Sign for Twins Room Reveal

Good Morning!!

I have to say this week has been a much better week than the last one!! My little boys haven't given me quite as much grief.. ok scratch that they have. I guess I'm just realizing that this new phase of destruction is here to stay and its just not worth getting my panties all up in a bundle every time they do something terrible.. I mean they do call it the Terrible Two's for a reason!! right?! I guess my experience is just EXTRA special since there is more than one and they use their little partnership to plot against me!

As Rachel and I both said; we had a lovely girls day on Monday!! I think it was exactly what I needed to get over a bad week and feel renewed and fresh!! We had such a great time! It was also the first time I have left Scarlett for a longer than an hour! I was really hesitant up until right before I left.  I wasn't sure if  I should take her or leave her but my husband assured me everything would be just fine and kicked me out the door! I'm glad he did, she was more than OK without me which makes me a little sad that she is growing so fast. However,  it was nice to have a little bit more freedom. Its kind of crazy to think that by the time my boys where her age now, I was already expecting again.. I don't know what the heck I was thinking but, I'm glad I didn't think about it too hard. By the time I realized perhaps throwing a third child into the mix with some crazy toddlers might not be the best idea, it was a little to late!! And I just cant imagine life without each of these crazy little people who have given me purpose in this world.



I have continued to crochet this week, in fact I have started a new routine, instead of being a grizzly mother every time my boys jump out of their bed during bed and nap time and putting them back into bed countless times. Now, I just sit in front of their door in a rocking chair and crochet until they fall asleep. It works so much better!!! and it's actually much more time effective!! It was taking me over and hour to try and get my boys to take a nap and now they know they cant get away with anything so they just lay down and fall asleep and I get to watch as they fall asleep and turn into perfect little angels and enjoy some quite crochet time. It works out just perfectly!!!
I am also still waiting for my Silhouette to arrive!! It is estimated to come today, I was sincerely hoping it would come earlier but no such luck!! If it doesn't come today, I'm going to start getting cranky!!! Luckily I have grand plans to hang out with one of my mommy friends who understands more than any one what life is like with twins. She has twin boys of her own that are a month older than Scarlett and a 2 year old son just a few months younger than my boys. I always enjoy our play dates!! and it is so funny to watch our six kids hang out together!

Today I am FINALLY showing you the sign I made for my boys room!! I had to wait to show you because the board needed to be trimmed to finish it off and my husbands saw was too wimpy to do the job! But alas here it is in all its glory! this picture is taken in my master bedroom on my dresser, it will however eventually go in my boys room as planned!

Have a very lovely and wonderful day!!

-Haley

A Black and White Baby Quilt and a Sneak Peek

Good morning all you lovelies!!

I hope everyone had a fantastic Mothers Day weekend, whether you have a mom, are a mom have the desire to be a mother I hope that your day was extra special!!

 I have lots of projects going on here this week and I spent the better part of yesterday finishing off the afghan that I showed you last week! I will post the final results later on! I have to say I really am addicted to crochet!! I couldn't put my crochet hook down until that blanket was finished!! It totally consumed me!! My husband who barely notices if I paint a wall or rearrange a room, even appreciated it and put in an order for his own! So I will start working on that once I have some more projects under my belt!

Today I will be finishing up the quilt top for another baby quilt. I finished all the blocks before I started my afghan and then couldn't stop crocheting long enough to work on anything else! The block pattern I chose once again came from my go to site for quilt blocks. You guessed it, McCalls Quilt Blocks. I know I have talked about this site on more than one occasion but its just such a great resource! I especially think this is a great place to start if you have never quilted before! Each pattern has a level of skill indicated all the way from beginner- to Super skilled, ok maybe they don't call it super skilled but it takes some super skill to do some of those bad boys!! If you are wanting to make a quilt and don't know where to start, I would say hop on over to the site and brows through the large selection of patterns and make a block and see what you think!

As I mentioned I have lots of projects going on here!  I am going to provide a little glimpse of a project that I am currently working on with my other fabulous sister in law who is a vinyl guru!! She has her own Etsy shop that is called Bedtime Crafts with some pre-made blocks and signs. But she also does custom orders I would more than recommend her to anyone who needs some vinyl in there life! She is helping me with a custom project that will go in my boys room. My twins room has been quite the project and I really haven't done a dang thing!! I have re-decorated that room in my mind about a hundred times! But I think this little project was just the inspiration I needed to get the ball rolling! So stay tuned and hopefully I can show you this awesome project that may or may not include a quote from one of my favorite series of books ever written.

Happy Tuesday Everyone!!

-Haley

DIY vintage frames

As far as projects at my house go I'm bouncing all over the place like usual! The main reason this happens is because I try to do projects with things I already have on hand. I never know when I'm going to feel inspired and pull out my glue gun and paint brushes! Today I made a little something to start a gallery wall in my twins' room. This project is really easy and anyone can do it I promise!!!

I started with some frames from goodwill that I had painted white about 2 years ago. I recently took down my entire gallery wall in my living room and went with something much simpler. Now I have a ton of frames laying around just itching to be hung somewhere new!

Then I took a can of Minwax stain in Jacobean. I got a small can for around $7 and have used it for several different projects and still have a full can. I took a baby wipe and dipped it in the stain and then applied it all over the frame. I used a baby wipe so that I could wipe a lot of the excess off. You can also use a damp rag or paper towel.

Next I took a tan paint color any will work,and just roughly painted some lines and and small areas of the frame

I then took a dry cloth dipped it back in my stain and went over the frames for a third time this created a layered texture that looks old and antiqued.

This can be done as sloppy as you like and you can create as many layers as you want as well feel free to go crazy!

I hope you learned a thing or two! If you have any requests of things you would like to see on our blog please leave a comment below. Do you want more sewing projects? More DIY projects?
More home decorating projects? Let us know!!!

Enjoy!

-Haley