Two Yellow Birds Decor: April 2012

Project Pinterest Challenge Reminder {2 Weeks}

I can't believe it, but we are just 2 weeks away from the start of the

Project Pinterest Challenge!!

Have you started to make your projects and/or recipes yet?!? Its ok if you haven't. You have PLENTY of time to get them done! Hopefully you have been able to look through your pins to get some ideas though!!!

**If you haven't read about the challenge yet or need a reminder, here it is:

I am sure there are many of you out there like me that go on Pinterest and pin many things that you love and MAY BE someday will make. Well, a few weeks ago while I was browsing Pinterest I had this idea come to me and thought it would be fun to have a contest with these pins! So what I want you to do is go through your pins and find something you pinned and really want to make! It can be food, gifts, home decor, art, etc. Then link up to the contest. I wanted to have a co-host for this so I have asked the cute Chrissy from the Taylor House to be that co-host!

Chrissy from The Taylor House.

ABOUT THE CONTEST:

This is a contest that ANYONE can enter that would like to! The rules for this are simple.

First, you just need to recreate anything you saw on Pinterest and Loved!! It can some something big or small {food, craft, gifts, etc.}! Then link up to this challenge. You can link up as many as you would like. So go CRAFT CRAZY!!
The second rule is that you include the original picture of what is was you saw on Pinterest. {Giving Credit to your inspiration piece} You will have from May 14 - June 17th to enter.

After the deadline we have 4 Judges that will each choose their Top 3 Favorites which will give us our 12 finalist. Then we are going to have YOU the viewers vote on the Top 12 and we'll pick the Top 3 winner's from the voting!! We will notify you when the voting begins and if your project makes the Top 12!

Your AMAZING Judges will be:

Emily from 52 Mantels

Hi! I'm Emily from 52 Mantels, a blog about all things home including weekly mantel makeovers, easy DIY projects, seasonal crafts and simple recipes! I'm blessed to be the stay-at-home mother to one adorable little girl and the lucky wife to an ever-supportive hubby (who puts up with my endless projects!).

I adore: Winter Parties, Spring flowers, Summer nights and Fall clothing! Throw in a sugar-free vanilla iced coffee and I'm a happy girl!

Danielle from Blissful & Domestic
I am Danielle. The lady behind Blissful and Domestic. I am a Mamma, a wife, a homeschooler, Mormon, crafting/sewing diva, and a chef in training. I kind of dapple in it all and love to blog about that. I try to make Blissful and Domestic a place where you can be inspired to create and make your house a home. I love to blog and share my projects and recipes.

Trish from Mom on Timeout

My name is Trish and I blog over at Mom On Timeout. I started my blog because I realized that I needed a "Mommy timeout". I stay at home with my two little boys Reece (age 5) and Bryce (age 3). I have so much fun with my boys and I feel incredibly blessed to be able to spend each and every day with them. I love sharing favorite recipes and fun craft ideas with my readers and I hope that you'll stop by for your own timeout with me!

Kim from The Sasse Life

My name is Kim or mama to the cutest boy. I blog over at The Sasse Life and have a little shop called Loved. I'm a DIY crafter who might be a little obsessed with design, thrifting & Craigslist. I'm so excited to be judging this. So show me what you got!

We Love All our Judges and look up to them so much! Make Sure you stop by and give them some

Love!

Best of Luck to all those who Enter!! Hope we all have fun with this!

If you would like to help us promote this challenge to get the word out to everyone, we would love for you to grab a button to put on your blog!

If you have any questions, please feel free to email one of us at 2yellowbirdsdecor@gmail.com or cmaetaylor@yahoo.com

Pinning it on Pinterest #21

I hope you have all had an Amazing week!!! I don't know about all of you, but I am so ready for the weekend to be here! I am ready to have some FUN!! Wahoo!!

I hope you are all ready for this weeks Pinning it on Pinterest! I am so excited for the things I found this week!

Let's get to it......

This is a fun idea. Mix nerds into the cake batter for an even better funfetti cake!! I want to try these out for the next birthday party! I love the nerds on the frosting too!

Source: Bake It In A Cake

Pinned HERE

What a fun little project! You could make so many shirts doing this! What a fun gift for someone too! Very Unique.

Source: Plum Adorable

Pinned HERE

This wreath is Gorgeous!!! They coved a foam wreath in satin ribbon and glued craft store pearls in different sizes all around. I bet it took a really long time, but it looks amazing!

