A little love for "Just Another Hang Up"

I've been pretty busy during the last few months, mostly growing then taking care of this cute boy, including 5 days of camping...in a tent!! He was a trooper! (He looks so big in this picture...he's really only two months old!)
I've been meaning to share some of the projects I have done and realized that most of them have been 'stolen' from one blog: Just Another Hang Up. So I thought I should give credit where credit is very much due. Here are some of the things I have done from Suzanne's tutorials:

I loved this Art Gallery.

This is my attempt at the Adams Art Gallery, though I'm not happy with mine yet. I think I want to repaint the frames black or dark, dark brown (all the furniture in this room is this same color and I think there is just way too much ivory going on) and do something different inside the frames. I just hung the frames by themselves and have been hanging the pictures on the wall within the frames with sticky tack. I do love the idea, but I'm still working on my execution of it. Though, my kids were more than happy to start filling in the frames immediately!

Next I made my then 2 year old, a Lil' Boy Car Caddy.

My version turned out like this.


He loved it!


I made both my kiddos a Lil' Kid Crayon Caddy.

I should have taken pictures before they were so well loved. They are still eager to get them out every Sunday at church and they've had them since Christmas!


One night my daughter was up with an ear ache and was not consoled until my husband had her lay on a hot pad. Soon after I saw this "Love Birds" tutorial...

After I made the cute owl for my daughter I came up with the car based on the same idea.

I went down to take the picture and found them sleeping like this. I love sleeping pictures!


I made my daughter a Lil' Girl Springtime Tote using fabric I had left from making her Crayon Caddy.

Though I didn't make these Baby Boy Burpies

I found it interesting that just a few days before I bought the same recieving blankets with the intention of using them as fabric. I made this rag quilt with mine and still have some left over. Someday I will post the other fun things I made for the baby's room.


There are still a few things I would like to try, including:



and I would love to make one (or a bunch) of these...if we get stuck on the binky!


Thanks Suzanne @ Just Another Hang Up for all your great ideas and tutorials!!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

A little leprechaun came to our house last night and left us each one of these cute rainbow treats!! (http://thesevenyearcottage.com/?p=670)


That is the bulk of my St. Patty's Day decoration right there, besides projects my kids have created which are hanging elsewhere. Notice the green M&Ms...I bought bags of Christmas M&Ms when they went on clearance, then I split up the greens and the reds. I used the reds for Valentine's with other candy, and now the greens for St. Patrick's. I'm always amazed at how long the candy actually lasts. The first day we all want to eat it, then it just becomes part of the decor and no one really thinks about eating it. My husband hated having all the candy out at first, but he just gave me specific directions as to which candy should be there for Easter! (I got the printable @ http://anythingbutperfect.com/2011/02/free-printable-st-pattys-8x10-printable-art/)

The Kids' Room

Before:




I did not like the way this room was painted, not the white and brown paint and especially the dog wallpaper. I had already purchased bedding and matching vinyl stickers from, of course, Target. So I wanted to come up with a way of combining the girly and the boy stuff. I think it actually turned out pretty well....and they love it, so what else matters!
After:



I've actually done more with it since these were taken, but I still need to put up some pictures and do a few more things, so I'll take more if that ever gets done.