18 x 18 Welcome Tile

Some very dear friends of mine just recently relocated back to their home town which is 15 states away!  Everything fell into place for them and I have no doubt this move will be perfect as they are back by their family, with the husband finding the perfect job and they have already found the perfect house right next to their old neighborhood.  And they sold their current house in just 10 days which is nearly impossible in today's economy! 

With the family moving, I wanted to make something special for the new house such that they will always have some sort of memory from my family and for living in the great state of Montana!  Prior to them moving, I was able to see pictures of the new house and saw how an outdoor 18x18 Tile would look great by the front door.  I had my friends pick out the saying and below was what I made using an outdoor glossy, dark brown vinyl. 

Pheasant Hunting

It will not be long and pheasant hunting will be upon us before we know it!  I am not a pheasant hunter but grew up in a very small community where pheasant hunting and other types of animal hunting is very popular.  I remember times where the town is packed from hunters all over the United States and Canada taking trips to our little, tiny community just for hunting.  Just recently, I was asked to make a hunting sign for a teenager's bedroom back in my old community.  This wasn't a huge surprise considering how popular the sport is back home.

The teenager came up with a hunting saying "Every Day is a HUNTING DAY" and then requested some pheasants and cattails to be incorporated into the sign.  It took some hunting (no pun intended) to find the requested pictures but, in the end, I found some for the boy to choose from.  Below is the final sign I cut, but not placed on the wall.  It's cut so that he can place the cattails, birds and saying on the wall in any position or layout that he chooses.

Happy Spring Day!

It's the first day of Spring and is absolutely beautiful outside!  To celebrate the day and to acknowledge that I did not forget about my Blog I have new projects to share!  Sometimes life gets in the way and no matter how hard I try to keep adding new posts, something else always comes up.  This next week will be better so come back often as I will have several new postings with different signs and projects I have completed this last month!

For this post, I have new tumblers to share!  I made a "Mommy's Sippy Cup" for a friend's birthday.  She has 4 kids both boys and girls so I added pink and blue circles around the tumbler, aka. sippy cup, and then used the Curlz font for the words.  I always use outdoor vinyl with tumblers to better withstand washing and any other elements the cup may face.  The tumbler states it's hand-wash only but many other customers have used them in the top rack of the dishwasher without any issues. 

The second tumbler is a gift for a 9 year old boy.  He loves skateboarding so I have a silhouette of a skateboarder on the back of the tumbler in grey and then his name, Connor, in the front in a dark, navy blue.  The skateboarder is positioned perfectly that when you look at the name, you see the skateboarder right behind it, making a 3-D effect. 

This is the second skateboarder I have made for the boy, awhile back I made a sign for him which was placed behind his bed with a quote from Tony Hawk and then the skateboarder above that.  The picture of that project is below:

The last tumbler I made is for a 5 year old girl who loves flowers.  Her name is long so I was limited in the type of fonts to choose from as I needed to keep the width of the name small to make room for flowers. I added 2 flowers to the cup and used a nice purple color for the name, Caroline.  One flower is pink with a blue center and the other flower is blue with a pink center.