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. 

It's the Holiday Season!

 One of my favorite things to decorate with at Christmas time is peppermints and all other kinds of red and white things! A friend of mine has a tree in every room of her house. Yes, every room! Talk about a dream house! Each tree has a different theme and the one in her living room was red and white. I LOVED it. When I grow up I want a Christmas tree in every room of my house. =) 

I hope you like this peppermint bow I made! It is available in my Etsy store now!

I Love Fall

New Fall items available in my shop:

(Christmas ornaments coming soon!)

Felt Rosebuds - golden yellow

Golden Yellow and Dark Purple Rose Buds - Fall Wreath

Cowboys Flower

This Dallas Cowboys flower was commissioned by my friend Jade.  I think it came out pretty cute! I'm glad I had those star buttons! It was the perfect touch. And I love the silver ribbon.

Maybe this little good luck charm will be good for the boys!! We can only hope!

Paper - GASP!

Long before I started sewing felt I was a lover of paper. I scrapbooked like there was no tomorrow. I loved it. My mom even got addicted to it at one point and so she bought TONS of supplies. That was muy bueno for Kristen. When we moved into our house and I set up  an art room, my mom dumped ALL of the scrapbooking supplies on me....including my sister's stuff. I'm bursting at the seams but I love having so many supplies! It's great. Although, I have yet to finish my book I started of me and my husband....I'll have to do a page here and there so I can get to the baby book too. Baby steps. 

Here is a card I just made for one of our music guys at FBC Frisco. He's pretty awesome.

The name is a stencil. I cut the guitar out of paper and glued it together. Even the little circles at the bottom and the tuning pegs at the top are cut from paper. I decided to draw the strings all crazy like they were cut off because doing straight strings would be too hard. I think it makes it whimsical and fun. =)

This is the log I FINALLY came up with for my cards. I was Mrs. B when I was teaching and some of the kids thought my last name was BEE. =) Very cute. I had bees all over my room. 

Black and White

I love black and white. I always have. I love the extreme contrast between the two. My son loves black and white too. He stares at it with deep concentration and it makes him talkative sometimes too. I will do all of our nurseries with black and white incorporated. 

Here is a black felt rose I made for a friend with a white leaf, stitched with black thread. 

I've been practicing making roses and I think I've perfected a method. I can make a tight rose bud and just change one thing to make it a more open rose like this one. Fun!

Butterfly Mobile

I created this butterfly mobile for a friend of a friend. The three main whimsical butterflies are made from glitter felt and jewelry wire. The small, different colored butterflies are all hand traced and cut out of glitter card stock. All of the butterflies hang from purple and pink satin ribbon and little mirrors are added to bounce the light around. The hanging apparatus is made from tree branches glued together and tied with ribbon and twine. Even my little man was mesmerized by it!