Monday, March 24, 2014

Lollydoodle Display Tray

 Hi, back again with some crafty inspiration for you!  I had a super fun time putting this display tray together for my daughter's bedroom.  It adds some fun whimsy to her bedroom decor AND makes her feel special since it incorporates some recent pictures of her!  I simply cut 3x4 pieces of CTMH's Lollydoodle patterned paper to fit each cubby, and then added matching accents from their matching stickers and gem assortment.  The quotes along the right side are simply from the zipstrip on top of one of the papers. I double matted the 4x6 print in the top left corner with slate and cotton candy cardstock (all included in the paper pack!).
 My favorite detail is this paper rosette I made using a strip of the pink chevron patterned paper, a Martha Stewart border punch, and a circle punch (pear cardstock).
Supplies used (CTMH unless otherwise stated): Lollydoodle pattered paper pack, stickease, and gem assortment, burlap ribbon,7 gypsies printer's tray (Michaels), Marvy 1" circle punch, Martha Stewart dotted scalloped border punch

For more ideas of printer display trays, check out these previous posts here and here.  I love these things--they come together quickly and are SO visually interesting for your home.  They also make great gifts! Thanks for stopping by today--hope you have a creative one!

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Prayer Wall

 I am always looking for TANGIBLE ways to teach my children more about the truth of God's Word and walking in faith and NOT by sight (truth is, tangible things help ME to grow and set my mind on the things above, and not on earthly things Colossians 3:1-2).  I have been contemplating making a Prayer Wall for our house for quite some time now and today was THE day to "get 'er done!"  What is a Prayer Wall, you might be wondering?  This is a place where we as a family can collect our prayer requests (could be written thoughts, pictures, etc) to establish what WE as a FAMILY are trusting God for in our lives.  While I have stalked Pinterest for some inspiration (and have a vision to make a cute shabby-chic frame enclosing chicken wire one day...) I decided to just jump in and use what I already had on hand (hello...can we say FREE?!).  For this project, I used a retired Creative Memories Display Frame (it is magnetic, which is handy, and it came with magnets, the ribbon, and matching clips), Post-It notes, and printed out a few images from our computer and backed them with black cardstock.
The title was stamped using CTMH's Framework alphabet using Cocoa ink on white cardstock and backed with Cocoa cardstock.  No frills, nothing fancy, just a VISUAL and TANGIBLE space where we can all collect our prayer requests!  My daughter had the idea of creating a space under it for answered prayers! Great idea, Natalie!  As you might notice, some of our requests are praises, simple requests (love the "don't get eaten by the alligator" request by my daughter...yes, we do have a gator out back in our lagoon), my upcoming 10K for Living Water, our Compassion child Joan, our family, countries we are praying for (India map/flag), and some are written in my oldest daughter's handwriting and others are written by me.  The biggest decision was where to hang it.  If you know me, you know I like clean and simple and NO visual clutter (as a general rule...the fridge is always an exception) so I knew I didn't want this in our everyday space (like our family room...besides, would YOU want every house guest to see what you all are praying for??).  However, I didn't want to tuck it away in some remote corner of the house so that no one would see it (like the laundry room or back hallway).  We finally decided on Mommy and Daddy's bedroom--a space we often all crash in in the late afternoon hours or on snuggly mornings.  We will see how this works and possibly expand it in the future!  Hope this helps to inspire you and yours as you teach your little ones to trust a BIG God for ALL the things in life!

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Chevron Canvas Journal

Hello and welcome back!  I am excited to share with you two of my FAVORITE things in ONE...journals and chevron, haha!  I stamped this canvas journal from CTMH using their Charming Chevron stamp set in slate, lagoon, outdoor denim, and smoothe ink.  I then added sparkle chevron shapes (also CTMH) to a few of the chevron designs to add some BLING and interest!
Sentiment is from the He Said, She Said stamp set (CTMH, retired) stamped in Smoothie and Slate ink.  Can't wait to crack it open and start writing my thoughts...I am really cranking out the journals these days as my children are growing so fast and we are anticipating a move soon!!  Hope you have a creative day, my friend, and thanks for stopping by!