How are you all doing? How is summer treating you? To be honest I am having such a wonderful summer with the boys. It took me a little bit to get my swing swinging but I did it and now I feel the breeze in my face! As I type this post I am making sticky buns for Michael's grandmother and I have to tell you the SMELL is so intoxicating. I just cut some lilies from our garden so every other whiff is either perfumed lilies or buttered cinnamonie deliciousness...(deep inhale...can you smell them?)
Anyway back to the crafts-
Last summer Michael and I had our downstairs bathroom remodeled. We have a brilliant contractor who has completed all the work on our house to date (with more to come this September). The space above our potty has been bare for almost one year...as I am sure you realized I have a lot of trouble committing to decor. I have to LOVE every single thing we hang on the walls...I fall into the trap of purchasing prints from Etsy or while walking through flea markets and then by the time I get it home I just kind of feel "meh" about them. For the bathroom I knew I wanted something rustic and something unique... every time I found a cute bathroom sign at HomeGoods or on Etsy I would see it in someone's house..."meh." Then on Friday I had a light bulb... I had an extra shelf from a media console we bought when we moved in...the shelf was just sitting the garage, so why not use it? I sanded it (I mean of course I sanded it! Anyone reading this knows I just bought one of the best tools ever! Of course this craft involves sanding!)
Here Is What We Made:
After sanding the shelf, me and the boys stained it
We let it dry overnight
The next morning, I took a paint brush and painted their tiny little palms and they pressed them onto the board...Jack's is the last one...(heart melting)
Then I took a paint pen and wrote "Wash Your Hands" on the other half of the board
After the paint was dry, I brushed on a clear coat of polyurethane to protect the wood.
When Michael was free on Saturday I had him cut the shelf in half so it would fit the space better
Using two short wood screws- I screwed each one in on either side about three quarters of the way and then I used some wire to run between them...both pieces hung up beautifully!
I am so happy we ended up making something rather than buying something for the space...I love their hand prints (not really on my glass slider) but I just love their little gentle hands...
Then...
Monday the boys woke up and told me, "Mom we are done doing crafess because we don't want to clean up."
Me: "Okay well what do you want to do today?"
Twins: "We want to wear our fancy clothes!"
Me: "Great" (secretly annoyed because their suits were pressed and clean-neatly hung in the closet)
So we had an impromptu photo shoot... I mean these boys... I can't get enough of them...boys will be boys.
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