Father's Day Gift

So I know that Father's Day was 2 weeks ago now, but I just had to share Ainsleigh's gift for her daddy!

I was pinspired by this sweet little girl!

It was difficult to find the time to take the pictures because Daddy was home with her all week while I was finishing my last full week of school.  When I got home in the evenings he said he needed some adult time! Ha!  So on Saturday morning, she got up a little before six, ate and then I got her dressed and took her out to our backyard.  It really only took us about 5 minutes to get these pictures!  She is such a happy baby!  The last "D" is my favorite!  After we took the pictures, I even changed her outfit so he wouldn't know when we took them (sneaky :D)
A quick trip to Wal-Mart to print the pictures and buy the frame and now the Amazing Hubby has an adorable reminder to how much his little girl loves him to put in his new office!

What did you do for Dad for Father's Day?

Making Magnets: A Tutorial

 

I don’t know what your fridge looks like (on the outside) but this is what mine looked like up until today.  

 We had an assortment of magnets – mostly free or super cheapy ones that bearly kept important and some not so important papers hanging.  Well the hubby recently made the comment about wanting some nicer magnets, so I went hunting around on Pinterest to see what I could find about making cute magnets.  I stumbled upon a variety of these bubble glass magnets that are so cute! 

 I looked around at the tutorials and decided that I could totally do this!  So off to the craft store I went to get my supplies.

To make these magnets you will need:

Glass beads (the large ones found near the floral dept of the craft store)

Cardstock or photos

Stickers or whatever embellishments you plan on using

Magnets

Clear glue

Scissors

Pencils

Hot glue and gun

Once you have all your supplies, you need to decide what you want your magnets to look like.  Do you want a color pattern or theme? Do you want to use pictures or scrapbook paper?  Do you want letters or numbers on the magnets?  How many magnets do you want to make?  I decided that I wanted to make the alphabet with a light blue/grey theme. One thing that is pretty important before beginning this project is that you have to trace and cut-out the paper for each glass bead because they are all shaped differently and that takes some time! 

 Lay down your glass bead on whatever paper you are going to use and trace around the bead.  Make sure you trace the underside of the bead so you don't have a whole bunch of extra paper around the outside of the bead.

   Cut out the part you traced, add the embellishment if you want, and then use your clear glue to glue the bead to the paper. Make sure you hold the bead and paper together for about 30 seconds to let the glue adhere.  

All that's left is to put a dab of hot glue on the magnet and glue it to the back of the glass bead an you are all finished!  

 As you can see, I decided to make some cute flower magnets too!

Here are some pictures of my finished product up on the fridge!  They are so cute and the hubby likes them too!  

Here they are in action!  They look so much better than what used to be up there!  

Happy Pinning!

PinterestRiss

Monogram Wreath

I know we've all seen the adorable wreaths with a letter in the middle... Aren't they just the cutest!?!  I have several pinned to my "Crafts" board.  Here is where my inspiration came from

When I set out to make my own wreath I really wanted the letter and the house numbers.  As I set everything out and got started, I realized that this was not going to happen!  I chose to use the letter instead of the numbers because I love anything with a W on them! Here is what I started with - a twisted branch wreath, flowers, a wooden W, and some scrapbook paper. (Supplies were purchased at Hobby Lobby and Joann's)

The first thing I did was decoupage my W with a fun Spring scrapbook paper.  Here is my picture tutorial of how I like to decoupage letters.  Not by any means the best way, but I like it and it works!

Trace the letter wrong side up on the back side of your paper so you won't have any tracing lines on your pretty paper.

 Cut and mod podge. Yes, the cut out is a little bigger than the letter - I like doing it this way to account for any errors.  I do one thin coat under the paper then lay the paper on the letter.  Let that dry completely to make sure you get out any bubbles (use a bone folder to get out bubbles)  After the under layer of mod podge is dry, then coat the top and then let dry.  I actually did the rest of the wreath while my letter was drying.

 Once the letter is completely dry, take an exacto knife and cut off all the excess edges.  If you don't make sure to let the letter completely dry, your paper will tear and you won't get a clean line. 

 Here is my W with all the edges cut off.

 

For the rest of the wreath, I just cut off all the flowers and arranged them how I liked and hot glued everything in place.  I liked having more flowers than my inspiration wreaths, so I put flowers on both sides of the wreath on an angle.

 

The last thing to add was my W.  I used left over brown ribbon to attach the W to the wreath.  I threaded the ribbon through the back of the wreath and just hot glued the letter to the ribbon so that it hung the way I liked.

 

Here is the finished product!  I was very pleased with how it turned out!  I love pulling into my driveway to see it!

Happy Pinning!

-PinspiredRiss