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"Days Until" Countdown Board
It's that time of year again where we are constantly counting down until the next big holiday! I love it! And so does my daughter. But she's only 5 so she doesn't fully grasp the concept of time. However, she can count quite well, so I decided to make a "days until" countdown board for our home.My daughter loves counting down until the next holiday, plus she gets to practice writing her numbers every day with this cool new board.You will need a wooden board, paint and/or stain, chalkboa
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Oct 23rd 2011
Flower Vases Turned Fall Decor
We all have at least one of these flower vases laying around right? You get flowers in them and then they are so tall and narrow you don't know how to use them again....until now.First step is simple but so important, clean the vases very well so that the vinyl adheres.Then take a few colors of Oracal 631 (3 or more) and cut them in to strips 12 inches long. I cut them in 1/4 inch 1/2 inch and 3/4 inch wide strips.Next start wrapping them around the vases I kept a color order but varied th
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Oct 2nd 2011
Etched Glass Sidelight Subway Art
Hello wonderful Expressions Vinyl blog followers! I am Ashley from Simply Designing (a craft and design blog), and am so happy to be here today to show off a really fun vinyl project!I have been feeling real antsy to try my hand at using the Dusted Crystal (aka Etched Glass) vinyl. So I decided to tackle a big project this weekend and am so excited to share it with you.By our front door we have a sidelight (one of those long skinny windows). I love it for so many reasons and I love the amoun
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Jul 30th 2011
Singing in the Rain, Polka Dot Rain Boots
Hi! I am so happy to be joining you here today on
Expressions Vinyl Blog! I am a huge fan of Expressions vinyl and I love their
products and was so excited when they asked me to share some of my favorite
projects made using their wonderful vinyl.I don't know about you or where you live, but I am
in Tampa Florida and in the summer it rains everyday! You can get pretty tired
of ruining your shoes stepping into a huge puddle. Needless to say I wear rain
boots all the time. I picked up a few c
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Jul 27th 2011