these are some cute bows I made for a friends baby shower.

Cami's school shirt

I guess I need to take a better shot of this but for now this is her school shirt, I cut the neck to widen it and I shortened the sleves. I then put some holes around the bottom and fed a black ribbon through it so I can tie it on the side.

Trying to get my craft on.

So sorry that there hasn't been much activity here, I went back to work and the kids did too. Now it is all about home work, dinners, birthdays, and keeping track of all the paperwork that comes with a new school year. I hope and pray that I can craft some time very soon.

out takes from the photo shoot

this is Pepper helping out

the two kittens love to get in the pictures

Ginger getting groomed for her close-up

this is Gingers manager/agent Henry

now everyone is getting in the shot

we really know who the star is in this one.

It's finished yahooooo!

Well this is the finished product, I hot glued the flowers and brushed a "diamond wash" over all the frames.  

you can see the diamond wash better here. I combined water, glue, and glitter in a jar and brused the wash all over the frames.

It came out even better than I expected. I had such fun making it and Camille loves it. My next challenge is to figure how to attach the frames and hang it on her wall.

I have a new project I am working

I got a great idea for decorating my daughters wall. Lucky for me my dear friend Ginny has been giving me soooo many wonderful treasures, I had enough wooden frames to make a name sign (I needed seven). 

I got these frames from my dear friend Ginny

I cut backgrounds for the frames

I used some cardboard to cut out the letters to my daughters name.

I painted the frames and letters a variety of colors using acrylic paint. 

here are the letters in the frames

I pulled out the punches it was time to make some flowers

these are the shapes I used. 

for me I choose the colors I want the paint the flowers, then punch out the shape and then paint them. I used to paint after I assembled the flowers but the petals stuck together and I was having to use my heat tool a lot.

after the shapes are colored I punch a hole for the brad and layer the shapes

a tip: start with the smallest shape first then add as many petals as you like.  

using a variety of shapes and kinds of paper you get a different looking flower

this is a sample of what is to come. I love the bling on the letter,  Camille came up with that one.

This is a far as I got with the project this weekend, I try to keep working on it as the week progresses.

I hope you enjoyed this take good care Cheers -Cyn \l"/

a new addition to the halloween cards