Two Yellow Birds Decor: August 2012

Pinterest Picks #2

I hope you are all having a great week so far! Mine started out not the best and has gotten worse from there. Especially yesterday when my blog got "removed" from blogger. It was the most emotional and frustrating day I have had in a long time. But we are BACK!! I am hoping today is a much better day because I am going to Swiss Days with my Mom and Sisters! WAHOO!!! Can't wait to see what they have this year!

How about we get to the second week of

shall we?!?

Up First:

I love the look of this picture gallery wall. It looks amazing with all the different frames put together. This is such and easy way to keep updating pictures of the family. I also love how they are sitting on shelves!

Source: Annika Von Holdt

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This pool is gorgeous! I love that it is a walk in pool like the beach. I would love to have this in my future backyard! It would definitely be a place to relax!!

Source: Houzz.com

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This floor is amazing!! They actually painted the chevron print onto the floor! How cool is that?!? What a cheap way to dress up a laundry room or utility room in the house!

Source: Unknown

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Ok, now this is the CUTEST idea ever!! What a fun way to get growing up the first year pictures. The clothes line is adorable! LOVE IT!

Source: Unknown

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I love how bright and colorful this necklace is! What a fun accessory to add to a summer outfit! I do need to find me one of these bib necklaces. They look so cute on!

Source: Bauble Bar

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This is the most creative idea I have seen to store legos. They took a tool box to organize and store all the pieces! What a fun idea and it would look great in a boys room when its all put away and closed up! I will be doing this when my little guy gets older!

Source: Raisin 4

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This is what someone did to their attic for storage space. I love this idea! My hubby and I have always said when we build a house we want to have some storage room up there because it is usually just wasted space. I love the little shelves they built for all the bins.

Source: Attic Maxx

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These are inside out chocolate strawberries. I love this idea because when you bite into them you don't have chocolate crumbling off. Genius!! I also love that you can put them into the egg carton to set up!

Source: Lilly Shop

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This Cheese Ball looks so good. It is a Buttermilk Ranch Cheese Ball. YUMMY!! What a great appetizer to share at a party, especially with football season coming up!

Source: All Recipes.com

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Crock Pot Recipes are the BEST! This is macaroni and cheese. The noodles even go in uncooked. Such a great meal to throw together in the morning especially if you have little ones!

Source: Tip Garden

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That's it for our second week of Pinterest Picks! I hope you enjoyed reading!!

Have a Splendid Weekend!

Thursday's Temptation #31 & Fabulous Features

Welcome to this weeks

Thursday's Temptation!!

**I am so sorry I am late with the link party! Please forgive me!

We are so glad that YOU are here to party with us!

A huge thank you to everyone who shared there amazing ideas at last weeks party! I have been inspired by so many of you!

Let's get to this weeks Fabulous Features!

Our Most View Link Was:

8 Easy Dollar Tree Crafts @ A Grace Full Life. I can't believe all the things you can find at the dollar store to decorate with. She has some awesome and cute decor ideas!

MORE FAVORITES:

Paying it Backwards Teachers' Gift @ Feel LOVD Every Day. I love what they did with this little gift. They went and visited the kids previous teacher when meeting there new teacher. She says it so well to remember those teacher's who got you where you are today! I am sure the teachers loved getting a cute little gift to start out their new year from an old student! LOVE THIS!!

Fabric Covered Crate Seats @ Wait Til Your Father Gets Home. I love this cute little seat! What a darling way to make a fun seat for your kids bedroom or a little study area in the house. So adorable!!

Ham and Broccoli Quiche @ Learning To Be a Mom. I absolutely love quiche, but have actually never made it myself. This looks so easy to make and looks delicious! I have to give this a try!! YUM!!

DIY Cardboard Box Barn @ See Vanessa Craft. I am in love with this little barn!! What little kid would not love to play in it?!? The detail is amazing on it from the sunflowers to the animals to the little white picket fence. So CUTE!!!

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-Follow Two Yellow Birds Decor

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

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

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HAVE FUN!!!

Family Established Sign

Just over a month ago my cousin got married. The family had a shower for her a few days before the wedding. My mom helped put together the Shower of "Firsts." Everyone who is invited gets assigned a "first" for the couple - examples: first fight, first junk drawer, first holiday, first gift wrapping, etc. It is such a fun shower to give to couples getting married. Since my mom was in charge of the invitations and assigning people their "firsts" she let me choose what I wanted to do. Of course I had to choose "First Home Decor!!"

I wanted to create something fun for their house that included their last name and the year they were established. With the pallet board decor being so in right now I had to do a cute sign using the boards from a pallet.

Here is what I came up with:

First, I picked out boards that looked good together.

Then my hubby helped me by attaching smaller pieces of wood to the back to attach them together. As well as some wire so she can hang it up!

Next, I cut out their last name on my cricut. I went with a basic font. I didn't want it too fancy. I also cut out the established 2012. I used the outline of all the lettering and stuck that to the sign, leaving space for embellishments.

Then I took some cream craft paint and painted the words on the board. I forgot to take a picture of this step! I put 2 light coats on it and when it fully dried I pulled the vinyl off.

{I never realized until I pulled the vinyl off that their last name is a little crooked. But I LOVE that because it just goes with the whole old fashioned look I was going for!!}

I wanted to put something fun on to embellish it. I decided on some paper pinwheel flowers. I love how they turned out!

To see how to make them, go HERE. I did make these ones bigger by gluing two strips of paper together.

