HOME Decal, Flower Boxes and Signs

I designed this decal recently and I have fallen in love with it.  We've mostly used it for flower boxes but this last week I made it into a sign.

The inspiration for it was from a few different crafts I've done. I've been making a lot of these home tiles and love the substitute of Washington state for the O. I also really love this new font I got so I was hoping to combine the two and in such a way I could do it on the flower boxes.

It looked good but not completed. I had created this wheat wreath last Christmas for a wooden box. I had tried a few different borders with the HOME decal but this one had the 'farm house' feel I was going for and was simple but decorative.

I made the first box, which is approx 5x5" and sized the decal. I used Oracal 651 which should hold permanently to the stained box. Making one for myself helps so I can see how well it holds up.

Once I got going, it was easier to make more and I got a lot of positive feedback from them.

I have pictures where my "photo bomber" isn't so apparent but I love this one!

I was really hoping to make one for myself once things slowed down but we already have a lot of table decor so I decided to try the sign route. The sign is about 9x13". The wheat was MUCH easier to weed, making it even more desirable to make. I'm really happy with how it turned out. When I open my Etsy shop (plan is for this summer), I'm debating on selling just the decal in the two different sizes or selling the sign itself. I wonder what else I could make with the decal?

Umbrella Collages

My 11-year-old niece came over this weekend and we made these collages. They are even better than we envisioned! My niece has creativity flowing through her veins and I just love it! I created the silhouette of the girl holding the umbrella based on a mural painting she saw and fell in love with. The silhouette of the couple is a free one I downloaded from online (here) and traced. Once we glued down the paper pieces, we did a layer of Mod Podge and then another layer after laying down the vinyl. Aren't the colors dreamy?

Here is my nieces', Girl with Umbrella collage:

Here is the Couple Under the Umbrella collage:

Framed Nativity

I had promised my sister a vinyl for her wall and she saw a framed nativity scene with vinyl and knew it was exactly what she wanted. I told her that if she got the frame, I would cut and put on the vinyl. I stumbled across this frame and fell in love with it. It wasn't exactly what she wanted (she was hoping for the two glass panel frame and found it) and I think she could see how excited I was over it. It's only March but the frame has been sitting on my craft table for over a month so I decided to get it done. I LOVE it. I'm so excited to have it and I'm hoping to see there are others that would like one as well. Here are some pictures of it:

Birthday Jam

This post is very similar to that of the one I just did, Cookie-in-a-jar. My para-educator's birthday is on Monday. I'm already putting together a luncheon for our team and the office staff, including a birthday dessert and so I was trying to think of something a little extra. Derek, my husband, made his berry jam this week and so I took the theme from the Cookie-in-a-jar. and put together one of the jars for her.