A quick vinyl project

I made this little project this morning between my wake up time and getting ready for work. I picked the bucket up at Target dollar spot and the vinyl design is from My Vinyl Designer. Thanks for looking. I hope everyone has a great weekend!

thank you Stephanie for your inspiration

 

Every weekend Donna from Funky Junk's Interior host a Saturday Night Special linky party. It's my favorite part of the weekend. That linky party has given me the courage to pull a perfectly good chair out of a neighbors trash (after dark of course) to try my hand at turning trash into a shappy chic treasure. More on that later. Last night I was looking at all the links and came across Stephanie from "Under the table and dreaming". I read the instructions for making her dry erase menu board and realized I had everything on hand to make my own. I had the frame in a closet, downloaded the typewriter keys she so generously shared, cut up a burlap sack I had picked up at a tractor supply store and cut the vinyl " Week at a glance" with my cricut.
My daughter stopped by today and saw the finished product and she now owns it! Hope you enjoy it Carrie!Sorry for the reflection. I tried to shoot this photo in a dozen different places to no avail>

Dance Recital Time

 

 

Next weekend I will be traveling down the road a bit to see my grandaughter's dance recital. She is a junior this year so there is just this year and next year to witness the beauty that comes across in her dancing. Also this year is father/daughter dance and I so enjoy that. I purchased a plain tote bag and personalized it with some iron on vinyl using Sure Cuts A Lot and the Cricut. I hope she likes it.

BNOTP Knock-off

Have you ever visited Susan's (from Between Naps on the Porch) blog? You must go see her porch. The first time I took the photo tour, I was just blown away by how she created such a pleasing and inviting space. There was one element that just made my heart sing. The sign that says "Summer Breeze makes me feel fine" It just made me smile and brought back a flood of memories. I just knew I had to make it. The board was a very rare find at the Restore. I go on a regular basis to find kitchen cabinet doors that I can make into something else. Whatever I do find usually has to be stripped of paint and hardware and then holes filled in. This board was completed paint free (yeah, no stripping) smoothe as a babies behind, (yeah, no sanding) all for 25 cents, and all I had to do was slap some paint on it, create a stencil using my Cricut Expression and Sure Cuts A Lot and I have it. I used ceramacoat light ivory and just plain basic black. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out and although I really wish I had a screened in porch to hang it on, I don't. But, my sister does, so it is heading out in the mail to her.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

The first one is always the hardest

I love all the beautiful decorative tassels I've been seeing. I wanted to make one but didn't want to spend any money since I didn't know if I'd be able to pull it off. My total cost for this was $2. I only used things I already had. I used the bottom of an unfinished nesting doll (which I had purchased many years ago) as the base. The fringe was left over from any earlier project, the ribbon was in my stash so I only needed to purchase a topper. I bought the bird that's on this tassel and another smaller one which I felt was the better size and I planned to use. They were $1 each at dollar tree. I bought the extra one because I didn't know how hard it would be to drill a hole in the top of it and knew the odds were pretty good I would break one. I did break the smaller one, but not while drilling. It just slipped out of my hand, hit the tile floor and shattered into a hundred pieces. I'm actually okay with how this turned out, although in my head it was supposed to be much prettier. At least I have a basic knowledge now of how to put it all together. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Repurposing and preserving a memory

The other day I was retrieving some books from a closet and noticed 4 formal gowns that belonged to my mother. My mom passed away over 4 years ago. These were gowns she had worn to her grandchildrens weddings so I really did want to preserve them, but in a way that they would bring enjoyment to other family members rather than just hang there behind a closed door. I'm here to tell you cutting up a perfectly good gown is a really hard thing to do. First I removed the trim that was on the empire waist (notice the beaded flower embellishment) and cut a one flower apart from the rest of it. Then I cut a square from the very bottom of the dress. I traced a pattern on it to make a cone shape. Stitched some lace and the piece of the trim from the dress onto the satin fabric. I sewed the side, filled with some fiberfill and some potpourri, stitched the top closed and added a bow, some flowers and pearls. The gown had a toile petticoat and I had had cut some of that which I planned on using for the top and then forgot to add it, but I'll remember on the next one. I'm thinking of finding wedding pics where Mom is wearing the gowns and making some square sachets, printing the picture on fabric and attaching to the sachet. I have 4 long gowns to work with so please share any ideas you may have. I'm also thinking tooth fairy pouches for all the great grandchildren who have been born since she passed away.

Coasters from old magazine covers

Whenever my creative juices aren't flowing I can always fall back on making coasters. I sure am accumulating a bunch of coasters..LOL. These were made using images of very old magazine covers, several of these were published over 100 years ago. Wish I had the actual magazines. I'll bet they would make for interesting reading.
Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend.