Family Command Center

I have been wanting to do this for A LONG time. And my family has been giving me crap over it, apparently they've never heard of a "family command center" because they kept referring to it as "the space command center," and something else that had to do with space... 

But I'm so happy to have finally finished it!

I feel so much more organized :)

What's included:

1. My dry erase calendar with Say It On The Wall Vinyl, and decorative tissue paper backing.

2. Two dry erase boards made from 4x6 frames, spray painted white, with polka dot paper. One is a "To Do" list and the other is a "Grocery List".

3. Another white frame with a clip that I Super Glued to the glass of the frame and added a sticky note-pad.

4. Mail holder (made from recycled boxes).

5. My Birthday Calendar (far right).

6. A pencil holder made from a tin can, with scrapbook paper wrapped around it, and hung with twine.

7. And my newest craft!...Corkboard from an antique frame. This is one of my favorite elements of the whole command center. :)

Monday: Sew Can Do, Graphics Fairy,  Mad In Crafts, It's So Very Cheri, Skip To My Lou, The Girl Creative,  DIY Showoff, Making The World Cuter,  Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Keeping It Simple, Trendy Treehouse,   

Tuesday: Sweet Floweret, Hope Studios,

Wednesday: Sugar Bee,  Silly Little Sparrow, Today's Creative Blog,  

Thursday:Someday Crafts,  The Thrifty Home, Someday Giveaway

Friday:Beyond The Picket Fence, Train To Crazy,  733,  Shabby Cottage,  Fireflies and Jellybeans, Somewhat Simple, Thirty Handmade Days,  Shabby Nest, 

Hodgepodge Friday,  Fun To Craft,  Tidy Mom, Finding Fabulous, Fingerprints on the Fridge,  Simply Sweet Home, 

Chic On a Shoe String,  Kojo Designs.

Saturday: Show and Tell,  I Am Only One Woman, The Hungry Hippo, Funky Junk Interiors, Saturday Spotlight @ Craft Envy. 

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Paper Family Tree

       I didn't come up with this idea. Actually, one of my friends made something similar to this at one of those JoAnne classes. I altered the idea a little bit to my taste.

       I added the "Sperry" sign. I thought it looked a little plain without it. Everything was cut out using my Silhouette. On the last couple layers of leaves I added Glue Dots to give the leaves more depth. The names are actually just hand written with a Sharpie Pen, that way I can add more kids names easily.

Monday: Sew Can Do, Graphics Fairy,  Mad In Crafts, It's So Very Cheri, Skip To My Lou, The Girl Creative,  DIY Showoff, Making The World Cuter,  Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Keeping It Simple, Trendy Treehouse,   

Tuesday: Sweet Floweret, Hope Studios,

Wednesday: Sugar Bee,  Silly Little Sparrow, Today's Creative Blog,  

Thursday:Someday Crafts,  The Thrifty Home, 

Friday:Beyond The Picket Fence, Train To Crazy,  733,  Shabby Cottage,  Fireflies and Jellybeans, Somewhat Simple, Thirty Handmade Days,  Shabby Nest, 

Hodgepodge Friday,  Fun To Craft,  Tidy Mom, Finding Fabulous, Fingerprints on the Fridge,  Simply Sweet Home, 

Chic On a Shoe String,  Kojo Designs.

Saturday: Show and Tell,  I Am Only One Woman, The Hungry Hippo, Funky Junk Interiors, Saturday Spotlight @ Craft Envy. 

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"I am a child of God" Sign

My daughters room is decorated in lavendar and white (with gray accents I have been adding as of late).

I saw this frame laying around my house, and had a vision of this for my daughter's room. 

Added some rosettes from scrapbook paper. 

Totally easy to make and basically impossible to screw up.

