This week I had the joy of creating for a sweet friend, Baylee Carr.  Her cousin is having a little girl this July, and the colors they are using to decorate for this little one are black and lime green!  How cute and original is that for a girl!?!  Baylee checked out my esty store and made a custom order for some burp cloths.

 I had so much fun creating these for her!  There is something so rhythmic and soothing for me to embroider items.  One of my favorite things to do is to sit on the couch with Matt and embroider something while we talk about our days. 

These burp cloths are made of flannel so they are absorbent and soft.  Baylee choose to do the ‘Love me’ phrase and then used the soon-to-be Katherine’s nickname, “Katy Gray”, for the other cloth.  I LOVE how they came out!!

I never thought I would love owls.  I remember going on homeschool outings where we would see several different types of owls.  For example, we visited the Chattahoochee Nature Center on occasions, and I always thought that owls, with their big eyes, were a little wierd at how they just stared at you.

Lately, I have really enjoyed creating them!  I still don’t know if I love them-but I think they are so fun to use as the subject of art!  There are so many ways to use different colors, fabrics, patterns, textures, and create the same result-a fun owl!  You may remember I used fabric for my first owls.  I have now ventured into paint!

One of the benefits of living in a 60+ year old house is there are always projects going on…or should be going on!  🙂  Since we have had some projects, we have LOTS of scrap wood in our garage.  I decided to use it to build my inventory for my sale in September!

This cute guy is up for sale though!  I thought I would go buy more paint with his profits!  Ha ha so if you know of anyone into owls-please don’t hesitate to forward this on!

Love you all and thanks for your constant encouragement with my ‘nap time crafts’!!

Details:  This cute wall hanging owl with hooks measures 5.5″ wide and a little over 9″ long.  The thickness of the wood is a little less than 1″.  I need to add a hook to the back but then he is ready for a new home!  ($25)  Let me know if you are interested in him!  I am going to give my blog readers first chance at him!  On Tuesday, I will put him up on my etsy store, edstitches.

p.s. For those with good eyes and can see the red numbers at the bottom of the owl-I have fixed that since taking these pictures!!  I sanded it out and repainted over that area.

I’ve hijacked Erica’s blog for a moment. I’ve been collaborating on a specific design project with a friend and I feel beyond stuck. We’re just recycling the same ideas and nothing seems fresh.  I’ll google things and look at other designs. Sometimes music actually breaks something loose in my brain. Usually the best thing for me to do is walk away and come back to it later. But the creative groove on this project has been especially elusive. I’m curious, what do you do when you need inspiration on a project? Where do you go when you find yourself stuck?

I love to paint!  My sewing machine was broken this week, so I got my paint back out.  I love switching up craft projects!  It keeps things new and exciting, so it was a really good breath of fresh air to paint.

I especially love this craft because I painted it while hanging out with someone who I adore!  Miss Joni DeVictor=one amazing girl!  Joni came over Friday afternoon.  We sat, talked, and painted during nap time!  It was so fun!

Birds are really “in” and the trendy thing, so it’s hard not to notice them.  I got this idea while cruising around online one day, and I couldn’t wait to do it!  I used a piece of scrap wood that we had out in the garage.  I painted the board green and then added the birds.  After it was dry, I sandpapered the whole thing.  That is the most nerve-racking step!  I am always afraid I will ruin it, instead of giving it the rustic charm look I desire!  I really like how this one turned out!!  The knobs were from an old dresser that I had switched out.   I merely spray painted them and then sandpapered them aswell!  What I love is…this craft didn’t cost me anything!!!  (Ha ha I know my time, paint, and spray paint…but I already had those things, so they don’t count :))

Thinking of my sale in the fall, I keep trying to think of things to make that don’t cost me anything or very little, so my profit will be that much more!!!  Oh the little entrepreneur I am becoming!!!