The Countdown is On!

The home stretch is finally here!!  And by that I mean, baby #2 will be here in just a few weeks!  The last couple days/weeks I've been "nesting", apparently this is what pregnant women do just before baby comes.  So, my days have been busy with cleaning and organizing, because I know I will have absolutely no extra time on my hands once baby comes.  But I have managed to complete a few crafty things amongst the cleaning.

One of the projects I decided needed doing was filling the frame in our living room with something other than christmas, it is February after all and the christmas decoration must come down.  I decided to try something different.  I got my cricut out and some vinyl and created some wall art, but because we're renting I didn't want to stick the vinyl onto the wall, so I used the glass and frame and stuck it onto the glass.  I think it turned out really great!  What do you think?

      

I've also been frequenting our new Dollarama store.  And you wouldn't believe how many cheap craft supplies you can get there!  I was looking for something to finish my kitchen and I found these pots for $2 and some greens for $1 each.  Stuck the greens into the pots and there you go... quick and easy plants that don't need watering!  I think it looks fresh and really brightens up the kitchen and an added bonus... the plants will always stay green.  :)

Hope you enjoyed a few more peeks at some of the things I've been working on. 

A Changeable Wall Hanging

I'm back to blogland.  It's been a while, but I'm finally home from the holidays and have finally found some time to sit down and write this long awaited post.  Early in November I started a small project that ended up getting bigger and bigger!  Well, it's finally ended and I can now show you all!  (I know the anticipation is killing you!)

The idea came when I was browsing through some blogs and found this neat decor idea.  I thought it would be a great gift for Christmas and soon decided it would be perfect for my mom and mom-in-law.  The idea came from Dittle Dattle's Family Wall Hanging 

I started off with just the word family, but I started thinking and came up with an even better idea...  "What if I made a few words that could be changed through-out the year?!"  SO that is how my little project expanded into a bigger one. In the end I made two sets of three words and here they are:

I am so glad I finally got to share this with you!  Hope everyone had a great Christmas and I wish all the best to you in the New Year!





It's Christmas Time

So, it's been a while since I've updated you all on my projects... and there's good reason.  No.. it's not because I haven't been doing anything... or because I've been procrastinating... it's because I can't tell you!  So, stay tuned, I will have to update you on those in the New Year. 

I have, however, had some time to decorate a little around the house.  We are gone for most of December, so I didn't go crazy with the decorating, but I wanted to see some of my favorites around the house, even if it is only for a few weeks.  With no tree up, I decided I still liked looking at my ornaments, so I put them in a big glass vase, put it on the table and now it's a beautiful center piece! 

I have a picture frame hanging in the kitchen all year round that I wanted to make a little christmasy.  I took some cute Christmas scrapbook paper and cut it to fit the frames.  Really easy and made the picture frame feel like part of the Christmas decor.

The last project I want to share with you is another Christmas filler for a picture frame.  My inspiration came from http://www.wordle.net/create  I took Bible verses from Luke 2 (the Christmas Story) and put them into wordle.  (a website that basically makes a collage of the words you type into the website.)  I couldn't quite figure out how to print the picture big enough for my picture frame so I recreated it using my Cricut, glue and some paper.  I should warn you though, if you do not like tedious work, then this is not for you.  (yes, I am crazy and acutally glued each letter!) 

I think it turned out quite nicely and is a great reminder of the true reason for the season.