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Thursday, June 20, 2013

Bathroom Sign: SYTYC Week 1

 
 
My kids have to start sharing a bathroom. That means I have to change it to something that will work for both a boy and girl. The only thing my two kiddos could agree on was fish. Is fish the most original idea? Probably not, but you can't argue with kids that are finally agreeing and not fighting.

I needed something that I could hang on the wall above their towel hooks. I decided to make them a sign. I knew right away what I wanted it to say. I went with: "one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish". My oldest kiddo LOVES to read stories to my littlest kiddo. Dr. Seuss books are 9 times out of 10 the books they are reading. I think it's the perfect saying to show something they love to do together.



Almost all the supplies I needed were things we already had around the house. The wood was leftovers in my hubby's scrap pile, the vinyl I've had on hand for months, the metal piece on the back was also in the hubby's scrap pile. The only thing I had to buy was blue craft paint (go figure it ran out before I finished the first coat).

What I did was cut 4 pieces of wood to 24 inches long. I gave them a quick sand and painted them with craft paint. Once they were dry I cut out the vinyl letters. We had a scrap piece of metal used for stairs laying around our garage. I had my husband help me screw that on the back to hold all the boards together. I also attached a picture hanger to the back.

This weeks challenge for sure gave me the push to get going on the kiddos bathroom. I'm so pleased with how this turned out!



Sunday, May 26, 2013

I'm a Contestant!!!!!!!!


One of my all time favorite blogs is So You Think You're Crafty. I have been a big follower long before I started this little blog. I have always thought how cool it would be to actually be one of the contestants. Some of you may be wondering what is SYTYC???
 
SYTYC is a craft competition that lasts for 10 weeks. Each week there is a specific theme that the contestants have to do a craft around. There is also voting that takes place each week. The project with the lowest amount of votes gets sent home. The super cool part is anyone can vote! The other cool part is you don't know which contestant did which craft. The contestants aren't allowed to say which project is theirs. It's all anonymous.
 
If you follow me on facebook, I posted a link last week during the audition round. I asked everyone to go and vote for their favorite projects. It was a pretty tight race. I was on pins and needles all week. I'm happy to say though that I'm officially one of the contestants!! I'm so excited for this! I will be a part of Season 16 which starts on June 6. I will be posting reminders about the voting. After the voting is over I will post my projects over here.
 
My audition craft was the Summer Wreath. I will post a tutorial soon. Thanks to everyone that voted!!