Little Things and Lots of Yarn

So when we bought our house I was pregnant with Maddox and knew exactly which bedroom would be his then of course one would be ours and one would be the guest room. Then we had one remaining bedroom that I was able to turn into my craft room (happy). However when little miss came along I had to say goodbye to my craft room and turn it into a pretty pink nursery (also happy). Now I am lacking a place to do all my crafting (sad). That hasn't stopped me though. Our dining room and living room (prob much to Collin's dismay) have now become my crafting area. I would of course love to have some fabulous room devoted purely to my craftiness (maybe someday) but for now we will all just have to deal with my stuff being somewhat in the way and out for everyone to see.

With that being said here are two things I have just completed. One I mentioned before and one I made with my good friend Danielle. We are considering starting to make stuff to sell at a local flee market!! I love how both turned out and can't wait to move on to my next project!!

First up is the "Little Things" canvas I blogged about before!!  I found an amazing quote on pinterest that almost makes me cry because my baby girl is growing up so fast but it just fits this craft so perfectly. I cut the lettering out of vinyl for the quote on my cricut then stuck them on. And for the pictures I used a technique that transfers pictures printed on regular printer paper with a printer that uses toner.  You have to paint the canvas with gel medium then put the picture face down and let it dry overnight.  Then you have to spray the pictures with water until you can see the image through the paper.  Then you peel the paper off leaving the image on the canvas.  This was a lot more difficult than I had anticipated but it ended up turning out great.  The only thing I wasn't pleased with was how I lined up the pictures.  They are a little crooked but it still looks super cute.  I hung the canvas by some cute pink zebra ribbon to add a touch of color.  Here is the finished product...

And the other project is this cute little yarn wreath.  Danielle and I always watch TV together on Monday nights (Collin has elder's meetings) so we decided we would start doing crafts while we watched.  This wreath is the first thing we decided to do.  All you do is wrap a styrofoam wreath with yarn (takes a while) and then add any embellishments you want.  While doing this I also learned how to make fabric yo-yos.  They are super easy and so cute.  I used 3 on this wreath.  I even made a few and turned them to bows for Miss Addison!!

I love crafting and will pretty much try anything to see how it turns out.  My amazing Nana said she would buy me a seeing machine and I really really really can't wait to get it (hurry up bday and xmas!!)  I have several things in mind to try once I get that!!!  Until then I will continue to make stuff like frames, bows, wreaths, etc. and hopefully be able to sell some of them at Paris Days out at Aspen Grove in September!!  If you are interested in purchasing any of them let me know and I will get you the info on when that is going to happen!!  

I guess that's all for now...until I get the next thing finished...Happy Crafting!!