Button Monogram

Time for the first craft project of 2014! I saw a craft project on JoAnns site a few months ago and wanted to try it. It was a monogram on a canvas made from buttons. I purchased a 10x10 canvas with a coupon from JoAnns and set out to find some inexpensive button. I ended up purchasing them from Oriental Trading Company for a really good price.

Here are the supplies I started with, not pictures is the glue, I used my E6000. The K was created in PhotoShop, made a 10x10 image the looked for the font and size that I thought would work.

I cut the K out and traced it on the canvas with pencil.

I then sorted through the buttons looking for the pink shades. I then set them out in the K to make sure I had enough. Next came the glue and gluing them down. 

This project took no more that 30 minutes and was very easy. Here it is on Katie's bedroom wall.

Katie Art

The front half of the living room is Katie's space. It contains her toys, easel and table. In order to finish the space I wanted to put something on the walls. Having a supply of Katie Art on hand I knew this would be a fun thing to include in her space. I selected three works of art, scanned and printed them on photo paper and framed them. They are now on the wall above her shelves. I also moved the lamp from the library room here so she could have some direct light.

I selected a finger painting, a ladybug with finger print dots and the Katie hand print fish. Please excuse the poor lighting in the photo.

To look around the room, here is the other side of the room near the front door.

This view is the newly covered window and toy box.

Bookstack Girl

I recently found this artist who I really like and purchased this print. You can see it in her Etsy store here http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=6130111 She also has a blog here http://www.theblackapple.typepad.com/ By the way I also got the pirate girl print...too cute!