Minnie Mouse Birthday Sign

For my daughter's first birthday, I decided to do a Minnie Mouse themed party. I really like a sign that I found on Etsy. I bought it and then accidentally threw it away a week before the party in a cleaning frenzy! So, I had to make the sign myself. Luckily, I live 5 minutes from Joann's so I made a mad dash there to buy the supplies. I needed:

• pink and black cardstock
• silver glitter scrapbooking paper
• light pink ribbon (1/4 inch)
• 2 inch letter stencils
• hole puncher and scissors

Trace pink cardstock. I used a mason jar and a small side plate, The dimensions turn out to be 6x6. You need 7 pink and 6 black  Minnie cutouts in total.

This will be the pink cut out. You need to them take the pink cutout and place on top of back cardstock. You need to trace approximately a 1/4 in bigger than the pink cut out. You will go through the same process for the black

I found a Minnie box in one of my daughter's coloring books that was the perfect size. So, I traced the bow onto the glitter scrapbook paper. You will need 2 pieces of paper in order to make 13 bows.

Glue the pink cut out on top of the black cutout and then add the bow to the top. I used a glue stick to glue and it worked just fine.

After you finish gluing, you will need to trace your letter stencils on to white papers, cut them out, and glue them onto your cutouts. You then, hole punch either side of the ear, and tie each letter cutout together using the pink ribbon. Above is the finished product.

Final thoughts:

Obviously, this project will take time. In total, it took around 3 hours of devoted time to complete the whole project. Between time and the cost or supplies, I honestly believe that the Etsy banner is a bargain! It just depend on whether or not you want it to be made by you!

Ohio State Pocket T-Shirt

Once again, on Pinterest and Etsy, I noticed many t-shirts for sale that have either "Born in Ohio" on the front, or a pocket t-shirt. I decided to start off small-scale. I found a grey t-shirt at Target that is a "poly-blend". I next found an outline of the state of Ohio online and copied/pasted it into Microsoft Word so that I could change the size. Once I figured out a size that I liked, I printed it off. I bought red fabric at Joann's as well as white iron on transfer fabric interfacing (it comes by the yard).I cut out the shape of Ohio both on the red fabric and the interfacing and followed the directions for ironing it on the t-shirt via the interfacing instructions. After the fabric was ironed on, I went all around the perimeter of the state using a close zig-zag stitch on my sewing machine. I have received many compliments on the shirt and have even made some for friends. It was definitely a fun and easy project!

Quite the Endeavor

So, the house that we bought was built in the 90's and has quite a bit of oak, every where! We decided to take on the project of redoing each room by painting the oak trim to update the house. Our living room has a huge fireplace with dark brick. After looking at Pinterest for inspiration, I finally decided to take the plunge and try to white wash the brick. What an endeavor! All of the people on Pinterest must be awesome or have smaller fireplaces because it took my husband and me three days to complete it and we still aren't completely finished. I took pictures to show the progression. Like the Pinterest posts, I used equal parts paint and water. I put the paint mixture on with a paint brush and then wiped it off with a wet towel. I freaked out a bit because the paint looked really white at first, but then after it soaked into the brick, it looked less pigmented. After I finished (six hours later), I realized that the mortar was brown and didn't look right. So, we purchased white grout filler and used a toothbrush to paint over the grout. This took three bottles and two days. We painted the mantel a light grey. However, I think that we will provably paint it a darker grey to off-set the lightness of the brick. The next endeavor is painting the oak trim and the walls. What have we gotten ourselves into?!

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All things glitter

It is safe to say that I looooove glitter! Many project that I'd do involve glitter. Probably because I like shiny things. I decided to make a glitter "P" for the console table in my entryway. All that it involved was a wooden letter from Pat Catans, red metallic paint, mod podge, Martha Stewart glitter in "rose quartz", and an acrylic spray finish to set the glitter at the end. I will try to post some more of my glitter projects (thanks to inspiration from Martha) in the future.

iPad Holder

So, my car does not have those wonderful DVD players that come out of the ceiling. My son has just gotten into watching tv and really enjoys Disney Jr. (of course). I thought that it would be a great idea to make an iPad holder for the car. I used leftover chevron material from a previous project to make it. I would not say that it is reproduction quality, but it works!