Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Button Canvas

So I have newly gotten an addiction...its lovely little name is Pinterest http://pinterest.com/!!! If you have not checked it out, then you so should. But...BEWARE!!! I have already addicted 2 people within a week!! It is a website full of ideas from crafts to recipes, it has it all!! The site is constantly updating! All of the stuff comes from other peoples blogs, etc! It is A-mazing!!!

I seen this on the site and fell in love with it! So since we do not have kids, I decided to make some for my fellow teacher sweet Ms. Amy! I am in love with her children...and of course her! She is absolutely the sweetest person I have ever met!! I knew she would love and appreciate them, so I chose her and her girls to I guess you could say be my guinea pigs!! Ha! So since the girls share a room, I wanted to make them similiar but still unique to the girl! I look at both Hancocks and Hobby Lobby before I found this fabric. So I thought the fabric was a bit of a hassle...I was so wrong. The buttons...oh the buttons! Hancock had a good assortment of buttons(which I went to first), but I did not purchase any yet due to not knowing my fabric chose yet. Hobby Lobby had buttons, but no packages that contained all the same color. So I went to Jo-Anns, bc online they seemed to have alot. Well, they did but only had one left of the pink. So I had to drive back to Hancock to purchase more. Why can't there be one place with everything you need...or the business' be side by side??

I used 11x14 canvas, half a yard of the fabric, short piece of ribbon and it took about a whole package of buttons!

Cover the front of the canvas with the fabric and staple to the back...just like they do with the canvas material itself. Then, I penciled an outline of how I wanted the letters to look. I painted on Elmers Craft Glue and started placing the buttons. Once finished, I tied a bow with the ribbon and stapled the ends to the back of the canvas. That's all folks!!! Overall, the project cost just under $6 a canvas! Awesome easy to make gifts at a great price!!

I love how they turned out and can't wait to make some more!!

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Football Fever

Oooh Boy...it is now 24 more days till kick off of the new season!! I love the Razorbacks!!! Over half my wardrobe is Hogs, my car is decked out in Hogs, my studio room is in Hogs, the back porch has Hog decor, etc... Earlier this year we purchased a new patio table that seats 6 plus a convo set that has to chairs, loveseat and coffe table. They are super comforable!! The hubby also rigged it up so that we can move the flat screen to the back porch!!! Can you say awesome Razorback party!!!! I can not wait!!! September 3rd can not get here fast enough!!! Plus with football season starting that means that we are that much closer to deer season!!! Woo Woo this is why I Love Fall!!!!!! Woo Pig Sooiee!!!!