First, I'd like to take a minute to thank all of the Veterans who protect our family and our Nation on this Veteran's Day.
So, it's been a really long time since I've mentioned the
kid's bathroom. We have been
busy dragging our feet putting the finishing touches on everything. That's real life. It happens, and it's amazing. Unless, of course, you were holding your breath waiting for this bathroom art that I just finished for the kid's bathroom.
I decided I wanted to use clocks somehow. I found these inexpensive clocks at
Target for just $6.99 each. From there, I was stuck for a couple days trying to figure out what else this bathroom needed. I liked the idea of keeping it less rubber ducky or under the sea theme and more educational. Which, realistically, I doubt the kids would ever even notice the walls anyway. That's real life, too!
After a little searching around, I couldn't believe I came across (and didn't already know!) about a cute blog called
Dream A Little Bigger. It was there, that I found a ton of hard work already done for me (and you!) Allison already traced out all 50 states for our Silhouette-ing pleasure! I couldn't have been more thankful to have found this gem! You can get them all
here!
I had to resize them all a bit to fit into a better scale with the rest of the states. This took way longer than I would have ever expected, but it was so worth it!
Of course, so many states fall into weird half-in-half-out of time zones. I didn't stress about it too much. I typically just moved the whole state into the time zone that most of it fell into. It definitely wasn't as messy of divides as I expected.
I used craft paper from Jo-Ann's to cut out the shapes using my
Silhouette Machine. I then, Mod Podged it all onto painted scrap wood I found in our lumber pile.
The strip of wood below the states is also a scrap I was able to paint. I tricked my husband into hanging it for me. He simply drilled it into all of the studs on the wall and I was able to go back and fill in the holes with wood putty, sand, and re-paint. The hooks are from
Home Depot and I tricked my husband into centering them up under each board. I'm a firm
believer wisher that the kids will be able to hang up their own towels soon. We even hung them lower than usual to accommodate the little ones in our lives.
This is the first month I've had the privilege of participating in the Silhouette Challenge! I couldn't be more excited to be apart of this wonderfully creative group of ladies! If you're interested in joining, we'd love to have you!! Simply fill out the
new member request form, and Lauren from The Thinking Closet will get you squared away!
If you're looking for more creative Silhouette projects (and I know that you are!), check out these amazing ideas below! Be sure to leave them some comment love and have fun discovering some new (to you) blogs!
Janice
Additionally, I linked up to these great parties:
