Back Again

Hello.  Ok, update on that sunburst mirror thingy.  The mirror arrived in about two days!  Great.  However, I haven't used it yet.  On Aug 8, we celebrated a birthday over here, so I had to move the beast (sunburst part) out on to the patio table outdoors so we'd have room on the kitchen table.  Sigh.  I left it there overnight and into the next day.  The sun melted the glue and several pieces started coming off when I lifted it.  (I hadn't yet discovered how to lift it from underneath, via the rings.)  More sighing. 

So, my dh found the spray stain/varnish in a can deal finally, but first I have to reattach the 'rays' of sunshine.  lol  Ironic, as it's fast becoming a pain in my rear! 

In other crafty news - on Pinterest I saw a cute Etsy product: http://pinterest.com/pin/68724146073/  It's to hang your kids' artwork. :-)  I thought, "Hmmm, I believe I'll make that for my daughter for Christmas."  And...I did!  I'm almost finished.  Have to wait for the last touch up painting to dry and glue on the hardware to the back and spray paint and adhere the clothespins. 

The almost finished result.

Gluing on the border, to beef it up, and figuring out the spacing of the clothespins. 

Even though a little granddaughter is coming in November, I figured I'd stick with the boys' room's jungle theme colors. 

As I mentioned in the photo caption above, instead of leaving it just a slab of wood, I decided to beef it up a bit by adding some subtle borders.  I bought everything at Michael's and Joann's.  When I'm completely finished with the painting and gluing, etc. I'll give it a few coats of varnish.  There'll be plenty of time to air out before I wrap it up for Christmas.  I sure hope she doesn't read my blog.  ;-)