Lyrics to my Heart

This past weekend was prob my last free weekend to do anything fun with school and all :D. I deiced I was going to make the most of it and CRAFT! The first one I wanted to do was this one.  
 I’ve had several ideas on what I was going to put above my bed but each time I would complete something it would either be too big or too small. I must say I thought this was going to be easy. Just writing words with a paintbrush...WRONG! Well maybe its just me because my hand writing looks like a mans writing but really it was getting just what I wanted the typography to look and wondering if I’m going to be able to get all the words in. I played on some smaller canvases just to play on and realized my handwriting looks worse with a paintbrush.

So I went to look for words of wisdom on the blog of Alisa Burke to see what she did (her blog). Which I guess this would be a good idea for a tip.... TIP #1:  I know this sounds silly but read before you do something. You might think they know how they did it but you don’t. (Unless you do! lol) ANYWAYS! I read that she used shoeshine to write on the canvas. SMART!!!! So I’m trying to figure out how I’m going to do this my mother (the reason I’m so crafty!) suggested q-tips. At first I thought it would be silly but she brought some out to me and I started to play with them and let me tell you it was a lot easier to work with. I tapped three of them together to make the lines thicker.  

What I used: 

•               24"x30" canvas

•               Acrylic paint

•               q-tips

•               ruler

•               straight edge

•               pencil

1.  I started off with painting the whole canvas with white acrylic paint.
2. Measured on the sides every 2" (or whatever the size you want) used the straight edge (or ruler) to make very light lines so I didn’t get too crooked. 
3. I figured that I could get 23 characters on each line. Some of the lines I didn’t finish the words, which is fine.  
4.  I wrote out the alphabet on a piece of paper so I would know how each one to look. I used a mixture of both upper and lower case.Then I started to write on the canvas. :D Also if there is a certain work that means the most or you just happen to have green paint you can make a focal point with one of the words.

Sparks Fly by Taylor Swift

BTW! God Bless America 

Tricks of the Trade

A couple years ago my parents and i started to figure out smart and cleaver ways to give money to some of the older kids in the family. we would make it a Christmas event to watch my cousin Brad run around figuring out each clue just to find more money. and now that all of my cousins are at the age of just asking for money now. i never thought to take pictures of what i did until now. My youngest cousin just had her birthday a couple weeks ago and thought that this was my best work yet! here's some pictures of the process i went through to make this!

this cost about 20 bucks, its a bit much but she can play with the pieces i didn't use.

i put a base layer and then the first layer of the house

Here is the second layer finished and you can see the money through the door!

here's a better look on how i put the money away. i would stagger the money from side to side
from different levels just to keep it changing.

TA-DA! Finished product!

So i hope everything is going well and had a safe labor day weekend. i spent mine crafting! i started doing three projects. i finished one of them and the others just need finishing touches. i will post them up later!

Scrapbook Coasters

Okay! I don't know about yall but I have TONS of scrap booking paper all over the craft room! With just my mother and I alone we could prob open a small store,lol. So when I saw this idea I knew it was going to be easy. Plus use some of the paper ive hoarded for so many years.

The Pinterest Page

Supplies:

• 1 Sheet of Scrapbook Paper. (unless you want to make them each differently)
• 4 to 6 4"x4" tiles. 
• One sheet of felt (any color you want)
• Mod Podge 
• High Gloss Finish (or pick any finish you want)
• Fabric Glue
• 2 brushes or sponges ( ill explain why you need two later)

Step One: Cut the paper into 3.75"squares. In my first attempt I did 3.5" and I think the original way better. 

Step Two: Pour a small amount of Mod Podge onto the tile and place the paper in the middle. With a little left over Mod Podge on your brush/sponge cover the entire title again. If you didn't have extra just add a little more. (don't worry it drys clear)

Step Three: Let it dry for 15 to 20 minutes and put on a second coat of the Mod Podge and let it dry again.

I don't know if you can see the bubbles or not but they're there!

Step Four: Here's why I said get two brushes/sponges. While waiting for the Mod Podge to dry it takes 15-20 minutes to dry and the brush will still be wet (unless you super duper dry it) and when you use the wet brush with the finish bubbles will start to show up. 

Step Five: Let it dry and put on a second coat
Step Six: while you are waiting for this to dry (or at any point and you cannot wait) you are going to want to cut the felt into 3.5" squares.
Step Seven: clue the felt to the back with the Fabric glue.

TADA!

This project was pretty easy so theirs not much on the tips except have a fully dry brush when applying the finish.

Finished Product! 

This is something i found on Pinterest but i cant seem to find the pin.
My next craft i will randomly draw out something and do it.
but if it takes up a lot of time (with school and or don't have the space to do it)
ill just put it back in! Ill prob decorate it later but its one of the crafts in the jar!