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!

One….Bears!

Happy birthday Braiden!  As I'm designing your sisters invitations for her summer birthday I realized I never posted your cute Bears theme birthday invitations from February!  Such a fun party and can't wait to see you soon at Madilyn's!

One of these days I will catch up on the blog...one post down, 16 more recent projects to share…..

        

Kick-starting wedding season

Wedding season is in full gear now, which means break time for me:-)  I had so much fun collaborating with several brides the past few months and can't wait to showcase the finished product for each of them.

First up is Kaitlyn and Doug, feels like so long ago when we all met together for the first time back in November.  We were able to discuss look and feel and settled on a classic ivory wedding invitation with a custom folded pocket on the back.  I love the simplicity they selected for the final piece.  Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Pilcher…..next up the wedding extras!

Root, root, root for the White Sox

One of my favorite onesie designs,  Let's Go White Sox!  Thanks to my family for asking me to help make a special gift for a baby to be!

Dr. Seuss Growth Chart

Brings back memories of my childhood....need to introduce my kids to Dr. Seuss.

It's a jungle out there

Word of mouth is always so powerful...I'm so lucky I work with amazing folks that pass my information onto the next!

I had a lot of fun designing this growth chart for baby Mackenzie. The mommy to be ordered a decal set from Etsy and I was able to utilize that design as inspiration to create something that matches the decor.  Hope she is surprised by her gift:)

Inspired by the wall decal below:

The boys a baseball field {and their proud big sister}

I recently spent a lot of time on Pinterest seeking photography inspiration for the boys 1st birthday photoshoot.  Absolutely LOVE Pinterest and found so many cute studio {twin} ideas with smash cakes, backdrops, banners and balloons.  While I do love those ideas, we opted to do something a little more........us.  

This past Sunday we went on family bike ride to the park in our neighborhood where we let our kids play and spent about 30 min photographing them before the baseball teams came strolling in. Christian, Caleb and Kyleigh all had a blast and kept us very busy.....mainly because Christian kept trying to eat the dirt for some reason?  

All in all great day and fun memories!

These pictures make me laugh, Kyleigh decided to let go and Caleb reached out to Christian as he lost his balance.  Although it looks like he is trying to push him down!

....and that's a wrap!