Something for the Boys

As I've mentioned, I see tons of cool projects on Pinterest that I'd like to try. Unfortunately, I don't have room for all of that stuff, so I have to squeeze a couple new things in here and there. Since Jim has been such a good sport about my crafting crap being spread all over the place, I thought I'd make a little something that he might actually appreciate. I saw this one a while back, so I thought I'd give it a try.


So... For Boston! Oops... St. Louis. It just doesn't quite have the same ring to it (pun intended).

Like I said, I saw this on Pinterest, so unfortunately it wasn't my idea. I just kinda winged it based on the picture I saw. I think it came out ok, and with plenty of baseball season to spare!

The foam wreath is wrapped in white yarn and bits of red felt tied with a leather-like cord. I traced the logo onto some card stock to make a stencil, then cut it out of stiff felt. The flowers were the only part I looked for instructions for, and I found those here and here.

I had intended to make one for our door and if he liked it, to make another for him to send to his dad, who is also a huge Cardinals fan. But he is going to visit his dad earlier than I'd expected. So I finished this quick so that he can take it with him (and hopefully keep it from getting smashed in his suitcase), just re-confirming that I work better with a deadline.

When I make the other one, and I'm not in a hurry, I'll take some pictures of the process, and explain how I made the logo since I've already had a few people ask me about that.

On a different note, I did go check out Puppystream.me yesterday. It's so cute! It's basically just your dog's life in pictures. I'm glad I found it while Penny is still a puppy, so her timeline can start from the beginning. It's still in the beta stage right now, but I emailed with the founder and he said that they will be introducing new features in July! I can't wait for Jim to be able to upload pics of her too. He always seems to get cuter ones than I do, haha. Guess he's just faster to react when she does something cute. Even if you don't have a dog, you should check it out. It's like Facebook for dog's. (But better than Dogbook, which is NOT user-friendly) Here is a link to Penny's timeline. http://puppystream.me/beth/penny Go look!