Pinterest.  I love it. 

I have found so many inspirations but I don't have enough time in the day! 

Like this.  And this.  And let's not forget this. 

Of course, you have to get busy making and not pinning all day!  So I did.

 

Found this on Pinterest and knew I had to make it. 

You will need a canvas (mine was 14 x 11), paints, and I used my Silhouette for the tree stencil, but you could just as easily free hand.

 

First, I cut out my tree in white vinyl with my Silhouette.

Using the negative image I attached to my canvas and 

sponge painted the words and tree unto my canvas. 

Then when I removed the vinyl I had this fabulous tree ready for leaves.

My two boys, my husband and I each picked our color and starting adding leaves

 to the tree with our thumbs and fingers. 

Love the way it turned out!!  And a super easy project!!

 

 

Craft. Silhouette Cameo Kitchen Aid makeover!

I am in love.  There is no other word to describe it.  I just received my Silhouette Cameo this weekend.  UGH!!  This machine is T H E  B O M B!  I have soooooo much to discover, but the minute I broke it out of the box I just knew I had to makeover my kichen aid mixer!  Yea!!

This little project took me all of about 45 minutes (because I'm a newbie) -
and I am loving the results! 

I'll share my to-do's below.

Ok, for the wording on the top I just loved what Create.Craft.Love did so I had to recreate!  I found my London Tube font at Fontspace, and used the same cupcake from the Silhouette online store found here. 

Some people may just want to stop after that.  Not me.  I wanted to fancy it up after that, so I found TypeBackgrounds font, which has some pretty neat scrolls.  I printed 3 of those in the same size (4.82 W x 6.070 H), then another that was 2.795 W x 3.525 H (for the back round area), and applied randomly to my mixer.

 

I LOVE the way it turned out!  Happy Silhouette-ing!