Valentine's Day Cake Pop Bouquet

I made these cute potted cake pops for the three grandkids. I got three clay pots, painted them to match their bedrooms; then I cut out vinyl designs on the cricut and adhered them to the pot. For the two girls, I glued on dangling baubles that are actually christmas ornaments. I snagged them after christmas for just a few cents! Woo Hoo!  Robbie's has dinosaurs in it. I made a bunch of cake pops and filled up the pots. I'm hoping that the kids will use the pots for something in their rooms.  Aahhh, there sure is a lot of dust and junk on my fridge!

Christmas stocking holder

This is a quick and easy project that I 'lifted' from my friend, Heather at:  acoupleofcraftaddicts.blogspot.com I saw this at her house and it was perfect for me, since we don't have a mantle.
I went to Home Depot, and got a 6ft 1x8 and had them cut it to 4ft. (that's all that would fit on my wall area) Drilled holes for the knobs, installed saw tooth (2) hangers on the back. Next, I painted the board, then dry brused a little white on the edges. For the quote, I used my cricut  and Mickey Font cartridge; cut out the wording and stuck it on the board, put on the knobs and there you go, a great solution for hanging stockings.

I found these cute knobs on clearance at Hobby Lobby ($1.36 ea.) I was able to find these letter ones that were perfect to represent our names. Home Depot has some cheap ones for a buck, which is what I was planning to use, till I found these one. I may make another one so that I can fit the rest of our family's stockings on. I will hang it underneather this one. Since it is by the front door, I'm going to use the wording,
"by the front door with care".  Then, the 2nd holder will finish off that part of the poem.

More vinyl decor

I made some wall decor for my craft room with vinyl. I started out simple with these words. Later I got very brave and made the quote that can be seen by scrolling down.

my cricut doing her magic

I love to sing,so wanted I to reflect it in this room.

Reversible holiday decor

I saw this cute craft on a friends blog, (acoupleofcraftaddicts.blogspot.com) and loved that they did double duty! I normally don't do a lot of 'other' holiday decorating, well, because I just don't have a place to put it.
I went to Lowes, and bought a 2x4 board and they cut it for me to the lengths I requested. Sanded them a little, and my grandson and I painted the blocks of wood. Then I cut my paper, gathered my stickers and cut out my vinyl letters. I mod podged the paper onto the wood, then sealed over the top with mod podge. After it dried, I put on the lettering, and the stickers. I did the same steps on the other side, and voila a decoration that is for two holidays! If you didn't want to use vinyl, I'm sure it would work just as well with paper letters cut out and modpodged on and then sealed.

I used it for the month of February; then turn it around and...

...it's ready for the month of March

Craft room wall quote

This quote is in my craft room. I used my cricut and 'welded' the letters together. It is a quote from my favorite HGTV designer, Christopher Lowell. The show doesn't air any more, but it was a great show.  I actually got to meet him and I have a picture of us together. It was very exciting.

My craft room is painted a pale green; with the accent colors being black and hot pink. I have black and white curtains, and hot pink and green things through out the room. I love it, but I kind of wish I had painted the room a light pink instead. 

Vinyl "boy" quote

Now that I've conquered my fear of cutting vinyl, I am now a vinyl cutting fool! I have these three adorable little boy pictures hanging in my boys room. I saw this quote and I knew that I wanted to incorporate it somehow in his room. I thought placing it above the pictures of 3 boys was perfect. I used my cricut and "Boys Will Be Boys" cartridge.  It is another layered design. I don't know what I was thinking! Actually, it wasn't that hard, just time consuming. This quote fits my little guy to a "T"!

"Before" is cute

"after" is really cute

Vinyl Laundry Room Decor

I have recently started cutting vinyl with my cricut. I wanted to make some wall art for my boring laundry room. I finally got the nerve up to tackle this project. i figured, what the heck, it's vinyl, If I fail, no big deal. I had to convince myself it would be no big deal, because I hated the thought of wasting the vinyl.

I made this for a door in my laundry room. I used a combination of 'Don Juan & Country Life'  cartridges. It was a lot of work because there is so much detail; but I'm happy with how it turned out!