crayon monogram art

 

today I worked on these gifts for the boys teachers.

I had pinned them on pinterest a while back.

 

 

I started with a template that I found here. There is a template for every letter.

I just changed the font for the name to one to my liking and printed it out on plain paper.

I bought the frames at Ikea {love that place}.

 

 

I started by cutting the crayons.  I scored each crayon with a blade or exacto knife and broke the pieces. Next, I placed the crayons on the the template. I cut all the crayons first before I glued them.

 

 

Once all the crayons were cut and dry fitted {for lack of a better word}, I printed the monogram on cardstock and then hot glued each piece and framed it.

 

super easy, super cute!

 

 

I printed this one on a textured piece of cardstock. i really liked the contrast and colors.

I want one for myself now.

 

 

I was really happy with how they turned out.

I think their teachers will really like them.

 

 

feelin' crafty

lately i have been feelin' in the mood to make somethin'

and when i say make i'm not talkin' dinner

as i perused some of my fav blogs i came across this

i am a wreath girl and i have been wanting to start decorating for fall

i think i'll try to make this tomorrow.

i am crossing my fingers that my partner teacher doesn't get called in for jury duty

i need my three days off this week.
wish me luck!

hope you have a great week!

craft day

last month my sisters and our friend, maritza,  got together on a saturday morning

to work on our  crafting projects.

 it was so much fun to work, talk, and just enjoy creating something new. 

maritza was sewing a doll

 marisa was decoupaging clipboards

i was able to start the wreath that i had been wanting to make. 

my sis rosa helped me tear out pages

 and made her own chiquito version of the wreath.



i had to go around the horn many a times, folding, gluing, and pressing

my dictionary is now missing a thick chunk of pages

but when all was complete {the morning after}

my wreath looked like this

i love it!

please excuse the terrible photography, it doesn't do the wreath justice.

the wreath turned out to be quite bigger than i expected

it did not fit where i intended to hang it

for now it will live on the door.

been thinking about painting the door black,

hubby doesn't want to

he likes things as is

i will keep working on him.

what do you think

 black or as is?