A Cowboy name sign

What cowboy room isn’t complete without a little cowboys name in rope?!

We had completed Cohen’s room and as I was trying to decorate and get it back in order I just found I couldn’t get things right. It was lacking something but I couldn’t tell what…Then it hit me.

He needs his name in rope above his crib. That would take up enough space on the wall and would be the thing I was looking for.

Since we just got done doing all the wood stuff in his room, we had some scraps laying around. I believe this is oak but I am not positive… My wonderful husband then took some left over trim and attached it to the side for me.

I painted it white and had planned on putting a dark stain on top and then distressing it before attaching the rope but my stain turned out to be to red for my liking.

 

Hard to tell by the photo but it has a lot of red in it.

 

I then took the brown paint that I had left over from his dresser and painted it roughly on top, still letting some of the stain to show through.

After that dried( I used a blow dryer since I have no patience) I used some sandpaper and scratched/roughed  the top.

Then I got to work making the letters and stapling  every few inches or so until I had a full name that was even on the board.

To attach it to the wall, we screwed in a couple screws in the back of the sign and wound wire across them. Don’t forget to sink a heavy piece like this into a stud! We  made sure it was good and secure since it will be hanging over my babies head!!

TA-DA! The finished product! (room photos to follow as soon as we get the crib put back in)

Baby Room- 98% done!

The baby room is now 98% done. All that is left is art for the wall above the dresser then the little guy can come anytime!! Were ready for you!

Tonight my Mom and I went to Joann's, where they were having a huge fabric sale... everything was at least 50% off. The lines for check out were around the building and the lines for fabric were the longest I have ever seen. We grabbed a number before even shopping for fabric. We got number 00 and they were only on number 70. It worked out perfect. By the time we picked out all the fabric we were being called to the desk.

Luckily, I already had the panel curtains that we used. I didn't even realize I had them and almost bought the same fabric to make the same ones. I am really glad we decided to use what I had since it saved a lot of money.

The panels I had are a thick muslin. All we did was added 12" of chocolate brown fabric to the bottom to make them long enough to go from the rod to the floor. The rod is hung almost to the ceiling to make the room appear bigger. The chocolate brown fabric is great. It resembles the crib bumper, which is in a soft minky fabric.

The brown fabric we added to the curtains has the same dots, just not soft. It's more durable. We got it in the designer fabric section for 50% off.We made a crib skirt, completed 4 panels and will be making 2 more for the closet. A grand total of $50. That's including the panels I had. I got them at a garage sale last year for about $1 for all .

They look really great and I think it's what the tiny room needed...very tall curtains! It's bring your eye up and makes the room bigger.

The curtains turned out PERFECT. Like... store bought perfect.The crib skirt, well, we got tired. I think because I curtains turned out so well that is why we didn't have better luck with the crib skirt.I think if we weren't so tired and not in a rush (I didn't want to extend the project until next weekend) it could have been done correctly.

Mom and I were on 2 different wave lengths on how to do it and were both confused by each others vision. Finally we just started cutting and sewing. At least it looks good from what the eyes can see. The funkiness is hidden under the mattress, which is fine since there will always be a mattress on it. Either way, it's DONE!

Mom was the pinner and I was the sewer. It went so smoothly and was such an easy job

Autumn Welcome

Craft time-Autumn sign

I love Fall. It's my all time favorite... I love thew smell of cinnamon and apples and pumpkin...

I love the cool weather and the way the air feels outside.

I love the trees changing color

I love visiting Apple Hill in California... completes the whole Fall feeling.

I love decorating for Fall. Tops Christmas for me.

I decided to make a fall sign to hang on the door

I got my inspiration from this http://joysofhome.blogspot.com/2008/11/sign-of-season.html.

Now I didn't have all of the things to make that exact sign, but I improvised.

I found this old Christmas sign that was pretty scratched up and chewed on the sides and thought it would work perfect

I painted it with different colors.. Black on the sides and chocolate brown on top. After it dried I rubbed in some dark reds and blacks and greens and then took sand paper to the corners to give it an old look.

Then, with my Cricut, I cut out the words "Happy Fall" out of black paper and glued them on cream colored paper.

After they were glued to the cream paper I distressed the edges with a black stamp pad then glued them on a fall colored piece of scrapbook paper.

I then cut out the letters and used spray adhesives to glue them to the painted piece of wood.

After it dried, I tired a ribbon to the back and wa-la! A perfect door sign for fall....

I plan on changing the ribbon to more of a twig like branch and possibly putting an acorn or pine cone in the middle of the 2 words... it still needs something there.

Nursing Covers

I have been seeing these nursing covers/hooter hiders all over and thought about buying one but after looking closer, I realized they would be way to easy to make so instead of buying one, I would just make one!

Here is what one looks like if you were to buy one...http://shop.bebeaulait.com/nc...these ones go for about $35 ea. Mine... about 5$ each!

One is a solid brown with khaki straps and the other one is brown and white polka dots with blue and brown straps.

The nursing covers turned out great and will be put to good use in about 4.5 months!

Cards Cards Cards

I have been busy stocking up my card supply... Here are a few cards I have made today. I am really loving my new stamps!! They make my life easier.

Don't the cards just seem to be getting cuter?? or am I just too proud?

Here are the stamped envelopes...too cute!

Another Frame

Ok, just a few more projects...

I added about 6" of brown fabric to the bottom of my shower curtain which allowed me to raise my shower bar up about 6". I love how tall it is!

I did another picture frame... this time instead of using scrapbook paper, I used fabric... I promise, I have used all this fabric now and you should never see it again on any other project

Wrap frame with fabric like you were wrapping a Christmas gift, but instead of taping, use hot glue!

After you glue up all the sides, the front will look something like this. Now you need to cut the spot for a photo.

I cut my fabric like this....a big X making it 4 equal parts

Than I hot glued the pieces through the photo hole on the other side... that doesn't make sense...but you get the point.

Pop in an old photo of you and your brother circa 1990 and your done! All around $1. 50

Monogram Frinzy

I have been very busy today!

I have been monogramming... and it looks good!!I got the idea from Joys Of Home

If you want to know how I did it, she explains it. I would go into detail…but this would be a long post… and I would rather post photos of each step. It’s pretty easy to figure out…

I did one monogram for our bathroom and used the left over fabric from the lamp I recent covered… this project cost me about $.50 for the fabric. I had the frame already.

Then, for my big project, I went to JoAnns and got a burlap fabric for 2.99$ a yard then used my 40% off coupon on top of it. I used an old empty frame to make art for above my bed… I really like how it turned out and surprisingly, Matt said it was nice too… It still needs to be ironed.

After printing off the letters I liked in a BIG 800 size font, I laid it out to make sure it fit.

Then I taped everything to a window and started tracing the letters onto the canvas

Then I painted each letter with black paint

After letting the paint dry, I duct taped the fabric to the back of the picture frame

Then I placed it in the glassless empty frame and hung it above our bed!

One day I hope to have a big beautiful bedroom set... until then... here is what I got.