Art – Page 4 – SunnyMommy Creations

Posted on April 29, 2023November 15, 2023 by Sunshine — Leave a comment

Homemade Decorative Tile

I have expensive tile taste. It’s a curse. And since my budget for our guest bathroom leaves no room for any more splurges (I’m looking at you, husband who wanted a panel shower system), I’m getting creative. So, when I saw tile I loved but couldn’t afford, I started to think of ways I could make my own.

Full disclosure, this one takes TIME. If I’d had to pay myself for labor, it might’ve been less expensive to just buy the original tile. 😜 But since I wanted my colors slightly different too, it was worth the hassle. Plus I can say I made my own tile! I already had most of the supplies – thin set mortar and grout from the shower remodel, paint from craft supplies, and epoxy from previous projects – so all I had to buy was the sculping clay for $28. If you have to buy all new supplies for this, it’s obviously more upfront (around $150 total), but you’ll have these supplies for future projects too, keep in mind.

Posted on December 27, 2022November 15, 2023 by Sunshine — Leave a comment

DIY Serving Trays with cabinet doors, paint, balloons, and a hairdryer

For this year’s Christmas presents for the women in our family, I finally found a use for my giant stack of old cabinet doors. I’d tested out my general plan by making a tub tray for myself, and now I was ready to tackle the project of making 7 serving trays! If you have a bunch of Shaker cabinet doors lying around, this is a great use for them. Or, I’ve heard people can go to a Habitat for Humanity Restore and find rehab-able Shaker doors. (Shaker doors are VERY popular and easy to find online for pretty cheap too.)

Anyway, here are a few different ways I made the art for each tray, plus how I did the surrounding wood and hardware for them all.

Posted on June 14, 2022November 15, 2023 by Sunshine — 1 Comment

Homemade Geode Sun-Catchers

One of the unexpected, great things about having kids is that they 100% have forced me to be less of a perfectionist. I’ve never said “good enough” as often as I have since trying to complete projects with two little bundles of attention-seeking joy underfoot. I’ve learned to not fix their art projects or crafts or sections of my own projects that they help with. Sometimes a goof or quirkily finished section of molding paint is a good thing – it stays as a reminder of a good time when “we helped mommy there” and shows that this is their home too.

I’ve always been crafty, and I love that I’m seeing that interest in my girls more and more. This also means that I have little people to make crafts for rather than just having a bunch of ideas but no one to give things to (or any place to put them).

Posted on March 23, 2022November 15, 2023 by Sunshine — Leave a comment

Kid Craft – Our Take on Rainbows

It’s finally Spring! Well, of course as I write this it’s back to the high 40s and rainy, but I’ll take it because it means we’re inching out of winter. In our house, two little girls are eager to get outside and enjoy their sandbox. I’m eager to get on with bigger projects that require the use of the garage! But for now, we’re shifting our daily crafts from coloring snowmen and Christmas trees to now making rainbows and flowers.

EVERYONE seems to have a craft idea about rainbows right now, so maybe my/our take on this fad will be nothing new to you. But it’s one small DIY decoration that my 3-year-old could be a part of, so if you’ve got little kids to entertain, this works great! And she loves it hanging on her wall now, so that’s a bonus – not like so many colored snowmen that are now in the garbage. PLUS, this is a great way to use up some of that fluffy fake snow that you too might have lying around from winter decorations.

Posted on February 25, 2022November 15, 2023 by Sunshine — 1 Comment

Painting Picture Frames with Fire and Unicorn Spit

Some projects take longer to explain than to do, so I made a video of this project to show how I did it. That’s over on my YouTube channel for those of you who want a more visual tutorial.

But for my blog, here’s a step-by-step of how I turned plain wooden picture frames into colorful and unique frames!