Taylor, Author at TaylorMade

Puff Paint Tee

May 21, 2011 By Taylor 12 Comments

I saw something so amazingly pretty last week on Pinterest. Have you seen the Alisa Burke Blog? Its one of my new favorites. So, I had to replicate her Puff Paint Embellished Tee. I know what you are thinking, Puff Paint, like for making crafts in elementary school. Yes, but it is more sophisticated than that!

Didn’t it turn out pretty? Here is the original. It is super easy.

Start with a plain tee shirt or tank and tape it down so it wont move on you.

Add a paper bag to the inside of the shirt so the paint wont bleed.

Just like Alisa, I started with dots around the collar.

From there you can just doodle a design as it comes to you, so fun. I have a re-discovered my love for puff paint.

LOVE

Peacock-ish Painting

May 16, 2011 By Taylor 28 Comments

I have had a blank canvas burning a hole in my closet for some time now. Then I saw this rug from Modern Chic Home. This rug is soooo beautiful and wouldn’t make it a week in my house with my dogs and babies! So I decided it should go on my wall. I changed the colors up a bit and made it look a little more Peacock-ish.

This painting is by no means a creative masterpiece but it added some much needed color to my sad bedroom walls. Does anyone else have oddly shaped rooms and walls that are too tall to paint yourself? This is the longest I have ever slept in a room with white walls :( But it is definitely happier now.

My tips… when painting a pattern that is repetitive like this one, change it up a bit. Make some circles not so round and add a few streaks of un-expected color. It will make it more interesting.

Etched Mommy Tree Plate

May 11, 2011 By Taylor 34 Comments

I made this cute little plate for my mom for Mother’s Day. Super simple but I think it was a hit. I made a stencil with my Silhouette, vinyl and transfer paper and used etching cream to etch the glass plate. My mom is the “M” at the bottom of the tree and the initials of her “kids” are in the branches. My husband is an honorary “kid” and of course we couldn’t leave off Clyde and Finn- her grand kids.

Have you used the transfer paper with the vinyl? I was like, what is this roll of white stuff? Then I tried it and it really helps. With a plate like this you have to etch the back of the plate, therefore you need to mirror the image. Also, this is my second time with etching cream (first project here) and just a tip, the bottle says leave it on for 10 mins, I did 30… last time I thought it was too light.

Happy Mother’s Day Mom! xoxo

Memory Hall

May 9, 2011 By Taylor 11 Comments

Happy Monday, today, I give you my Memory Hall. My favorite moments of all time. No boring portraits or fake smiles here, all of the pictures I chose are real moments that represent something to me. I can’t think of a better way to give life to the hall in our home. I love the colorful frames on the grey wall.

How I did it:

I started by painting our hall Slate Grey. So much better than a boring white hallway already!

I added a chair rail, painted it white and hung it at eye level.

I collected different sized frames (super cheap from Good Will) and primed them with white
primer. I used the spray paint for plastic because I think the paint sticks better.

Then I painted the frames bright colors.

Printed out my “Favorite Memories” in black and white. This was the hardest part because I had to pick only ten pictures with a good mix, naturally I wanted them all of my babies!

Then I hung the pictures to the wall, with the bottoms resting on the chair rail.

(lovely camoflauged a/c controler?)

I love the way it turned out, now I am reminded of my favorite moments everyday