Design Team

I got some news that I want to share with you all. I was selected to be on a design team for the blog MY COMPUTER IS MY CANVAS! I am so excited!! Please go take a look at her awesome printables!!
You can see what I did with her Easter Banner printable on today's post!

Spring Topiaries

I am so excited to share this with you! It has taken me a long time to finally take pictures and get it set up. Probably because I have self diagnosed ADD and keep getting side tracked. The inspiration came from Mary Janes and Golashes and her adorable butterfly wreath.

I wanted to do some topiaries the same way she did the wreath. So here is what you will need to gather if you want to make some of your very own:

*1 3" syrofoam ball

*brown paper lunch sacks

*scallop punch

*straight pins

*pencil

*small dowl rod

*small clay pot

*styrofoam (for the pot)

*moss

*paint (optional)

Step 1: Start by punching out A LOT of scallops.

Step 2: Place straight pin in the center of the scallop. Step 3: Take a pencil, eraser end down and place it on the head of the pin. This will help you push the pin in the ball. Step 4: Keep adding the scallops until you get the "fluffiness" that you want. Remember to leave a small space for the dowl rod to go. Step 5: Cut your dowl rod the length that you desire and glue it in the ball. (Picture is MIA) Step 6: Paint your pot if you would like. I just painted a white stripe around the top. Step 7: Cut some foam and glue in the bottom of the pot. Step 8: Place your dowl rod in the pot making sure that it is centered and straight. Step 9: Cover the foam with moss and trim edges to look neat. Step 10: Add your butterflies and ribbon. Here is the finished project! Here is my spring shelf! You can get your very own Subway Art at Eighteen 25! Thanks for stopping by! I love to hear from you all, let me know what you think if you have time! Happy crafting!

Goodwill find

My kids brought home some artwork that they have done this year at school. They were so good, I wanted to be able to display some around our home.

I went by the local Goodwill store here in town to look and see what I could find.

I came across this framed picture. First thing I looked at was the price. 6 bucks. I could handle that. It also had a mat which was pink...matched my daughter's artwork and it had the glass still in it.

It was a pretty sad looking picture, I do have to say. Sorry if you are the one who took it to GW...but I guess you thought so too!

So I got her artwork out and it wasn't quite wide enough to fit behind the mat. Plus the mat was glued right to the picture. So I decided that I would paint over the picture that was in there with a white acrylic paint. While I was painting the white, I took a closer look at the mat. It probably used to be the correct color of pink...but time had made it fade and it looked pretty dingy. I didn't worry about getting the white on the mat after that.

It took several coats to cover it completely. I didn't actually paint the whole picture, I just made sure that the edges were fully covered.

This is the picture when I was done and after I went over the mat with some pink that I had. It looked much better!

I used double sided tape to attach her artwork to the picture.

I then spray painted the frame black. I love her self-portrait. I thought it turned out pretty cute for $6!

Wedding Gift on a Budget

First off, my cousin, Jill is getting married!! We are so excited for her!

As most people these days, our budget is tight. But I wanted to make something that would be useful, yet meaningful to her.

It all started with a trip to Sonic...and their awesome drink carrier! Then a trip to Home Depot to get some Chalkboard Spray paint.

I sprayed it all over, even on the inside... Next to the gift part. I got her 4 large glass mugs and I etched a "T" in them for the first letter of their last name. I used my cricut to cut the vinyl letter out and then an oval out of the vinyl using my Creative Memories cutting system. Then I put the etching cream on and let it sit for a minute or so. So here it is, all wrapped up! I wrote some messages around the box with chalk and even tied a piece of chalk to the box so that they can write on it too! I tied black, white and pink ribbon to the top to make it a little fru-fru. Total cost:$9.60 Drink carrier $0 Chalboard Spray Paint $2.50 (bottle was $5 but I only used half) Glass Mugs $4 ($1 each) Ribbon $2 Tissue $1 Chalk $.10 I had the etching cream and vinyl already, so this is not included in the price. Have fun with this project! Let me know if you make one and how it turned out!

Free Printable- Tag

Here it is, as promised! We are using these tags to attach to Milky Way candy bars for our teachers for their upcoming special week.

You can get your own here for free! Keep coming back...I have more!

Get your free printable HERE

Ask Anna- Task #3

Our task for today was to clean the air vents in the house. I REALLY disliked this task. I decided that I would tackle the air intake instead. 1) Because it was SUPER dusty and 2) Because it is super large and should make up for about 6 of my air vents that I didn't get to.

So here is the before...

Here is a closer pic so that you can get REALLY good and grossed out! And here is the after. We have problems with the latches on this one. At least now when it falls down it won't look like it is snowing! Inspired yet? Come join me! Just click on Anna's link below!