I wanna hold your ha-a-a-a--a-and....

I scored some sweet scrap wood pieces from my grandpa's "woodshop" behind his house. It didn't take me long for the ideas to pour out. Actually, Coop gave me the idea for this one, in a way. He saw the wood, he saw the paint, and said "paint my hand, mom!" Soooo.....the idea was born!

I'm totally into the green/blue combo these days. And, while the rest of my house is very thoughtfully decorated, my bedroom has suffered a bit in that area. Since blue/green won't match a-ny-thing in the rest of my house, I thought.....you know?? Favorite colors in my bedroom....not such a bad idea! :)

I don't have step-by-step pictures for you, but the process is pretty easy.

• First, sand the piece of wood you'll be working with.

• THEN, paint the base color the color of your choice (I just used craft paint!) and let dry

Sand a little bit, especially the edges.

• Next, stamp your hand with a different, coordinating color. (I painted my hand, then stamped it, I didn't go for the dip/stamp method) and let dry. FYI, I don't have a forked alien double pinky. Cooper decided to help during that part.
  

Sand again

• It's your munchkin's turn. I painted his hand, then stamped it. And it's super tickly when you paint their hand!

Yoouuuuuuuu guessed it! Sand, again!

• I added a little heart that I painted with a Q-tip. I wasn't super thrilled with how the heart turned out, but the perfectionist in me just decided to be "ok" with it.
• Add a little clear varnish on top to seal in all of the cute-ness, and voila! All done!

I paired it with another project that I'll show you soon and it couldn't be more perfect in my room!

Total cost? $0. Even better!

I'm linking up here (my first time to link up!) at A Diamond in the Stuff. Check her blog out while you're there....today's post is AWESOME!!! Anybody have some extra circle frames lying around??

A little Valentine action

A little paint, some scrap wood, vinyl cut out using my Cricut (and mini monograms cartridge) and suddenly there's a lot of kisses and hugs in the air. Even with my anti-Valentine's day campaign that is currently running from now until...........forever, I have to admit, I kinda love it!

Sugar - part II

I l-o-v-e the sugar scrub.

During one of my most recent cooking disasters, I discovered that it works wonders when scrubbing a thick layer of burnt grossness off of a pan. Smells great, feels good, and it's HANDY! Who could ask for more??

So, a friend made some for her mom in a large Mason jar. And she called me with a question: "Ummmm.....how's mom going to reach the sugar at the bottom of this huge jar?" Not real sure why I haven't thought of that. SO......

During one of my most recent Goodwill adventures, I found some GREAT spoons! 8 for 99 cents. What?!?!
and, then.......sad face......i took a closer look once I had already made the purchase and sealed the deal.

Whoopsie. Really?? United...like, the airline??? Have you ever seen a real spoon during a flight? Not me! Dilemma. But nothing that some seed beads and ribbon/lace can't fix.


Speaking of sugar....my sugar bowl got a little makeover a couple of weeks ago. I happen to love it, too! :)