Waiting for fed ex

My new camera is finally on the way!!! I've had to use my old ones, they work but only when they feel like it and never when I need to use them. I did a lot of review searching and I settled on a Canon Powershot A2200. I was going to get the 1200 model but it wasn't going to be able to be shipped for 1-4 months and I can't be without a decent camera for that long. It got good reviews for a point and shoot camera, it also has several features that sounded cool.

In other news I finally got a magazine from my subscription to Scrapbooks etc. I haven't got a magazine since January so I contacted them and two weeks later I have a magazine and extended subscription. Their website is pretty cool, check it out here.

Nap craft

I have to thank Pinterest for my next project(I spent way too much time gathering ideas). I needed something to hang at the bottom of my stairs and something that was cheap and easy to make. I picked up a frame at a thrift shop I pass everyday on my way to work for $1.49! I just sanded it lightly and spray painted it silver. If I can ever convince myself to spend $35 on just one roll of wall paper to put in frames, then I will have a nicely decorated living room. After the paint dried I sanded it  again just so some parts weren't so shiny. That was all accomplished while my little one took a nap, once he woke up the frame went in the closet to be finished when he went to bed. 

Before sanding and spray paint



Ready for twigs

I left my natural and didn't spray paint them. I think it looks more earthy that way. I flipped the frame over and laid out where I wanted to the twigs to go and just used hot glue to  keep them in place. I also used the hot glue to put the picture hangers on the back, mainly because I couldn't find the nails that went with them. The last thing to do was to hang it on the wall and I actually hammer it while T was sleeping; not a peep from him. 

I love how it turned out I just wish it was bigger! I think I still need something else at the bottom of the stairs, I was thinking along the lines of framed leaves or something like that. The project can be found at Cleverly Inspired