Two Yellow Birds Decor: Wood Crafts

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Arcade {Video Game} Center

A few months ago my hubby felt inclined to make a game center for all our video games {This way they wouldn't be taking over the regular tv} He really wanted to make this center look like a video arcade machine. He is a super handy man and just came up with this and put it all together himself!!

We all LOVE how it turned out!

Everyone that comes to the house has to play on it. Especially since we live with my parents, all my nieces and nephews love to play it!!

Oh and...YES I was a Super Excited to get the original Nintendo back out!! WAHOO!

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{Brother Superhero} Plaque

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

We had another scare with our little guy again.

He had a tile fall on his head. I didn't know how much head lacerations bleed. I was in shock for along time with all the blood coming out. I was the only one home with my kids at the time. It was quite an experience for me, but luckily things turned out well in the end. It was a small cut and the doctors said they didn't need to do anything to it! What a relief!

My Cute Little Trooper!!

I want to dedicate this post to him today.

He is such a joy in our family and has so many smiles and hugs for everyone. He loves his big sister and wants to do everything she does.

A few months ago I heard a super cute saying about Brothers. I knew the minute I heard it I needed to make something for my little guy with it.

The quote is:

"Sometimes being a Brother is better than being a Superhero."

It is the sweetest little saying. I am in love with it!! I decided to put the quote on a wood plaque to hang in his room. This project was super easy to put together.

First I got a piece of wood that is 12.5"x11". I sanded the edges to make them smooth and make them more round.

Then I painted the top blue. I did one coat on it and did it kind of sloppy looking. I want it to look old. When that dried I sanded the paint a little bit to clean it up. Then I stained the whole board with the color Golden Oak.

Next, I put a claw hook in on the back so I can hang it up.

Then I designed the quote and cut it out in white vinyl. My hubby worked his magic and made me a Superman "L" logo because our little guy's name is Logan. I then put it all on the board.

Lastly, I put a coat of mod podge over it to protect the vinyl and give the plaque a shiny look.

I let that dry for a few hours.

I LOVE the way it turned out and I am so thankful my hubby suggested the Superman "L". It looks so cute on it!!

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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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Pallet Board Clothespin Wreath Tutorial

Happy Wednesday All!!!

First off, I feel like I need to say....I'M BACK!!!! HAHA! Even though I have been here the last almost 2 weeks with the Birthday Bash, I have felt a little lost not posting about my crafting and such! Thanks again to everyone who partied with us during that time! I can't believe Two Yellow Birds Decor is ONE!!!

Today I wanted to show you a fun clothes pin wreath I made. I got the idea on pinterest back around Christmas Time. Someone had done one for Christmas and I loved it. The idea has been with me since and finally I have gotten around to make me one!

So Here is the

Pallet Board Clothespin Wreath:

What You Will Need:

-Piece of Cardboard {or something thin and sturdy}

-Felt {Optional}

-Hot Glue Gun

-Various sizes of clothespins {I used Large and Medium}

-Scrapbook paper

-Mod Podge

-Brush

-Ribbon

How To Make It:

Let me just say this is super easy to make it just takes time!!

First off, cut your cardboard in a circle. I used a tupperware bowl as my guide. I measured on the clothespins how far it would grab onto something and cut out the inside of the circle.

I didn't want to leave the cardboard showing so I covered it in felt and hot glued it to the cardboard.

Next I got my clothespins out.

I got some scrapbook paper out and used one clothespin to trace a bunch on the papers.

Then I cut them all out. Next, I mod podged the paper to them.

Here is what they look like all done:

Then I clipped them to the wreath how I wanted them to be.

I thought it would be super cute to hang the wreath on some wood from a pallet board. so the next project was making that board.
My hubby had this bad boy in the garage....

I was so excited when he got done using it. I told him it was mine!!! He being the amazing hubby that he is, cut it all up for me to use the wood from.

He helped me get pieces together that looked good and connected them together. {He took smaller boards and stapled them to the back.}