Monday, April 25, 2011

Mother's Day


Time for our next giveaway and promotion! This cute little saying is perfect for Mother's Day. This tile is 5.75"x5x75". I will be giving away this tile to one lucky winner on Friday! Receive one entry for every comment that you leave about why you love being a mom or what you love about your own mom. Receive another entry for joining us on facebook and liking our status and get entered to win again when you share this with your friends! If you'd like to order the tile they are normally $5.00 but I will be discounting this particular saying from now until May 1st to $4.00. Order just the vinyl for $1.50 and make your own. Message me at kristin@signaturecreationsllc.com if you're interested in ordering. I bought this particular tile at Lowe's, but Home Depot is a great place to pick up a tile as well.

I'll go ahead and start with what I love about my mom... one of the things I love about her is that she is a good listener. She's always willing to let me talk out things that I'm concerned about. One of the things I love about being a mom is watching my kids learn something new. It is amazing to watch someone master a new skill whether it's riding a bike by themselves or learning something new at school.

Monday, April 18, 2011

Easter Ideas


I love decorating for Easter! This is my favorite Easter sign because I love chocolate.
It's easy to make too. It's a 12"x12" board that I routed and then painted blue.

Next I applied the vinyl. I love adding handles to signs! So the next step is to drill holes in and then tie the ribbon around the sign and the handle. I like using wired ribbon in situations like these because it is easy to manipulate the bow.




A couple of years ago when I saw this idea for Easter baskets I knew I had to make them.


These are just the metal buckets that you buy from Home Depot or Lowe's in their paint department. You need 3-4 coats of spray paint and then a little vinyl sticker. But why stop there? We added a little bling to girls' buckets, a few flowers and ribbon.

I realize there are limits to what you can do with ribbon, and so I used the twine around my son's bucket.


By the time that I bought 3 different colors of spray paint I felt like the cost of the project was adding up a little bit, but my sister had a great idea to check at Wal-Mart and Target in their garden departments for color buckets. They are a little smaller, but come already in cute spring colors! I hope you have a happy Easter.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Cute Vinyl Saying For The Bathroom


One of the things I love about vinyl lettering is putting up messages I want my kids to see and get ingrained in their minds. I love this vinyl for the bathroom!

Winner of the Spring has Sprung blocks!


Congratulations to April Corey who is the winner of our Spring has Sprung block giveaway! I loved hearing all of your favorite things about spring. It is one of my favorite seasons! If you'd like to order the vinyl and make it yourself the cost is $6.00 plus shipping. Send me a message at kristin@signaturecreationsllc.com if you're interested.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Spring Has Sprung Blocks

I absolutely LOVE spring! The weather is amazing, there are beautiful flowers out, the leaves are growing on the trees... So what better way to celebrate than a giveaway? I'll randomly select one lucky person for these cute blocks! So here is how to get entered to win the drawing: You can receive 2 entries for becoming a follower of the blog. Receive another two entries if you go to our facebook page (Signature CreationsLLC) and click Like. (If you've already done this consider yourself to have 2 entries!) Leave a comment on this post or on our facebook post about your favorite thing about spring! Each comment receives 1 entry. I will post the winner on Monday.
Want to make the blocks yourself? Here's how:

I used 2"x4"s for all of the blocks. The "has sprung" block measures about 13.75" long. The "S" and the "G" blocks are 6.8" long and the other blocks are 3.4" long. After cutting the wood I sanded the blocks and then painted the back and the sides white.


Next I measured the paper. I like to measure my paper just a tad bigger than the block. I then modge podged the paper onto the blocks. I like to "paint" the modge podge onto the blocks. After the modge podge dried I sanded the edge of the blocks and the excess paper off.

Next I used the minwax stain on the wood and the edge of the paper.
After the stain dried I modge podged over the paper. I always say less is more when it comes to modge podge. When the modge podge dried I applied the vinyl.

And then I tied ribbons around two of the blocks and added a little bling for fun!

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Laundry Room Sticker


Time for a giveaway! I randomly selected from my facebook and blog followers. (yes literally pulled a name out of a hat... so if you follow both you got entered twice:)). Congratulations to Betina Powers who won this cute Laundry Room sticker. If you are on facebook and want to follow there go to the Signature Creations LLC page and click like at the top of the page. I hope everyone is having a fabulous spring break. I know I'm having a lot of fun with my kids. I'll be doing a super cute spring block giveaway next week and the step by step tutorial here!

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Home Blocks


I love Modge Podging paper onto blocks. I think it gives is such a fun look and depending on the paper you pick you can give it a different little twist. The HOME where your story begins blocks are some of my favorites. I love the saying!