Summer Fun and Gift Ideas

We just went to the Texas coast

for the fist trip of the summer season.

We like to go to Rockport several times every summer,

not just because my parents,

Lala and Pops, live there,

but also because they have

the perfect bay beach for little ones.

 

No beach trip is made around here without

our hooded towels.

Mike is now 8, Adelyn is 5 and Molly is 19 months...

All three still love their towels!

 

Recently I was inspired to design

 a few new towels for friends...

Check out this one for my Lego lovers!

This is the perfect gift for the kid

 who has too many Legos,

but still wants Lego stuff for their birthday.

Yes, I speak from experience here!

I am so in love with this classy,

yet adorable Barbie inspired towel.

The bow embellishment really adds a special detail!

Have a little super hero on you gift list?

ME too... several.

Bigs and littles!!

Here is one I made for a tween...

you know those hard to please kids!

Well, this Harry Potter inspired towel was a hit!

She even let her mom share it on Face Book!

I saved the best for last...

our Mermaid towel.

My favorite part about this one,

well aside from the bow embellishment,

is that I can make her hair any color!

Yup, working on a little redhead next!

 

We just love these towels and take them to

the water park, swim lessons,

and they are even the first towel

my kids go to after a bath.

A special shout out to my models...

Adelyn was nervous about modeling the "boy towel"

for my Etsy photos...

I assured her I wouldn't show her face

 on the shop photos...

but this is the blog!

(wink, wink)

Come on by my Etsy shop and see what all the other unique gifts

I have for your favorite little people!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summer Coupon Code

Chevron and Burlap

I had a few pieces of scrap wood ,

some adorable new chevron paper,

and two friends who needed special gifts...

 After a quick spray of Heirloom White,

I used modge podge to cover the front side of the blocks.

For the frame block, I attached the Tim Holtz clips

with E-6000 and added a burlap bow.

For the monogram block,

I used the cricut to cut the letter and decoupaged it on.

I just tied the burlap in a simple knot to top it off.

I love when two for my biggest crushes collide...

chevron and burlap!

Such a fun personalized gift,

I made myself one!

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Magnetic File Folder

I have a love/ hate relationship with

sticking papers on my refridgerator.

 

I love having the reminder in clear view

and I love the ease of looking at the school calenders,

but I hate the clutter and it always looks messy.

Enter the new Front Porch Kit...

"Say Cheese"!

I am so blessed to design for these scrapbook kits...

they really bring out my creativity!

This kit came with an accordion style file folder.

As soon as I saw it, I knew I wanted it in my kitchen!

I covered it with scrapbook paper and chevron fabric. 

 

 

It turned out so cute I almost want to keep it

on the front of the fridge, not on the side!

 

I just love the layered ruffles and button embellishments!

It is the details that make this project

 look like decor and not a clutter hider!

And would you believe that this label is made from chalkboard paper!

I can easily change the title out...

recipes, schedules, receipts, stuff, etc.

What a fix, right?

If you need a few more details on how to make one.

come on over to my scrappin' blog...

The No- No Room.

and if you want to purchase the kit,

head on over HERE!

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Back To School on a Budget

School is just around the corner and for the first time ever,

 I am preparing to send two kids to school!

Mike starts kindergarten and my Addy

 will be going to MDO twice a week.

Because my kids have played so hard this summer

and their cloths will prove it, 

I am finding myself trying to,

not just supplement their wardrobe,

but replace it entirely. 

Thus, I have been visiting the clearance section

 of every store in town!

 Wal-Mart had this shirt and skirt for $1.50 each!

Heck ya! Score!

And with a little scrap magic...
I was able to personalize it and make fit Addy's style!

I just hand appliqued on a monogram and the added a bow to a safety pin!

Pretty cute for $3 I would say!!

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Upcycled Vases

Thanks to my mom I have quite the collection of

empty and clean Frappuccino bottles.

I just love there shape and their price... free!

A few weeks back I wanted to combine a few of my favorite trends...

burlap, numbers, and up-cycling...

and these darling vases are the result.

 For #2 I Modge Modged small, torn pieces from

 my old copy of Eat, Pray, Love all over the bottle.

Then added a burlap band and traced the number with a sharpie!

For #7 I covered a wooden tag with burlap

and again traced the number with a sharpie. 

Next I hot glued a vintage button and

tied the tag on with black string. 

PS... We are loving our rose bushes this summer...

I love having fresh flowers sprinkled around my house!

#4 was just the burlap band with the traced number and

then is old fabric flower with a not so vintage button in the center!

That sat on a little cabinet in my living room for a few days,

but quickly found a home by my kitchen sink...

they make me happy while loading the dishwasher

 and that's a tough job for old Frappuccino bottles, right?

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New Shop Items

Head over to the shop and check them out!

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Photo Pocket

I have been slowly working on updating

Adelyn's gallery wall in her bedroom. 

One of my current additions is this Photo Pocket I made with a hoop

 and some fabric scraps from my Front Porch Kit, "Sew Artsy"

I love because I can swap out photos and

add ticket stubs, cards, art work...

 just about any memorbilia!

Hop on over to THE NO-NO ROOM for details

and be sew to check out the "Saw Artsy Kit!

Scrappy Hooded Towels

Woo... we have eight spring birthday parties to celebrate!

That's a lot of parting and a lot of gift buying!

I knew I wanted to go handmade,

(Lord knows none of these kiddos need more plastic crap!lol)

so I started making all our birthday friends

these cute hooded towels.

 

 They turned out so cute I am adding them to my shop!

 These are the colors so far...

 Mike gets a chocolate brown one

 and is all ready to swim now!

I am thinking we may need some for their bathroom.

The would look so cute on hooks, as part of the decor!

 I am making Adelyn a purple one,

but needed her to model the pink one for photos...

She loved it!  She even cried when I took it away!

Hmmm, just like a super model, eh?

 These towels are nice and big...

we will use them for summers to come!

 Here is the blue one.... pretty cute, huh?

Won't be nice with my scrappy bags!!

 I really, really like the grey one...

I used grey and red fabric for the name!

So I am sellng them in my shop HERE

for just $20... so come take a look!

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Art Display

I have been working a few different decor projects,

 but they have been slow going as we have been extra busy...

 BUT, I am just about finished with our art gallery!

Months ago I was inspired by my friend Erin's gallery

 (she is a real artist!) 

I fell in love with the gallery wall,

meets children's art,

meets classically whimsical...

Like that last one?  I made it up!

Erin has some advice about what not do HERE (lol) 

My what not do is under estimate the price of chicken wire-

 I was surprised it was $22 a roll.

 Luckily all my frames were free! 

This one came from my mom and was an old mirror.

One of my favorite ways to use my scraps is making these clothes pins...

I like to put magnets on the back, use them for chip clips,

and even to clip cards on to birthday presents!

Prety cute- huh?

One other surprise was how proud Mike and Addy

were to have their art displayed so publicly. 

We have two other displays upstairs,

but they like having it in the kitchen!

I still need one more frame to finish it off,

but thanks to Erin my dull and empty wall

 below our kitchen island is full of priceless art!

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