Silhouettes

Silhouette is one of those words that I can never remember how to spell.  Is that just me?  Seriously, I just had to google how to spell it.  Anyway, I'm in a mother's morning group on Mondays and we had the activity of making silhouettes of our children.  They all turned out so cute, so I thought I'd share!

I took profile pictures of the girls. They don't have to be perfect.  See below...

I then printed them in a 5 x 7 size (on my neighbor's printer since mine is broken).  Black and white is totally fine.

I then traced the outline of their profiles with a sharpie marker, like so:



This is my computer rendering version of doing that...my freehand version was MUCH better, but I forgot to take a photo of that of course.

I then taped the traced photos onto a piece of black card stock and cut along the line VERY carefully.  You can add little hairs sticking out and eyelashes to make it look a little more "real". 

I then went to Michael's and bought some scrapbook paper and glass frames and just placed the cut silhouettes in the center and they turned out like so:

Aren't they cute?  I thought they kind of looked decoupagey.  Do you have any good crafts to share?

Finally!

I'm so pumped that you can finally buy Zara online.  Here are some of my favorites:








For the littles:









Happy Monday!  Get your shop on!

This is how we do it

Getting started at home depot, making final decisions on color:

While painting, listening to this:

Since I was doing minimal parenting, Lilly's room then looked like this:

However, I finished painting a WHOLE room by myself in a day, which is a feat for me.  And here tis:

Time for a glass of wine!

P.S.  Thanks Meredith for the sconces!

The Living Room

My living room has been a work in progress for some time now.  For those who know me, it has been a bit of an obsession for a while.  (as with many other projects in my house)  We've been in our house for 5 years now and this room has evolved quite a bit.  Here it is as it stands today:

It's getting there, but not quite where I want it yet.  Sooooo, I have finally decided to quit the procrastinating and do it.  I've been talking about painting the room for about a year now and this blog has inspired me to get a move on!  I've chosen a paint color and now just to take everything off of the walls. Stay tuned....

New to me

Allow myself to introduce myself.  (if you get that quote, I know that we will get along great) I am a mother to two wonderful little girls and a wife to an awesome husband who makes me laugh every day.  I have a passion for the arts, specifically interior design, but we'll throw in a little art, fashion, and music as well.  So bear with me while I get adjusted to this blogging thing (I know, I'm so 2008).  I'm going to give it a try and see how it goes!