

Stead Wedding Sign In Book...

Pretty purple lace with purple and green flowers with a brad in the center...

 Green velvet ribbon with antique brads...

 Metal embellishments for the black and white pages...

I used a metal frame to help the rings stand out in this one...

 We are Dallas Cowboy fans... so it's only appropriate that we have a Cowboy star...

 These are the pages all set up and ready for signing...

Wow... I'm learning that it does pay off to take a "straight" picture... I really need to get my tripod out when taking these... some of them look like I don't have the pictures or embellishments on very straight... I promise I do... they ended up getting distorted when I tried to crop off as much of the background as I could...

These "sign in" pages were for Josh and Kendra's wedding.  We laid them out on the table and people were able to come and sign them at some point during the luncheon. Since her colors were purple and green I did the pages on plain (not textured so it was easier to write on) black cardstock and used gel pens in purple ~ silver ~ white and green.  I love how you can write something special to the couple instead of just a line to sign your name. I did a few other pages (but I forgot to take pictures of them ~ what can I say it's been a crazy 10 months) for me and Kendra's parents to sign... I used the whole page and hopefully was able to express my feelings of love and happiness to both of them.  Hopefully the book will be something they treasure for many years to come!

 

Stead Wedding Sign...

The Steads ~ Joshua & Kendra

Let me introduce you to my handsome son, Josh and my new beautiful daughter-in-law! They were married on August 3, 2012 they also get to share that special day with my parents who were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary! Kendra wanted the sign to be in neutral colors ~ so I painted the board black used my new Cameo to cut the letters... cream for the last name and white for their first names.

Glitter Easter Eggs...

Happy Easter... yeah I know... I'm a week late... but I finally finished my tree and I wanted to show you how cute the bulbs turned out! I saw the "trick" with the glitter on Pintrest on the Christmas bulbs and it worked so cute on my Valentine bulbs I wanted to make them again. I like tying the bulbs on to the tree with matching ribbons...

So to make the glitter bulbs... pour in the Pledge Floor Wax... this time I used a Dixie cup and it works perfect! Then after you swish the Pledge around the bulb and get it all covered with a thick coat... pour the excess back in the cup.  I then dumped my glitter into another Dixie cup and bent the ends to get a point to be able to dump the glitter in the bulb and not all over the table. Swirl the glitter around well and dump the excess back in the Dixie cup and then back into the bottle.  This was so much less messy than the last time I made them.

 

Wood Roosters...

I was contacted by the designer of Wood Creations to see if I would do a tutorial for their blog followers... I was stoked! So I went to their store and picked out the wood I wanted to paint... and here is my tutorial!

First I sanded and penciled off where I wanted my beaks and combs to be on each of the roosters...

Next I cut out the patterned paper for each of the roosters ~ cutting off where the beak and comb would be... It won't always be perfect... but I like the sanded look so you can take off any "hang-over" with sand paper or emery board. I did add some black chalk to the yellow paper and red to the black ones... (I pretty much ended up sanding it off in the end) I just think it's easier to do it before it is on the wood.

I painted each of the beaks and combs with acrylic paint... I do a minimum of 2 coats

Next I painted all of the other wood pieces... I use an old flower pot filled with chili beans to hold my round pieces for drying...

After I had the roosters painted I thought... these would be so cute with vinyl dots... one in red and one in white and the other just left plain black... I think they would have been super cute that way too! The problem was I was not very careful with the red and gold paint since I knew that I would be putting pattern paper over the top...so maybe for the next set I do I will try that. Also... I'm very OCD (actually it should be CDO since it should be alphabetized too ;-) so you don't have to take the time to paint the whole front of the roosters ~ you can just do the edges...

Then it was Mod Podge time... I like to put it on both the wood piece and the pattern paper...

Line the paper up the best you can (again you will probably have a little "hang-over" and that's easy to sand off). I like to use a roller to get any bubbles out and also to seal the edges good.

I finished adding the paper to all 3 roosters. I usually wait about 5 to 10 minutes for the Mod Podge to dry before I start sanding. I also thought it might be fun to use some Fun Flock on the beaks and combs... you can see the dimension it gives to the beak... (the beak on the right has been covered)

Here is what the bottle of Fun Flock looks like... For easy clean up... I get a piece of paper to put under my project... then I brush over the spot I want the Fun Flock  to stick to with an adhesive (I used Mod Podge) and sprinkle it over the top. I usually apply it pretty heavy ~ then pat it gently into the adhesive. After a few minutes you can tap the back off the wood and the excess will fall back on the paper and then just pour it back into the jar...

Since my kitchen is mainly black... I started adding red accents and I love it... so I wanted the roosters to have red wings... I just could not find a pattern paper in the color of red I wanted... so I decided to use the Fun Flock on them... well they are feathers after all... they should be soft ;-) They would have looked better if I had painted them red first... but again I didn't think about that until after the Fun Flock was on the them. I attached them with E-6000 glue and let them dry...

I added a black jewel for there eyes (usually my projects all have green eyes but I thought the black looked better). Add some ribbon and tulle to the bottoms and look how cute! They were a little too tall for my spot under my cabinet... but they are going to look even cuter up on top of my cabinets (I have to wait until my son gets home from work to put them up for me). The wings look funny in this picture ~ but they don't look like this in person...

Thank you for letting me share my rooster project with you... A big thank-you to Kerrie and the Wood Creations staff for creating such cute wood pieces to keep every crafter happy!

Wood Roosters...

I'm doing a guest post over at the Wood Creations Blog 

showing how I made these super cute roosters!