Source: Unknown

Pinned HERE

I LOVE the rustic look of this wreath! And how easy would this be to make?!? Just need to make a bunch of rosette burlap flowers and glue them on to that wreath! So simple, but absolutely pretty!!

Source: The Roseland Family (Couldn't find the actual post)

Pinned HERE

I love this kitchen. The white cabinets are so pretty and the chandeliers are gorgeous!!! I also like the shelf above the stove!

Source: Unknown

Pinned HERE

I SO love this!! I had to remind myself this everyday when doing my healthy lifestyle change. I have taken a little break and need to get back on losing weight and I still need to remember this!!! Oh the joys:)

Source: Funeral For My Fat

Pinned HERE

Mother's Day is slowly creeping up on us. Isn't this a cute card to give to your mother?!? I love it! I think I will be making something like this for my mothers!

Source: Doodle Love Etsy Shop

Pinned HERE

What a cute gift for your Mom! I love this saying! I am totally making these for my Mom's this year! LOVE IT!

Source: Valentine Decor

Pinned HERE

This is a super cute card for the kids to give Mom and Grandma. How creative and personal!

So Sweet!!

Source: Unknown

Pinned HERE

In need of a gift idea for Mother's Day...This site has lots of great crafty gifts!! Go check it out!

Source: The Busy Budgeting Mama

Pinned HERE

Thats it for this weeks Pinning it on Pinterst! Hope you had fun reading and looking through things!!!

Have a SPECTACULAR weekend!

Thursday's Temptation #15 & Fabulous Features

Happy Thursday All!!!

Welcome to Week #15 of Thursday's Temptation. I can't believe its been 15 weeks now! Time is going by way too fast! I hope you have all had as much fun as I have had partying each week!

Just a reminder about the Project Pinterest Challenge:

The linking starts on My 14 and runs through June 17. Get thinking of what you want to enter! You know you want to!! For the rules and details go HERE.

Thank you to everyone who linked up at last weeks party! We had such a fun time! Thank to you all for making it fun!!!
Here are this weeks Fabulous Features:
Our Most View Link Was:

Goodwill Makeovers @ Bella's Crafty Mom. These makeovers are so cute!!! You have to go check out the before and afters. She did an AMAZING job on these projects!

SOME MORE OF MY FAVORITES:

DIY Canvas Art @ Home with baxter. I LOVE this DIY art. It is gorgeous!! I love the colors and patterns she chose! So pretty!!

DIY Anthro Necklace @ Sip-n-Wear. This necklace is ADORABLE!!! I love all the chunky beads that she made herself! So cute!! I love how you can add a pop of color to any outfit with this!

DIY Tinting Bottles & Jars @ Its over Flowing. This is the best tutorial on how to tint glass. Doesn't it look so cute!! You could do this for so many projects and so many colors!!! Awesome!

Flower Headband Party Favor @ My Handcrafted Home. This is such a cute idea to make headbands for a party favor! I love that it is something useful everyday instead of giving candy! This is an adorable headband too!!

Twine Wrapped Jar @ Simply Homemade. I love the look of the twine on this mason jar! How cute to just add a simple touch to it! It looks DARLING!!

If you were featured, make sure you grab a button!!

Now let's PARTY!!!

The RULES are simple:

-Follow Two Yellow Birds Decor

-Grab a button or add a link somewhere on your blog

-Link to your post, not your main blog

{No giveaways or Etsy shops, Please}

-Come back next week to see if you have been Featured

-Lastly, check out some other fun projects and most importantly...
HAVE FUN!!!!

Special Dates in our Family

A few months ago I was browsing Pinterest and came across something that someone had done. They put down all the special dates in their family in number form. This has stuck with me and I really wanted to do this. I got on photoshop and designed all the special dates in our family.

This is what it looks like:

I did my hubby's birthday, my birthday, our wedding date, my little girls birthday, and my little boys birthday.

I love how it turned out!

I went to our local thrift store the other day and found a ton of frames there for cheap! This is going to be a new place for me to go to look for crafts things! I pulled out one of the frames I got there. It was brown and in pretty good shape, but I wanted it to match my special dates and my room.

So I spray painted it black.

After that dried, I put a coat of lacquer over it to shine it up and protect it.

After it dried I made some cute flowers to put on it.

To see how to make the yellow circle flowers go HERE.

For the burlap flower:

All I did was cut a strip about 1 inch wide and 12 inches long. Then I just folded it like a fan, but turing as I went to it make a flower. Then I stitched it together in the middle!

Here is what it looks like all put together: