Showing posts with label mom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mom. Show all posts

Friday, October 19, 2012

Kids Room Letters-Lego Theme-Cheap and Easy!

This room letter craft is super easy and cheap! You can get all your materials at Hobby Lobby/Michael's/Joann's. Never pay full price when shopping at these craft stores..catch your materials on sale or use a 40% off coupon, you can print them and they all have a free smart phone app so you will always have a coupon on you when you go! I use the mobile apps for all three stores and it is so convenient and I don't waste money anymore because I forgot my coupons at home.
 
My son is a Lego freak so that's the theme I chose to go with. I used the typical bright primary colors that go with Lego but the paint comes in pretty much any color you could want so your theme possibilities are endless. Your materials will be: large cardboard letters (I got mine at Hobby Lobby for 30% off, ended up paying around $15 for 9 letters.) Hot glue gun, paint and a paint brush.
 
This is the paint I used. I got these at Michael's on sale for only 77 cents and I have plenty left over for other projects.
 
Paint each letter with two coats, for lighter colors you'll need more coats, I did 5 coats in the yellow and 2 coats in the other colors.
 

Once they're dry just hot glue them together and you're done..easy peasy! You can leave the letters separate if you want to do it that way. You can also glue them together vertically or staggered so they're not in a straight line.


I hung them on the wall using those removable 3m mounting squares from Walmart and they are holding up just fine! These could also be used on selves, table tops or dresser tops if you don't want them on the wall.


 


Monday, September 17, 2012

The Girl Behind The Blog

Hi...I'm Megan the girl behind "Living My Charmed Life"! This is my first blog and I'm excited to get it up and running. This is a project I have wanted to take on for a few years now and just finally took the leap and got started. The main purpose of me taking on this blog is to just share with the world the things that I find to be fun, amazing, interesting and funny.

A little bit about me..I just turned 30 (ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!). I have been a stay at home mom and am getting back into the work force (omg it's been a long time!). I am a self taught photographer and am finally starting school to  expand my skills and business knowledge (finally!). I am a former Marine Corp wife, my husband just got out after 11 years (huge adjustment & life change!).

And here's a picture of me with my son..he had won a school fundraiser prize and we got to ride in a limo and have a free lunch at pizza hut. He was so excited and that is one of my favorite days ever!