DIY: Crayon Art Tutorial

Well, this crayon art thing has been floating around Pinterest for a while now, and when I needed a baby shower gift, I thought this would be perfect! I can customize it for the kid and the crayons would look great in a nursery. The art was made for a little baby boy named Zaryk who with grace us with his presence any day now, but the shower wasn't until today. So wanted to wait to post this so I didn't spoil anything! Here's the final product!

 

Isn't it so cute?! I chose the colors black, gray, greens, and blues. I also decided to make a Z on it so that it was more personal and had a little design on it. 

Here's what you need:

A Canvas

Crayons

Hot Glue Gun

Blow Dryer 

Possibly Ribbon

Possibly Painter's Tape

So because I used a canvas that was flat instead of a gallery wrap so I had to create a way to hang the canvas. I could have framed it but I thought that this would be cute. Anyways, that why I said "possibly" ribbon. So first thing I did was hot glue that to the back of the canvas.

 

After that, collect all the crayons you want to use and arrange them how you want. You can keep the wrappers on or take them off. I took them off because I used an assortment of old crayons that were not all the same brand. 

 

Once you have them all arranged, start hot gluing them down. I would suggest putting the glue on the canvas instead of the crayon.

  

If you want to make a design to show through the crayons, now's a good time to use the painter's tape and tape that on. I would lay down some newspapers before you melt, and to get more of a dripping and runny effect you will want to prop the canvas up against something. I used a shoe box. Then you start melting with the blow dryer.....

 

Until you get it to look how you want! I would have stopped sooner but I needed it to cover the entire Z so it was clearly outlined. 

  

Remove the tape an voila! 

 

I really like how this came out!

  

I hope you enjoyed this! Have a wonderful week everyone!

Plates of Embroidery Hoops

One of my favorite things about my house is that fact that I get to have my own Craft and Sewing Studio. I inherited a couple vintage decorative plates from my grandpa that passed away almost 5 years ago, and I decided that collecting more plates would create nice wall decor in my studio, starting with the first plates from Grandpa John! I had inspiration from online to create a wall of embroidery hoops covered with fabric, and I imagined that it would be awesome to mix the two. So, here's a quick way to create unique pieces of art for any room that contains your personal touch and is very retro. Here's what you'll need:

Fabric
Embroidery Hoop
Thread
Needle
Pinking Shears

Wrapping fabric on a hoop is really simple. First things first, lay out the fabric with the inside hoop underneath.

Place the inside hoop on a place on the fabric where you like the design, place the outside hoop on the top and secure as tight as possible.

Once you have the fabric secure on the hoop, trim the edges with a pair of pinking shears to keep them from fraying. You can use regular scissors but pinking shears made cleaner edges. You want to leave a good 2" or more to gather. The more the better.

And then.....play with your puppy....she's so cute! So I took a little break from making hoops for her.

Anywho...once you've trimmed the edges you want to gather the fabric on the back. Try to keep the thread closer to the edge. I did not do such a good job with this teal and white one but it turned out alright. 

Pull the thread as tight as possible and tie off and finish. That's all!

Here's another example. As you can see I left a little more slack on this one and it turned out a little better.

Its a little dark....the nature of the fabric.

I'm really stoked about the way these turned out! I did three so far and mixed them with the plates I have hanging up...it's a start! I love the arrangement.

The polka dotted one is two layers of fabric on one hoop, but other wise executed like the others. I think I'm going to do a couple with colored lace and different colored background fabric when I get more hoops! I hope you enjoy these! Can't you just see an entire wall full of plates and hoop like this!? I can! Until next time...

Fashion Passion and a Few Confessions

I meant to post this yesterday since, well, this was my outfit from yesterday. But by the time my hubby got home and put the filters on the photos that he wanted, I had to leave...anyways it never happened. I was really excited about this outfit, and I wanted to share it with you guys!

What I'm Wearing:
Cardigan: Target
Dress: Second Hand...F21
Belt: From another dress
Tights: Target
Flats: Target
All Jewelry: Premier Designs

Confession #1 - I'm a sucker for Target clothes. I'm like a Target Poster child. After working there for 5 years, I've acquired quite a collection. So quite a bit of my fashion segments might contain..."Target" a lot. Fair warning!

Confession #2 - The picture taken above was snapped as I almost fell over.

Confession #3 - Seriously, I am in love with these tights. LOVE them.

Confession #4 - One of the best parts of my job with Premier is having a very, very large jewelry box of amazing, awesome, beautiful jewelry. You'll be seeing a lot of it here.

Confession #5 - I think that I have a love/hate relationship with the picture below....still unsure of how I feel about it.

Well, I'm sure you'll see all kinds of outfits like this one here and get ideas for yourself. Until next time...