Superhero friends

Kyleigh went off to school so excited today to celebrate her birthday with a paper crown!  Additionally, another favorite is that she gets to pass along favors to her new friends at school.

Last night we decided a coloring book would be perfect to share with the classroom.  We picked out superhero friends for all of the kids in her class and make a personalized character for all to enjoy.

Can't wait to hear about how her day went today:-)

krafty~little~kyleigh - white sox shirt

Another #kraftylittlekyleigh post, this time we created a White Sox shirt for our annual family workout on the field earlier this month.  I had black and white jerseys for the boys, but nothing for Kyleigh to wear.  Instead of purchasing a Sox shirt we decided to make one.  This was my first time using the Silhouette Brand iron on paper and LOVEed it!  Kyleigh and I went to Michael's and picked out gray glitter and black, from there we went to Old Navy and found a white tank top.  We traced the logo in illustrator and created a background for the glitter paper and then layered on the top.

Pics are a little yellow as they were in my laundry room, but we were both so happy on how the shirt turned out...It washes perfectly as well!  Can't wait to research more colors and come up with more designs, one of these days I would love to learn how to embroider but for now this will do:-)

krafty~little~kyleigh - canvas fun

I am lucky my daughter shares the same passion I do for design.  Her toys consist of crayons, colored pencils, stamps, stickers, coloring books, construction paper.....the list goes on.  Also, Kyleigh is likely the only 3 year old that uses prismacolors and has several sketch books to her name.  Luckily I saved all of my old art school supplies.

Throughout the year I have been documenting my #craftylittlegirl on Instagram, but I thought it would be fun to create a #kraftylittlekyleigh series on the blog to share with everyone as well as a keepsake for me.  Kyeigh and I were both inspired by #fashionbymayhem (www.fashionbymayhem.com) the other night when were viewing the baseball inspired paper dress.  A mother and a 4 year old daughter collaborating on various special projects, the time they spend together is what makes it special....just like Kyleigh and I. Kyleigh even asked if we could attempt to make a paper dress (or 100).  I'm not sure if I'm ready to go down that path yet, but we do have the resources....that's for sure!

Most recently Kyleigh has been gravitating towards ribbon, envelopes and hole punchers in addition to the basic coloring books and crayons.  But I thought I would start this series with a look back on some past projects, why not...right?  It is throwback Thursday, so here is Kyleigh @ 17 months.  Before we moved into or new home, we would move kitchen table, and have some fun finger painting on the ground.  This specific canvas was designed by Kyleigh and to this day I've saved to be the first painting to hang in  my new studio {once we get to that point}.  Also, interestingly enough, I wanted to be sure to buy more than one canvas at the exact same size and my thought was to have Kyleigh complete one every year....or if I had more kids have them create a design at the same age.  Oddly enough I have two more and 2 boys that are 14 months.  Looks like Kyleigh will be coaching them along to create art pieces in 3 months as well, can't wait!