Family

This is one of my all time favorite family sayings. I love adding vinyl in a room to personalize it. I love this saying as it is, but one of the best things about this saying is that you could personalize it to really describe your own family. If there's something that you want to remind your kids about every time they walk into the kitchen or family room, add that in. If your family has a favorite thing or something that really defines you switch out one of the lines. That's what I love most about vinyl is that you can truly express who you are!

Monkey Business

Adding an image to a sign or a saying really dresses it up!



I love these two sayings especially with the addition of the monkeys. These would be perfect for a jungle themed room. If you wanted to just do the vinyl right on the wall it would turn out adorable as well. When I was little I really loved singing the song, "No More Monkeys Jumping On The Bed."





As a parent now I realize how true the saying "Monkey See Monkey Do" is. For better or worse our kids imitate a lot of the things we say and do.

Summer Giveaway Winner

Congratulations to S. Greiner for winning our Flip Flops make your toes feel like they're on vacation blocks! Please message your shipping information to: kristin@signaturecreationsllc.com

Have a great weekend everyone!

Summer Giveaway

I thought it would be fun to kick off summer with a giveaway. I love summer. There is no homework, an ease in the same hectic schedule that goes on day to day during the school year, and of course vacation! Sadly not every day of summer can be a vacation day. So when I heard this saying I fell in love with it, "Flip Flops make your toes feel like they're on vacation." I thought to myself that seems about right, if I can't be on vacation, at least my toes can pretend:). I will be drawing a winner on Friday June 10th. Here is how you can get entered to win: For each comment that you leave telling me your favorite thing about summer you will receive one entry. If you follow the blog you will receive 2 entries. In the past I have combined the entries from facebook and the blog to draw out the winner. This time I will randomly select one winner from the blog and one winner from facebook! If you enter to win on the blog you will be entering to win the blocks that are featured at the top of the page (yellow, purple and orange. The bluish green and red ones will be the prize on facebook.) Good luck and happy summer!

Want to make your own set of blocks? Here's how:

First I cut the wood. The two longer blocks are cut from a 2"x4". I cut them 12" in length. The block with the sandals on it is cut from a 2"x 6" and I cut it 7" in length. Next sand the wood.



The next step is painting the blocks. I painted these blocks white.



After the paint was dry I cut the paper I chose slightly bigger than the blocks and the used Mod Podge to glue them on. May I just say if you're new to using Mod Podge less is actually more in this case. I like to "paint" it on the wood and then apply my paper.



Once the Mod Podge is dry then I sand off the excess paper and the edges of the wood. Next I applied some stain so it wouldn't be so stark white.



Sometimes when I apply stain I get some on the edges of the paper which I love, but this time I basically just stuck to the wood and so I got out my ink pad and rubbed it on the edges of the paper.



After I inked the edges of the paper I applied Mod Podge over the top of the paper. Once the Mod Podge is dry then you are ready to apply the vinyl. After the vinyl is on then it is time to bling it up. I layered flowers to dress up the sandals.



I love buttons and ribbons and so I added those to the long blocks.











For the bluish green and red blocks I couldn't find any buttons that I loved and so I went with some 3D stickers.






This was my first time designing and making these particular blocks. Next time I make them I'll shift the sticker on the bottom block slightly to the left to make a little more room for the ribbons. I hope that everyone is off to a great start to their summer. Check us out on facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Signature-Creations-LLC/51743324786) for a chance to win the blocks over there as well!

It's The Little Things That Matter

This is one of my favorite "traditions" that David and I have. A few years ago I made this little Love Notes book with a 6"x8"photo book. It has the nice thick pages that you can write and keep love notes in long term. David and I take turns from time to time writing each other Love Notes. I tied a little piece of ribbon to mark the page for easy access to the latest love note:).



Since my hubby is returning home for good tonight from his out of town job (and it's my turn to write in it) I figured it would be a great time to break it out again!



This is another fun thing that I found this week at Ikea. They had these cute little ice cube trays for $1.99. It'll be a fun finish touch to our date tonight.



I also got a fish tray for the kids for summer. I'm thinking it'll be great for mini Popsicles too.

Most of the time it's just the small simple things that mean the most.

Thank You Teachers

I love doing a cute little something to express thanks to my kids' teachers. They work so hard and don't get paid nearly enough! This cute little jar is fun to fill with their favorite candy. I got this little jar at Ikea. Add a little sticker and some ribbon and it's adorable. It's fun to do by itself if you're on a tight budget or with a gift card.



These personalized signs are super fun. This is a 6"x18" piece of MDF. And then the background sticker says the teacher's name and then the overlay sticker has the school name and mascot. So in this case: Boulder Creek Bulldogs. I made this kit up for a customer and she'll do all the work of painting and so that is a great way to save money too! Just order a kit to make your bucks stretch a little farther.



I love this little tile. The quote from Helen Keller is priceless. Pier One is a great place to buy an easel. Also if you want to make the tile yourself I love to buy these tiny ones at Lowe's. Home Depot is a great place too. This is a very affordable gift though. $4 if you order from me and $2.50 for just the sticker.




What is it about wrapping something up and sticking a ribbon on it that make it just so much cuter? I had movie gift cards for my kid's teachers and a card which is great, but it just seemed like it needed something... a little movie candy from Wal-Mart for $1 a box and then I wrapped it up... so much cuter!


Okay and this last idea is my favorite for the year! It's from a friend of mine who is a teacher, so you KNOW it's a good one. I said to her what am I going to do for the music teacher who goes early every week so my kids can be in the choir. Not to mention my daughter rotated teachers this year and want to do something for each of them. Now I would love to give each of them a gift card to the movies, but let's face it I still have to fill my tank up with gas... so she suggested chips and salsa from Chilli's. It's only $3.00 and they wrap it up. So we just wrapped up the salsa and stuck a note on it that said Thank You for "chippin" in this year to make it extra spicy! Love love the idea. Thanks Stacey!


It's crazy that another year has zipped by. I am so grateful for great teachers and especially the ones that we have had this year. They have been amazing!

Bulldog Pride

The staff at Boulder Creek had this cute phrase in the office which I was excited to be able to put vinyl up there for them to make it a little more permanent. I so appreciate all of the hard work that the teachers and staff in school do for my kids!

I love the idea of paw prints. They would be adorable in a jungle themed room. One huge paw print with Wild Things as an overlay or small paw prints leading up to a lion... the possibilities are really endless!