decorating

My house is still a long ways from what I'd like it to eventually be, but I have been trying to make some decorating improvements.  After vacation I finally got around to finishing a craft of Tatum's name I had started a couple of months ago.  I got the inspiration for how to decorate the letters from my friend Jessica's crafting blog. I painted the letters brown and then just kept putting off doing anything else to them.  But it was so quick and easy and I love the way it turned out.

For the solid dots I just used the end of a sponge paintbrush and for the open circles I used a piece of paper rolled up and taped.  It goes great in her room. I originally pictured it going on one of the blue walls but after I finished it, hanging 5 separate letters and trying to get them level and all that did not sound appealing. So for now it's on the shelf, where it fits perfectly.  Eventually I would still like to move it. I am thinking about just getting a piece of wood, putting a fancy edge on it with a router, painting it pink, put the letters on that and then hanging it as one piece. We'll see how many months it takes me to get that done. :)

The other project I finally finished was the hallway at the top of our stairs.  It as always been really blank and blah so I finally got a set of frames for it months and months ago.  Then for Mother's Day I got a wall hanging that I thought I would put with the frames. A month or more after that I finally got around to hanging the frames.  They hung empty for several weeks and then I finally got pictures printed for them.  Even such a simple project seems to take me forever. But it makes a huge difference! The whole room just feels homier.

Yay for Rachel actually accomplishing a couple of things on her to-do list!