I see the moon, and the moon sees me....

I looked and looked and LOOKED for something to put over my daughter's crib and just couldn't find anything I liked! One night we were reading "The Moon Shines Down" by Margret Brown and it hit me-- I loved the phrase, "I see the moon, and the moon sees me. God bless the moon, and God bless me". I decided I could make my own wall mural using that quote.
I used the Cricut Alphabet font with my Cricut Expression machine, and cut the words out of white vinyl. I used a 3" letter height. I used the "&" and lowercase letters for a more whimsical look. I didn't worry about getting everything straight- in fact, I tried to make it look dream-like! It really took the pressure off :)
I used regular acrylic paint in 3 shades of yellow + white to paint the moon and stars. I like the way it turned out-- hopefully you do too! Tweet

Rock Painting

Rock painting... it doesn't get much easier! Play around with letters, quotes, and pictures! This is my daughter Evelyn's door stopper in her room!

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Alphabet Letter Magnets!

I didn't like the plastic "classic" alphabet letters that toddlers like to play with on the refrigerator. So, I decided to make my own!
I used clear glass "pebbles" (there were more than enough for a whole alphabet in the bag) that I got from the dollar store. I cut out letters (1") using the Cricut (if you don't have a die-cutting machine, you could print letters on cardstock, or use letter stickers on cardstock!!).
I used Modge Podge to glue the letters *backwards* on the flat part of the stone. I then took a contrasting color of solid scrapbooking paper and "glued" it on using Modge Podge again. I was able to trim around the edges of the paper to fit the circle before it dried completely.
Then just hot glue a magnet (I got some from Michaels) on the back and there you have it! I tried patterned scrapbooking paper too, if you don't want letters, and they turned out great! They would be great to give as a gift (think totally customizable-- initials, photos, themes, birthday party favors, wedding favors, etc!)

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