Peace on Earth

Howdy!!

Well here it is a Tuesday night in the PNW and wow has it been a rainy and windy week!!  It is crazy around here.  Dodging tree limbs into work, being detoured due to trees down and water over the roads.  I'm ready for Summer now :)

I did up something so simple but so very precious to me tonight.  I had gotten some Christmas cards 2 years ago at Costco and never sent them out as I forgot I had them, go figure lol.  Well this year I got them out and went through them and hand picked which ones to send to whom.  Each one had a meaning behind it.  Well I had this very special one that has 2 doves on it.  As most of you already know, doves are very special to me and this Christmas they are even more special do to the honoring and celebrating of my Dad's life whom I just lost 2 weeks ago.  It is absolutely beautiful and what a better saying.......  "Peace on earth".

Here is a closer shot to show the details of the doves even better :)

I am actually working on a few more projects tonight but they aren't done yet so hoping to get them posted in a day or two.  Being back to work fulltime and getting caught up has me tuckered out when I get home but I am so enjoying getting back into my crafting.  It is great therapy for me.  Actually a productive night.  Projects, played a few songs on the organ for Dad and now am going to just sit back and relax and watch some T.V.

Have a wonderful evening and it's great to be back :)  I have missed so many of your blogs and wonderful projects and look forward to reading them all and catching up.

xo ~ Laura

Fall is here

Happy Friday!!

I found this cute idea over at Craft Gossip and my mind started going a mile a minute!  Can you just imagine how many different occasions this can be used for? 

Well since "Fall" is officially here, at least in the PNW, I decided to do up one for this season :)

I just started cutting these designs out on my Cricut using four of the 4" in diameter, four in the 3 1/2" and four  in the 3".  The letters for Fall I just printed out on my printer and used some of my decorative scissors lol.

I then put glitter on the letters and around 2 of the flowers and put them together with dimensional foam.

I then added the flower that I made on top and added an additional bow and Ta-Da!  Cute and simple :)

Have a wonderful day and happy crafting!!

xo ~ Laura

Patriotic Setting

Happy Rednesday!!  Well I had a few things together and wanted to do more so I came up with this cute centerpiece for our diningroom table.

I had gotten the crate already and just gave it a fresh coat of white paint, distressed it a little and it was good to go.  I had also already completed my little white boxes with my vinyl stars on it, had the little flower arrangement and my glass block.  So I had picked up the little tiny crate that wasn't finished on one of my treasure hunts so I spray painted it red and put on my little flag ribbons and ta-da!!

Very cheap, creative and am displaying it proudly :)  Hope you have a fantastic day!!  I won't be getting much done today craft wise as it is my last day at work for a few weeks until it gets renewed so it's going to be a very busy day!!

xo ~ Laura

Master Bedroom Part II ~ Shelf Redo :)

Happy Monday Everyone!!!  Well I thought I had taken before pictures and for the life of me, I can't find this one :(  So I guess I will have to just explain it and have you visualize it lol.

I found this cute country shelf at GW about 3 weeks ago and it just caught my eye with the heart cutouts, the mesh on the doors and the cute knobs.  It was a forest green color but that definitely does not match my decor so yup, you guessed it!!  Out came the paint and now it is transformed into a black color but I'm still debating on if I want to leave it as is, or distress the edges.  Hmmmmm that is the question of the day!!  lol

So here it is hanging on my wall......

Along with the cute knobs....

And now decorated!!!  :)  The master bedroom is slowly coming together!!  And I'm loving it!!

Plus a cute little plaque I threw together to hang from the wooden peg :)

I also found this little shelf at GW around the same time and this is how it ended up :)

So since I already had a few decorations on the wall in the first place, I decided to just put up a few for now on the wall on the top shelf and now I've got more room to decorate more knick knacks on the other shelfs and pegs!!  Wow I love creating new space for my projects don't you? 

I also did up this quick and easy sign to add to a pretty boring wall.  This one is for my sweet husband of almost 11 years :)  Love him!!

I also did up a little burlap covered glass votive and put some ribbon on it and will put it on the shelf but it's still wet.  lol

You may ask, how am I getting all these done on a Monday when I work I bet.  Well the truth is, my contract is coming to an end as of Wednesday for a few weeks so I have nothing to do and I'm working from home today and tomorrow so in between getting things cleaned up, I take little breaks and get some crafting in :)

Have a fabulous Monday girls/gals and enjoy!!

Hugs ~ Laura