Rotating Display

This month Allison found a bulletin board with a box on the bottom.  She is a big St. Louis Cardinals Fan, if you couldn't tell by now:)  This is her tribute box to games she has been too.  The box is handy for her to place replicas of her tickets and other memorabilia.  The bulletin board background is an easy way for her to swap out pictures of her most recent visit to the stadium and game.

Canvas Project with the Kids

I bought a package for skinny 4x4 canvases thinking that we would do this project with the kids for my daughter's birthday party since she requested that they paint.  Ooooh I am so glad I ended up vetoing that idea to pain with a bunch of 4 and 5 year olds! I had the canvases so I thought that we could have some fun with them around the house.

I used my Silhouette and cut out a vinyl unicorn as requested.  My daughter wanted a pink unicorn so I had her paint the canvas all in pink and then let it try.  I then attached the vinyl unicorn and had her paint the canvas again in purple.  After she was done painting we peeled up the vinyl and had this.  She chose some ribbon out of the stash to make it into a door hanger for her room.

My 2-1/2 year old is into trucks, machines, etc.  I had him pick out which machine he wanted to do and he chose a digger.  I stuck his vinyl digger straight to the canvas and let him have a go with the paints.  Once he was done we peeled it up and had a white digger silhouette.  He wanted to be like big sis and picked out some ribbon so we could hang his project in his room.

Fun with Vinyl

 So I had a little fun with my vinyl this week.

 I know I've seen this one somewhere, but can't remember where exactly.  I put this on the tub in our master bath.  The hubby actually noticed it the first day it was up.   

 We repainted all of our main floor and so this kid art display had to come down, along with my vinyl.  So I finally got around to putting up a new "Masterpiece" sign on the wall.  I previously had used a font called FREEZE that I ended up being not too fond once it was cut and on the wall.  So when I recut it I switched it to MY OWN TOPHER font. This display idea came from here and it works great for displaying the kids art.

Redesigned Furniture

 Kelly also gave these garage sale finds a fun make over.  She used Rustoleum spray paint, in the color Lagoon, and gave them both an overall coat to make them pop!

Paint Chip Art

Kelly is working on finishing her basement and has finished some projects this month to get closer to her goal!  She gathered a bunch of pain chips in the coral color family and cut them into triangles.  Then she arranged them in an ombre layout and glued them to a canvas.

Pony Party

This month my daughter celebrated her 5th birthday and she is big into horses, so she wanted a pony party.

 I found this card on Silhouette and she told me very specifically what needed to be what color. I think it turned out to be a pretty cute invite.

 She is also big into crafts so we planned a lot of crafts for the girls to do.  This was one of them.  I used pieces from other silhouette shapes (hair and ears came from a cow) I had and then free handed a few pieces and cut them all out in advance to make these horse treat bags.  Yes, I think the pink nose looks a little like a pig, but the kid wanted pink and purple and was happy with it:)  We also decorated horse cut outs with ribbon, glitter glue, google eyes, and gems.  And of course we made pony bead bracelets and necklaces!  

Wedding Gift

 One of my cousins got married this month and I created this card and variation on a split letter for them as part of their wedding gift.

You've Got Mail

First project on the Silhouette for me!  My husband helped me with this one - I think mostly to ensure that both sides weren't OU haha!  We sanded and spray painted the mailbox to make sure we had an even surface and then traced logos and cut them out onto adhesive vinyl with the silhouette.  Then we just peeled and stuck them on... GO STATE and BOOMER SOONER! : )  

Knitting Away

This month Vicki knitted some square patches for Squares for Africa.  

 You leave a tail so that it can be added to other squares that are sent in to make blankets, jackets, etc.

She also knitted more for her supply of washcloths and hot pads.

Falcons Apron

My friend, Lisa, made these aprons for her husband and son.  She wanted to add a little something to them, so I added the large falcons using Heat Transfer Vinyl.  I already had the design in my Silhouette library, so I just cut each layer out and used my heat press to stick it down.  I have a feeling that this father/son duo will be grilling outside together every Sunday this fall!