Post #3 - $ Tree Remodel (Last One)

Hello & Happy Friday Everyone! Yay, it's the weekend!

I've still got lots to do and little time to do it in - So

hopefully I will be able to get some stuff off my long list! 😉

In the meantime, I've got 1 more $ Tree remodel to show you!

I saved my FAVORITE one for last!!! hahaha

I created this Adorable Witch sign! I LOOVE it!!! 

I haven't added the Ribbon for hanging it yet, it's on my list! 

The Vinyl I had in my stash, The cute Broom Sticks I found

at Target in their $ Bin (It's an 8 pk) The tiny Coffee stickers 

were in my stash and I colored the black pieces on the cups

so they would blend in with my sign - The Steam is vinyl but I used

a die to make them - The Sentiment is from the Silhouette Store

I used a White Chalk Spray paint from Walmart and I used

some grey acrylic paint from my stash & some jumbo craft sticks

Items from the $ Tree -

1 Beware Sign, 3 Witches signs, Brown Mailing Wrapping Paper

I started by taking apart the witch signs, I used my Mod Podge Spray

to spray the hat & boots so the glitter wouldn't fall off -

Then I added some Stickles to the hat and boots since

a lot of the glitter was off (I mean it is from the $ store) LOL

Then I flipped the Beware sign over and used my White Chalk Spray paint

to paint the backside - Once it was dry, I made some pencil lines

going across the board (to make it look like wood) Then I used my grey

acrylic paint by dry brushing it on the edges and then down

the pencil lines I made - Once that dried - I wanted to attach

The hat and boots. so I flipped my sign back over

where the "Beware" was facing up and flipped my witch

hats and boots down so I can attach them together -

I grabbed a bunch of the jumbo craft sticks and hot glued

the sticks to the hat, boots, and sign base - I did

it all the way across so everything was secure -

Then I took some brown mailing wrapping paper

and traced the entire sign - I didn't want to have the

sticks and beware sign showing on the back -

I'm just weird like that, so I traced and then cut the

whole image out by hand - Then I glued it to the

backside so nothing was showing - 

Once that was done, I flipped my sign back over so I could decorate it

 - I did some measuring so I would know

how big to make my sentiment for cutting out -

Then I picked the colors of vinyl to match up with the

fun witches - Once the words were placed I then hot glued

the 2 brooms onto my sign (1 on each end) - 

then I wanted to add the small coffee cups so I went thru my stash and

found some that would work, except they were brown

so I got out my black sharpie marker and colored the

areas that needed it and then glued them down -

I used the Cheery Lynn Designs (You can brew it) Die set

for the steam - 

I really, really like this sign and can't

wait to hang it up in my kitchen! It's just so fun!

Have a BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND!!

Theresa

Sweet Tea....

Hello and Happy July 1st Everyone!

What the heck happened to June?

Did I blink or something?? I guess it

was a looonnng slow blink! 😁

Today I have a Home Decor Project 

to share with you !!! WHAT?

I know.... I know... It's been a while since

I made one! Crazy! Especially since I have

sooo many I need to get made!

Isn't it CUTE??? It looks cute on my shelf anyway! 😁

So, I found the plain Lemon Sign in the

Dollar bin at Target and I knew I could make it into

a simple sign for Summer -

I used 4 different colors of Vinyl

The Flowers are Pebbles Puffy Stickers and

I added 2 Clear Adhesive gems to them

The Cute Sentiment is from the Silhouette Store (#260696)

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a FABULOUS DAY!!!

Theresa

Fun Kitchen Sign!

Hello and Happy Monday Everyone!

How was your weekend? Mine was busy

crafting! Lots to do, lots to do! It was way too hot outside... 

So crafting seemed like the better choice! LOL

I made a super FUN Kitchen sign for myself and

I made one as a gift for my niece -

I saw the sign on Pinterest and could NOT

stop laughing - So I had to make one for myself!

I used my Silhouette Program to make my sign

I found the pan on google as a free image 

I can't remember the fonts I used, but they probably came

from the Silhouette store along with those utensil images.

I painted a wooden frame with White Chalk paint,

then painted over that with some Red Chalk paint

Then I sanded it down some to give it a Distressed look

I'm using White vinyl from Expression Vinyl on my sign

and I found some older Stampin' Up Ribbon to attach

for hanging my sign.

This is the one I made for my Niece - 

She likes the colors White, Blue, & Maroon - 

So I made sure to incorporate all 3 colors on hers!

I also decided to add some smoke... HAHAHA

I found the smoke image in one of my coffee files and 

shrunk it down to fit her sign... I really like the added Smoke!

I attached a dark blue/white stripe ribbon to hers for hanging in her Kitchen!

