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Aluminum foil art!!!

May 17, 2013

This beautiful piece of art was my Mother’s Day gift from my sweet Lilly Jane. I couldn’t believe this amazing gift that she created all by herself! I grabbed her up, spun her around, and begged her to teach me how to make one!!! This isn’t the first time I have begged my child to teach me something crafty. Remember when she got off the bus carrying these awesome paper stars!?!?! I think I made 30 that afternoon!

You too can make this very cool, very easy aluminum foil art project. Grab an old frame that has a glass front. Take the glass out and line the inside with crumbled up aluminum foil.

Grab your sharpies!! First use your black sharpie to make lots of different shapes on the glass.

Next use all your favorite color sharpies to fill in the shapes.

Oh yeah you know it!!! I make her wear this shirt all the time!

Once you are done filling in all the shapes, put the glass back in the frame over the aluminium foil.

Ta-da!!!! It’s a beautiful stain glass expensive looking piece of art!!!

These photos don’t do it justice! You just have to try one for yourself!!!

We made a couple more! Off to the grocery store to pick up some more aluminum foil!!!

Happy Friday! xoxxoxo Angela

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Keep on making those mistakes!

May 6, 2013

Sometimes when you’ re in a hurry you make mistakes. Sometimes those mistakes help you see something that you normally wouldn’t see.

My friend gave me this little side table recently.

I was in such a hurry and excited to get this painted that I didn’t take time to sand it. I didn’t realize how thick the paint drips and blobs were from the previous paint job. I was heading to 32 Flavors Boutique the next day and wanted to take this with me to sell in my space. I didn’t have time to start over sanding and repainting.

Out of the corner of my eye I saw this little wooden print that my neighbor gave me. I almost donated it because I wasn’t really sure what I was going to do with it. All of a sudden that silly nonsanding mistake opened my eyes to a new idea! See mistakes can be good!

Totally need to work on my measuring and straight line drawing!

I cut down the print with a jigsaw and then sanded the edges.

A little liquid nails and this print was not going anywhere!!

Finished just in time to take with me to 32 Flavors Boutique!!

I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my 39 years. ALOT. ALOT. In life, in mothering, and in creating. I am learning that real beauty can come from those mistakes. Pretty profound for a Monday morning! When I finally let go that everything had to be perfect or look a certain way when creating, that is when true joy and love for creating came. When I stopped beating myself up for making mistakes when painting or sewing or whatever I was working on and instead embraced those mistakes, I truly enjoyed the process. Just like my dear friend The Nester says over and over, It doesn’t have to be perfect to be beautiful. Amen sister.

I would love to hear of a mistake you made in any area of your life that turned out to be a beautiful blessing!!

Happy Monday! xoxoxo Angela

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A little help for the tooth fairy.

April 22, 2013

I found this awesome vintage inspired nursery rhyme fabric at Mary Jo’s Cloth Store in Gastonia, NC.

I cut the yard of fabric into rectangles around each nursery rhyme.

Added a little pocket on each pillow to make it easier for the tooth fairy when she is searching for that little tooth in the middle of the night!

A little stuffing!

The tooth fairy has been super busy at out house lately!

You can find these tooth fairy pillows at Sanctuary of Davidson and also in my new space at 32 Flavors Boutique’s new location in Charlotte, NC. Can’t wait to share more details about that this week!