Take two

So yesterdays grand Spring cleaning plan didn't exactly unfold as I anticipated. You see, I got the kitchen looking fabulous then moved onto my craft room...and that was where I stopped. I came across so many little projects that I just wanted to get stuck into, and so I did. Here is one I have been wanting do for a while:

I glued a whole lot of crayons to the top of the canvas, cut out a love heart shape from adhesive vinyl and stuck it on the middle of canvas. Then I got my embossing heat gun and began to melt the tips of the crayons until I got the coverage I wanted. Then, once set, I peeled off the vinyl heart and replaced it with a paper heart that I have written the words on "please excuse the mess...". Then, in nikko pen, I finished the sentence on the bottom of the canvas "my children are making memories". In hindsight, I would have glued the paper love heart onto cardboard and then popped it on the canvas to give it a bit of depth, but I think it has still turned out OK. It is hanging on a door in the children's play area and I think it looks really cute. I am going to print some photos I have of the kids engaged in various activities and stick them around the canvas to show the memory making in progress. I love getting my creative on!!

Credit given where credit is due and I got the melting crayon idea from a pin that I saw on pinterest.com. Here is a link to a crazy crayon lover and some of her creations http://pinterest.com/katlyn213/melted-crayon-art/ 

So needless to say, I must dabble in a little more self discipline with this Spring cleaning business. Today, I am staying out of my craft room and leaving it until the very end. I shall sort toys when E-man has a nap and I'll wash all the sheets and towels, doonas and blankets to get rid of the Wintery feel they have to them. I've also got to do the floors but since my steam mop broke and I have had to manually mop the whole house, I think I might just become accustomed to paw prints and blobs of food underfoot...Nahhhhhhhh, my OCD (or CDO lol) will get the better of me. Side note, I don't actually think I have OCD, what I have is thoroughness compulsive disorder...totally different. lol. Now if you will excuse me, I have to go and wash my hands for no good reason at all. 

Kate xox