mini projects

I have done a few very small projects at home. The first one is an idea I found on Pinterest. Sophia is always wanting to use my make-up when I'm getting ready in the morning. This is not convenient for lots of reasons. The two biggest being that I'm using my make-up and she will make a mess with it. To make us all happy, I gathered some Clinique samples of colors I'd never used, but kept (why?!) and used a nail to take out the make-up, leaving an empty spot, which I then filled with nail polish and set out to dry. I would recommend letting it dry for a few days, just to make sure it's nice and hard. The first time I did this, I only let it dry overnight and then it got fingernail indents in it. I wanted to make it even more special, so I did a few of these and put them all in a mini-sized make-up bag I had sitting around. Now, when I'm putting on my make-up, Sophie takes a seat and joins me with her very own stuff- it is too fun!

Two very similar projects needed to get done before our sweet baby makes an arrival. Because Penelope will be inheriting the nursery, I needed to take down the decor I had made to go above Sophia's crib. This included some wallpaper letters from the Land of Nod. I quickly strung them up with some ribbon, hot glued some flowers and push-pinned it to the wall in Sophie's new room. Voila! $2, 10 minutes, and we're done!

As you can see, the sweetie loved it! So easy to please :)

I had planned on getting the same letters from the Land of Nod to put above Penelope's crib in the nursery, but when I looked at them online, I didn't like some of the designs for the letters in her name, particularly the E, which occurs three times. I then looked on Etsy and found these gorgeous letters, but ouch! $96!!! Not an option...

I made a run to Hobby Lobby. $25 later, here is our final product. I did it in a day and am really happy with how it looks, but would change a few things if I could...for instance:

- I would have made the ribbon longer to account for the flower covering half of it.
- I would have liked a different font. These are college style letters, but that's all they had in the size I wanted, and they were 99 cents/each. Can't complain...

I LOVE that I got to hand pick each of the designs/color scheme. That was fun and gave it just the look I was going for.

My next project is a ballerina tutu bow holder that I found here. It will definitely be difficult for me, as I'm not very crafty and this is totally out of my element, but the details are specific and I'm going to give it my best shot!