DIY: Painted Chevron Stripes

 

I recently got a wild idea that I should paint a couple chevron stripes on my son's bedroom wall.
Sounded easy enough- right??..

 

Well, it was a lot harder and more time consuming that I had imagined- let me just say that.

 

I started with two pieces of tape, running the length of one of the walls- 12" inches apart.
Then added a third line another 12" on top of that.

Then measured every 6" inches, starting at the end of the wall- added a vertical line of tape.

Next, I cut out all the "inner" pieces of tape

 

I painted the "inners" - with some of the paint we had left over from the guest bedroom.
Once dried, I peeled the tape away- and found that my "chevron" lines weren't connected.
(Which I should have noticed before I started painting..)
So then-- I had to add more tape to figure out how to make them connect..

 

 

Here are the finished stripes- they defiantly aren't perfect, and not completely symmetrical- but I am chalking that up to "Character" ?!?!?! - haha

 

Just goes to show, that not every project comes out perfect the first time around.

Maybe you will learn from my mistakes on this one.

 

Happy DIY-ing!

 

 

 

A Halloween Affair

 

 

We celebrated our son's first birthday with a Halloween themed costume party.

 

Brayden Cash as Ace Ventura

 

Corey and I as Wayne & Garth from Wayne's World

 

 

 

Our Family!

 

 

Here is a {free printable} for the Bats,

I cut them out on cardstock and slightly folded each one in half- to create the illusion that they were flying. 

 

  

Candy Bar

 

 

Poison Apples- Carmel Apple

Eye of Newt- Green Grapes

Crows Bones- White Chocolate Pretzel

Witches Warts- Chocolate Chips

Spider Legs- Black Licorice

Pumpkin Teeth- Candy Corn

Monster Scabs- Wheat Thins

Witches Fingernails- Bugles

Zombie Teeth- Yogurt Covered Granola

Night Crawlers- Gummy Worms with Crumbled Oreos

Hallowed Frog Eyes- Sour Gummy Lifesavers

Ghost Poop- Marshmallows

(I bought different size drinking glasses from the dollar store and filled them with the goodies.

 You could also use different size vases, but I wanted something that I could resuse.)

 

{Free Printable}

Dragon Blood Punch
(adult punch)

 

Apple Juice - 46 ounce

Cranberry Juice- 48 ounce

Ginger Ale - 2 Liters

Berry Vodka - 1 bottle

Red Hawaiian Punch - 46 ounce

(I added a frozen ice hand in also, by filling up a rubber glove then removed the glove once frozen.)

 

 

Swap Juice
(Children's Punch)

 

Limeade- Frozen- 12 ounce

Lime Sherbet- 1 quart

Sprite- 2 Liters

(With ice hand)

 

 

Special Brews and Poisons

 

 

We filled mason jars with fake ears, fingers, a heart and a brain.

There was also a hand- chilled on ice.

The rest of the bottles I spray painted and labeled with different spooky, creepy ingredients.

 

 

I covered the canvas we have hanging in our dining room with black fabric and painted

"Happy Birthday Brayden"- with white fabric paint.

 

 

Floating Witches Hats & a Broom- hung with fishing line.

 

 

Bloody Towels 

 

We turned out bathroom into a creepy crime scene. 

 

((This part was for adults only- a little too scary for the kiddos.))

 

We got a mans head from the spirit Halloween store. This head inspired the whole creepy bathroom idea. My husband built a body out of a men's dress shirt and a pair a jeans. 

 

 

He stuff the clothes with newspaper and added some wire to the legs and arms so that he could bend the man in place, and to help make it look a little more realistic. 

 

 

  We got the fake blood from the spirit store also! 

((It washed off our bathtub with just soap and water.)) 

Spooky Candles

 

 

I bought white pillar candles and a black and red candle stick. 

How-to

Light the candlestick and drip the wax down the pillar candles.  

 

 

We made a Time Capsule for Brayden

We also had a jar filled with Candy Corns- for kids to guess how many were inside, for a prize.

 

{Free printable}

 

Most of the décor was made and installed by me, my husband and my mom.

We may or may not have went a little over board.. haha. But it turned out great, defiantly will go down in the books as one to remember.

However, I am not so sure how we are going to top this party in the years to come?!

 

Happy Birthday to our handsome baby boy!

&

Happy Halloween to you all!

 

I'm Back

 

I can not believe how long it has been since I last posted on my beloved Blog.
I am very sorry readers for being out of touch. I have missed writing a great deal.

But life has been pretty crazy for me these last couple of months.

 

As you know I was pregnant (for this entire year!!) well--- We finally had our beautiful son Brayden, who was born on

October 13 at 1:05am
Weighing 9lbs even and 21 inches long.

 

 

5 Days Old

 

 

28 Days Old

 

Corey and I also got married on November 7th!

We had a small ceremony with our family- it was lovely.

 

I am currently on maternity leave and enjoying every minute of being a mom.

But I am hoping to snag some time so I can keep my blog updated.

 

Thank you for sticking around.

 

 

 

 

 

Thrifty Thursday: Fabric Covered Canvas

 

 

Do you have any left over canvas'? Or perhaps something you previously painted doesn't work for your home anymore?

 

What better way to reuse them- than to just re-cover them with fabric for a totally new look.

 

That's exactly what I did for this next project.

 

 

Supplies Needed

 

16x20 Canvas

Wooden Letters

2.5-3 Yards of fabric

Spray paint

Staple gun

Hot glue gun

 

Step One:

 

Spray paint letters

(you may need more than one coat of paint on each letter)

 

Step Two:

 

Cut fabric

(make sure you have cut enough to fold over to the back)

 

Step Three:

 

Staple corners of fabric

 

Then staple side

Repeat on all sides

Trim excess material

 

 

Step Four:

 

Glue letters on top of fabric

& hang!

 

Total cost: $30

Time: 1 hour + drying time

 

Images via:

{Me}

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



A Baby's Nursery

There is nothing more exciting than to plan your own child’s room.
As soon as we found out what we were having, I started thinking about how to decorate our son’s room.

My latest addiction is.. chevron-- well anything… So naturally I had to incorporate it somewhere in the room.

This fabric was my jumping off point.

 You will soon find curtains made out of it.

 

 

A shaggy rug to ground the space and add color

We chose to go with white furniture and accents around the room.

 

 

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#780F-5 

From Behr

 

And here is our wall color.

 

 

So our "theme" is white, Gray and Navy.

(I'm not one to use sports teams or animals in a space.)

 

You will also find some vintage accents, and an eclectic mix of frames for artwork and photos.

 

 

So here is just a peak into the plan for our son's room.

Of course once it is finished, I will post photos!

 

 

Links:

Crib

Rug

 

 

 

 

 

& Baby Makes Three

 

 

 

We were welcomed with the wonderful news of a new baby in our future.

That's right-- We are pregnant!!

 

And we couldn't be happier <3

 

 

 

 

ps. I'll keep you posted along the way.