Vinyl Star Wall In Playroom

Doesn't this just look dreamy? I purchased a set of vinyl stars off of Groupon a while back. It was a great deal and come with 120 star stickers. I could actually pick out the color of stars I wanted too. I knew I wanted gray and white with pops of red in my girl's playroom so I choose the silver stars. I was nervous about applying them to the wall. (that's why I've had them for so long and JUST now got to putting them up!) But it was super easy. I first had to figure out the spacing. I just measured my wall and guessed that I wanted about 9 inches in between each star. I divided my wall size by 9 and came up with my measurements. I ended up doing 9 rows and 12 columns with 9 inches in between each star. I used a tape measure and measured each star placement and added a small dot with a pencil. Then the fun part...adding the stickers to where I put those dots. It was fun and my girls loved helping! It was a super easy but a little time consuming to measure all the star placements. Overall, I would do it again to another room. I love the look it gives the playroom!

Source List:
Vinyl Stars - Decomodwalls.etsy.com through Groupon
Teepee - The Land of Nod
Pillows - Target
Rug - TJ Maxx
Desk - Vintage

Wall Collage Ideas & Tips

Here are a few ideas of wall collages and a few tips as well:

Start with what you already have. I had the large canvas and the long canvas so I played around with the layout on the ground until I figured out something that would work with what I had.

Use large pieces to make statements and smaller pieces to add variation.

A long hallway is perfect to showcase some of your favorite photos. Don't be afraid to use different textures!

Using a big statement piece like this mirror really makes this fireplace standout!

Stairways can be intimidating. Lay your frames on the ground and figure out the design on the ground first. Measure the same distance from the stair to the bottom of where the first frame will go. Use that measurement as a guide for all the other frames so the angle is the same as the stairs.

 Play around with the design until you love it!!!

DIY Whiteboard Makeover

This was such a quick and easy DIY craft that anyone can do it!! Years ago I purchased simple magnetic dry erase boards from Walmart similar to the one in the photo below or like THIS. Since moving into our new home, they just sat in my office not being used.

 I'm not even sure where the idea came from but I knew I needed a way to display all the cute announcements, cards, etc that we get from friends and family. And since the dry erase boards were magnetic, I thought about just covering them with some cute fabric and using magnets to hold the cards. 

 I bought some cute fabric and first tested the material and magnets to make sure my magnets were strong enough. I simply laid out the fabric on the board and made sure my magnets held up a card or two. Once it worked, I laid out the fabric and my boards. Since I wanted them side by side on my wall, I wanted my fabric to match up. I made a mark on the wrong side of the fabric of where the top of the boards would lay on the fabric. Then while the boards was still laying on top of the fabric, I simply cut the fabric out leaving a inch (or more) border to wrap the fabric to the backside. Then I got out one of my favorite products EVER! My 3M Super77 Spray Adhesive that I've had for 8 years and it's still going strong! Love this stuff. I took my fabric to the garage and sprayed one coat of spray adhesive to the entire backside of the fabric. 

 Then I carefully laid my dry erase board on top of the fabric using my marks as guides. I started laying it on the fabric at the top then flipped it over so I could straighten it out and get any bumps out. Once the front was nice and smooth, I made sure the fabric wrapped around the side and to the back. I pretty much folded the fabric in the back like I was wrapping a gift. 

I let it dry overnight (although I don't think that was needed) I only did it because this was a late night project, and I wasn't going to pound nails into my walls late a night and wake up my kids! The glue dries pretty fast. Once it's dry you can hang it up and enjoy your super easy DIY boards!!

A Beautiful Book Baby Shower

My friend, Brie, and I gave another friend, Amy, a book baby shower! It was a lot of fun planning and putting everything together! And since it was the Summer and beautiful, we held it outside. As everyone arrived, they could add names to the "Name Tree" to give Amy ideas for naming her baby girl! Here it is before everyone started putting the tags on it:

The table display of food and treats! Since it was a book themed baby shower so we used covered books for height on the table and throughout the party:

Our beautiful Amy:

The diaper cake was one of my favorites. It was looking nice but as the flowers were added, it just looked amazing! And yes, they were all real beautiful flowers from our hostess's yard!!

A cute setting for Amy to sit and open all her gifts:

Here is a guest adding the name tags to our "Name Tree":

The lady of the hour, Amy, and another friend, Brooke.

The guests sat on blankets...picnic style!!

More book decor holding down the blankets:

Of course, there were fun games.

And then we got to watch Amy open all her cute books and presents!! Thank you, Amy, for letting us throw you a baby shower! It was so fun, and we LOVE your little Alivia!!!