Welcome Post for Porch

 I spruced up an ugly wooden post that I found at the thrift store for $3 and turned it into my new Welcome Sign for my front porch.  To bad I didn't take a before picture but if you could imagine poo brown and hunter green....yuck!  It looks so much better now.  I painted it with Tropical Oasis from Valspar and I found the decorative knob (spray painted that yellow) and the metal Welcome sign at Hobby Lobby.  

Air Conditioner Cover

My husband made this awesome cover for our air conditioning unit.  It was a must have with 3 young children who play around it in our back yard, and a 20 month old boy who kept wanting to touch it.  Now he doesn't even remember its there!

  It turned out awesome.  It will be easy to store during the winter months as well.

Wood Star for July: Door Wreath

My handsome husband cut and put this together for me....thanks to this idea I saw.  It was super easy and inexpensive to make and is just what I wanted to make a statement on our house for the month of July.  

We are so blessed to live in America!

 And yes, I made the banner as well.  

Chevron July 4th Banner: Stars and Stripes

 Here is a sneak peak at my newest banner coming to my etsy shop!  It's a smaller version of my regular banners because this one is meant to be hung above your front door.  My front door is getting ready to display one!

Transition Door Wreath: for your front door

 What?  A Transition Door Wreath?  What is that??

For me I decided it would be a wreath or Letter in this case, that I could hang on my front door while transitioning onto the next Holiday or Season.  Take this year for example......Easter came and went in March and I was not going to keep my Easter Wreath on the door any longer.  It was driving me crazy. And here in Utah you can have spring and winter weather all in the same day during the spring months.

So I made a Transition Wreath.  Something that does not have any Holiday or Season theme but is still cute and functional.

I bought a Giant Letter from Hobby Lobby, painted it and then made the Chevron Tie out of some fabric I had on hand.  Ah, I am feeling much better already!

 I do not know about you but I think I am more excited to transition into spring and summer weather now!

Spring Mantel: He is Risen Banner

 My Mantel has been decorated for a few weeks now and I love it.  

I am super happy with my new addition this year: My HE IS RISEN pennant banner.

I made it from paper pennants, sticker letters and some yarn.  It fits perfectly on my picket fence.

 All of the other decorations are from years past.  

Fabric Bunnies, Wooden Blue Bird, Fabric Easter Eggs , Fabric Carrots

Spring MOSS Wreath

I have fallen in love with the look of Moss this spring.

So I decided to make myself a Moss Wreath.

 If you like the Easter Egg Felt Banner you can find ones like this one HERE in my etsy shop.

 Here is the back:

My hotty hubby helped me make some frames out of some wood, some wood glue and brackets.  I was able to make 2 large frames for $2.00 total.  BONUS!  I bought sheet moss with a 50% off coupon, some pink burlap for 50 cents and again using a coupon I added the cute nest as well.

Happy March! : St. Patrick's Day Mantel

I am so happy it's March....

spring is right around the corner!

Since Easter is also in March this year (dumb I think) I didn't want to put up a lot of green stuff since it will come down as fast as it went up.

 I love my picket fence!!!  I use it all the time.  It was a great place to hang up my rainbow banner.

The banner: I took my 2" round paper punch and punched out circles from paper scraps and then taped those to some bakers twine.  That's it.

 The Leprechaun Hat is from last year.  And of course with every rainbow there is some sunshine so I took my green sunshine frame that I hang in my hallway and put it here.  PERFECT!

HAPPY MARCH TO ALL OF YOU!!

Happy Everything Pennant Banner: teacher gift idea

I wanted to make something special for my child's Kindergarten teacher.  She is a great teacher.  She loves what she does and does a great job at it.  

So I made her a Happy Everything Banner that she can hang up in her classroom.

 Instead of waiting until the end of the school year to give this to her, we are giving it to her for Valentine's Day.

I am wrapping it up and attaching a note that says, "Thank you for teaching me so much about everything!"

I have made it easy for you if you want to give one away as well.

I have added them into my shop.

Go HERE for details.

Valentine's Day Envelopes: The Tutorial

I first posted these Valentine's Day Envelopes for my family in This Post a few days ago.

I have since had a few emails asking me for a tutorial, so here it is:

Here is what you need: 1 sheet of stiff felt for each envelope (hobby lobby), some fabric ( 1/4 yard is great for 2 envelopes), ribbon, sewing machine and thread, heat n bond for letters is optional.

First, make a lid shape.  I simply folded a piece of paper the shape I wanted.  Trace around the lid shape on to your fabric that is folded right sides together.

 After you trace them onto your fabric, pin the fabric.  You are going to now get ready to sew.

 Make sure to mark an opening.... you will not sew in between these markings.  This is so you can turn your fabric inside out.  

 Sew right on top of the lines....this way your envelope lid is the exact size you need it to be!  Just make sure to leave an opening. Cut out your lid.

 Turn your lid inside out so your fabric is right sides out.  Press with an iron.  Now would be a good time to add any embellishments that you want....name or letter using heat n bond. You will now sew all around the lid part. 

  Once you have that sewn (look closely), you can now pin the lid to your stiff felt like this below.

 Sew 2 lines....one on the bottom and then one towards the top of your felt.  This gives it a nice finished look.

 To add ribbon, pin it like below.  I cut my ribbon to around 24".   Sew the ribbon in place; back stitching a few times.

 I then cut out a couple of small squares of felt scraps and sewed them the the backs for a nice finished look.  I then folded up my stiff felt and I sewed up along the 2 sides like pictured.  

There you have it, all finished!

 I hope that helps those of you who wanted to make some!