I was featured!

This post is more of me being a dork! I was blog hopping like I do when my daughter goes down for her nap, and I went to Scraps & Scribbles where I noticed my fall subway art was featured! I was so excited! This was my first time being featured. So, I just wanted to say Thank you to Courtney for featuring me in her post!

Fall Subway Art

I love making subway art! After making the Halloween one, I knew I wanted to make a Fall one. I love how it turned out!

I just had to share this picture. I set it down to try to take a better picture without the glare of the sun, and my daughter had to get up close to it. She tried to peel the turkey off, so I knew I had to get it back on the wall. :)


I seriously cannot believe that Thanksgiving is just a few days away! I don't know where the time has gone!



Linking to:

Fall Wreath

I have been really into making wreaths lately, and here is my Fall/Thanksgiving wreath! It took longer than planned. My daughter has been teething molars lately, so she hasn't been sleeping as well. Nap time hasn't been very long the last little while, but hopefully once they cut, we can get back to crafting more. :)


I am a bit of a dork, but every time I get a new follower, I get super excited! So, I've decided that when I hit 100 followers, I am going to have a giveaway!Not sure what it will be yet, but I'll come up with something.




Linking to:

Halloween Silhouettes

I saw this at She Wears Flowers, and wanted to make one. I couldn't find the 3x3 canvas anywhere, but my friend came up with the idea of using those foam sheets. So we cut them down to 3x3 and we glued 2 pieces together to make it about the same size the canvas would have been. I used a cricut and vinyl for the images, and then put a coat of mod podge over the whole thing to make sure the newspaper wouldn't come up.

Boo Plaque Tutorial

I had originally planned to use these letters on my Boo wreath, but decided they were just too small for that. So I headed to the dollar store and found the wood and knew what I wanted to do. I didn't like the ribbon on it, so I took it off.

Supplies:
Boo letters (or anything you want it to have)
Dollar store wood plaque
Black paint
Scrapbook paper
Black glitter
Mod Podge
Ribbon for hanging

First I painted the back and sides of the wood black, and I also painted the letters. For the letters I painted all sides, front and back. I didn't want any wood showing anywhere.

I picked what paper I wanted for the background. I traced the wood onto the paper and cut it out. I then put mod podge on the wood and put the paper on top where I wanted it. That was easier than putting the mod podge on the paper. After it dried, I sanded the edges to make sure it sealed well. I then put a coat of mod podge over the paper.

Next, I put glitter on the letters.

I put mod podge on the letters and then poured the glitter onto that to make it stick. I dumped off all excess glitter into my tray so I could easily put it back into the container.

Here's the letters with all the glitter.

When everything was dry, I hot glued my letters onto my wood. They overlap each other a little.

I then picked what ribbon I wanted for the back and hot glued it on.

Thanks for stopping by!


Linking to:

Wreath

I saw this wreath at Craftaholics Anonymous and knew I had to make one!

Mine isn't as cute as hers, but it's similar.

 I actually cut my strips 1" x 18" using a rotary cutter. Here is a pic of my pile of strips before I started tying them onto the wreath.

I had never worked with burlap before, and it was messier than I thought it would be. I had little pieces of it everywhere! It was all over the floor, and me! I didn't end up using all of the burlap that I had cut. I still had a pile of burlap when I was done with the wreath.

 Here's what's left of my burlap.

Boo Plaque

 I got these letters to make a wreath with, but decided I wanted something bigger for it. I decided to make a "Boo" plaque with it instead. I must say that I love how it turned out!