tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23894791324396622382024-03-12T21:03:09.397-07:00Can Your Au Pair Do This?Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397477242406085190noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389479132439662238.post-52337830708638756032013-04-05T17:20:00.000-07:002013-04-05T17:20:57.366-07:00Wall Art.<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So in another bedroom, I painted a circle mural. This turned out super cute and was an easy way to tie in all of the colors in the room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Step One: Take different size circles (I used embroidery hoops) and trace them on the wall in the pattern that you like.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Step Two: Paint every circle a different color.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Tips: Paint some circles solid and leave some as just the outline. Use glitter or metallic paint along with normal paint. I glued some little circle mirrors on the wall to kick it up a notch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I bet your Au Pair can't do that.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">~Joann~ </span></span>Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397477242406085190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389479132439662238.post-18433758455819235002013-04-03T08:21:00.000-07:002013-04-03T08:21:39.817-07:00Disney!<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">In continuation of yesterday's post, this post is about some awesome silhouettes of Disney Princesses that I did to hang on one of the walls in the princess room. They turned out super cute!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Step One: Google <a href="https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gs_rn=8&gs_ri=psy-ab&tok=m6QWu8w9Sp6aB4kyZTGnUg&cp=10&gs_id=jr&xhr=t&q=disney+silhouettes&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.44697112,d.aWc&biw=1252&bih=610&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=pENcUf69DsjhyQGkhYHoCA" target="_blank"> Disney silhouettes</a> and print off the ones you like.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Step Two: Find scrap booking paper that you like and tape printout on top.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Step Three: Use exacto knife or small box cutter to cut out printout. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Step Four: Glue scrap book paper cut out to a sheet of white paper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Step Five: Run to Walmart late at night, while very sore and disheveled from a day of painting, and look like a complete idiot as you bump into everything on your way to the picture frame isle. Buy black picture frame.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Step Six: Put silhouette into frame and hang on wall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I bet your A<span style="font-size: x-small;">u Pair can't do that.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">~Joann~ </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br /></span>Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397477242406085190noreply@blogger.com0Jackson, MI, USA42.224449701009725 -84.391479492187542.130380701009727 -84.5528409921875 42.318518701009722 -84.2301179921875tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389479132439662238.post-29273336716189461122013-04-02T19:32:00.001-07:002013-04-02T19:37:44.242-07:00Princess Painting<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My friend Mich<span style="font-size: small;">aela <span style="font-size: small;">decided to <span style="font-size: small;">take advantage of <span style="font-size: small;">our almost empty house during spring break and re-do her girls' rooms. Since I had just been let go of my babysitting job, do to the fact that I was <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">abruptly</span> replaced by an Au Pair, she enlisted my help. The running joke for the past we<span style="font-size: small;">ek has been <span style="font-size: small;">"I bet his Au Pair <span style="font-size: small;">doesn't do that." Hence the name of the b<span style="font-size: small;">log. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Once we had the background color in place, it was time to paint the mural. <span style="font-size: small;">Our inspiration <span style="font-size: small;">came from these <span style="font-size: small;">princess stickers that we had. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Step Two: Paint image<span style="font-size: small;"> :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Step Three: Outline image in S<span style="font-size: small;">harpie.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I bet your A<span style="font-size: x-small;">u Pair <span style="font-size: x-small;">can't do that.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">~Joann~</span> </span></span></span></span><br />
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