I saw this on Pinterest and thought it was a really awesome idea for our first Valentine's Day card to family and friends. Recreated here is our own personalized version. I painted the bottom of my son's feet and stamped one foot, then the other overlapping the heel. Although not perfect, they are just right to me. We then scanned in the original footprints and created the card and sent to family/friends. A 5x7 card printed out his footprints at almost the exact right size. 

For what is now our nursery, I wanted to do something fun on the walls to reflect my obvious love of reading. We have very large vaulted ceilings and plenty of room for creativity. It looks probably a little chaotic, but it was a lot of fun and people who visit just love this room. 

 Essentially, I pulled inspiration from my favorite childhood book characters and used what images I could find. The Harry Potter and Wizard of Oz characters were pictures from the original book; wheras characters like Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland were Disney versions because that is what I had access to. 

 In order to paint these walls which were over 13 feet tall, I used a projector and laptop and projected the images onto the wall. Thanks to a great friend's suggestion, I outlined each of the characters (and specific features) with a Sharpie marker. You could also use chalk as that erases quickly from walls, but I was workign on a large scale and the marker saved me major time!

 For several days, I stood outlining on a ladder and then after that was finished, I began painting. Surprisingly to me, regular acrylic paint works perfectly on walls and gives you a lot of freedom with colors. Another tip from my painter friend. At the end of the project, I went back and re-outlined the characters and needed lines with a Sharpie again. It made a huge difference having the characters outlined. 

All things Seuss

I made these for a younger sister when she started work on their Dr. Seuss inspired nursery. They are 12x12 canvases that I purchased from the local craft store. It is not needed, but certainly helpful, but in order to make copies of the characters, I used a small lighting board which allowed me to trace the characters. Another option is to use a small projector (can find inexpensive ones at craft stores) or if you own a projector, hook up your computer and project onto canvas or desired medium. 

 Cat in the Hat

 Green Eggs and Ham

 Thing One and Thing Two

Ultimately I completed seven of the paintings for their nursery. I decided to stick to characters that fit the basic color scheme of original Dr. Seuss' works. For the paints, I used only regular acrylic paints and outlined the characters with a Sharpie. 

Couch Pillows

To add some color to a very "tan" living room where even our couches are almost the same color as the walls, I decided to add some new pillows. 

After cutting the fabric to the desired size (leaving extra room on one end as seen here), I pinned them and sewed around the three edges on the outside.  

Once the three sides were sewn, I proceeded to sew a small edge of the "shorter" fabric and create a nice edge. The remaining fabric was then sewn together and used as a flap which folded in and was buttoned to the interior.