My imaginary world

So, I have a gazillon (7 or 8) signs that I need to put on this blog. But, I seem to only get around to doing that about once a month. I don't wish for a maid (yes I do). I wish I had someone just take awesome pictures of my signs and post them on the blog for me while I look at Pinterest.

I am not wanting an amazing blog full of awesome craft projects (yes I do). I just can't figure out how some of the amazing bloggers out there (i.e. Mandi at vintagerivivals.com)* do it all and have time to shave their legs.  Tonight I decided to post on my blog and will shave my legs another day.

Anyway, here's another sign.  Rescued this brand spanking new cabinet front out of someone's trash. It sat in my shed for months before I decided to put some words to it.

 In my dream world where I give birth to a baby girl, I would put this on a shelf in her nursery. The nursery would be blush and bashful and have a lot of polka-dots and ruffles. There I go imagining again.

I do tell my boys this. But, I also add handsome and say are vs is, but that is just me being picky. 

Sign available for sale at High Cotton

I could smack myself for not measuring this.  I'll guess that it measures 16"h x 20"w. Baby pink vinyl. Font is Arial and Monotype Corvisa.

Another thing in my imaginary world, I mean seriously, this would rock my face off! (that's a shout-out to my friend Chris)

*Honestly, if I just randomly ran into her at Homegoods or Goodwill (our version of the DI- if you read her blog you would get that) I would have the police called on me for stalking her around the store. She is my celebrity crush. Her and that drummer guy that sings about shoes. 

Wash your hands

I saw this sign on Pinterest and I knew I had to make it.  But, like most pins they go into a pile of "will do this someday".  But, a previous customer asked me to make one for her.  And I obviously couldn't say no.  So here it is.  Thank you "You've Been Framed" for your inspiration.

Sign measures 22"x11". Black and teal vinyl. Fonts: Times New Roman, Aharoni, Vingy, Pointedly Mad, Whipper Basic, Monotype Corsiva, Witches Magic 

Love & Marriage

On June 18th, Jeramie and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary. I am very blessed. He is a wonderful husband and father. I think we make a great team. I'm not a very mushy person, but I do have to say "he's my peanut butter and I'm his jelly".

So my friend Chris got married on New Year's Eve 2010. Wonderful, awesome wedding. Here is Jeramie and I dancing the night away at the Callaway's Wedding. 

Chris called and wanted a wedding sign made for her best friend Brittany who is getting married this September.

My very first sign I made was for Chris & Casey for their wedding. 

 I was very appreciative when she called and ask me to make one for her friend. 

I hope Brittany and her husband have a wonderful marriage. 

I pray the good days out weigh the bad. May God bless them with children. And I pray they always put each other first.

Best wishes on your upcoming marriage.

Oh my! Oh my! Oh Dinosaurs!

So Eli moved to a "big boy" bed almost a year ago. But, it was just a mattress on rails. So my dad built him a bed and we got new bedding. Out with the previous theme: planes, trains & cars, and in with the dinosaurs.

Eli & Campbell jumping on the new bed. Poor picture quality- taken with my cell phone.

 Here are three out of four of my favorite men at the dinosaur exhibit at the Memphis Zoo.

So we got the bedding from Pottery barn kids. Don't you just LOVE the dinosaur painting!?!?! Yeah, me too. But I don't love the price tag. So I had to make one.

Here is my version. It is smaller than the one above.  

Click on images for a larger view and to see more detail.

 No particular reason for choosing dinosaurs except I love the way Eli says "Rawr!" 

  And by the way, every animal says "Rawr". Dogs- "Rawr!" Cats- "Rawr!"  Birds- "Rawr!"  

Hope we can get that straightened out by kindergarten. 

22"x24".  Handpainted and colors are hand mixed.

I have plans for another dinosaur piece for his room. Hopefully, I'll start working on that soon!

A surprise gift

I met a new friend at my MOPS group.  Her family moved to Memphis from California almost a year ago (very brave). She is the mom of two boys and wants four boys!

I told her to hang out with me and she will be on her way to a quiver full of boys. So she came over to hang out about a month ago.  Our boys played together and she helped me design her signs.

She asked me to make her two signs. The first will hang in her living room above her collection of crosses.

Sign measures 30" by 5.5". Font is Gabriola. Font color is dark umber brown. Board color is custom distressed barn wood paint.

Her second sign is a birthday present for her husband.

Sign measures 22" by 11". Font is Monotype Corvisa and Garamond. Font color is off-white. Board color is dark umber brown.

To the moon

When I drive down the road, slam on brakes and turn the car quickly around, my four year old immediately says "Are we getting some wood?".  Yes, I am that crazy person that will go through your trash.

But, by doing this, I found some pretty awesome old wood. Someone tore down an old fence and I picked up 2 boards. No matter how you try, you cannot make new boards look as awesome as old weathered ones.

I am still kicking myself for not getting all of it. But two things stopped me. First, I didn't want to look too crazy going through someone's trash.  Second, I would have had to leave one of my kids behind in order to put all that old fence in my van.  I couldn't decide which kid to leave behind... that makes me a good mom right?

So with my two boards I made this sign. I kept one and hung it in our playroom. The other sign if for sale at High Cotton. Go buy it! Because there are only two in the whole world :)

Sign measures 55" x 7.5". Font is Arial. Font color is maize. Board color weathered fence wood.

Oh! It's been a while...

It's been a while since I have last posted pictures of my signs. No particular reason for lack of posts. I am still working on signs. I have just been.... busy.
But aren't we all.

So here is a sign I made today. I LOVE it. I want to keep it because it matches Grayson's nursery so well. But I won't... (*sniff, sniff*)

It is for sale at High Cotton for $75. So go buy it.
Because it is A.W.E.S.O.M.E!

