"HAPPY CAMPER" vintage window Summer Decor Vinyl Sign

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We are leaving for vacation so I thought I would hit REPLAY on one of my favorite summer craft projects from last year! ENJOY!

Good Monday Morning my BEAUTIES!!

We are in CRUNCH time here at the ART IS BEAUTY house...

(it seems we are always in CRUNCH time)

Never enough time and too much to do..

Hubby is re roofing the shed..(which I was was suppose to help with)

but then we both realized we leave for a family vacation in less than 10 days

and I had NOTHING for my booths.

I have been furiously working on furniture while he works on house projects..

OH and did I mention we are also suppose to paint our 2 story house within the next 10 days...

and yeah....I still haven't picked out a paint color yet..

Yeah..its how we ROLL....so while I was waiting for paint to dry

and working on other booth projects I thought...
"I will just quick sneak in a project for me"

Hah...no one would notice RIGHT????

Yeah he noticed....OH WELL..:)

If you remember I picked up a bunch of free windows over fathers day weekend.

I knew I wanted to make some projects with them and

just had to find the time to do them..

FUNNY....paint drying time is the PERFECT time..(especially when you don't feel like doing laundry)    :)

I cleaned up the windows and then had to decide what I wanted on them.

If you remember I made my Father in law a Wheel Cover for his camper

for Fathers day..

You can see that HERE.

I had liked the design so much and was trying to figure out how to incorporate it in the house.

The window was the perfect way.

 

I used my Silhouette to cut out my design with my vinyl 

and placed it onto my window.

I just love the VINTAGE feel that goes so well the window.

Normally Purple would not be a color I would choose,

but for some reason it just called to me.

I just loved it.

I hope you enjoyed this fun little project.

Be sure to come back tomorrow for the LINK party,

where you can show off all the goodies you have been working on.

Until next time..

Go make someones day BEAUTIFUL.

Custom "CAMPING" Spare Tire Cover for FATHERS DAY

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 Good Morning My BEAUTIES!

Its Fathers day coming up and I thought I would show you what I made for 

my Father in Law.

 

 My father in law had given me his spare tire cover over 6 months ago. 

He said at my leisure to just "paint something on it"

At the time it had a giant paper BASS on it and was pretty grubby.

Since it was for hubbys dad I had him scrape off the Bass and

clean it and spray paint it for me.

(its the least he could do since its HIS dad)  :)

 

 For MONTHS I toiled over what to "JUST PAINT" on the wheel.

I was dealing with In-laws here and didn't think they would appreciate..

"if the campers a rockin..don't come knockin"

So I had to come up with something else.

It literally took me 6 months to THINK of what to put on it

and another MONTH to figure out how to curve my TEXT in 

my SILHOUETTE program.

If you ever want to do this..GO to YOU TUBE

So many tutorials on there of things I will never get around too

but a GREAT resource for those of us trying to figure out our machine.

Once I had my graphic figured out..(I added the little camper just to FUN it up a bit)

 

 Once I cut my graphic I laid it on the wheel cover, carefully stenciling it on.

When it was dry I pulled off the vinyl and sprayed the whole thing

with a few coats of outdoor spar urethane.

 

Needless to say..I am showing you this because we already gave it to my father in law.

He was so ecstatic (not only to get his spare cover back....sorry dad..:)

But he loved the saying and the little campers.

I am now happy to report that we are leaving for camping.

A little "forced relaxation" as we say around here.

The only way we stop working at our house it to LEAVE.

So I hope you all have a great Fathers day weekend.

I lost my Dad years ago so its always bitter sweet.

But I was blessed with a Father in Law that loves me like 

his own child.

I also have many years of wonderful memories of my own Dad.

Until Next time~!

Go make someones day BEAUTIFUL!

Beachy Summer Handmade Signs made from free Pallet wood.

(hitting REPLAY today in the hopes that these posts will INSPIRE mother nature
to give us some warm weather.) :)

Good Morning my Beauties.
I hope this morning finds you well.
I have been a happy gal.
It was finally nice enough for me to be outside
and dismantle some pallets......
and you know what that means!
PALLET SIGNS!!

I cut up a bunch of boards and just used 2 boards behind to hold them together and screwed the
2 supports to the boards.
Then I slapped on some paint..

Now the fun part of deciding what to paint.
While our weather has been less than pleasant
I am JONESING for some beach time.
So I thought I would kick out some fun beach themed pallet art.

First my boat. I used chalk to draw it on the sign and just started painting.

Next the "Crab Shack"
I used my silhouette for this one.
I cut out a crab shape and then the words CRAB SHACK
and used it as a stencil.

The last sign I HAND PAINTED free hand...
Just to give it that authentic look, like it was made by
some lucky sun of a gun who lives at the beach..:)

I painted them all up and used JUTE tied to the back for hanging.

I still can't decide which one is my favorite.

They are suppose to go to my booth but I don't know..I may
have to make a couple for myself.

The best part...I had everything on hand,
so it cost me NADA, ZERO, ZILTCH...
I love it when a plan comes together!

I hope you guys enjoyed this tutorial
and hope YOU are getting some BEACHY Weather.
I think we are not going to get ours till Autumn.  :)
Have a BEAUTIFUL day!!

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DIY Halloween Camping

Well good morning my BEAUTIES!
We had a great weekend.
I did NOTHING!!!
can you believe it?
Yeah neither can I ....:) (It took me a week to pack and
get costumes ready and work on projects so I could leave for the weekend; but once I got there, I relaxed)
Well I wouldn't say NOTHING. It took me forever to
get ready for the camping weekend since it was trick or treat camping.

It was a typical cool October for us here in Michigan.

The kids had a great time playing in the WILD outdoors. Running through the woods with their
light sabers and climbing trees.

But what they came for was the GAMES and CANDY..:)
This is such a cute game for all of you looking for DIY's for your class party's.
Just carve pumpkins to play mini-golf in. The kids loved it.

The twins even got their fortune told.

Then the fun part. WE got to dress up and trick or treat too.
Russ was Bert from Mary Poppins and I was Mary. I got our entire outfit from Goodwill or from our
closet. We got lots of compliments. Even hubby was smiling and he hates to dress up.
I think he liked all the ladies checking him out...LOL!
(wanna know something funny about my hat?  Its a Miller Highlife fishing hat..I spray painted it black and stuck flowers in it...HOW'S that for DIY) :)

This is the kids favorite part....TRICK OR TREAT.
I love to recycle our costumes to Goodwill when we are done,
and that is where I got all the girls costumes. I go in spend a few bucks on
their costumes and donate them back when we are done.
(Everett was the only one with a store bought, since we couldn't find anything that he hadn't already been)  He thought he was pretty cool.

Here is the morning after..Cold but the kids didn't care. They started a fire to stay warm while we packed up.

This is the view heading home. The sun just hitting the water and the trees starting to change.
All in all a GREAT weekend! (and a ton of work, but SO Worth it!)
What more could you ask for?


I hope you all have a BEAUTIFUL day!