Insert Catchy Title: June 2015

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Canvas Project

Need a fun and quick project? Repurpose a painted canvas. Easy peasy.

Choose a cute saying and lay it out on your canvas in stickers.

Cover the entire thing with white paint.

Peel the stickers off when it dries.

Done!

Saturday, June 20, 2015

Photo Update

Pretty quiet around here lately.

Third trimester has arrived and has brought with it tired, hunger, and lack of patience. Thanks anyway, I'm good. Alas, the countdown to September begins!

This describes the three of them perfectly. Riley--always up for anything, especially if Hayden approves it. Hayden--let me experiment with this real quick. Liam--I'll just hang back and watch.

He's all "mom did you see that?!"

We accompanied Robbie on a recruiting day trip this week to Bowling Green, KY.

We found two of Liam's current favorites--airplanes and tractors.

He spun the wheels on every airplane.

Eeeeeeep.....look how cute!

Oh and today he gently persuaded us that this is exactly where this photo needs to be hung, by pressing as hard as he could on it. (Hence the squat).

They give me all the heart eyes when they sit together.

Monday, June 1, 2015

DIY tufted headboard

Ikea headboard for $300? Yes, it would have been easier. We took to harder, less expensive way this time and it paid off! The feeling of productivity that comes along with it isn't bad either.

We started off with completely different goals, Liam and I. I became extremely productive whilst he napped, if you can imagine.

This part took the entire morning! Just measuring to be sure where to put the buttons then drill the holes there. Having Robbie for this helped tremendously. What a huge boost to productivity!

After he drilled the holes we used Tacky Spray and stuck the foam pads to the board then covered it with batting.

Robbie used the staple gun to attach the batting and the fabric to the board.

I made buttons out of the same fabric we covered the board in.

This part took a much needed dinner break before tackling. The buttons. I couldn't follow the tutorials exactly as they read for getting the buttons sewn on so we improvised. I stuck the needle through the back of the wood, through the foam and out the front of the fabric. I strung my button through and tied 3 knots in the upholstery string to the button back.

We eventually pulled the string tight and fastened it to the board with the staple gun and hammered them even tighter to get a good hold. Now it was dangerously close to 8pm bed time for Liam and I didn't get any pictures as Robbie continued making progress.