Vacation Countdown!

I finally did it!  I've been wanting to make a countdown for our family to have for the various vacations we take throughout the year.

~This particular countdown is for California!~

Super simple.  While at Home Depot one day, I bought a 4x4 post....I figured I would cut it up into square blocks for various projects.  And thanks to my wonderful miter saw, I was able to cut out all my blocks.

I then spray painted everything brown.  I then cut out some fun summer-ish scrapbook paper & mod-podged it onto the blocks.

And then I headed over to my Mother's house & used her cricut to cut out some vinyl for the numbers & sayings.

I'm so excited!  My kids are beyond excited for this particular vacation :)

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Popsicle Pallet Art

Oh. My. Goodness.

When I came across this tutorial on Pinterest, I instantly knew that I wanted to make some.

And so I did.

I just happened to have a left over piece of canvas {8x10}, and a bunch of popsicle sticks.

So I set to work, hot gluing down the sticks, and using some really good snips to trim the popsicle sticks to size.

I liked the au-natural look of the sticks, so I opted not to paint them.  I did however paint the sides of the canvas.

I then went into Microsoft Publisher {I use it for everything}, and in my created document, I typed out my phrase I wanted on this particular canvas.  I then mirrored it & saved it as a jpeg file.  I then cut out a piece of freezer paper & taped it to a piece of computer paper {to make it easier to go through the printer}.  I then printed out my saying onto the shiny side of the freezer paper.

I then flipped the freezer paper over onto the wood, and rubbed the ink into it.  I then took a black marker & carefully traced each letter in just a little bit.

And wa-la!  I have a fun art piece to display in my family room.

This was so easy to do, I think it took me hour at the most.  I have plans to make more!

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Spring Door Hanger

What doesn't welcome Spring, than a fun decoration with fun Spring Colors!

I'm loving having something up on my door, and since St. Patricks doesn't last forever, I needed to make something that would last for the rest of Spring.  So I headed out to this cute little store, Wood Creations, where you can pick up unfinished crafts to take home.

I decided to paint my hanger with some fun Vibrant Spring Colors that I got on sale at Hobby Lobby.

I found this glitter on clearance at Wal-mart, and thought it would be fun to sprinkle it on the finished boards.

{but boy was it messy}

I used my trusty Gorilla glue to glue together the flower into the pot.

I found an old wire hanger, and used that to hang up my masterpiece.

And wa-la...Happy Spring Decoration!

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St. Patrick's Day Blocks

I love having crafty friends!

A bunch of us girls wanted to make the same set of blocks, so once again {like my LOVE blocks} we pooled our money, bought some wood & vinyl & got crafting!

Here is how my blocks turned out:

The blocks come from a 2x2, and was cut into 4 different lengths.  I spray painted my blocks green, and then got some sparkly cardstock paper & mod-podged that on.  Once dried, I applied my vinyl.  And then, as those blocks sat finished by my computer, I had the thought to put some ribbon to the black, and hang them up on my door {because the Valentine Decor needed to go, and I've liked having something there}.

Not bad eh?

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