Spring Napkin Wreath

Using these tutorials:

Wallflowers by Dana Made It

Under the Table and Dreaming Stephanie

two cute packs of napkins from my T store

wire ties from my bread bags

an oversized embroidery hoop I paid a couple of bucks for at my Thrift store

Strip of White fabric to make the bow

and this is what my march mantel looks like:

Life's Attitude

After creating a canvas print for my mom

(and totally selfishly wanted to keep it for myself)

I knew I needed to create one for my spring mantel look.

As you can see I had a canvas blank and ready for creating.

It speaks:

Our Attitude Towards Life Determines Lifes Attitude Towards Us

Here are some close ups of the progress.

I started with Lime and Teal stripes.

Added some bright red flowers, gesso printing and polka dots.

Finished off with a loverly cracked paint

And pealed off the contact letters.

I

love

love

love

it!

And I love

that it is a constant reminder for my little family

to live our lives positively!

Cottage Rules

To celebrate my mother's birthday this week,

I created this quaint sign for her to hang in her guest cottage.

I wanted to use colors that are fresh and clean

teal and red started the base:

(I started with a 12 x 20 blank canvas)

After my imperfect stripeys were dry I played around

with white gesso, adding stripes and polka dots.

I figured out the words

and cut them out onto contact paper

with various fonts on my cricut.

Making sure that the letters were smoothed down well,

I then painted over the whole board with

elmers white glue...

and then super quick I painted it with an ivory white color.

Then I waited about 10 minutes and peeled off the contact letters.

As the paint/glue dried the magic emerged.

It turned out better than I could have imagined.

Happy Birthday MOM!