End of the Year Teacher Gift

I just loved my son's teacher this year and wanted to do something special for her for the end of the year. I found all these things at Walmart. I loved the brown with the green. I just did dots on the pitcher and decided not to put them on the cups this time or the platter. Frankly, I'm sick of the dots for a while.

I also tried the A with the name on top of it and I like the way it turned out. I've seen other people do it, but have never tried it. I used my Cricut and Sure Cuts A Lot program to cut the letters and dots. The font is Boingo. I just love this font. It's so fun! Thanks for a a great year, Mrs. Allen!!

Gift for a Sweet Friend

I knew I wanted to make something special for my sweet friend Amanda who was moving to Alabama with her family. She had admired some of my initial things in my house and I wanted to do something like that for her. I found this blank tin at Hobby Lobby 50% off and knew it would be perfect for what I had in mind. Of course I cut the letters on my Cricut and placed them on the board, upside down the first time. I had all the letters placed on perfectly and then I looked on the back where the hangers were and they were at the bottom, so I had to pull all of them off and start over. A little frustrated, but well worth starting over to get it done. She loved it and I was so glad! I am really going to miss her and her sweet family!

Wicker Transformation

Before

After

I am now using black instead of brown in my family room, so everything that was brown is now becoming black. I just simply used some black gloss spray paint for this.

Slowly but surely everything is becoming black. I still have to conquer a big coffee table and a console table. Hopefully I will find some time to work on those this summer. I will post them when I get them done.

Framed Crown

I had this frame in a closet, never been used. It had gold on it and I don't even know why I bought it because I only use silver frames. I'm guessing it was on sale. I tried to do a crackle finish with brown and this pretty turquoise color. The crackle didn't work very well, but I ended up putting some Ralph Lauren smoke glaze on it. I then attached a piece of burlap to the back of the frame and cut out the crown with black cardstock with my Cricut. I attached it to the burlap with some glue dots. I have to say I love the way it turned out.

Lego Storage

We have so many legos around and they seem to be taking over, so I wanted to come up with something to store them in instead of just keeping them loose and getting them mixed up. I'm sure they still will get mixed up until my son gets older, but at least I will have a storage system in place by then. I used my Cricut to cut the legos and letters out of vinyl.

Fleur De Lis Chalkboard Clipboard

Still loving the fleur de lis so I put one on a clipboard and on something else that Iwill post about later. I've done so many projects lately but haven't gotten a chance to post them all.

Anyway, here I took a plain, old .99 clipboard from Walmart and sprayed it with chalkboard paint. I cut out a cute fleur de lis out of vinyl with my trusty Cricut and slapped in on there. I love the way it turned out. I added some bright, colorful ribbon. So easy!!!