Puppy Art: Thank You Cards!

This craft project comes from 8 months ago when my Golden was still just just a baby!  

Anyways...once we brought Rooney home, so many people stopped by to bring him toys, so we decided to thank them with homemade thank you cards.

First, I must say that I did a lot of online research to find out the safest type of paint to use.  I went with watercolors, which were made for kids and marked non-toxic.  

Next, I mixed together blue and green watercolors to get the color I wanted and then really diluted it with water.

Then, very carefully I put Rooney's paw into the watercolor and then stamped it a couple of times onto the paper.  You can see in the picture below that I also made a mat for a picture frame with his little puppy prints on it.

Lastly, I wiped off his little paws and washed them with lukewarm water until the water was clear.

Here is the final product!  He was so proud of his art work!  Everyone loved their thank you's and I loved making this little memory with my golden boy!

Green Bay Gift Basket

I love my Ravens, but I grew up in a Green Bay lovin' house!  So, for my Dad's birthday (way back in August), I made him this gift basket that any dad would love!  PBRs, a gift card to buffalo wings, cheese, and crackers.  Then I made this little plaque to go with it!  Just some fun kitsch! 

The plaque is just a piece of wood that I painted using acrylic paints.  You can easily layout fonts on wood by printing them on paper and tracing over them with a pen or pencil.  The tracing leaves an unnoticeable mark in the wood that you can use to pretty much color in with paint.  I wish I had more pictures to be more detailed, but I don't.  I'll be doing a similar project in the future and will show you with pictures how to transfer images onto wood.

I'm Back

After a long hiatus....I am back!  I will be digging through some backlogged projects to upload some new things in the next few days!

Also, look forward to some new Christmas and wedding projects!