Let's Make PIZZA! My Homemade Pizza Recipe DIY Pizza

Canvas MAGIC! Mixed Media Canvas Creation

My middle daughter and her family sent me some fabulous pictures on Easter Sunday. I can't stop looking at these pictures and had to think of a creative way to display them. I wanted them all together but didn't want to search for just the right frames because I'd printed them and cut them to various sizes. 

The pictures below show what I did and I'll tell you how I did it.

First, here's my finished product:

How great are these pictures? 

I started with a regular 11 x 14" canvas:

I put one canvas on a protected surface and sprayed it with spray pens from Close to My Heart, filled with barn red and blue denim ink from their refill bottles. 

I don't think those colors are available, but you can choose any color your like:

The spray took 2 days to dry, but once dry, I punched out the ruffled shape from Close to My Heart's Dazzling Die Cuts, pieces I had bought years ago but still haven't used up:

The spray goes on randomly as you spray it and that's exactly the look I wanted:

I used the Dazzling Die Cuts to accent behind the pictures for a hint of texture.

I love how it turned out!

Thanks for reading!

Keep creating!

~Tricia

My New Pantry ORGANIZED!

Giveaway Time!!!

From a Gal who Failed Home Ec Class

I am the mom of eight kids, home schooled them all, cook all meals from scratch, do all my own home decor and baby supply sewing (still sew for my grandbabies), yet I failed home ec class in high school.

Yes, we had Home Economics back when I was in school and, yes, I failed.

Technically, I only failed the sewing portion. It was awful. It seemed like the teacher was speaking a foreign language and I couldn't understand a word she was saying. I think she had an expectation that the entire class already knew certain things about sewing, but I did not. My mom sewed a lot, but I never did at home.

So, I had to make an item of clothing and wear it to school when it was finished. Oy. I chose a jumper because it looked easy and didn't require a zipper. Zipper fear gripped me; I wasn't about to take one on. I started on the jumper....it did not go well. I think I ripped out every seam at least twice and some three times. It was frayed, uneven and looked like it had been run over by a truck when finished. The teacher was totally exasperated with me, but I honestly couldn't understand why. I thought I was doing exactly what she said.

I finished the jumper, wore it to school the next day, then received my grade:

F

My very first and very last F, and it was big and it was red.

I went on to become the "Martha Stewart" of my friends (minus the prison part) and now sell things I sew! My home ec teacher would never have put me down for that.

Moral of the story: Do not let failure define you.

~Tricia

Hobby Lobby FABRIC HAUL!

Dollhouse Update! Progress on Decorating my Grandkids' Dollhouse!

Here's the latest update on the dollhouse I'm decorating for my grandkids.
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Thanks so much for watching!
~Tricia