I did the text in Word, which was a pain in the rear by the way. I prob should something else :)

Monday: Sew Can Do, Graphics Fairy,  Mad In Crafts, It's So Very Cheri, Skip To My Lou, The Girl Creative,  DIY Showoff, Making The World Cuter,  Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Keeping It Simple, Trendy Treehouse,   
Tuesday: Sweet Floweret, Hope Studios,
Wednesday: Sugar Bee,  Silly Little Sparrow, Today's Creative Blog,  
Thursday:Someday Crafts,  The Thrifty Home, 
Friday:Beyond The Picket Fence, Train To Crazy,  733,  Shabby Cottage,  Fireflies and Jellybeans, Somewhat Simple, Thirty Handmade Days,  Shabby Nest, 
Hodgepodge Friday,  Fun To Craft,  Tidy Mom, Finding Fabulous, Fingerprints on the Fridge,  Simply Sweet Home, 
Chic On a Shoe String,  Kojo Designs.
Saturday: Show and Tell,  I Am Only One Woman, The Hungry Hippo, Funky Junk Interiors, Saturday Spotlight @ Craft Envy.  Read more

Flower Frame

My lil bro wanted to give his sweet girlfriend a homemade gift that she could have to remember him since they are in a long distance relationship. So pooling our ideas we came up with this little keepsake for his girl to cherish.

 

It was very simple to do (if you have a silhouette). We just cut out the pink sheet with the names and the ampersand, slapped some cool paper behind it and viola! The paper rose template can also be cut out with the silhouette, although we just cut ours out by hand.

I totally love how it turned out! I kinda want to make one for me and the hubs. 

Monday: Sew Can Do, Graphics Fairy,  Mad In Crafts, It's So Very Cheri, Skip To My Lou, The Girl Creative,  DIY Showoff, Making The World Cuter,  Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Keeping It Simple, Trendy Treehouse, 

Tuesday: Sweet Floweret, Hope Studios,

Wednesday: Sugar Bee,  Silly Little Sparrow, Today's Creative Blog,  
Thursday:Someday Crafts,  The Thrifty Home, 
Friday:Beyond The Picket Fence, Train To Crazy,  733,  Shabby Cottage,  Fireflies and Jellybeans, Somewhat Simple, Thirty Handmade Days,  Shabby Nest, 
Hodgepodge Friday,  Fun To Craft,  Tidy Mom, Finding Fabulous, Fingerprints on the Fridge,  Simply Sweet Home, 
Chic On a Shoe String,  Kojo Designs.
Saturday: Show and Tell,  I Am Only One Woman, The Hungry Hippo, Funky Junk Interiors, Saturday Spotlight @ Craft Envy.  

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Boardwalk Picture Frame

I  found this idea at the Family Fun website and I thought it would go well with my son's pirate themed bedroom.
It's a picture frame made to look like a boardwalk on the ocean, made entirely from popsicle sticks!

The base is made of a piece of cardboard with a sheet of sandpaper glued to it. I also folded over a piece of blue cardstock to look like the ocean.

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Book of Faces

I have been wanting to make this little book of faces since my little Jack was like a newborn...
Turns out I didn't get to it until I had a second newborn!

The point of this book is to A) teach my toddler the names of our family and friends, and B) to get my baby familiar with faces.

I also added stickers with letters on them so even later I can teach my little boy " 'M', is for mama" and so forth.

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DIY Earring Holder

I made this little earring holder for my baby girl (who will be here in 9 weeks)!

What you will need:

-wooden picture frame

-acrylic paint
-less that sq foot of tulle

-two similar tones 1" ribbon

-one six inch piece of white translucent ribbon

-3 or more fake pearls

1. Prep your wooden frame to be painted. If it has glass in the middle, be sure to remove and discard it.

 

2. Paint your frame and allow it to dry. I did three coats of white.

 

3. Using two tones of ribbon, wrap ribbon around the frame. Put one color on two sides that meet at a corner. (You can kinda tell in this picture).

4. Hot glue some tulle inside the frame where the glass goes. Your earrings will hang from the tulle. Be sure there is no slack or else the earrings will sag and it will look kinda sloppy. The tulle works perfect as an earring holder for babies since they just wear teeny tiny studs ;)

5. Add some ribbon flower embellishments with your ribbon and pearls.

 

Now you have a cute earring holder for your baby!

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Framed Silhouette Craft

I made a Halloween version of this concept awhile back. 

