"Please Knock" In Style!

I decided it was time to replace the post it note taped to the doorbell that said, "Please Knock." When you have a baby who never sleeps, the last thing you want is the door bell to ring when she finally is sleeping!!! It's just so that when your baby is taking her first nap in days the Fed Ex guy comes and rings the bell! So, I've had to attach an ugly little piece of paper with my chicken scratch to remind people that I have a sleeping baby (or hopefully she's asleep!!!)

I came up with this to replace it and I love it! At least I think it looks better than a post it!! Plus it hangs over the doorbell so little curious fingers won't ring the bell over and over! Thanks again to the Cricut Expression and Vinly for the lettering. I think this would make a great gift for a new mom who could use some rest when the baby is sleeping! Now I just need a "No Soliciting" sign to keep all of the random people away that have been coming by lately! (Wow, that makes me sound like a Scrooge...but come on, who wants to talk to random people that are just begging for your money?!?! I'm always going to say no, so I'll just save them some time!)

Vinyl, Oh How I Love Thee!

Once again I just love my Cricut Expression! I was able to transform a really boring wall in our front room to this! The Cricut machines cut vinyl so I was able to play around with a few different cartridges and came up with this. Unfortunately I can't find the "before" pictures. I had done a triptych painting that didn't quite turn out how I wanted it to. My friend however liked it, so we traded. She's a new photographer and did our family pictures in exchange for the paintings. She took the 2 pictures on the right! I owe her for helping make this wall not such an eye sore. My good friend Heather also painted this wall for me while babysitting my kids! Does it get better than that?