the girls' room has been 90% done for about 6 mths now.
there are just a couple of little projects that i needed to finish.
the first one was making something to hang over each bed.
we had wooden initials up, but they just weren't really substantial enough. i remembered seeing a project awhile back (sorry i didn't bookmark it so i'm not sure who did the original) where she put scrapbook paper in a frame and then put a letter on the outside of the glass. i really liked that idea so i went out and found a frame at hobby lobby.
i forgot to take a before picture, but it was dark brown with gold details. i knew i wanted the oval shape so i just spray painted it.
the next problem was that the frame was too big to use scrapbook paper. i thought i was pretty smart and decided i could use wrapping paper instead.
after way too many trips to different stores in search of the perfect paper i realized that i could use fabric!
(my 3 babies have sucked out all my brains. i know that this would not have taken me 2 weeks to think of before kids)
so i used the styrofoam from inside the frame and roughly cut out the same shape just a little bigger.
then i used my cricut to cut out the letters (this time i did use scrapbook paper)
i used a black stamp pad to darken the edges of the letters so that they would stand out when they were against the busy background.
i used foam squares to attach the letter to the glass so that it would be even more 3d
once it was all put back together here is what it looked like:
ben's 1st birthday is coming up, and we are doing a baseball theme since that is how we decorated his nursery.
and thought they'd be perfect! i also used the walls in his room as inspiration for the colors. (check it out:http://bethkruse.blogspot.com/2010/02/baseball-room.html )
my sister is great and is (patiently) teaching me how to use illustrator. so this is my first real attempt....well i attempted and then she redid everything! actually she walked me through it but then had to do some work to make it a bit more printable. i don't know, something about my photos being about 10,000 times too big. whatever. i used to change her diapers so she owes me.
i am so excited about all the plans for this party so check back soon to see all the details!
i'm also hoping it will motivate some of the house projects i've been meaning to finish...er...start!
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