Mother's Day weekend crafts and grub!

Mother's Day weekend was jam packed full of crafting and cooking in the Oesch/Burnett household!  First up, mom and I made my own Texas Rangers jacket/cardigan-ish like thingy (you like that?) from one of my Texas Rangers t-shirts.  It turned out so cute!  Here's the progression:

And here's me sporting it!

Go Rangers!!! :)

In the middle of all that, we were cooking up a storm.  I don't have pics of the zucchini cake, but I did take pics of our yummy scallops!  I just marinated them in soy and lime, and they were scrumptious!  Hubby got the burger ;)

Before the grill:

And after:

Oh so tasty!

Again, I REALLY wish we had taken pictures of the cake I make mom.  I made a zucchini cake last year, but it didn't even come close to how good this one was!

Lastly, we finished off the new candle holders I purchased from the last Celebrating Home party I went to.  I just had to to them in the 4th of July theme, and they look awesome!

Happy Anniversary!

April 20th was our 5 year wedding anniversary, and I wanted to do something different this year.  Something that was really from the heart.  And since I've been crafting so much lately, and our bedroom is a little lackluster in the decoration department, what better idea than to paint something for him! 

I started with a large, blank canvas, and painted it black.  Then I took a sponge brush and just gently swiped back and forth with a few colors that go with our bedroom.

Of couse I had to make a plan of what I wanted :)...

I love my company every time I start a new project.  My sweet babies...

Anyways, after printing out the letters I wanted, I laid them out and Mod Podged them to the canvas. 

Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" is our song, so I chose the part of they lyrics that mean the most to us.  Whether times are good or bad, happy or sad.

I finished it off with an outline of white to make it stand out, and went over it one more time with the Mod Podge just so everything looked even. 

He loves it!  Now on to new sheets and comforter!

Easter Nest Cupcakes

I recently saw a Pinterest post for the most adorable Easter cupcakes I just HAD to make myself.  You can go here to see the original post.  She made them skinny, but I was in no mood for such nonsense.  I'm still stuck in the "I'll diet tomorrow" phase, which I'm still hoping will fade out as soon as mom moves out.  But until then, I'll keep surrendering to oh so yummy sugar!  Mwahahahahaha!!!

Sidetracked...  sorry.  Must be the sugar.

The cake's a plain ol' vanilla recipe mom found, but we added sour cream.  The icing's a basic cream cheese vanilla frosting, and I toasted some coconut (I don't think the original was toasted), and put some jelly beans for eggs on top.  Enjoy! :)

All nestled in their tray ready to head to the office!

Paintings

I've been doing a bit o' painting lately, so I thought I'd share a couple of my masterpieces.  I'm working on one for our anniversary this month, so I'll post it in a few weeks!

It sits right in my craft area :)

...and this one's in the kitchen now...

Well, the dog's not in the kitchen, but this is my view when I'm doing any crafting.  Posha and Maggie on either side of me.  They're so good though, never getting in mommy's way.

I LOVE this one!  Brightens my kitchen right up :)



Happy Crafter

It's getting closer to functional!  I love my new craft space in the new place!!!

Just installed the shelved today :D

Fabric Scrap Spring Wreath

I saw a St. Patty's Day wreath on Pinterest the other week, and decided to create my own spring/summer wreath for our front door.  This is probably the easiest this I've done yet!

Materials I used:

Wire Coat Hanger

Pliars

About (170-200) fabric scraps

Ribbon

White Paint

I molded the wire hanger with the pliars into the best circle I could, and then duct taped the ends together leaving the hook part for later.  And then I sat down for the most grouling part; to cut TONS of strips.  I cut them 1x6, but none of them are exact.  I figure, the messier the better :)  Oh, and I used all patterns, except for one, which is a pale yellow.

Then I tied them all to the wire, pushing them as close together as I could get them.  Finished it off with a bow and some white paint to cover the nasty hanger color, and voila! (I love that word)  <3

I love all the colors!  So springy!!!

Mirror Mirror

I've been looking for something for the wall behind the tv since we moved into the new place, but I didn't want to spend a fortune.  I tried searching around, but it seems everyone's into a different style than I am right now, so I was pretty much on my own.  I like rustic, but all I could find was country rustic, and that's not really me.  Here's what I came up with :)...

My materials included the following:

(1) mirror

(7) bamboo sticks I found at Lowe's

 Gorilla Glue

Assorted metallic paints

Black velvet ribbon

I started out arranging the bamboo on the mirror like so.

Looking back now, I'd like to think I would have painted the bamboo and taken the stickers off, but I've figured out by now that I like to do things the HARDEST was possible.

It took a LOT of weight to keep these boogers from coming up, and I still had to reglue a couple of them.

I used my leftover bamboo, and the other mirror (they came in a pack of 2) to make a smaller one.  I haven't finished it yet, but I'm pretty sure it'll be a gift.  I post after I give it away :)

Here it is after 1 coat of metallic black, and 1 coat of sequined metallic black.

I'm a messy painter ;)

And here's the finished product!!!

After painting it black, I went back around with silver to make it look like metal was showing through.  My camera makes it look like a lot more silver than there actually is.  It looks almost like knotted metal rods, so the nails actually suit it pretty well.