Before Lil W was born I decorated his room in the traditional light blue and white with touches of chocolate brown.  It was sweet, but I think I mostly went that direction because I was too unsure of my style to do what I really wanted–and that was to add some color and whimsy.  Flash forward two years…now I know my style a bit more and I have a toddler obsessed with cars and trucks–and so a theme for Lil W’s big boy room emerged. It’s nothing too flashy. The room {…Read More…}

 Here is another project in my goal towards a new look for Lil W’s room–a fabric memo board. Click here to see the DIY truck wall art project. And click here to see the DIY Children’s Artwork Display. Before we get started, please note that I made some mistakes with this project and learned a few “crafty” lessons.  Read my “lessons learned” at the end so you don’t make my same mistakes. 18 x 24 Canvas Quilters batting a few inches larger than the canvas Fabric {…Read More…}

I’m in the middle of giving Lil W’s room a bit of a ”big boy” makeover.  Aside from his red race car bed, we still have all of his light blue and brown nursery decor in the room–and it just looks mismatched.  And considering he is obsessed with all things related to cars and trucks, we’ll be going in this direction for our theme. I made this wall art using frames from the Dollar Tree.  It was super easy. Supplies: 6 4×6 plastic frames from the Dollar {…Read More…}