Autumn Designs

Here are some samples of what I have done in the past for autumn decor. The customer who ordered these wanted them for her front porch. I ended up doing the leaves in a few different shades of brown and merlot with a variety of sizes and also mirrored the image. The possibilities are endless!

Family Name on the Wall

A while back I designed these options for having your family name on your wall. (Can easily be done a board, tile, or other medium though!)

Ever After Options

Here are a few options that I have used for this saying. I am a teensy bit obsessed with the Billabong font right now so my favorite is #1.

Other Design Ideas

You'll remember this is the design that won out:

But here are the runner ups:

(actually, this one is my favorite!)

Established Kitchens

I had a lot of fun designing this tile for a dear friend. She had a vision of what she wanted for her kitchen and I am happy that I was able to figure it out for her! Also, I loved her take on a family name plaque!!

Kisses Goodnight on the wall

This fun design is above my bed and I love it! And I love that I actually made my bed for the picture...what you don't see in this photo are the piles of junk all over the room as I was cleaning that day:)

Monogrammed Goblets

I made these as a wedding gift to go along with the Tradition of the Goblets and this frame. It was a lot of fun to make these monograms and know that my friends would cherish this for years to come!

Magnetic Make-Up Display

I found the cutest idea for what to do with all your make-up here. I decided to take my own spin on things and made this version of it. This is a 12x12 piece of sheet metal. I adhered scrapbook paper to it and the applicable name. Taylor was so surprised and I helped her figure out what to do with some of her make-up. I just love new ideas for old problems, don't you?

Organizing Mantra

This fabulous saying graces the walls of a dear friend's craft room (which, by the way is full of clutter, discord, and difficulty....however, it is a place of simplicity, harmony, and opportunity.)

Yogi Berra

One of my Dad's favorite people to quote is Yogi Berra. If you do a search for some of his quotes you will see why! This is one of those famous quotes and I love it.

Memories

I just love the way this little saying turned out! I especially love the gorgeous picture of my beautiful sister on her graduation day last summer. It is always nice to have a fellow dental hygienist around!

Stockings

I know, it is not Christmas time. Today is Easter! I guess since I never got around to making any Easter stuff this year (bad Toshia!) I will have to re-visit the birth of Christ on the day we celebrate His resurrection.

This is a board that I made for my mom (and I even sewed all the stockings, too!) a couple of Christmases ago. She loves to be reminded of her 11 children and her love of Christmas so she leaves it hanging up all year long.

(P.S. the OCD in me just realized that the stockings are hung out of order...I feel like I should go back to my mom's house, fix it, and take another picture....not gonna do it. That would be crazy of me...right?)

Live Simply...

I can't take full credit for this one. I was at a friends house and she had a sign not unlike this one hanging in her living room. I asked her if I could take a picture and borrow the idea and she said that would be fine. I know--I am such a weirdo! If I ever come to your house be prepared for the possibility that I will take pictures of your stuff, too!

Spring is in the air!

I am so excited that the sun has been shining the last couple of days! Living in the Pacific NW has its advantages and the ratio of sunny days to rainy days is not one of them! The rain helps the plants to a point, but I have learned in the last couple of years that there really is such a thing as too much rain. This flower box hangs on a friend's porch--this is the coolest re-purposing of an old window that I have seen. Vinyl is so much fun!

House upon a rock

An oldie, but a goodie! This is actually the very first vinyl design that I cut and it is proudly displayed over the television in my parent's home. I was looking at it today and thought about how cool it was that it is still looking just as good as the day I cut it over 3 years ago! I love doing vinyl and although I have made a few mistakes with things in the past it has all been a learning experience that I look forward to each time.

Don't forget about vinyl as an option if you ever want to add a little something to your walls!

Decisions

A friend called in a favor the other day and needed some help for her son's birthday. He was turning 18 and she wanted to make him a goody jar with a fun quote on it. She asked me to do something with this quote that would be "manly." Haha, guess that means scripty fonts were out! This is what I came up with it and I love that I did the "small" small. It is fun to use some creativity with little sayings.

Another menu board

As long ago promised this is the menu board that I made for myself. It matches other things I have done in the same space (example: Memo Board). I attached this sheet metal to a board that I spray painted (I was lazy and didn't even sand it!) Then I used a staple gun and some ribbon to hang it. FYI-the staples are in the back of the board, not the wall! I sat down with my recipes and decided on a bunch of meals that I like to make and my family likes to eat. Then I printed out lovely labels with my bff the label maker and it was the perfect size to go on some magnet strips. Now when my kids ask what's for dinner I simply point to the wall. I made this several months ago and can you believe that I am still using it?!

Checkers Tile

Always one for trying to keep kids busy, this was a must have! I took a 12x12 tile added a grid made out of vinyl to make a good sturdy "board" for checkers. With rowdy boys those flimsy cardboard ones don't hold up too well around here. I even went the extra "mile" and made their checkers pieces by stamping their names onto metal washers. Word of advice, if you are a crazy perfectionist don't attempt to do this! (Hence no pictures of said pieces...)

Family Home Evening Box

There are never too many ways to organize and have fun with vinyl! This is a box designed for hanging files that has been "re-purposed" to become a FHE organizing tool. The idea is to use this box to store all the stuff you might need: scriptures, resource manuals, song books, pens, paper, pictures, etc. It is very easy to customize it's use to your needs!

Treasure Boxes

Some lucky Star Wars fans I know got pretty fantastic treasure boxes for Christmas this year...these were boxes found in the office organization section of the store and seemed the perfect place to put all the little treasures that boys seem to think they need to have! Add a little vinyl flair with their names in a star wars font and you have a treasure box they will love and use for years to come.