Owl and Squirrel Bookends

I recently found a really cute bedding set at Toys R Us called the Kids Line Dena Happi Tree collection.  It has owls, squirrels, birds, and hedgehogs; all the things I love to make!  I love the pinks, yellows and blues that this set is colored in, so I decided to make a set of bookends similar to this bedding. Usually I would mod podge on some paper flowers, but because this set has so many flowers and colors to it, I decided to try painting on some leaves and flowers using some stamps that I had.  They worked really well, and I just cut out a flourish in brown paper...

Sweet Safari Wall Hangings

I found these canvas boards in one of the local stores and thought they would be fun to decorate with some paint and paper.  I surfed the net a bit and found a cute girl’s bedding set at Target called the Tiddliwinks Sweet Safari collection.  It has lots of sweet little animals like giraffes, lions, turtles and more, in bright raspberry, lavender, and orange colors. I painted my two canvases in lavender and grey and decorated them with lavender, green, orange and brown papers.  I cut the shapes from my Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge, and mod podged them on,...

New Owl Bookend Design

I’ve finally created some owl bookends, and decided it was time to come up with a second owl design.  These little guys are what I came up with, and I think they’re so cute!  I just love their little faces 🙂 .  This time around though I decided to try a crackle paint technique on my bookends around the outer edges, just for something different.  I suppose it gives them some what of a shabby chic kind of look. I’ve continued to use the flowers on the owls ears, and gems down the sides of each end, just because I like the way they look.  And I also...

New Green and Lavender Bookends

Today I finished two new sets of bookends.  Each are done in grey, black, and white; but one set was done with lavender and the other with green.  These are two simple sets that would go great in rooms done with either of these colors as accents. I also added some scribble flowers to each set and put a little white pearl in the center of each one.  I added three white pearls down the front edge of each bookend as well. The set done in green might look more yellow in the photo, but my camera is making things look lighter and more washed out than they actually are.  The...

Love Laugh Pray Bookends

This is my latest idea I had for my bookends with blocks.  I wanted to put words on them that would be fitting for a little girl.  I came up with Sing, Dance, Play, Love, Laugh, Pray.  I did them in soft pink, purple, and green.  I added some pretty paper to the front of each block, as well as added some gems and a cute little flower. The bookends have been painted a light pink, and I sanded all the edges for distressing.  The words were done in a fun font to add a little whimsy to the blocks.  I think this set would be great in a girl’s room.  The words...

Purple Owl Bookends

This is my latest set of owl bookends that I’ve done in purple this time.  I liked the dark purple and thought it would be fun to work with.  I painted the owls in another shade of purple, and yellow.   I then added green, pink and orange papers for the design.  I gave each owl pretty green eyes, and I added some glitter globe gems to the edge of each bookend. My Crafty Shop is now open so feel free to click the link above, or click here, to view my products!