Happy Birthday, Beckett!

My best friends' nephew turned one a few weeks ago. I painted this banner for him to grow up with for each birthday. I know that Beckett's daddy loves baseball, plus I think Beckett was named after the Beckett baseball trading cards, so I was obviously inspired by the baseball theme. I even based the lettering from a baseball jersey (I think Brooklyn???). I'm sure my brother will correct me. :)

I had a lot of fun doing this banner as it was the first themed banner I have done. As I'm typing this post, I already see some changes I want to make for the next one. I have a friend that wants a similar one to this for her little boy's birthday in November. I can't wait to see how it comes out!

Made the American Way

One of my mom's friends asked me to do a 4th of July wreath for her. She already had the ribbon, so I based everything off of that. Considering that all 4th of July decorations are extremely country, it was hard for me to get started. But after my mom and I put our minds together, I am very excited about how it turned out. I know it's not actually a wreath, but I think you can still fully get that good 'ole Americana feeling.

Lila Jane's Neapolitan

I painted this chair for my high school friend's daughter that just turned two. The colors remind me of Neapolitan ice cream, which probably explains why I've been craving ice cream every night. Hmmm...

I took these pictures in my backyard this morning. So the lighting isn't that great. But I painted the spindles on the arms and crossbar white with tiny dots of all the colors that I used. The middle rails on the back have pink and white stripes.

This magazine box, in Lila's room, is is what I matched the chair to. I hope that Lila loves this chair in her new big girl room. Happy 2nd Lila!

I wish I was a little bit taller...

I decided to start painting growth charts after seeing all of the "sweet" ones that don't really fit my taste. I painted this one for my soon-to-be niece, McKenzie, to match her nursery. It might seem like a weird color combo here, but the room is absolutely precious. I'll post pix of it soon to show what we came up with.

This was my first chart to paint, obviously, and I've already learned from my mistakes. I know that this picture doesn't show it off very well, either, but I now know that I need to leave a blank field in the middle so that the child's name will show up better, or I can paint their name bigger.

I can custom paint the growth charts on canvas like traditional charts. However, I like painting on wood, so I painted this one on a piece of wood (I think it was pine). The size is 11 1/4" wide by 48" long. Once I decide on what I'm doing for ME's big girl room and "Little Dees'" nursery, I'll have more options to show.

Rock-a-bye, Baby

My sweet friend Lauren pointed out to me that I don't have any pictures of my rocking chair that I painted ME. I painted this chair for Miss Priss's Christmas present and enjoyed working on it every minute that I had. I hope to custom paint more chairs for your little rockers soon!

You gotta have Faith

I made this for a co-worker of mine and his baby girl, Faith. I wanted to show y'all that I can add embellishments to your wipe holder, too.

Wipe in Style

I made this one for my niece-to-be. I hope that her diaper changing experiences are more enjoyable now that she has a decorative wipe holder.