Check that tutorial out for instructions on how to complete this craft!

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Photo Letters

One of my friends got married this past weekend and so this was the present I made. Their last name is "Nava" so that's what I spelled out. I'm sure most of you have seen these around. You can buy a frame and all the letters for your last name (or whatever you want to spell) for anywhere from 40-80 bucks. Kinda steep. So here's what I did...

1. I bought a frame at Michael's that you're supposed to put a dollar bill in (weird, I know). Nonetheless, I got it for five bucks.
2. I used my xacto knife to make the width a bit longer.
3. I went outside and took pictures of things that looks like the letters and had them developed.
4. For a more finished look, I added some strips of cardstock inbetween the letters.





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Newspaper covered frame - Awesome project!

Here is the crazy fun frame I made for my girls' bathroom.  Now all their hair bows are pretty and organized!  And this project was made out of an old frame and some newspaper.  Very cheap!  I love it!

What you'll need:

1. An old frame that you have around the house collecting dust... this was sitting in my garage for over a year!
2. About 60 newspaper rolls.  For instructions on those, follow this link.
3. Mod Podge
4. Ribbon of your choice (mine was on sale at Michael's for $1.00)
5. Water-based wood stain (I used Rosewood - $4.75 at Home Depot)
6. Staple gun
7. Brush and a sponge applicator

1. Start out by stapling the skinny end of your newspaper roll on to the back of your frame, then apply mod podge to the front of the frame and start wrapping your newspaper around it.  Once a roll ends, put some glue at the end of a new roll and insert it in the previous roll, so they become one, and you can keep wrapping it around the frame.

2. Keep wrapping all the way around the frame, adding glue to the frame as you go.  Staple the end of the newspaper to the back of the frame, trim off if you need.

3. Here is the frame completely wrapped in newspaper.  Let it dry for about 10 minutes.

4. Once it's dry, paint the front of your frame with your wood stain.  Let it dry for a couple of hours.

5. Once it's dry, apply a thick layer of mod podge to the entire frame to protect your paint and the newspaper as well.  Let it dry for another hour. (I hated waiting for it to dry!)

6. Now decide how you would like to place your ribbon and staple it to the back of your frame.  Trim off any edges that are too long.

7. There you have it! I made some flowers out of newspapers for embellishment, you can add whatever you like, or leave it plain, whatever works for you!  I just love how this turned out, and I hope you'll give it a try.

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Turn Trash into Art! Egg shell picture frame

This, my friends, is an egg shell picture frame.  Don't you love the texture?  I've seen this done in Brazil, and I thought I'd give it a try for this cute valentine's frame I had.  This picture doesn't do it justice, it really is a very cool texture, and you can't really tell what you're looking at, which is half the fun.

Let's get to the tutorial

You will need:

1. Wooden frame ($1.00 at Michael's)

2. Mod Podge ($6.97 at Walmart)

3. Acrylic paint in hot pink ($.50 at Michael's)

4. Sponge applicator ($1.00 for 4 at JoAnn's)

5. Clean and dry egg shells.  I think I have about 8 egg shells here

1. With your finger, apply a thick layer of mod podge to the wood, then brake off little pieces of the egg shells and apply it to the glue.  Make sure to lay them curve side down, so it doesn't poke you or breaks off easily from your frame.

2. Another tip - don't brake the pieces too small, it'll be impossible to handle.  Make them a little bigger and lay them down, then just push it down to crack it right on the frame itself. Much easier to work with that way.

3. Once you've covered your frame, let it dry completely before moving on.  I think it took just about 20 minutes.

4. Using your sponge applicator, paint the edges and the inside of your frame in the color of your choice.

5. Very gently, apply paint to the egg shell surface.  I did two coats.  Just push the sponge down on the surface until you get your desired color intensity.  Let it dry.  

6. Once it's completely dry, apply another layer of mod podge to your frame, it'll protect it and give it a nice shinny finish.  Let it dry.

There you have it!  I made a little flower out of some scraps of tulle and added a little embellishment to my frame, but you could just leave it as is, or do whatever with it, just make it special to you!

Happy Valentine's Day! 

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