She LOVED her sign and had it hanging up the same day I gave it to her!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a FABULOUS DAY!!!

Theresa

I saved some.....

Happy Tuesday crafty friends!

How was your weekend?

Mine was boring - I started out crafting

on Friday night, but then Saturday I didn't

feel like doing anything except watch Hulu/Netflix!

Then On Sunday I got a jump start on my taxes -

Which brings us now to Tuesday! LOL

I'm hoping to craft a little bit this week

but I'll have to see how my work schedule plays out!

I'm sure you all know how that goes! :)

In the meantime, I thought I would show you

a Gift I made my son & his Girlfriend --

I've had a stack of these $ store glass cutting boards for a while now

and thought I would put at least 1 of them to some good use!

My son & his girlfriend are wine drinkers and I saw this sentiment

in the Silhouette store (131228) and thought it would be PERFECT

for them as a gift - I also purchased a wall hanger for this piece

I wanted them to hang it in their kitchen area

My son & I have a similar sense of humor, so I knew he would

get a kick out of it! 

I used some assorted vinyl pieces from my stash (Black, Silver, & Red)

and I Flipped the sentiment because I was going to

vinyl this to the back side of the cutting board --

The front side which you see in the photos is very 

bumpy - it has a lot of texture and I knew the vinyl

wouldn't look right on top of it --

It came out really nice and my son got a kick out of 

the sentiment like I had thought!

I'm planning on making one for myself... 

But I think I'm gonna use a Coffee sentiment -

Will see what happens with that!!! LOL 

I hope you have a FABULOUS DAY!!

Theresa

Oriental Trading - Winter Treats

Hello & Happy Friday Crafty Friends!

With Winter in FULL Swing - Sometimes we need 

something to wash away those Winter Blues -

 So I thought I would make

some FUN Winter Goodie Bags for the Kids at 

school using some Oriental Trading Products.

My whole idea started with this Giant box of

Swiss Miss Hot Cocoa I purchased at a local store --

I mean Who Doesn't Like Hot cocoa on a Cold Blustery Day???

Then I went to Oriental Trading where I found Everything I

needed to create a FUN Wintry Themed Gift Bag!

I got all my items together and separated them into

small piles - We have 21 students in our 5th-grade class -

Each Bag will Contain 3 packs of Hot Cocoa, 

3 packs of  Marshmallow Snowman Candy Treat Packs,

1 Frosted Polar Bear Lollipop, 1 giant Hard Candy Peppermint Spoon,

3 Blue & Silver Hershey's Kisses Candy, 1 Snowman bullseye game,

and 1 Hot Cocoa & Marshmallow Notepad & Pencil Set

I wanted to show you how THICK these spoons are - I could not believe

how thick they were and I have to give Extra Props to

Oriental Trading for how they shipped them - I got 2 packs

of 12 and they were each individually wrapped so

nothing was broken! They did the same thing with the

Cute Snowman Suckers - Everything arrived in excellent condition -

Which was amazing in itself! - We all know sometimes

things break during Shipping, and I thought I would have

maybe a couple of items broken due to what they were -

But NOPE... Excellent packaging on their part - 

I was very excited & Impressed by that! KUDOS to them!

 I used some Adorable Snowman Goody Cellophane bags 

to tie the whole theme together - Each bag was tied up

with some grey twine I had in my stash -- 

I really think the kids at school are going to enjoy these

in the next few weeks --

Not only did I make those fun Goody bags!

I also made a Winter Themed Home Decor project -

I was totally on a roll one day - and thought this sign

would be fun to hang up in my house --

I used a blank DIY Wooden Slate Sign and painted it

with a Shimmer Blue paint I had in my Stash - Once it dried

I splattered on some White & Silver Acrylic Paint - Just

to give it a Snow/Wintry look - As that dried on my sign 

I found some Winter Scrap Paper in my stash 

and traced the DIY Unfinished wooden Snowflakes with a pencil

and then cut the shapes out of the paper -

 then I applied some Mod Podge to each

snowflake - then placed the paper cutout snowflakes

on top of the unfinished wood ones - set them off to dry -

While everything was drying - I went to my Cameo program

and found a really cute Winter Sentiment and cut it out

with some Scrap vinyl, I had - Placed it where

I wanted on my now dried sign, then used some

Hot Glue to place the snowflakes around the sentiment

And there is my NEW DIY Winter Sign hanging in my Kitchen!

Head on over to Oriental Trading to check out the items used on my project and for other Seasonal decor items.  Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a fabulous day!
This review is based strictly on my opinion.  I was provided the samples free of charge by Oriental Trading to provide my honest review.  No other type of compensation was received.  All ideas and opinions are my own.  

Theresa