Marie on the Wall

It's been a long time since I posted anything

here, sorry about that!

A lot has been going on and I also found that

my pictures were not showing up for y'all.

Hopefully, I have that problem solved now.

As many of you know, I'm going to be a 

Grandma in November.

Marie's room is going to be a combination theme

of Harry Potter, Marie from Aristocats and Disney.

Sara, my daughter in law and I got together to 

work on the nursery one day and got most of the

one wall done.

I used my Silhouette Designer Edition software

and my Silhouette Cameo

to create a large "Marie" for the wall with 

removable vinyl.

It had to be cut in a few pieces.

Each piece was then put onto transfer tape.

I made sure it was adhering to the 

transfer tape.

Then it was put on the wall.

And the transfer tape was removed, 

leaving the vinyl design behind.

First piece done.

Second piece lined up and added.

Once Marie was on the wall, I added

her Harry Potter scar and glasses.

TaDa!  Sara is so happy with how she turned out!

Sara and I also cut Harry and Disney themed characters

and "symbols" with my Silhouette and her Cricut.

Here is the wall, almost done.  Jaryd added a couple more

pieces to the wall when he got home.
I don't have pictures of the whole room for this post,

but it's just about done now, with 

twinkle lights and her furniture.

We are all thrilled with how the wall and the whole

room has turned out.

Thanks for visiting today,

I hope you've been inspired in some way.

Until next time, give something new a try,

maybe a giant cut out!

Hedwig

Hello crafty friends!

My grand daughter's nursery is going to 

have a combined theme of Harry Potter and 

Marie from Aristocats.

I think it's going to be adorable and 

Jaryd, Sara and I have come up with some

really cute ideas that we'll be working on together.

And what Potter lover doesn't need a little

Hedwig?

Sara sent me a link to 

this pattern 

and I, of course, had to make one.

I found it pretty easy to make.

The only thing I changed was the eyes.

The pattern calls for little plastic eyes,

but I didn't want those for our

little Marie.  I did what I'll call a 

modified French Knot.
I call it modified, because when I 

wrapped the yarn around the needle, 

I wrapped it several times. 

This gave the eyes a little bit 

of  bulk, shall I say?
I think she turned out very nice.

I'd like to play with the pattern so I could make

another one that is larger.  

I don't have her here, 

but I think she measured about 

4" - 5" tall.

I'd love to make one that is 

double the size.

I've never tried to increase the size like

this, but I'm going to give it a try.

Thanks for stopping in,

come again soon,

you never know what you'll find on

Kristie Kreates!