new bedroom art!

my new bedroom art revealed! i know, i know, you've been sitting on the edge of your seats for weeks just waiting for the big reveal, and i did my very best to get some decent photos, which i'm not thrilled with, but whatever. the time has come! 
here it is:

 a couple weeks ago i found this amazing artist and was completely inspired by one piece in particular. i like to think i'm a unique person with my own ideas, but i just felt the need to recreate this for my bedroom. it's slightly different, of course, but very obviously not my original concept. with that said, i still really love it!

piece of tan linen from the remnant bin, plus a couple skeins of embroidery floss and a frame i already had on hand made this a cheap project! and much more cheery than it appears in my photos...

i had some leftover materials, so i grabbed an empty frame from the vintage store in town, painted it black, and made another one.

lyric from one of our favorite songs {mentioned before because i love it!}

 this is the most accurate photo for the color scheme. and while i'm still a novice embroiderer, i think my stitches are getting better!

sisterly love, of the embroidered kind

i made this for little sister {the elephant lover}

 i got the design from a printable valentine, here.

for sister-in-law {the math lover and teacher}

 originally found on graphjam.com

 i love that i doubled the nerdyness by embroidering it. it's nerdy squared!

big sister's project is currently in works this weekend. {and super secret!}

blog-buddy-crafting-love!

i've been crafting so much the last several weeks, but there's really only so many things one can make for themselves. so i decided to spread the love a little!

i sent these zippered pouches out to a couple lovely ladies:

 {for brandi}

 {for lauren}

and this itty baby hat for caroline's new little boy joy {and she sent me the most adorable photo of him in it!}

but of course, my favorite project was for my bestie. she is such an inspiration {even when she's so far away!} so i made her a little embroidery from this photo of a miniature love note she left for her hubby.

{the note}

{the embroidery}

i've just finished projects for each of my sisters and i'm sending them this week. the worst part now is the waiting! and the mail here is so. slow. 

i hate waiting!

embroidery is fun

so last weekend i learned a new crafting skill. 

embroidery.

which actually doesn't sound all that exciting. but it really is!

i've been wanting to learn for forever and i checked out this book at the library, bought a couple hoops from my local junk/thrift store and flung myself head-first into some new projects.

my first project came directly from the book:

the stitches are a little uneven, but i kinda love it. although i have no idea what to do with it now...

{what a mess!}

for my next project i wanted something we could hang. husband and i are huge fans of arron sorkin's work and one of our favorite movies is charlie wilson's war. and in our favorite scene of this favorite movie is the line "don't be an idiot". it's hilarious and we say it to each other all the time. 

so i embroidered it!

my last project is definitely my favorite. and most ambitious.

{i worked on it all weekend while watching football with husband}

{not so bad!}

i'm just obsessed with this one. and embroidery in general {which still seems so dorky to say out loud} well whatever, i fly my dork flag high and proud!