Craft & Cutie Pie

Now that I painted my kitchen, the complete lack of color left it feeling a little drab. I bought some new dish towels (white with plaid stitching in red, blue, yellow, and green) and came up with a little art project to brighten up the room a bit.

So I took a sign that I already had, turned it over and painted it all white. With the design I wanted to put on it in mind (birds on tree branches), I put painter's tape in various places. I freehanded the tree branches, traced on the birds, then used a razor to cut out my pattern.

Painter's tape over the white background.

I painted over the whole thing in blue, then took the tape off the birds, painted them green and red, then peeled off the rest of the tape.

Voila: The finished project.

I'm going to hang it above the sink. I want to make another one with a yellow bird on it to hang above the doorway to the dining room.

I can't help but add these darling pictures of my Syd playing with Spencer's new phone last week.

Just chillin'.

I love love love her face (and slight double chin) in this picture.

And for the record, sometimes when I call her "cutie pie," she points to herself and says, "I cue pie!"