Monday, October 8, 2012

My friend ModPodge!

Mod Podge is Uh-May-Zing
If you haven't discovered ModPodge yet you are missing out! It is the easiest craft I've done and one of my favorites. Here are some of my projects I've finished.
This was my first. I bought a set of paper from Hobby Lobby so they would all compliment each other. I then modpodged it down and used a paint pen to write the quote I wanted. 
 This was one I made for my classroom since I had a extra scrapbook paper laying around.
 I made these for Christmas gifts for my nephews. I modpodged their pic to canvas, added paper on the sides and went around the edges with black paint on a sponge brush. 
 I pulled the quote off the internet and painted it with a paint pen.
I got the lamp below at a yard sale for $1 then went to work with a stencil, paint, and fringe on the lid to beautify it for my classroom. I modpodged the paper on the stand and taped it off and spray painted the base.


I've done a few more for gifts since I got a Cricut (which makes adding words much easier) but unfortunately I didn't take any pics of those! Right now I'm working on my lil guy's Popeye halloween costume so hopefully I will have pics when it's finished! Thanks for stopping by!


Sunday, October 7, 2012

DIAPER CAKES

I LOVE to make diaper cakes! They are so handy, and you can decorate them any way you want. Plus you can hide surprises throughout them and they can double as a decoration for the shower. Here are some of the cakes I've assembled to date.
AllyJo's cake
 Kinsley's Cake 
 Taryn's Cake

 (that says princess not princes ;) and you can see some of the extra goodies attached )
 Elijah's Cake
 Here's a pic of the letters I made for his room. His mom used the cake as decoration in his room for several months so I didn't add any extra goodies inside.
Before I make a cake I ask the mom what type of diapers she wants, since she can't return them. Then I ask if she wants to use it in the room to decorate, if so I buy a larger size, if not I stick to size 1. If it's not used for decor then I get to add all kinds of goodies to the outside and inside, and make some layers out of blankets, stick onesies rolled up with the diapers etc... I try to make it as useful as possible. Have to run! Hope yall enjoyed the pics!

Cowprint furniture

More animal print!

Well baby Sawyer is asleep with his daddy so I have a few minutes to post another past project. After completing the zebra dresser my big sister Kacie asked me to do one for her little boy Mason for his cowboy room. Here are the dresser and side table she got to use. 

Dresser
Side table




I forgot to take a "before" shot. The dresser was painted red and pink, so after a little sanding I primed then painted brown. The drawers had been covered with fabric so I just painted them white.Again I sketched the print then painted and touched up with a paint pen. Then finished with polyurethane and clear coat finish on the drawers. You can see the cute knobs my sister found in Canton! They just had to be spray painted and looked great!



That's all!

Saturday, October 6, 2012

First Project- Zebra dresser

First blog.. EVER!!!
Welcome to my first blog! Now that I am a stay at home mom I decided I needed a new hobby, and after hours of pinning on pinterest decided I could try my hand at a blog. I'm a certified teacher and am taking the year off to be home with my handsome little man Sawyer (we pronounce is Soy-yer). Usually when people ask his name we tell them "soy-yer" to which they reply "SAW-YER?"  To which I'm tempted to reply "I don't know, do you go to a 'loy-yer' or 'law-yer' when you need legal help?" ;) Either pronunciation is fine with us, we just find it funny when people try to correct how we are saying it. Anyways, my little guy is 2 months old
Feel free to ooohhh and ahhhh over his adorable-ness! 
I thought I would start off by adding a few of my past projects in these first few blogs. 

My first project: Zebra dresser for my baby sister.
After my husband and I married we began compiling our furniture. I had a great dresser and bedside table from my parents. Unfortunately my sisters and I had split the set and my little sister had the other bedside table, and it was her only form of a dresser. She was in cosmetology school so I decided to make her an offer she couldn't refuse. I would replace it with a real dresser custom to match her red and zebra bedroom. 
 She agreed so I began searching craigslist and found this treasure for $15 in our town! It had one broken track which was easily fixed. First I took off the fixtures and sanded the gloss off the dresser. I painted the outside black and the drawer fronts white after filling the holes from the old fixtures with wood putty and sanding it down. I then went to work with a pencil sketching zebra stripes. I painted them black then touched them up with a pain pen for cleaner lines. 
 Tah-Dah! I had bought wooden knobs which I painted red and drew stripes on with the paint pen. 

 We went over the outside with polyurethane but didn't put it on the drawers since it would cause the white on the drawers to yellow. Instead I just sprayed them with a clear coat finish like I use for mod-podge projects. There is probably a better way but I already had this stuff and it's held up for the last 3 years. :) 

Finished project! I was proud for my first attempt at painting furniture. Who knew those hours of doodling zebra stripes in college would come in so handy.  Baby is waking up so that's all for now. Next time I will add the dresser I had to then paint for my older sister. Thanks for reading!