Additions to Our Bedroom

This doesn't have anything to do with Etsy or felt, but I wanted to share! Our room has been a work in progress since we moved in almost two years ago. It takes time! It was the first room we painted and we didn't do much else to it after that. We have five new additions in the past few months that make me very excited.

1. We hung artwork over the bed. 

I revamped these chalk drawings I did in college with some paint and ribbon edges and hung them over the bed. I love how they look!

2. We finally got curtains! 

You gotta love finding the perfect curtains on SALE! Great find. One of these days we will get a curtain rod that isn't so "dinky" as I call it. This is a cheap one I had in my college apartment...and in our first apartment. =)

3. We hung mirrors over the dresser. 

We got these at TJ Maxx a year ago for our spare bathroom (the boys' bathroom) because we were going to tackle it last Spring Break....yeah, it still hasn't been started. haha SO I decided to use them in our room. LOVE it. These mirrors were a great price. I think about $17 a piece. If you need a mirror check there!

4. We put a bench in front of our window. 

We got this bench for our music room, which became the guest room and is finally our second baby's room. It needed a new home because it doesn't fit in there with the baby furniture. I love it in front of our window. It's a great place to tie your shoes. =)

5. We hung up our initials by our bedside tables.

I have wanted to do this for about a year now. At first I wanted these to be HUGE letters, but that would have been really hard to do in my dad's workshop. I drew them out on cardboard and then stenciled them onto plywood. We cut them out with a band saw, sanded them up and I slapped a coat of black paint on them. So fun!

Still to come: 

• A new white dresser for me. We may just refinish the one I'm currently using or we may get a "new" one. If I got a new one then mine could go in Joseph's room. It's brown like his furniture.

• New bedside tables for both of us. I'm using one my dad made for me in college. It's great, but it's brown and doesn't have a drawer. Joel is using one from Target that is falling apart. I would LOVE to get mirrored side tables - SO glamorous! or we may find some to paint white. I saw these great ones at Hobby Lobby but we were unable to get them at the time. Now they don't have them. =(

Aren't they great!?!? Sad day. =( I love the storage and I LOVE the look. They would have been perfect. Oh well. It wasn't meant to be I guess.

• GUT our bathroom - yeah it will be a while. =) It has floral wallpaper and outdated fixtures...and there's carpet. Ugh! It needs to be totally ripped out and redone. We shall see.

Spring!

A custom wreath I just finished. Love daisies!

It's A Boy! for Julie

I made this wreath the other day for a baby shower I went to yesterday. It was for a friend I used to work with. She is going to stay home with her baby too! We are excited because she lives about 5 minutes from me. Play dates! We all know that play dates with infants are just mommy dates. =)

I'm definitely going to make some of these for my shop. They are perfect for hospital doors, front doors or baby's door to announce baby's arrival! 

Wreath - Browns and Reds for Erin's Birthday

I made this wreath for my oldest friend. Yesterday was her birthday! =)

March is coming! Yay!

I JUST finished and listed this St. Patrick's Day themed wreath. I'm gaga over it! It will be hard to part with it when it sells.

Happy V-Day from FF

Wall Letters - My Spin

Ok, I found a cool way to set my wall letters apart from the others out there. What is the secret? you ask... None other than felt of course! Why didn't I think of this sooner!? Here are the latest letters I painted. I added felt roses to two of them. So fun.

The a and y are green on the sides. 

I am in love with these. I can't wait to find out what our second baby is so I can start on letters for the sweet one. =)

Down Time

Ok, so I'm not really having down time, but my shop kind of is. I'm working on a commission for hand-painted wall letters. They are turning out super cute! I painted them and now I just need to attach ribbons, photograph them and post them. I decided to do custom, hand-painted wall letters in my shop now. It's something I love doing. Working on custom orders is always fun. I just get so giddy thinking about how much they are going to love it!

Here are some examples of what I've done in the past. I wish I had better photos of them. 

Close-up of the red bandana print - Those paint pens can be boogers!!

For some reason this one won't go the right direction. So annoying.

Houndstooth R

These are my favorite. I love the damask.

I went beyond what I thought I was capable of with this one so I'm a little proud. =)

New Year

I'm going to try to be better about posting....even though I don't know if anyone reads this. Maybe more people will read if I post more often. ;) I may not always post something involving felt, but I will try to post something!

I made this iPaci clip for my friend Leah's baby girl. She started day care today so her mommy could go back to nursing school. I think it's the best one yet. I included a mommy app so that she will always have her mommy close by. (It's the pink heart one)

The apps are:

facebook, text messaging, camera

notepad, iTunes, iPod

mommy, email, calendar

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Christmas 2010

This Christmas I decided to make gifts for our family rather than buying them. Christmas can get quite expensive and this saved us a lot of money. I drew out patterns for a fleur de lis and a cross several weeks ago. My dad and I cut them out using his band saw. Then I customized each one with paint and handmade felt flowers. Each one was made to suit the person it was given to. It was so much fun but took a lot of time. I'm glad to have given such a special gift this year. =) Now I can get back to working on things for my shop...like more of these! I decided they would be a great thing to sell in my Etsy shop. =) Fun Fun!

Here are a few of them. I wish I had better photos. I took these at the last minute. Silly me.