Beachy Button Art

I've been seeing button art all over blogland for forever now. Weirdly, my main reason for not trying it is because I didn't really have any cute buttons. Have you noticed buttons never go on sale and if they do they aren't the cute ones?

I broke down and bought a bag of buttons from Hobby Lobby this past week. Then Amie came over and brought her expansive stash. She also brought her Silouette and I showed her how to cut vinyl. We each cut out a letter and placed it on some scrapbooking paper. Then we started gluing away.

I really wanted more of a teal look, but the buttons I liked best were all more of a baby blue. It turned out super cute. Luckily we are planning on doing a nautical theme in our basement so it will fit right in.

I found this other super cute example of button art over at Mod Podge Rocks. 

 

Major Wall Art

I saw this baby over at Shanty 2 Chic and was really in love with it. I enlisted my husband's help because I am a little freaked about when using giant saws. It was so easy!

As you know large wall out is super pricey and I never actually found anything I love enough to be worth forking over the dough. This cost me about $50 to make and it is one of my favorite craft projects ever.

Here are a few lessons learned with my version:

1. Buy the cheap wood. It actually ended up looking better than the expensive stuff. The more crappy marks, the more weathered and vintage it ends up looking.

2. This baby is HEAVY! Use the hardware made for hanging huge mirrors. It still makes me a little nervous. Please don't rip my wall out :-(

3. I added some holiday bunting. I plan on switching this out for each holiday. It can look a little plain without it.

If Disney Princesses Were Really Real for Real: Pocahontes

Pocahontes looks a little to ...um...lusty? for my taste, but I'm giving it a shot.

Here is what she should have looked like : Innocent

Here is what she ended up looking like: a hussy.

If you have any other suggestions lay them on me.

If Disney Princesses Were Really Real for Real: Hot Mess Version

One of my lovelier commenters brought this comparison up the other day. I actually already had this "icon" in mind for this princess ringer.

I always knew Jasmine wasn't ready to settle down. 

If Disney Princesses Were Really Real for Real: Belle Edition

So Belle is a toughy. This drawing doesn't really strike and as endearing. And in the spirit of my friend Amie's comment yesterday, "She looks like a baby prostitute!"

For no better reason than hilarity you can compare the drawing to the best baby prostitute impersation Lacey Chabert err Gretchen Wieners could muster.

If Disney Princesses Were Really Real for Real: Sleeping Beauty

I knew all of the Disney Princess drawings in my previous post reminded me of someone.

Sleep Beauty totally looks like Claudia Schiffer.

Do you see it? It was super hard to find a non-hooch picure of her. lol.

If Disney Princesses Were Real...

This is one of the coolest things I have seen in a while. Jirka Väätäinen, a student in the UK, created a collection of drawings to illustrate what the Disney Princesses would look like if they were real people.

What do you think of the images below? I'm going to try to put together some images of real people I think look lke these princesses. Any suggestions?