Just the Right Thing...

I have been looking for months for just the right thing to put up on this coat rack. I tried everything- after staring at the empty spot for several weeks, I had an idea. I had this plastic serving tray I bought at a local store (plastic stuff is very big here). I painted the back with this deep red acrylic paint and then cut the M and leaves out of vinyl. I think it turned out very well considering it only cost me about $3.

Bathroom Reading

When I repainted my kids bathroom I wanted to add something a little special. I painted this frame on the wall, and then every month I change out the saying and pictures in vinyl. Unfortunately I didn't take a picture of Christmas, but it was a cute little nativity scene.

Contact Paper

Before we left the states, I found a few sales on adhesive vinyl to bring with me, but it was just basic white, and brown. One day early on, we were walking through a hardware store, and there it was a beautiful display of about 20 colors of contact paper- don't ask me why it was in the hardware store. I started feeling the weight and texture and it hit me, I don't need vinyl this will work very well. So, I started buying up colors and since you get 2 rolls (18"x 9 yards/roll) in a package for about $3, I couldn't resist. I have had fun with all the colors and my children love their rooms.
In my sons room, I had the bugs go all the way around his room and then end up crawling into his bed.




















In my daughters room I just did lots and lots of flowers. This is when I learned the importance of setting the correct cutting depth on the cricut so it just cuts through the vinyl layer and not the backing layer. These flowers and stems took FOR-EVER to peel and stick up.