Monday Madness – I Hope They Call Me on a Mission

Last week we featured the layered Temple Plaques with the saying, “ I Love to See the Temple”.
 


Well we are not quite done with the layered plaques yet.  This week for the weekly deal we are featuring the new “ I Hope the Call Me on a Mission”, layered Plaque.



This project is super simple to make.  Here’s a real quick run through have how to put it together:

DIY Shaped Portait Frames Ideas and Tutorials – PART II

First sorry to ya all that the schedule for this weeks blog post has been is a little off. . . I mean seriously no Monday Madness what so ever. . . .what the heck is that all about?  I apologize, summer just might be like that.  Having all the kids home makes things a little hectic and besides I don’t want their memories of summer 2013 to be of their mom sitting in front of the computer 24/7…seriously they are getting old enough that I have to start thinking about these things  (; 

Lucky for you I have anticipated this chaos (at least to some degree) and am slightly prepared.  I do have several post ready to show off to the world that you will hopefully enjoy.  Like this one, Part II in the Frame Painting Ideas and Tutorials series.  Part I was posted last Friday. 

10 Handmade Mother’s Day Gift Ideas – {Picture Projects}

Gifts with pictures are ALWAYS a big hit with Mom’s and Grandma’s alike.  Here is a list if our favorite picture projects.  Not only will these Mother’s Day project ideas help save you money but the fact that they are handmade is just another plus.

2. Picture Plaques – We carry these is a variety of sizes including 5x7, 8x10, 11x14, and of course 12x12 (shown above - $10.95).  Mount them to the board with our Print Mounting Glue and then texturize the top with our Texturizing Cream to create a canvas feel on your photo.

8x10 Picture Plaque - $9.95

5x7 Picture Plaque - $7.95

2. Eleanor Shaped Picture Plaque {$12.95} - A simple update on our classic Picture Plaques.   The Plaques come in either a rectangle. . . .

Guest Post - DIY Spring Frame Using Spring Subway Art

Hey Poppy Seed fans! I'm Megan from Crafter Club. 

I am SO beyond excited to be over here at Poppy Seed projects today! How adorable is their stuff? 

I LOVE the wacky frames that are so 'in' right now, don't you? There are so many things that you can do with them, not just use them as a frame. I wanted to switch it up a tad with my frame, a bright idea came to me one day to subway art a frame! That way that I could use it as a frame still, yet it gives me the look of subway art that I LOVE. Perfect, right?! I ordered my frame and vinyl, and it was shipped to me super fast. 

Monday Morning Madness – Decorating and Clothes Ideas for Easter

Tell me I am not the only one thrown off by this whole Easter in March thing?  I mean seriously, there is something just wrong about celebrating St. Partickss Day and Easter two weeks apart.  Didn’t anyone ever tell the holiday schedulers that Mom’s can only handle one holiday per month…there’s not such thing as a “minor” holiday when you have kids.

Well at least I have the kids Easter clothes figured.  I love dressing my kids…it’s almost like playing with barbies, which I loved as a little girl. 

I went SUPER matchie this year. Not something I normally do, but I figured Carson {my oldest who will soon be ten} probably isn’t going to be down with the coordinating outfit thing much longer.  Plus I loved this collection from Crazy 8.  They always have the best boy clothes.



Check out how cute this little hat is!  Too bad he hates it.

Guest Post - Pallet Wood Frame Tutorial

Guest Post-Pallet Wood Frame Tutorial

Hi there!!  My name is Lacy Horrocks and I am so excited to be a guest on Poppy Seed Projects today!!  I am joining you from Star Valley Wyoming and although the summers are beautiful here, the winters are LONG and COLD!  I choose to fill them with scrapbooking, crafting and laundry...lots of laundry!

I have a new obsession with "upcycling"... finding old things and making them beautiful! So you should not be surprised that I LOVE pallets and the many projects that can be made with them! I had been in love with these frames from The Savy Photographer for a while and when I saw the cute frames that Poppy Seed Projects had, I knew what I was going to do!

Guest Post - Kitchen Art Work

Hello everyone!

I’m Sumo, or Summer if you wanna get formal.

I blog over at Sumo’s Sweet Stuff.

