I am jumping on the embroidery hoop bandwagon!

Has anyone noticed that embroidery hoops are becoming a popular item for decorating lately? It seems like every blog I look at is doing this... I love it! I got some hoops at Hobby Lobby and spent $9 on all of them together and used some fabric I had at home (including one of my shirts I stained dying fabric, an old baby blanket, and two old onsies that my girls had grown out of)... As I browse through fabric at the stores I may change out some of these fabrics for ones I love better, but for now this will do... Gotta love using things you have laying around the house and putting them to better use!

Anyone else want to jump onto the embroidery hoop bandwagon?? :)

P.S. This picture frame has a picture of my girls in it that I blacked out... Since my craft blog is public I don't want just anyone looking them- never can be too careful these days- Hope you understand!

Bird Artwork

I love birds in decor. I think they are earthy, fresh, and just cute!

I bought this frame at Ikea and it was originally black. I spray painted it light pink to match the girls room and then I couldn't decide what in the heck to do with it. I tried about 5 different things and nothing looks cute or how I wanted it to look. Finally I decided that I wanted to incorporate birds somehow. Since it is a picture frame and has glass I just covered the cardboard insert with fabric using spray adhesive and then cut some birds out with a pattern I found online (I honestly can't even find the website I used to print this out... I have looked and looked and haven't been able to find it to link back to) and put them in place of where I wanted them and then put in into the frame and that is my attempt at my own artwork... Simple- but what can you expect from someone who isn't an artist? ha ha