"WOOD" you say I'm Scrap Happy....?

Hi friendsie friends! I have some good news!
I finally have an internet that allows a speed high enough to post pictures! Project time!
Here is my Chevron "Gallery" for kid's artwork!

Okay...so I have a little problem. I have a tendency to do a project and then I want to do like 100 different varieties of that same thing. It's annoying.

You know like when you start to paint, you can't just stop at one room, you want to paint them all. Or like waxing a hairy man...maybe that's too graphic...ummm? Never mind.

Anyway, I have a whole bunch of scrap wood just laying around in our shop, so when my parents came down to visit I told my dad to pack his router so I could put him to work!

He routered all the scrap wood that I could find. I'm telling you, I am annoying when it comes to stuff like that. Then when my parents left I had to do something with all these pieces of random, routered wood. So the scrap happy season begins...

Starting with...

A "gallery" for my children's artwork.

I have seen these all over before, and just got around to doing it with routered scrap #1.

I wasn't sure where I was going to put it, because it was one of those random-need-to-make-something-out-of-this-scrap kind of thing. My kids LOVE it! I haven't ever put their work up before because I don't like clutter so my fridge wasn't an option. (Mean?). Now we have a "gallery" though! YAY!
I went through 3 different versions until I got one that I liked...
Here is Gallery #1

It was okay, but I didn't like it below that wreath because the browns clashed with each other...so I re-painted and ended up with this....Gallery #2

I liked this one the most because it was really neutral and that's at first what I wanted, but it blended in with the wall and I just didn't like it like that......

 

So I repainted one more time, and I think I this is my favorite. I decide if I was going to go bold I might as well go all the way right?! My hubby pretty much hates the chevron pattern, but I am deeply in love with it! I would have almost everything in my house in that pattern if I could! Anyway here it is...

Gallery #3

I used white vinyl, and in real life it pops out better, but I just ordered more brown from

SignWareHouse (great place to buy vinyl) and I will probably replace it!

I distressed the heck out of it and of course put a glaze over it!

Sorry about this picture, it shows up straight on everything and then for some reason when I put it here it won't go straight, even after I have rotated it and saved in every position! No worries, just turn your head! lol!

Have a Happy Monday! See you all tomorrow!!
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PB inspired Kid's Sleeping Bags! (Just in time for Holiday travel!)

For more than a few months now I have been wanting to make these cute little sleeping bags that I saw in Pottery Barn. In our family we call them "Cowboy beds". I knew that I wanted to for sure make one for my son because everywhere we travel, even if there is a bed, he never wants to sleep that far away from anyone. We usually wind up making him a "cowboy bed" out of random blankets that we have. When we go to motels it is a lot harder to make a comfy bed on the floor because usually all the other blankets in the room are needed by everyone else.

To make a long story short, my mom ending up helping me make these, all 3 in less than a day! I didn't think that I would have time to get ONE done before our trip next week, but with my mom's help anything can be possible! There will be a tutorial coming soon so you can all make one too if you want! We were originally going to do the puppy dog ones for the girls, but we aren't too into the puppy phase yet, so we decided to do owls (no surprise)! My mom is awesome at sewing so she made up the pattern to work for the owl head/pillows!

J.T. has more of a plain one, with a soft minky lining and a cute sporty pattern! We were going to make a Superman or Batman one, but we couldn't find the fabric, but I know he loves his sports too!

The beds are still at my parent's house,  so I don't have a picture of the kids in them yet! I will make sure to get one so you can get a better idea of the size!

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