The Articles of Faith

Check out this item in my Etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/listing/483643196/the-articles-of-faith-vinyl-lettering

Customer photos wall lettering Look what Love has done and Dream Big Little One

I did several custom wall decals last fall.  These are photos from the customers of their finished walls.  I love how they turned out.  If you need something custom send me an email and i would love to help you out! We can use the fonts you like and the colors you need for your custom lettering.

GRANDKIDS customer photos

I received so many photos of "grandkids make life grand" finished projects.  I love it when I get pictures.  So I am sharing a few with you.  OK - I am sharing more than a few LOL. So many different options with this one, I love them all!  I offer several styles and sizes in my Etsy shop.  You can find one of the most popular styles and size here.

Beautiful

My daughter is getting ready for baby number two in 5 more weeks.  In the process she has been moving beds and redecorating her 1st daughter's bedroom.  She put this on her wall above the bed.  I absolutely love it.  It describes her to a "T" when she has been playing with cousins at Grandma and Grandpa's house.

You can find the cute scarf she is wearing here https://www.etsy.com/listing/210614146/babytoddlerchild-or-mommy-and-me-lace

Custom decals

I have been working on some custom items today.  I love all the colors she wanted.  So often i am just working with black.  This was fun to add a little bit of the rainbow!

Growth Charts

Everybody loves to keep track of how much they have grown! This is a great way to keep track of your child's growth because if you move, you don't have to leave the measurements behind. Add a decal to a board and the measurements can move with you. You can paint your board any color you want, or just stain it. The decal comes with lines for every 1" increment with numbers to indicate the feet.

Polka Dots!

Thanks to a friend and cousin for these photos of her nursery. She is having boy #3 and wanted to do something fun in her nursery. I think the colors are great and the polkadots on the wall add some fun. She has a fun shop on Etsy with digital papers and clip art. You might want to check it out michLgstudios on Etsy. We did white 1.5" circles. She said she used 80-85 dots and spaced them 12 inches apart horizontally & 8 inches apart vertically.

Inspirational Scripture Decals

We had a customer order a few custom Scripture quotes for the walls of her home and then she sent us pictures to show how they looked! I think that they turned out great! We love getting pictures from our customers! These were custom made quotes and you can do the same! Feel free to use these same versus or you can customize your own. Also you don't have to only put these on the walls of your home, you can put them on boards, old windows, tiles, really anywhere that you would like!

If you would like to order either these same quotes or quotes of your own, please EMAIL us so that we can get you what you want and how you want it!

Custom for stephanie McMillen - psalms 16 x 16 - $12.00, Chronicles 24 x 12 - $14

"Command Center"

A "Command Center" has become more and more popular in homes. They make it so that there is one central location in the home with all of the basic information that you would need to know. On the left hanging up is the calendar and on the right in the skinny frame is the Monday-Sunday Menu both of which were made using vinyl. These "Command Centers" will make for a more organized home and you will find them to be very helpful.

You can purchase the 16x20 Calendar HERE, and the Menu HERE. If you have any questions or would like to customize it in any way feel free too EMAIL us we would love to help you out!

Old Window Decor

We really enjoy getting photos from our costumers and to find out how everything turned out. I love how cute all of these old windows looked after just a little help and creativity! Up-cycled Windows make for such fun and innovative decorations for just around the house decor or for occasions such as weddings, birthdays, and other big events.

If you have any old windows, don't just throw them out, dress them up. These all turned out so great. Go ahead and Email us and we can get one customized just for you!

Holiday Fun...In August!

So this week I have had some fun creating, not only one holiday craft but two! I guess it was double the fun because I made reversible blocks, Christmas on one side, Thanksgiving or Fall on the other. I got the Idea from Pintrest, but added my own little twist. I didn't just paint the blocks, I decided to use different patterned scrapbook paper and Mod Podge my blocks. 

From the beginning: I bought some paper at our local craft store, I bought the paper that has one design on one side and another design on the other side. This way I didn't have to buy as much paper...I know I am pretty cheap, but it did save me a couple of dollars!! 

When I got home I cut out the paper to fit the blocks, and put them in the order that I wanted them in. After I cut out the Christmas paper I used them as a pattern to cut out the Fall paper. I just traced around them and then cut them. I don't have a paper cutter, but I am sure that would be the easiest way to do it. 

While I was cutting out the paper for the blocks, my sister painted the blocks that they were going to go on. We didn't bother painting the entire blocks because they would just be covered with paper anyway. 

I know she would appreciate me putting this picture online :)

As you can tell the blocks are far from perfect, but they will still look just as good even if we had taken the time to paint them all of the way.

Once the paint dried I laid the paper on top of the blocks to make sure the paper fit good and to make sure I liked how it looked.

I cut my paper pretty close to the size of the blocks as you can see here. If you want to see more of the block all you would have to do is trim the paper a little bit more...but I am pretty sure most of us could have figured that out on our own! 

Now for the fun part! Mod Podge. I like this part. How I do it is I put some on the block itself and then on the back of the paper. I place the paper on the block and then brush more on the front of the paper. It brushes on white, but when it dries it will look clear. 

Bubbles are one thing that I hate when using Mod Podge, I have found though that using thicker paper doesn't bubble as much. If you don't have thicker paper, that's fine too, you just have to not be a perfectionist at first. The paper will bubble, but try not to mess with it too much, when it dries most of the bubbles, if not all of them, will fade away. It is kind of like magic! It will only make you crazy in the process if you are like me! 

While you let the Mod Podge dry... (PS only do one side at a time, or else you will have a mess.) Anyway while it dries you can start with the vinyl. It will come in a sheet like this. It will have a clear plastic over the letters that you will peel off later but for now you can cut the individual letters apart. It doesn't have to look fancy at all. (You can get the letters from The Vinyl Express for $6.00.)

As you can tell not fancy! 

Once the Mod Podge dried (mine took about an hour to dry, you can wait a little bit longer if you want to be safe though) I placed the letters on the blocks so I could tell where I would want them to be placed. Then one by one I peeled the paper off and placed the vinyl letters on the blocks. I then took off the clear paper that covered the letters, leaving only the vinyl on the blocks. 

It should look something like this.

This is what the first side looked like. Then I started the whole process over and did the same thing to the other side of the blocks. 

This is what the other side looked like when I finished them. 

I think they turned out super cute. 

They would be cute with some Fall leaves or ornaments and jingle bells. My favorite though that would work for both would be pine cones! 

What a fun addition to any home! You can also save some space in your storage for afterwards since they double for two holidays! :)  ~Kelsie