Another New Project:

I'm sick today. So John is home watching the boys and providing a way for me to rest. (My hero!) Seeing as how I have had a little time on my hands,  I took on my next 11x14 poster.

I made another 11x14 poster for $4.95. The heart behind this poster began when I made my Treasure Valley Family Signing Poster. Brennan fell in love with it. He loved it! What he loved the most was seeing photos of those he loved. He would stand beneath it forever if you let him saying, "Daddy!", "Mumma!", "Brother!" It was then that I realized that I hadn't really placed a lot of photos in his room yet though I sent a ton of photos to hang over his crib in Ethiopia.

So I wanted to make a poster of all our family photos for him to look at when he wakes up or before he goes to bed.

I took this template of an 8x8 book and added it to my collection.

Then I started a new black project of an 11x14 poster. Once it was open to edit I went to the my projects tab in the editor and opened this template. Now the clip art of this entire project was at my disposal. I quickly picked the photo of Africa and put it on my poster. Since the clip art was full of this ladies photos I simply filled it with black, collaged our photos around it, added text and VOILA! Finis!

Super simple and I think it will be a super blessing to Brennan. The final product will look something like this:

I'll post again with the finished product once it comes in!

New project!

I'm super excited about my latest project!

It's a 11x14 poster made altered from the below template.

It was great how it all came together. Braydon had just finished his last soccer game and I wanted to proudly display his photos but also have a reminder of one of the big lessons we shared with him through out the soccer season. I also just found 11x14 frames for 50% off at Hobby Lobby! (Oh and heres a hint if you go to HobbyLobby.com and register your email address they send you a 40% off coupon every other week!! WHOO HOO)

I'll post again with the finished product once it comes in!

Latest Project!

I was recently inspired by Ms. Heidis Video (click here if you missed it) and have been doing a few fun, creative, and inexpensive projects. It's brought me moments of sanity during the boys sickness and rather whiny moods.

This project was SUPER easy. I made two 8x8 canvas prints from a template (I seriously just added my photo). Then I purchased ribbon 50% off at Hobby Lobby

Then we measured out 4 inches... 

And stapled...

And Voila! It's beautiful. 

I almost woke the boys up from their nap to see what they though! They love photos of the family on the wall. Teshome in particular. He can point to the photos all day long asking, "Who's that?" He knows the answer, yet he just loves to hear me say "Mumma", "Daddy", "Brother". I think it's one of his favorite games! Mine too!

Also if anyone is at a loss for words, verses, sayings, or ideas to put on your canvas's, photos, cards, etc. I love these books! We use them for the boys circle time and I've found them invaluable!