Gallery Wall

I have had several requests for a post on my Gallery Wall Grouping from the  DIY Pallet Canvas post....  It's great to find out that so many people love it as much as I do :)

I purchased all of the unfinshed wood whimsical frames from Cut It out Already Frames and I have to say they have amazing customer service.  I do not live close to the store so they had to ship the frames to me.  Anytime that I called to check on the order I was actually able to speak with a live person, not just a recording.  They have so many frames to choose from.  Below are the ones that I chose.

Balboa Style 5x7

Grafton Style 5x7

Chandler Style 4x6

Chandler Style 4x6

The ones that aren't framed came from I Print Canvas.  Once again superb customer service.  I enjoy buying from small business owners as customer service is almost always top priority with them.  Plus, it seems I get a better product.  I Print Canvas offers so many different print options. 

The large picture is a 12x18, then the other two pictures are size 8x12.

I also purchased a 16x20 from Cut it Out Already Frames and found this adorable poster from Signs by Andrea.  Together these two look awesome!!!

Once again, all of the pictures taken above were taken by my mother at Tena Wood Photography

I hope I have answered all of the questions but if not please feel free to contact me!

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Featured!!

I have been overwelmed by the response on this project and am so glad that you all are enjoying this as much as I did making it!

It has been featured on 4 awesome blogs this week.... 

Craftionary,  Bubbly Nature Creations,  Craft-O-Maniac, and I Heart Naptime

If you haven't visited them, please do so......  They have some awesome projects featured.

Blessed

This week we are celebrating my sweet girl's 5th birthday!!  I feel totally and completely blessed to have her as my daughter.  She has changed my life in every way possible for the better and I am so thankful to be the person she calls "Mama". 
Hope that you all have a wonderful day!!

DIY Pallet Canvas

Recently, in the past few months I've joined the wonderful world of  Pinterest and you can follow me HERE.....  Needless to say, I have found way too many things that I want to make!  I saw this DIY Mini Pallet tutorial from U Create Crafts, which just so happens to be a blog that I check out often.  I also fell in love with this from Corner House Blog but my house is way to small for something that size! 

Anyway, one day while browsing at Michaels Craft, I ran across some Balsa Wood and it hit me!  I could use this for a smaller pallet project because it is SO thin!  Kari at U Create Crafts used jumbo popsicle sticks for her project (which is genius) but I wanted something a little bit bigger and didn't want to cut a ton of them.  So, I picked this up...  It was $1.79 for a 36 inch piece. 

I already had an 11x14 canvas so this is the size I chose to use.  I ended up using 1 and a half pieces of the Balsa Wood. 

See how thin it is!!!  (Fun Fact: My dad actually informed me that a lot of people use this to build model airplanes....) 

At this point, I put the wood up to the canvas and guesstimated where it needed to be cut.  I cut it with sissors and then broke the piece in half, to give it the "pallet" look. 

I did this until I had enough to cover the canvas...  Then painted all of them with white acrylic paint (not as thick as I normally would, since I wanted a "worn" look).  At that point, I used my trusty glue gun and glued all of them in place.  Then used the same stencil technique as I used in my DIY Quote Board by cutting it out with my Silhouette.  The colors I chose were gray and pink since I wanted to put it on my living room wall with pictures of my sweet girl. 

I love it!!!  And think it looks great with the pictures (which my mom at Tena Wood Photography took).  The turquoise headband my daughter has on is from Miss Ruby Sue.  The whimsical frames are from Cut It Out Already Frames and the ones that aren't framed are from I Print Canvas and are mounted on the 3/16 Gator Board. 

Hope you enjoy this as much as I love looking at it!! :)

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Featured!

I have been on vacation this week so it was awesome to find out that my DIY Quote Board was featured on two different blogs this week!!  It was featured at Serenity Now and Craftionary!!  A huge thanks to these ladies for the feature :)

Also, I am working on a DIY tutorial for the Chevron blinds as I have had several requests for this..

Featured

Too excited to find out today that Design Dazzle featured the Easter Bucket I made for my sweet baby girl!  A HUGE thanks to Toni for the feature!

Quote Board DIY

I have had this one place in my living room that really needed something, but everything I purchased didn't look great.  So, I decided to make something. This is one of my most favorite quotes, it helps me remember not to take the everyday grind of life too seriously.  I need to look at it everyday! And what better place than in my living room?!

 I purchased 2 12x24 unfinished wood boards at Hobby Lobby.  I painted them white, then distressed them with dark gray acrylic paint.... 

I didn't want to jsut put vinyl on there, I wanted to actually paint the saying on, so I cut out the vinyl for a stencil...

And painted it.  I wanted to do something other than just all black and since turquoise is my accent color of choice right now, I used it also!

I let it dry for about 30 minutes and pulled the vinyl off.  I LOVE the finished product!! 

I think it's perfect for the spot between my curtains!


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