Dream: big little one

A very special little

girl in my life turned

1 year old in April.

Her Momma is my

first cousin and the little

Sister I never had.

I wanted to make her something

extra special.

I kept thinking to myself,

if I could encourage her

to do anything...anything at all

I would encourage her to

Dream.

No matter how big or how small~

life doesn't get any better then

when a dream comes true.

Here is what I used:

A re-purposed cabinet door

Sand paper

Paint

Vinyl as a Stencil

Decorative Knobs

While trolling Hobby Lobby one fine day,

I found some incredible vintage-Esq drawer pulls

in a light distressed pink.

Gorgeously adorable!

And while at our local Habitat for Humanity

ReStore one fine day I found the perfect

sized cabinet door:

I sanded it and painted the center green.

Spring Meadows.

I used this same color

to make this special little lady a

growth chart before she was even born!

I found a design for the center in the Silhouette Store.

I designed it so that there were

four of them to create a columned look.

I applied the vinyl and painted over it

with white. I also painted the edges.

Carefully, I peeled the vinyl off.

I also distressed it a little bit.

It was somewhat

painstaking and tedious.

But...it had to be done

and was soooo worth it in the end!

I designed the word Dream and found a

beautiful little butterfly to go with it.

I used my Cameo to cut it out.

I applied both to the center of the cabinet door.

I added the two adorable pink drawer pulls

and two black drawer pulls to the bottom

and made it a coat rack/pretty hanger.

Here it is:

And here it is in her room:

I'm so glad she can use it and it

will grow with her!

She is so loved!!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Carri

Partying at the following:

Suzy's Artsy-Craftsy Sitcom
A Glimpse Inside
The Shabby Creek Cottage

Monogrammed Wooden Plaque

Behold!

I have finished a project!

Yes, it's ok to think to yourself...

FINALLY!

I'm thinking the same thing!

It was so simple.

And it was fairly inexpensive

given the fact that I had almost

all the supplies.

Here is what I started with:

Mod Podge

Scrapbook paper

Metal Numbers

Wooden Initial

Craft Paint-Mountain Mud

Scraper (for the bubbles)

Foam Brushes

Furniture Nails

Heavy Duty Metal Clip

Distress Ink

Here's what I did:

I used the craft paint and painted the edge

of my wood piece. While it dried, I

painted my "K" also with craft paint.

I put Mod Podge on the front of the wooden plaque

and laid it face down on my scrapbook paper.

I turned it over and used my Scraper to

work out all the bubbles. While it dried,

I used Distress Ink to distress the K.

I placed the plaque on a cutting board face down

and cut out around it with an exacto. Being careful

not to rip the paper. I used a sanding block

to sand the extra paper off the edges.

I also distressed the edges with Distress Ink.

I added the metal numbers securing them

with furniture nails.

Lastly, I clipped the K to the

plaque with the metal clip.

{LOVE}

Finished:

The 383 is my wedding date!

03.08.03

Also, my two favorite numbers.

All the supplies used (except furniture nails)

were purchased at 

Hobby Lobby so if you get lucky on

timing, you may be able to purchase

them all on sale.

Have a great day!

Thanks for stopping by!

Carri

Linking up at the following:

The Shabby Creek Cottage

momnivore's dilemma

Polkadots on Parade

Suzy's Artsy-Craftsy Sitcom
A Glimpse Inside

Last Day of 1st Grade!

It's my big guy's last

day of

1st grade!

What a year it has been.

He has grown in so

many ways.

And he was blessed to have an

amazing teacher!

Here he is on his last day of

1st grade

holding a picture from

his 1st day

1st grade.

He just said to me,

"It's it time to go yet? Cus, I'm ready to get this over with!"

LOL.

Who knew my month early

premie baby boy would be

so eager to be done with

1st grade!

3 words to describe him:

Strong

Funny

Smart

I love you T and I am so VERY

proud of you!

Thanks for stopping by!

Carri



Time of Your Life-Old Window

I love old windows.

