Made this for my sister for her birthday. I used her favorite colors: grey for the board and yellow for 'best'. This was something that she didn't have and she's my only sister and best friend.

My board is 1x12x12 and I used my silhouette for the font. I painted my board grey and then I used vinyl as a stencil so that I had all my letters/words lined up and I could use the different colors (white/yellow).

A few months back - while I was doing a craft - I thought to myself, that I should hava a craft group. I wanted to share my crafts/creativity/talents with others. Maybe it was to also have some grown-up time :)

I thought that I would share what we did.

January group:

I got the All You Need LOVE idea here and the Scrabble LOVE here. I used my Silhouette to cut the letters ( I don't remember the name of the font ).

February group:

at this point my sister joined up with me in hosting her own group (in Layton). We do the same craft, share ideas & preparation work.

This is a treat box.I needed an idea to give my visiting teachers. I found the idea here.

I am adapting to the chevron look and came up with this idea. I used a piece of 1x6, paint, vinyl and a shamrock from The Wood Connection. Finish it off with twine and rhinestones. I think next time I'll try to find a thinner shamrock.

March group:

My sister created this craft with a plaque from Hobby Lobby, paint and vinyl. ( You can sand the edges a little and add stain if you'd like. ) We wanted something that could count as everyday decor &/or Easter ish.

This is a 1x6 piece of wood and the idea comes from Silhoutte. You can purchase this set, however, I switched the bird because I liked the look of his curly feathers. Tie it off with some twine and you have a great spring decoration.

I really like creating things with wood and paint. Every once in a while, I try to add in paper crafting or sewing. I love the ideas on Pinterest and feel like I can't keep up with all the cuteness.

Rainy Day project

It's a rainy day here (I love the rain!) and I thought that I would work on a craft - it happens to me daily (the need to craft)

I picked up this cute puddle jumpin' boots and umbrella kit at The Wood Connection. You can order online or go into the store and pick one up. Just be prepared that you will be emptying out your wallet - they have too many cute things :)

Here are the colors that I went with:

craft smart ~ white, hot pink, and apple tart

apple barrel ~ bright yellow

and then of course, Mod Podge

here are my pattern paper choices

(you can get that at The Wood Connection, too)

and here is my finished project. My FAVORITE part about this is the green & yellow boots!

I just love crafting it up!

Are you kidding me!?!
I'm not sure what happened to some of my posts/pictures. I'll try and figure it out. If not, those posts will be deleted :(

made these a while back and couldn't find the picture until now. Sorry, I don't have any instructions or tutorials on these cuties. Just the picture.

Here are some random crafts I did over the summer. I'm just going to jumble them all together in this post and say that I'm all caught up on blogging :)

made from scrap wood, painted, (some stained) and vinyl

Here is one of my latest *crafts.

I started out with a 1x8x15. I ordered my vinyl from Utah Vinyl. The flag part of this sign is done with a stencil and then just the black vinyl for the words. I stained it to give it a deeper feel for when you look at it. Then I just wrapped some wire around to give it a little something.

This sign was done with the letters being a stencil. I painted to board white, lettering blue and red. Added some stain. It then needed something else besides just the wire wrapped around it. I found the stars at The Wood Connection, put some holes in them and then added them to the wire.

I like how the stars add to the plain sign.

*permission given from Utah Vinyl