It is painted on old barn wood from the early 1900s. (At least that is what I was told by the man who I got the wood from. He tears down old houses and barns.... what a cool job)

I took LOTS of pictures. Photo bomb starts... now.

My sister (she has a lot of opinions) told me what to do for this sign. (90% of the time her opinion is spot on). If she got paid for her opinions, then we'd probably be on a beach right now, sipping margaritas, while a nanny changed dirty diapers.

Sign measures 53 1/2" by 5.5". Font Happy Serif. Font color- white. Board color- 1900s old barn wood blue.

Be the person your dog thinks you are.

Thanksgiving 1995 (I think?)

Holly and Daisy were the two dogs I grew up with. Holly was a Springer Spaniel and Daisy was a German Shepard/ Golden Retriever mix.

Holly would go and get the newspaper in the mornings. She LOVED to hunt Easter Eggs. And she knew how to roll up the windows in our mini-van.

Daisy was the athlete. She could catch a Frisbee from any angle. When she was younger she could even do back flips and catch the Frisbee. She worshiped my brother, as you can see in the picture.

Without getting too sentimental, I LOVED my dogs. LOVED, LOVED, LOVED them. I can't wait to see them again. Because All Dogs go to Heaven.

So in memory of the worlds best dogs, here is a sign I made. Available at High Cotton Gifts & Art.

Sign measures 17"x3". Hand painted & distressed in Blue and Maize. Custom font.

Grayson's Birth Announcement

Stationery card

View the entire collection of cards.

Grandparent's Name Signs

Before Christmas I was contacted by a sorority sister from college (Go Vols!) to make personalized name signs for some of her family members.  I made brother & sister name signs. I also made a sign for her sister.

Here are the signs I made for her children to give to their grandparents.

 8x3.5 Font- Times New Roman Vinyl white lettering & maroon. 

16x6 Double Boarded Font- Times New Roman 

Colors- Michigan colors of course! Blue & Maize

Letters are scrapbook paper.

Hi! It's been a while...

It's been a while since I posted. Both my husband and I went back to work after Grayson's birth. (I work part-time for MADD). The older boys are back at school and we have just been busy, busy, busy. So with the hustle & bustle of real life, my blog was put on the back burner.  Here are many of the signs available for sale at High Cotton Gifts & Art.  Open Fridays & Saturdays from 10a-5p.

16x3.5 Font- Too Much Paper! 

Hand-painted- Off-white & Maize.

17.5x4 Font- Brady Bunch 

Hand-painted- Blue & Green

18x3.5 Font- PMingLiU
Hand-painted- Lavender & Off-white

8x3.5 Font- Custom
Hand-painted- Off-white & Maize

7x3.5 Font- Custom 

Colors- Brown & Blue

The Help

Sign measures 14.5 inches tall by 11 inches wide.  Blue painted background with brown vinyl lettering.  Font is Maiandra GD and Mnotype Corsiva.

Sign will be available for sale in February at High Cotton Gifts.

Burlap Initial Sign

Sign measures 18inches long by 9 inches tall. Board painted in vanilla white, then glazed and distressed. Chocolate brown burlap with initial painted in white.  Font is Monotype Corsiva.

Signs, in several different initials, available for sale at High Cotton Gifts starting in February.

Here comes the Bride

Anyone else in LOVE with Pinterest?  I saw this sign on there and started planning my second wedding. And for the record, I would choose the same guy :) 

This sign is for the ring bearer to carry instead of a pillow.  Sign measures 20 inches long by 9 inches tall.  Painted in a vanilla white with black vinyl lettering.  2 inch black grosgrain ribbon for handles.  Font is Edwardian Script and Bookman Old Style.

Sign available for sale at High Cotton Gifts starting in February.

And for the two cutest ring bearers EVER.. my son Campbell & nephew Reid at my brother's wedding.

Never ending piles of laundry

Actually I don't mind doing the laundry.  It is the folding and the putting away that drives me crazy. And truth be told, my husband does the laundry 70% of the time, but I always put it away.  One of my biggest complaints about laundry is the "lost sock(s)".

So how about this cute sign to hand in your laundry room?

Sign will be available for sale in February at High Cotton Gifts.

Sign measures 16 inches wide and 5 inches tall. Font is called Too Much Paper. Paint is brown and off white, letters in white vinyl.

There are these boys...

My husband is an only child.  So our three boys are the only grandkids for my in-laws.  I made this sign for my mother-in-law as a belated Christmas gift.

This sign measures 15 inches wide and 9 inches tall.  Fonts are Maiandra GD & Monotype Corsiva.  Painted with chocolate brown and cream vinyl lettering.

2012 Brings a new opportunity!

Starting in February, I will be selling my signs at High Cotton Gifts in Germantown.  High Cotton Gifts will be located in Art & Soul, which is across the street from McDonalds.

Check out their website and FaceBook page

I am so grateful for this opportunity! I have to get to work!!

Bless Our Nest- Grayson is here

I made and sold this sign a while back, but wanted to share it on this special Christmas Day.

Grayson Isaac was born on Friday 12-23-11 at 10:16pm.  After a quick labor and succesful VBA2C! He weighed 8bs 5oz, 22 inches long (that explains him being in my ribs!).

We had to stay just 24 hrs so we were home by midnight Christmas Eve and Santa was able to surprise our older boys with lots of presents.

Giving birth to a baby at Christmas, puts a whole new spin on what Mary and Joseph must have been thinking/ doing so long ago. I could not imagine giving birth (natural!) in a barn, in the cold, with just my husband. She is a remarkable woman!

Christ is born! Merry Christmas!!