How about you?

This is the 3rd one

I have done in

this similar style.

I sanded it a little and darkened

the edges with Dark Walnut

Distress Ink.

(let me add, if the ink doesn't sink into the wood

it will rub off on your hands or can be washed away

with water)

Then I stared on it.

Crickets chirp.

Hmmm....what the heck

story am I going to

give this window?

For some reason,

I had a song stuck in my head called

Time of Your Life by

Green Day.

And so it became about time.

I hope you had the time of your life.

Song lyrics.

Yes!

I created an Up Words & On Words

vinyl design. I cut it out in brown vinyl

using my Silhouette.

{LOVE my Silhouette, LOVE it!}

I applied the vinyl to the glass.

Then I took a piece of scrapbook paper

which actually this piece is thick like card stock and

added three metal scrapbooking

clock faces to it.

You probably can't see them

very well but they are placed at 1, 2 and 3 o'clock.

No real reason.

I used brown thumb tacks to add the

scrapbook paper to

the back of the window.

This way, the paper can be changed,

the clock faces can be adjusted

and a picture could be added

at some point.

=)

And here she is:

I hope you had the time of your life.

(this is a rough pic, I know. But, it's hard to get a good one with all the reflections)

1, 2 & 3 o'clock

I love it! Love it! Love it!

I took it to my space at Marketplace 3301

but if I would have decided to keep it

instead of put it up for sale,

I would've added

pictures of my life's

biggest moments.

Or those moments of my

boys.

Maybe who ever buys it

will do something similar!

Thanks for stopping by!

Carri

At the Party:

 

HAVE faith AND BELIEVE

It's that time of year again...

upcycle and repurpose

as much as you can

while the weather is nice.

I found a large cabinet door

stuffed towards that back of my

every growing (shhh...don't tell) cabinet

door stash.

It originally was very dark

which worked out nicely because

 it was just as I had

wanted.

I sanded it down. But not too much. Just

enough to get the shine and crud off of it.

Then I slapped on some Benjamin Moore

Camo paint. Once it dried,

I gave it a quick sanding.

How to get that paint color to look green

is beyond me. It dried on the paint stick

a super nice green but not so much on my

cabinet door. It was more of a light celery color.

I have wondered more than once if it was

mixed wrong but it dried green on the stick

so now I am perplexed.

:(

So, I messed around with a few other colors.

 I had to!

I added grey and blue on the

outer edge. And sanded it

again once it was dry.

I used a previously cut

Up Words & On Words

vinyl design

for the center.

And here's the beauty of it all:

I love how the paint gives off an almost whimsical,

floating, blowing, whispy appeal.

Sort of looks like the faith is blowing

to where ever it is needed.

I really like how it turned out. I took it to my space

at Marketplace 3301 yesterday.

Maybe it will make it's way into

someone's home and be loved!

Thanks for stopping by!

Carri

Linking up:

 

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...

Wow!

I stepped out of my comfort

zone and created a wall coat rack

using a Chevron pattern.

I took an already

white cabinet door and

spray painted it flat white because

it was glossy.

Using my Silhouette and the 

large Chevron design, I cut

 a piece of vinyl to use

as a stencil.

I placed the vinyl on the door and

painted over it with grey. I had the paint

color matched at Ace Hardware.

I peeled the vinyl off to

expose the Chevron pattern.

I pre-drilled screw holes and

added 4 round grey knobs with

white circles on them. I purchased these

at our local Habitat for Humanity

ReStore.

They were love at first sight.

I'm kickin' myself for not getting

as many as I could find.

Then...I had creator's block. I wasn't sure what I wanted to add to the center.

Or what color I wanted the vinyl lettering to be.

>_<

FINALLY...decided on a saying  and a color

and created an Up Words & On Words

vinyl design.

Life isn't about waiting

for the storm to pass.

It's about learning to

dance in the rain.

And here is how it turned out:

Can't help it but

it turned out just like I

had hoped!!

YAY!

Thanks for stopping by!

Carri



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