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The Secret to Success ♥

March 31, 2014 by Fotini Filed Under: art, free printable, printable, secret to success, success, watercolor 5 Comments

One of the things we all strive for in life is to be successful, right? No matter what it is you’re trying to be successful at, you want to master it, to come out on top! I came across the beautiful quote in a book, and it really just stuck with me! So much so, that I had to turn it into a printable and share it with you all, of course!

I love it and I hope you do too! I can’t wait to frame it and put it in my office! Please be sure to check out the image source on the bottom picture, she shares her beautiful watercolor art for everyone to enjoy!

** Side note: Although it appears light gray, the printable background is white and will appear white on download! **

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Watercolor Art

March 17, 2014 by Fotini Filed Under: art, painting, Spring, watercolor 3 Comments

I wanted to bring in some color into my normally neutral decor, for Spring. While painting one day with my daughter, I thought I would play around with some basic designs and created some fun pieces for Spring! I really love this idea to frame your little one’s art too! I can’t wait to display some of their masterpieces in our basement!

For this project, I combined pastels in lines using swiping motions, alternating the colors. Let dry. I scored two beautiful picture frames, from Target on clearance for $4.98 each, earlier in the week and knew the watercolor would look perfect in them! I simply traced the size of the frame and inserted them! Voila, instant, beautiful color!

I cannot wait to make more!! You can really let your creativity show with projects like this! Making one of a kind pieces for your home, as gifts, invitations and more!

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Kids Craft – – Handy Reindeer

December 4, 2012 by Fotini Filed Under: art, Christmas Craft, Christmas crafts, diy, handprint art, kids craft, kids crafts, reindeer handprint 6 Comments

Crafting with your kids is a lot of fun! It’s a great time for them to use their creativity and imagination! We always really enjoy making fun crafts that relate to the current season or Holiday. With Christmas right around the corner, we are in full swing around here with crafting 🙂 I thought it would be fun to take our mind off the hustle and bustle and get our hands dirty, literally!

Here’s what you’re going to need:

construction paper
craft paint, paint brush
googly eyes
pom pom balls, or similar
hot glue gun and glue
white crayon

I started by letting my son pick his page colors, he chose green and yellow. Paint the entire hand with brown paint. Expect giggles and wiggles. Christian is so ticklish, love those little laughs 🙂 Have them spread their fingers and firmly press the hand onto the page. Let dry and glue on the googly eyes and pom pom balls. Christian wanted to make both of his pictures Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, so we glued red poms for the nose and green on what’s to be the antlers! We added a small piece of MERRY CHRISTMAS washi tape at the bottom, too! It was Christian’s idea to use a white crayon to make snowflakes around the page, and it looks so cute! He made one for us and one for our Nana and I know she’ll just love it!

What fun crafts do you like to do with your kids during the Holidays?