Star Wars Room

I have the sweetest nephew, Luke! He has is a oober cool SUPER MOM!! She decided to decorate his room in Star Wars. She did an awesome job with the paint, bedding, and decorations! She called me one day and asked if I had any Star Wars stuff in vinyl.... uhhh YEAH! So... we went a little nuts! (I think I am physically unable to do anything simple!)Of course you have to have the big STAR WARS! And the most famous saying EVER! (Well... besides "Luke... I am your father!" I have a picture frame for Luke for Christmas with him and his dad inside that says just that! LOL). Luke is a very special and dear child to my heart. I have watched him face the struggles in his life with such passion for life, the energy of a freight train and the love of angels. So, this quote has special meaning to me!
I ran into my sister-in-law at the grocery store and she told me that she had an extra Star Wars character and put in on his lamp shade. SUPER COOL IDEA! LOVE IT!!!A room is NEVER quite complete without a piggy bank! Little vinyl Star Wars images and characters border Luke's room. After Carissa put them up, Luke came to her and gave her a list of the ones he is now missing! Gotta love KIDS!

TUTORIAL - Characteristics Of A Child

I love all things personalized. When I pass away... which I hope is a very long time from now... STOP MAKING THAT FACE AND LOOKING AT MY GRAY HAIR! I hope that my children will appreciate those things that I have made specifically for them. This being one of them...

Seriously love each one of these on my picture wall!!!!

Onto the TUTORIAL..

1. In Word and start with “Child's name is…"list all characteristics. Don't worry about spacing not quite yet! See... I am really not this creative. Hint: In Word, the thesaurus is Shift+F7.

2. Change fonts – keep your font size at least 1/2” or 36 pts size font. Be sure to BOLD the words before playing with the fonts. I absolutely love the following fonts. Grenoulle, Honey Script, I’m Bored, and Monterey. Seriously HAVE FUN! 3. Once you get it to where you like it… print on burlap. Make sure you have a little bit of a margin. For a very nice tutorial (haha it's mine!) for printing on burlap. Then trim the burlap to fit the frame.4. Place in picture frame. They often go on sale at JoAnns pretty regularly, if not USE A COUPON. I purchased and 8"x8 frame. I left the glass in and hot glued the burlap to a piece of cardboard before placing into frame.5. Paint letter. After distress, rough up edges with some sand paper. They are ~$1.50 at JoAnn's. Cheap huh? 6. Glue on ribbon. I like wire - it is very obedient - much more than my hair today. grrrr!

7. Make and place three burlap flowers. For a great tutorial on the burlap roses, go to Under My Umbrella.

Ta - Da... So stinking CUTE!

Brandon's Room

My good friend, Vicki, asked me to help with Brandon's room. All I really did was supervise and cut vinyl. Well... first I had to steal the Seahawk logo (do a bunch of computer stuff to it) and cut it out in vinyl. We had a blast and Vicki did a FANTASTIC job with everything.