Grow Wise, Little Owl

Hi, every body!

I am so excited to share this with you guys...

This is the love-child of two Pinterest projects that I couldn't get out of my head.

I got the idea for "Grow Wise, Little Owl" here...

From the Etsy shop Betsy's Wood

And the idea for the animal silhouette, here.

From the blog Nana Company

So, it's really easy just to Google "_____________ silhouette" and print out whichever shape you'd like to use.  

I did an owl, duhr.

The background is a piece of scrapbook paper and I used a piece of corrugated cardboard, (which I also found on the scrapbook aisle of the crafts store,) for the owl.  

I used a razor blade to cut out the U shapes on his body to look like feathers.

& I bought stick-on letters to use for the words because I knew I wanted to carry them over the matte and onto the picture itself.  

Now, on to the really cute part.  

I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but I have the two cutest nephews that have ever existed.

Here is my sweet Elliott enjoying his newly decorated reading corner.

Which, if I may say so, is very impressive for a 4 month old.

Sweet Elliott, I love you so.

I hope so many things for you.  

I hope that you always love books.  

I hope that you wear glasses, {because I think you'll look so cute.}  

I hope that you grow up strong and proud.

Gentle and kind.

Bright and happy, with your parents' laughs.

But until then, little owl, grow wise.

And the winner is...

I'm just going to glaze over the fact that this is like three weeks late.  Long, boring story.

So without further ado...

Congratulations, Cheryl!

I can't wait to see what you do with your new DIY Paper Flowers!

Big thanks to everyone who participated and a big "Hi there!" to my new followers.

I'm already dreaming up my next giveaway...

Until then.

My Next 25 Years GIVEAWAY

Y'all ready for this?  (Awww, that made me miss Jock Jams.  Damn.)

Alright.

Here we go.

Okay, so you have 3 chances to get your name into the drawing...

1.  Like us on Facebook.  Easy enough.  (*if you are already one of my loyal followers on Facebook, congratulations, your name is already in the running!)

2.  Find the above picture on my Pinterest board & re-pin it onto yours...

3.  Follow Brooks_25Years on Twitter & re-tweet the link to this giveaway!

That's it!  

Choose one or all three, pretty simple.

The winner will be drawn on May 1st and will receive THREE handmade lotus flowers, as seen in the photo above and as bragged about on my last post.

Drop me a note below if you have any questions!

Until then.

DIY Paper Flowers

Hi everybody!

As promised, here's the DIY Paper Flowers project I finished up last week!

You can find the step-by-step instructions here. 

BTDubs...if you haven't spent hours at a time browsing through the slide shows on the DIY section of BHG.com, I don't know what you're doing with your days.

But I might need you to tell me, because it is literally all I do.

Anywho.  Here they are!

So, I bought 6 sheets of scrapbook paper at JoAnn.  I chose different patterns in green, pink, and blue, (2 of each color @ around $.50/sheet.)  And I bought 3, 5" x 5", square canvases which were around $4 each. 

I already have a huge drawer full of acrylic paints at home, so I chose one that I thought would work well with the flowers, (and I have to say, it works, yeah?)

Now, the instructions on BHG say that the flowers take about 10 minutes...

It may have just been me, but this took me a couple of hours.  It was probably just me.

SO, I love these.  I can't wait to find a cute place for them in my imaginary new apartment.

{Incidentally, shout out to Capra and Ivy's mom, Ashley.  That's her wall where they were temporarily, (and without nails!) displayed while Ivy was napping.}

AND check back tomorrow for details on my VERY FIRST, (I'm really excited about this...)

GIVEAWAY!

Which may or may not have something to do with three more of these little guys.

Until then, I hope all of my friends in Northeast Florida are enjoying the subtle yellow glow outside caused by the nearby forest fires. 

Enjoy the rest of your day!