Lastly, I hot glued those to the board.

My cousin loved it, as well as everyone else that was there!!

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Happy Birthday Blocks

I hope you all had a fabulous weekend!
The starting of ours was a little scary.
Friday morning I was doing dishes. My little boy was in the family room playing with his Tonka dump truck and being so cute with it. All the sudden he started screaming. I went over to where he was and noticed he was bleeding just under his lip. I picked him up to look at it closer and realized he had bit all the way through his lip! I started balling and had my little girl run down and grab my husband. {Thank goodness he was still home!} He looked at it and said we have to take him in. We rushed down to the instacare (this was our first time taking either of our kids in) and luckily is was small enough width wise that they were just able to glue it together. He is doing much better now!

Poor Little Guy:(

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Today I wanted to share a fun tradition with you that I recently started!

I wanted to make something cute and fun to put out for everyones Birthday in our family. Of course it had to be something that could go for both boys and girls. I racked through my brain and finally decided to make a
Happy Birthday Sign out of blocks.

Here is how I made it:

I cut out 3 blocks that are 3"x3 1/2" and 1 1/2" thick and 2 blocks that are 3"x3" and 1 1/2" thick . Then I cut out a long one that is 3 1/4"x19 1/2". I wanted it thick so I could get the Birthday on it so it is 1 1/2" thick.

After I got them sanded, I painted them. I wanted to make it really bright and fun since its for birthdays. I also wanted to make it unisexual.

The colors I used are:

Big Board: Butter Cream by craft smart

The blocks from left to right:

Sea Breeze by Americana

Apple Tart by craft smart

Purple by craft smart

Light Orange by craft smart

Coral Blush by Americana

I did 3 coats on all of them because I didn't really want the wood to show through. On the light orange I did 5 coats. It wasn't going on very well!

Then I found fun Birthday paper and bright paper to match the colors of the paint. I then cut them down to size. I cut them smaller than the blocks so I could see the paint around the paper.

Next, I cut the Happy Birthday in black vinyl. For the Happy I did each letter in a different font. I wanted it to look fun. Here is what I used for each letter:

H- His Name is Honey found Here

A- Wish I Were Taller found Here

P- Bosshole found Here

P- Monster Paparazzi found Here

Y- Auburn found Here

Birthday- Elephants in Cherry Trees found Here

After I cut those out on my cricut I stuck them on to the paper. Then I mod podged the paper to the blocks. On the big birthday block I put a thin layer of mod podge over the vinyl so it wouldn't have a chance of coming off!!

Now we are done!! Super Easy and I LOVE how they turned out!!! It is just so bright and fun for everyone's birthdays!

I know everyone has loved having this out on there special day!

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Pinterest Picks #1

I am so happy to announce that Pinning it on Pinterest is BACK!!!! I took the summer off of doing it so I could spend more time with my kiddos.

There is a little change as you probably saw. I am now going to call it Pinterest Picks! I am still going to list my top 10 favorites pins from the week just like before.

I hope you are all as excited as I am to have the series back!

With that said lets get to the first week of Pinterest Picks!

I love this lamp shade!! What a cute way to spruce it up! The ruffles are adorable and I love the little flowers to embellish it.

Source: Random Thoughts

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What a fun way to transform this dresser into a cute table for a family room. Its a great way to organize games or video games and accessories. LOVE IT!!

Source: Southern Revivals

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I love this cute outfit!! The colors are so pretty. This is a perfect fall outfit. I really need to make me a long maxi skirt like this. So pretty!!

Source: Polyvore

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I am in LOVE with her hair! The cut is darling and I love the color. I will be doing this to my hair when I get my next hair cut!

Source: Stacked Hair

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Its amazing what tucking your shirt in and adding a belt can do to an outfit. It is such a huge difference between the two pictures. This cute girl has SO MANY tips on her blog about making an outfit look different by adding accessories do it. Go check it out for more tips!!

Source: Putting Me Together

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I think this is the cutest idea to photograph your daughter in your wedding dress and give it to her on her wedding day! I am so doing this with my daughter. LOVE!!

Source: The Brighter Writer

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Ok now this is the sweetest picture. I LOVE how they put him with the ultrasound pictures. So Precious!! I need to remember this for my next baby.

Source: Rose Rock Photography

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Who would not feel better by just looking at this car?!? How cute are those little bandaid monsters! Such a creative idea. I need to make me some to have on hand to give to someone who is sick.

Source: Flickr

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I am in love with this quilt! How fun for a little boy. I need to make one for my little guy. So cute!!!

Source: Unknown

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{I have a funny story about this stuff. One day my hubby and I were watching Myth Busters. My little girl was in the room while we were watching it. The episode we were watching they had made a huge batch of this goop and were running on it and then the guy sat there and sunk into it. My little girl LOVED watching him do this. To this day she keeps saying she wants to watch the one with the goopy stuff!! I wanted to look up how to make it so she could play with it. Well I didn't have to! The VERY NEXT DAY I went onto Pinterest and there it was! It was so meant to be that I had this recipe! HAHA!! I will be making this one day with my little ones!}

This stuff is called Magic Mud. It is cornstarch and water mixed together. If you punch it quickly it turns to a solid. Then if you slowly put your hand in it turns to liquid.

Source: Skip To My Lou

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Thats it for this weeks Pinterest Picks!! I hope you enjoyed reading again:)

Have an Awesome Weekend!