Hayden's Letters

The same girl who commissioned the two little boys' names also commissioned this for her friend who's due soon. I think they turned out great!

Hand painted wall letters are one of my new favorite things to do. These have been my favorite so far. Please zoom in and look at the detail.

I apologize for the photo quality. I still don't have my camera.

I'm going to add black or pink ribbon to each one. 

Etsy Shop Coming Soon!

I finally found something fun and creative to make and have decided to open an Etsy shop. I'm hoping to have it open this fall. It will be called Fanciful Felt just like my blog. I will be selling hand-stitched felt hair clips. You will be able to purchase clips that are already made or choose your colors for a custom clip. Here are a few I have made recently:

(I apologize for the photo quality. I left my camera at my aunt's house. These are iPhone photos.)

Each one has a ribbon-covered clip on the back. You can see the clip on the heart one.

They just clip right to a headband. They are meant for little girls, but I didn't have a little girl to model for me! I was too excited to wait. My next post will have my adorable cousin Kaylee modeling. 

This is a custom flower for my niece Rowynn! 

And of course I have to do holiday themed clips. I love the fall and Halloween!!

=) !!

Other things I want to make: 

Seasonal Shapes: ghost, skull, candy corn, holly berries, Christmas tree, candy cane, heart, clover...Who knows what I will think of?! =)

Fruits: banana, apple, grapes, watermelon, strawberry

Animal Faces: monkey, frog, pig, puppy, bunny, cat

Animals: owl, butterfly, snail, chick, bird

When my shop gets opened up I will post a link on my blog. In the meantime, if you want a custom felt clip (or custom painted wall letters) just email me at artkristenb@gmail.com 

God bless all of you who read my blog. I appreciate your support more than you know.

Mr. Roboto

Robot Pillow for Jonah

The Robot Says: "Beep!"

 Natalie and Jonah posing with Mr. Roboto!

I LOVE Hipstamatic!

The Hipstamatic app for iPhone is the coolest thing I have downloaded. Here are the photos I have taken so far.

Best Friend: Michelle

First Day 

Content

Cozy with Mommy

Happy Birthday Daddy

Daddy Cuddles

Morning Stretch

Handsome Daddy 

True Love

In Mommy's Heart: Her Gift from God

My Nursery

I painted this tree on the wall and my husband painted and recovered the rocking chair. We really wanted a cozy rocker but it just wasn't in the budget right now. 

 Eventually there will be a small white bookshelf to the right of the tree. We love to read and we want our son to love it too. =)

My sister and cousins had this quilt made by the etsy shop Moon Spirit Studios. She does very custom quilts that are just precious.

 My sister-in-law made the owl quilt, my aunt made the bumper pads, and my future sister-in-law made the little owl pillow.

I made the letters hanging on the wall. I posted about them here.

This dresser has a dark green stain and was in my in-law's first bedroom set. It goes perfectly in this room.

This mirror was hanging vertically in our downstairs half bath when we moved in. And by hanging I mean glued to the wall. You know the type. Our house was built in 93. We had my dad take it and frame it out to make it look more modern but then it was too large for the space. I kept it knowing I could do something with it later on, and here it is! My husband restrung it and I painted black stripes on it. I love a good re-vamp!

Soon there will be a black floating shelf under the mirror and a shelf unit hanging to the right of the mirror. I'm going to cover the backing of the shelf unit with b/w striped paper.

We went with a black dresser and white crib because I don't like all of the furniture in a room to match. It overwhelms my senses.

Our sister-in-law gave us this door pull and it is perfect! I wanted to get one for the one door on the changing table anyway. We probably would have gone with this one from Anthropologie - my favorite store. I may end up having to get this amazing wall hook for his room. It would be perfect.

While I was browsing Anthropologie's website I came across this adorable owl switch plate. I think I may need that in my kitchen. LOVE!

A Great Photographer

Ashley Dawn is so talented!

She makes me wish I had gotten professional maternity photos taken. =(

I would love to win her contest, but I really just want people to know about her. She is a natural light photographer based in the Dallas area. 

Here is her blog.

Monkey Mobile

I made this mobile months ago for my brother and sister-in-law's precious baby girl Rowynn. Her room is a sock monkey theme. =)

I found the monkey at Walgreens and made her a little piano and a tutu. There is a heart on the C#/Db key because her mommy and daddy used that as their wedding theme. They are essentially the same note, but can be written two different ways. Therefore C# = Db: it's a love metaphor. =)

These are the ribbons that hang all around the monkey.

And here is the assembled mobile hanging from my art room ceiling fan!  =)

New Cross

Saturday we decided to go to Weinberger's Deli in Grapevine. I had never been and Joel knows a girl from high school who works there. Little did we know it was the day of the "Main Street Festival" in Grapevine and the deli is right on Main Street. We had to pay for remote parking and then we had to pay to get in! It was crazy. We decided to just go on in and enjoy ourselves. It was a lot more fun after we finally ate. =) It was delicious! As we walked back through the festival we saw a booth selling crosses and such and just had to have this brown and turquoise one for our house. Here it is adorning our entryway!

I feel like it really completes that spot. It looked bare before, but I didn't want to hang anything that would be hurt by the sun that blasts through the front windows. I just love that bench. My daddy made it. =)

Graham's Sports Name

I just finished these letters for Graham's sports themed room and I like them! The client wanted them quickly so I didn't get a chance to attach the things they will hang by. She is going to attach them when she gets them in the mail. Under each letter I put what I would have strung them by.

Brown leather string - like a baseball glove

Plain grosgrain ribbon - orange (to tie in more orange and make the basketball A not stand out)

OR

Plain grosgrain ribbon - dark red (to match the bedding)

Black or white shoelace - like basketball shoes

Plain grosgrain ribbon - black (just looped around, not a bow)

White plastic lanyard string - like football laces

A whistle (with the whistle on top) - like a referee!

Trent's Wall Letters =)

I bought the supplies to do Trent's name ages ago but needed time to decide what I wanted to do with them. I decided on black and white with orange. That will go perfectly with his bedding... Next Project!

I used my houndstooth stencil and marker on the R and the N, and I used a ruler and a marker for the stripes.

I attached a houndstooth ribbon to each striped letter and a striped ribbon to each houndstooth letter. =)

I can't wait to find a spot to hang them!!