Christmas Subway Art

Have you started thinking Christmasy thoughts? I know, I know. It's not even Thanksgiving yet, but around our house, we start Christmas early. We need two whole months of the happiest time of the year! Thanksgiving is not overlooked, it just kind of belongs to the Christmas season. <Gasp!> I know, this is super controversial to some, but our Christmas tree goes up around the first week of November. After that, life seems to spiral into the busyness  of Christmas parties, shopping, plays, services, presents... you know. I like to have everything in order before the busyness hits so we can sit back and enjoy it. 

If you have began your Christmas decorating, here is some super cute Subway Art for ya. I've included 3 different sized images in two different color schemes. Simply right click on the image of your choice and save it to your computer, frame and display! Merry Christmas!

Click HERE for this printable JOY bunting

4X6 Image

5X7 Image

8X10 Image

4X6 Image

5X7 Image

8X10 Image

Lima Bean Wreath

I have seen so many of these super cute wreaths pop up on Pinterest. I had also seen the idea to use a piece of pipe insulator foam to form a wreath base. So, here was my endeavor to make one of my own! I think it turned out pretty cute, but in no way perfect... there are several things I would do differently next time.

I bought this 4 pack of pipe covers which cost 2.97, the lima beans cost 2.88 - I had black duct tape and a glue gun already, as well as a left over can of spray paint. I only used one pipe and half the Bag of lima beans. My husband and I put the kids to bed at night and usually sit to relax for a couple hours with a movie or show. Many nights, you will find him sitting on the couch while I sit on the floor working away on my projects! This project was completed within the time frame of one, hour long episode of Alcatraz :)

I wrapped tape around the two ends to secure them together. Works pretty well! The only thing is... it was hard for me to get it to stay in a perfect circle, it is slightly deformed for my taste! All I did was glue the beans on in random order. The part I would be more careful of in the future, was strings of glue being left behind. Only if I will be painting it again, the spray paint clings to the glue strings and looks a little messy. I have seen these wreathes left unpainted, just the natural color which looks cute too!

Hang with a bow and we're done! I will be VERY interested to see how well this holds up, if the beans fall off or crumble, or if the birds eat it! I am thinking the spray paint will hinder them. I am just very happy to have something new up, since before this, I still had a Christmas wreath up!

*Update: This wreath survived all Summer long and into the Fall! It did start to dry out and crumble just a bit, but I kept gluing it back together to prolong it's life :) Maybe next time I'll use a little more glue and a little more spray paint plus some kind of clear sealer. The pipe insulator does not hold it's shape very well. I would use an actual foam wreath form or add a piece of wire inside the pipe for stability. 

Teal and Yellow Obsession

I Love these colors together! After seeing picture after picture of things like this on Pinterest...

I got myself some yellow spray paint and started painting everything in sight! These were once boring old brown lamps...

I spray painted the bases, then bought these plain shades at Target. I embellished them with rolled flowers. I used the tutorial for rolled flowers from this site: mysparkle.blogspot.com

I love all the little pops of yellow!

I Love You, a Bushel and a Peck

I could not resist...

When I saw this picture on Pinterest, I just had to replicate it for my wall! This is one of my Grandpa Cavanaugh's all-time favorite and most memorable sayings that he has greeted us with ever since I can remember. It means a lot to me, and I can't believe I had never thought to frame it before!

An old picture frame, some scrapbooking paper, and a sharpie paint pen later, and this is how mine turned out. I just free-handed the letters, so they turned out a little sloppy, but who cares! It's cute :)

Update 1-7-13: I've been thinking, I really should create a cute printable version of this sign! So here you go, an 8x10 image to print and frame. Simply right click on the image and select "save to computer"