It’s my little place in the blogging world where you can come to find sewing and crafting inspiration. Sewing is my favorite creative outlet, but I’m not afraid to bust out the Mod Podge and paint when the mood strikes. You might also catch me professing my love of Target (or the popcorn store as we call it), talking about my relationships with Lucy (Cameo) and Veronica (sewing machine), or bragging about my three beautiful girls. I have an extreme fondness for Diet Coke, my minivan, historical fiction, and most sweets.

I am so excited to be sharing my project over here today. I was just thrilled for the opportunity to get creative with some products from Poppy Seed Projects! We just moved into a brand new house about a month ago, so this came along at the perfect time!

My dining room was really lacking, so I decided to make these fun dining room art pieces.

October Show and Tell

Show and Tell posts are always my favorite. This month I had TONS of pictures sent in.  LOVED THEM ALL!!   It is always rewarding to see people create something cute from one of our craft projects.  Here are a few of my favorite (emphasis on a few, there were too many to include them all)

Let's start off with some cute Halloween projects. Seriously could these ladies have used cuter paper for these Witch Layered Plaques?  Doesn’t get better than damask and polka dots. . .
 

{Submitted by Ceige Adams)

Seriously the tree and birds on this paper could not be better accents for  the vinyl from the project.

(Submitted by Heather Oswald}

A Collection of Cute Ideas

No guest post this week, sorry!  BUT instead I thought it would be fun to show some of my favorite post by various bloggers featuring Poppy Seed Projects.  Most of them are fantastic tutorials, or great decorating tips.
Becky from The Crafting Chicks uses our Carson frame for her easy tutorial on how to paint stripes on a frame using painters tape.

Vivienne from The V Spot Blog .com features one of our all time most popular plaques, the Hello Sunshine Plaque to show how she turned a mistake into one of my all time favorite plaques.

Stinken Cute No Soliciting Sign - Tutorial

Hi everyone! I'm Stephanie from Somewhat Simple and I have a simple idea to share with you today that serves a great purpose!

Please tell me I'm not the only one who gets solicitors at their home all.the.time. You know, the ones who always come and ring your doorbell during nap time! I want to make a sign that says:

NOTICE TO ALL SOLICITORS:

DON'T EVEN BOTHER KNOCKING.

I WILL NOT BUY YOUR STUFF OR SIGN UP FOR YOUR SERVICE!!!

Question: How do you tell them nicely that you don't need their alarm systems, you already have a pest control provider, your vacuum works well and no, they can't clean your carpets, your water softener is fine, their petition doesn't effect you and none of those magazines are of any interest!? Answer: You make one of these...

Let me show you how I made it!

Subway Art Plaque into Darling Photo Display!!

Hi, I'm Sarah and I blog over at The Winthrop Chronicles. I am so happy to be with you here today at Poppy Seed Projects! I am always looking for new diy and crafting ideas, and I have seen so many great things here at Poppy Seed Projects, I am thrilled to share one with you.

I love taking pictures and have so many lying around. I wanted to make something where I could display my photos but in a very temporary way so that I could switch them out often. I went to Poppy Seed Projects and saw this subway art plaque and knew it would be perfect. I also ordered the texture cream because it was recommended. Just a few days later I received this in the mail.

There were great detailed instructions included that helped me to create the subway art plaque.

The first step being to apply the texture cream which I did in horizontal lines.

Then after that dried, I painted the board white, with two coats. When that dried, I put the stencil on and painted the orange color on top. After that completely dried, I removed the stencil and then sanded the board with some sandpaper to give it a distressed look.

 

To turn the subway art plaque in to the photo and message board, I hot glued some thin wire to the back of the board.

 I used the little clothes pins to pin on the photos. You could also pin on a little note card or message. Or put it in your kitchen and hang up your recipes.

Thank you Poppy Seed Projects for the inspiration. Make sure to stop by my blog The Winthrop Chronicles to say hi sometime!

AND THAT IS WHY I LOVE GUEST POSTS!!  I never in a million years would have thought of something like this.  I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!  How cute for a teenager room.  I am so doing this in my boys room (with something a little more boyish of course) to hang above there desk!

We Love Damask

I have to admit I don’t always love what is trending at the moment, but right now I am LOVING the chevron, quatrefoil, polka dots and damask patterns that are so popular.
Today let’s focus on DAMASK.

They are so many cute damask scrap book paper designs out there that it is easy to incorporate damask into any craft project.

I love how this damask scrapbook paper looks behind our Easter print.

 and I love how adding damask paper to this frame gave it a high end boutique look to our circle frame.