Craft Project - Paper Banner

We are out of school for our 5th day out of the last 7---so crazy! I decided to work on another craft project! :)

Landrie's room needed some updates. I love her patchwork quilt, but she didn't have much on her walls. After getting an adorable cupcake print from a friend, I decided to do a cupcake theme for her room. Landrie LOVES sweets, so it seemed like the perfect decor for her!

I got my inspiration from this post on Shanty 2 Chic's link party this week.



I love the different papers used and knew it would look great in Landrie's room. Since we were iced in, I used what I had to create her banner. Plus, that made it FREE which I love!

I used my Cricut to cut out the letters at 5 1/2" tall. I used my favorite cartridge - Alphalicious. I then used my straight cutter to make 6" x 6" squares and 7" x 7" squares. After I mounted the letters to those, I decided it still needed something else. I backed all of them in 7.5" x 7.5" white squares to give it a more unified look.

For the cupcakes I used torn paper to create the bottom and cut 3 ovals on the Cricut for the icing. Instead of a cherry on top, I put a heart!

I hung them over her bed with white tulle. I may eventually mount them onto wooden plaques, but this works for now.

What do you think?

Karsyn's begging for a banner in her room too. Maybe we'll have another snow day soon??

ICE Day Project #2-3

I find it so crazy that we're out of school for the 3rd day in a row due to ice. Normally we'll have one snow day and the next day it will be 60 degrees and it all melts off. This week, we're struggling to get out of the 20s, so we're still at home. It's not a bad vacation except that everything is closed! We went to the mall yesterday and there was hardly anyone there!!!

I finally hung up some shelves that I painted for the girls bathroom a LONG time ago. I bought them at a tiny antique store for $12. They were already white, but I decided I wanted to crackle paint them.

I used some free Glidden paint in a Watermelon color (Thanks Missy!) and then crackled them with white on top. I love the way that they turned out. It definitely added so much to their bathroom.

Project #3 was to Mod Podge a K to coordiante with Landrie's L. She got the L for her birthday 2 years ago, and it's been in their bathroom ever since. Poor Karsyn felt left out and I finally came through and decorated one for her. I had most of the same scrapbook papers that our friend used, so for $2.99 she has her matching K now. I also framed a picture of them for the top of the shelf.


I love going to my friends houses and seeing personal touches in every room. I'm trying to do the same here now--little by little and on a budget!


I'm posting this early for Shanty 2 Chic's - I Made it Without My Hubby! For once, I'm ahead of the game! :)

Ice Day = Project Day

Texas is known for it's crazy weather...especially up here in the DFW area. Saturday it was 76 degrees and the girls were riding their bikes everywhere.

Today we have wind chills near/below zero and are having an Ice Day at home!! The girls braved the weather for about 15 minutes. They were trying to round up snow balls, but it's mostly packed ice. Several schools have canceled school for tomorrow too. We're waiting to find out if we have school or not. While the break is nice, it will be disappointing to lose Good Friday and Memorial Day as our holidays.

I worked on a project this morning and have a couple of other things I'm going to do tonight/tomorrow. This is our door leading to the garage. We've never had a good place to hang backpacks and purses, so I found these hooks at Hobby Lobby and hung my new Shutterfly canvas. I love the way it turned out - and so does my little apprentice!

I hope everyone is staying warm and safe out there! I'm beginning to go a little stir crazy!