~wall art with a t-shirt~

I think I'm going to start a continuing post topic on 

here titled, "Things I've done with t-shirts."
I don't have much time this morning so

this first one I'm going to share is simple.

A couple times a year when my friend goes thru

her closet, she lets me rummage thru her

"donate" bag before sending it off. 

I find all sorts of treasures :)

This project is made from an adorable tank-top

she had that was stretched out and unwearable.

I loved the design and COLORS on it and

knew immediately what I wanted to do with it.

 I framed it and hung it on the wall

in my little lady's room.

It makes me smile each time I look at it.

It's just so bright and happy looking.

The design on the shirt was actually just the

tree and the hearts. 

The butterfly's are old vintage pins 

that were given to me by my Grandma and

a good friend. I just attached them to the 

shirt after I got it framed.

 Next time you have an old t-shirt that you

like....think outside the box before tossing it.

You never know what you might come up with. 

Tomorrow I am being featured on 

The Birthday Blog.

(click above to be directed)

It's a blog all about birthday parties!

It is full of ideas and a great resource for

planning a party. Check it out.

She is featuring my son's pirate party

and daughter's 1st birthday cupcake toppers.

Also.....maybe another giveaway later today?

 

~Daddy~last minute gift idea

Need a last minute gift idea for your husband?

Check this out:

I made this for my husband today.

I saw the saying a couple months ago and 

knew immediately I wanted to do something with it.

I thought about putting it with a cute picture of

him and the kids but couldn't get a picture that

would look good without being completely

obvious. So....I ended up taking his work boots

and lining them up with our kids' little John Deere boots.

I absolutely adore the way it turned out.

I like the boots more so than I would have

a picture of them together. Somehow, to me

the boots make it even more personal than 

a picture of them all together would have.

So-to make this I lined up the boots and took the picture

out on the deck. Once I got the picture I wanted,

I edited it a little in Picasa. I played around with

the color and saturation a little, added the glow

feature to it and inserted the text.

I had it printed up at the 1 hour photo at Walgreen's

and bought a mat at Michael's crafts.

I wanted to put it in a frame in the living room

that was already on the wall with an old pic in

 it. So-I took the old picture out, replaced it with this, 
wrapped it up and hung it back on the wall.

Think he'll notice?

I figure this will be less obvious than an empty

spot on the wall with a nail sticking out.

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