DIY Nursery Letter Canvases

Last summer, I found the perfect project for Luca's nursery. Although, when I originally made these fabric-covered canvases, I thought we might name our son Joey, and luckily Luca has the same number of letters!!

This is so easily customizable for your baby's room colors!

These letters make me so happy when I walk into his nursery :)

Supplies I used:

-- Fabric in coordinating grays, from fatquartershop.com (I bought 1/2 yard of each and had plenty to complete this project as well as the bunting project seen here: http://bit.ly/1gyVwcs)

-- wooden letters, from Michael's

-- blue acrylic paint for the letters (Martha Stewart brand)

-- coordinating blue ribbon

-- 8 x 10 artist canvases - I bought the bulk four pack to make it affordable, with a Michael's 40% off coupon too!)

-- Mod-Podge and paintbrush

-- iron

-- hot glue gun

How I Did it:

1. Iron fabric, then measure it against the canvas to cut the right size.

2. Mod-Podge the front of the canvas and lay the fabric over the front and smooth it out.

3. On the back of the canvas, use the hot glue gun to secure the fabric to the back.

4. Add painted letters and ribbon, hang and enjoy!

Nursery decals from etsy shop NurserydecalsNmore, shop here: http://etsy.me/No8FJZ

The customized canvases and bunting I made will also double as decor at little guy's baptism in a few weeks too!

DIY Bunting for Baby's Room

One of the easiest projects I made in preparation for baby was this bunting project. I had leftover fabric from a project I made for baby's room, and thought for a long time before I stumbled upon some bunting in the Pottery Barn Kids catalog - hi, I can make that!

So, I embarked upon a no-sew version.

I gathered my four fabrics, some poster board, scissors, some iron-on bonding tape, ribbon and my trusty glue gun.

First, I used the iron-on bonding to make my fabric double sided. I just folded it in half, really, and bonded it together.

Next, I used my poster board to cut out a triangle shape to my liking, and used this to cut out all of my triangles. I ended up with about 20 triangles per fabric, enough for two strips of bunting (there are two walls available to decorate in baby's room) and a small one for his door. 

After I cut out my triangles, I used the glue gun to glue each piece to the ribbon. I ended up gluing on both sides and folding the ribbon so it looked the same no matter how it got hung up.

Once I finished, Joe helped me hang up the bunting in the baby's safari themed nursery.

I think all the colors worked out so well together!

Once baby was born, I was able to finally put the letters (I found them at Michael's Craft Store and painted them a blue to match the ribbon) on his bunting for the door. We were between Joey and Luca, but as I will tell in a future post, this boy is definitely a Luca!

Easy Christmas Craft!

Want a super easy crafty ornament to hang on your tree this year?

 Have I got one for you! 

Last year I was inspired by this post and created a keepsake ornament for us, our parents and grandmas to commemorate our wedding.

Wedding invitations, almost as pretty as when I sent them out!

And then had leftover glass ornaments hanging around for the last year.

I then saw some inspiration in the target Christmas section....clear balls with garland inside. Inspired!

Headed over to the dollar store, picked up some garland, cut some pieces, inserted into the empty glass ornaments and voila!

Glass ornaments, dollar store garland, scissors - that's it!

Open up the ornament, insert garland.

Easy! And gorgeous!

Halloween Pumpkin Style!

Every holiday that rolls around, Lo gets crafty!

A couple of years ago, I made these awesome be-dazzled pumpkins from foam pumpkins and jewel stickers, and of course, glitter!

This year, I was introduced to my new friend, Mod Podge. How have I never used this before?!! It's awesome!

I was inspired, of course by Pinterest, to transform a boring foam pumpkin to...a timeless, classic-book page masterpiece!

I collected my materials: mod Podge, foam paint brush, foam pumpkin, and a book I was ready to tear apart (enter library book sale and a falling apart copy of DRACULA was $0.30!) How fitting for a Halloween pumpkin!

All the supplies ready over newspaper :)

The beautiful result! You can even tell the pages are from Dracula!

I love the result. Don't you?

New Uses for Old Things

So, I had a candy buffet at my wedding. Which was awesome, except that at the end of the day, I had a whole bunch of adorable vases and apothecary jars that I had no idea what to do with them.

Candy jars (almost) ready to go for our wedding day!

Until the other day when I was inspired by something I saw on pinterest (of course). I decided to take my favorite jar (on the left!) and put my nail polishes in it. They had been in a Caboodles box in the closet, but now they are just looking adorable on my bathroom counter. I'm sure Joe loves it too. Hehe.

Looking good repurposed!

On a side note, we've also got a nod to Joe's sister's wedding on our bathroom counter. The peacock feathers are from her bridal shower and wedding. I repurposed some old cheap necklaces to fill some bud vases and voila! Cost to us -- $0.00 :)

How's that for budget decorating?