Whip it good!

If you read this blog at all, you are probably tired of my frames with changing graphics...but I have another one. I'm sorry, my fiancée and I don't really have too many photos of people to show off in our house, so we show off my crafts.

For Valentine's day he got me a new Silhouette Cameo. I am replacing my Cricut and preparing for wedding creations that will soon need to get underway (and by soon I mean I need to pick a date and venue and final theme - so soon after that all happens). My first project was new cut outs for my frames. They are SVGs that I would share by request and I just think they're fun. Here they are....enjoy!

Whip it good!
*Andrea*

Please don't take my Sunshine away!

I TRY not to complain about the weather too much. Sometimes I feel like I get caught in a hamster wheel of complaints like that - as soon as the weather changes it's "too" something. But I love Sunshine. In Northeast Ohio, it is very easy to have a winter full of gray days that leave you wishing for My. Sun to come out and play. We have been fortunate this year that the gray hasn't been so bad. On day of sunshine inspired me to make this new craft!

Currently, I am digging the chevron fad, but my house (what is decorated of it) isn't really hip enough for that. So, I decided I would decorate the hallway with a pop of sunshine, color and pattern.

I used some canvases that I had bought for a project this Christmas. I painted them both light yellow. To make the Chevron, I cut some vinyl on my Cricut and spaced it out and stuck it down then painted the darker yellow. When it was all dry I made the flower out of felt. It was the first time I have done something like that, so it's not the best, but I cut the petals and hot glued them to the canvas. Pretty good for a first try. With the larger You are my sunshine canvas I used masking tape to make the different stripe sizes before painting the bright yellow. I free handed the wording. If I did it again, I would probably use a stencil of some sort.

I'm really diggin' it and love that it's just a POP of sun in a darker spot of the house. I am thinking about trying the "Fake Canvas Photo" Technique on some smaller 4x6 or 5x7 pictures to put around/rearrange with these fun additions. Here's the pin that inspired me to try the fake canvas project: http://pinterest.com/pin/427701295831889724/

What have you done lately to put a little sunshine in your life?

*Andrea*