Nap Time = Craft Time

We recently moved our home office from an upstairs bedroom to a bedroom in the basement.  The previous owners finished the basement with one room down there that functioned as their office.  It's really a great space; huge window, french doors, iPod dock for surround sound.

With the switch, the guest room had to move upstairs.  And I decided to keep my office space upstairs, turning the guest bedroom closet in to my little office nook!  It's only been a work in progress for a week now.  And three of those days, husband has been out of town.  I'll post a full reveal when it's all complete.  I still have to hang curtains and move a few pieces of furniture around.

But I finished a couple of projects today for the guest room/office and had to share a quick sneak peek!  Mr. T has been a good napper today so Momma had time to get her craft on ;)

Take a $7 Ikea frame (20x20), Dollar Store craft paper, a stencil and a Sharpie...

...and some patience... (it took me a while to fill in all the letters after I traced them.  I used a fine tipped Sharpie)

And bam!  A fun piece of art to greet your guests!
(I know, the 'glass' in the frame is a super shiny!  It isn't glass, but a flexible plastic.  Looks great in the space, just hard to photograph!) 

Take a clearanced frame from Hobby Lobby ($6.24), a burlap canvas, some Dollar Store clothes pins, some black and white botanical art from The Graphics Fairy, and....viola!  A little something for above the bed!  The whole piece measures 12"x24".

I wanted to keep the accessories neutral so they'll be easy to change up on a whim.

Aaannnnd, to top it all off here's a little peak at Mr. T wearing some adorable monkey jammies from Grandma & Grandpa.  When we got them for Christmas I thought, "Geez, it'll be ages before he fits in to these!"  3 months and 2 weeks new, he's wearing 3-6 size already.  Time: SLOW DOWN ALREADY!