Wildman Wedding Sign...

 

Payden has been Josh's best friend and my "bonus" son forever... I don't remember a time that Payd hasn't been in our lives! They played sports (they played everything) together... worked at Fireworks West packing and setting up firework shows... served missions together... yes their farewell and welcome home as well as the day they entered the Mission Training Center (I refer to it as the MTC ~ Moms Torture Chamber... but that's a story for another day!) and the day they came home were just hours apart (how many friends can say that?) ~ they double dated ~ watched The Office ~ spent countless hours talking ~ texting and playing video games.  It was a hard day when Payd and Kat were married... not because I wasn't happy for them... but that's when it sunk in that Payden wouldn't just come to the house any random time and visit or raid the cookie jar. He has been accepted to the University at Buffalo in the dental program.  I'm so proud of him and wish he and Kat all the happiness ~ they both deserve it!

I thought it would be fun to make them a wedding sign to hang up in their new home in Buffalo... Kat loves turquoise and purple.  I painted the board purple and then used my new Cameo to cut the purple vinyl.  I decided that instead of their names in turquoise I would do the lettering in white to make it "pop".  I added a claw to the back for hanging... and voila!

They were so cute and even sent me a picture of it hanging up in their apartment!  I love you guys!

Patriotic Welcome Post...

 

I love my welcome post ~ mainly because my mom and dad built it  see instructions here... I dusted off my Silhouette and picked out a font that was bold enough to see the sign from the street. I used red, white and blue vinyl and painted the background black (so it matches my post) and painted the wood star red. I'm not a real glitter fan... but I decided I wanted the star to sparkle (you can't see it in the picture ~ but it's beautiful when the sun hits it!). I attached the star with E6000 glue added the I hooks and it was ready to go!

 

Heart Glass Block...

It's been FOREVER since I've posted ~ I have all kinds of excuses... Summer ~ Craft burn out ~ Josh and Kendra's wedding ~ My engagement but I have to admit the biggest one is Pintrest! I am so addicted and any free time I have I spend... pinning! It's time to catch up and get some of these fun projects I've managed to complete ~ posted!  This one is a cute glass block with vinyl hearts... I'm a heart girl so this was perfect for me. I tied a white bow with tulle...added some white twinkle lights... perfect!

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.

 

Glitter Heart Bulbs...

 Here are all of the bulbs in 6 different colors...

 My heart tree...

It's almost Clover Day and I'm just posting my Heart Day crafts... yes I'm a little behind! So you know how all the rage at Christmas on Pintrest was the glitter bulbs? Well I had these cute heart shaped bulbs and thought it would be fun to try them out.  Josh and I hate how dark it is after we take down all of the Christmas decor... and in our "former" life we used to have a tree for each of the holidays... we even had a NASCAR tree... oh yeah it was pretty awesome! So I decided to bring the Heart tree out again this year... I love how the bulbs turned out.  Seeing how the white one dried... I think I would really try to get a thicker coating of the Pledge wax on the bulb and make sure to really get the glitter a little more heavy as well... you couldn't see through them ~ but a little more might not have hurt.  Have you used the white glitter before and what would be your suggestions?

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!

Please Excuse The Dust...

I woke up this morning to my blog full of Photo Bucket images saying that the band width had been exceeded... and I paid how much for my make over?  So I decided it's time for a do-over of my own! Please bear with me while I play with all of the fun templates.

Wood Roosters...

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

showing how I made these super cute roosters!