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Saturday, March 19, 2011

IT'S ALL IN THE NAME......

I've always been fascinated with names, letter, symbols and that they flow very well.  I spent weeks at a time going over my children's names before they were born.

Well your last name, you really can't choose........especially if your married!    You can choose not to take the name but that's kinda insulting and akward if you have children.

I must say Im quite happy with my final surname of JOSEPH.   I love my initials 'MJ' as most of you know. lol  My house is filled with J's or M's and I just love using letters in the decor of my home.

I wanted to share a little project I worked on Friday night.....technically 2 a.m. Saturday morning!  I do my best work when everyone is sleeping and Im under pressure (kinda like now...)  Actually my daughter's 1st bday party was the following morning and I needed to get my family name wall done.

The big letter 'J' from Home Goods I had blogged about before and it had been just hanging out there on the wall lonely as heck, until I brought home 'o' one day and they became friends.  But then I just had Jo hanging there on the wall and I had ideas of what I wanted to do but just haven't had the time.   I ran to A.C. Moore to get some supplies and picked up 'E' and 'P'.  So here is what I pulled together with what I had hanging around the house. I do pride myself on being an up-cycler, re-cycler Im just all about re-purposing and take any opportunity to prove it!  

Here is my proof.....

The crackle finish 'J' in original form



Lowercase 'o' cover is tv listing section of the newspaper



My daughter's old locker magnet board with a piece of toile pattern contact paper cut into a letter 'S'



Wooden capital 'E' spray painted black



White capital letter 'P' which I painted on a leopard pattern.



The letter 'H' is made obviously from a sewing tape measure



Here is the Joseph family name wall


This wall is in our hallway which just got a make-over and the other side is a photo wall that displays our favorite family & friends.


BY THE WAY....THE SPRING FLING HAS STARTED TODAY (see button top of my sidebar).

  My Blogging BFF Leighann from A Crafty Southern Chick is up today with her fabulous giveaway!   

As well as Ann from Increasingly Domestic

14 days of giveaways with 2 giveaways a day......who can resist that?????




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4 comments:

  1. I *really* love the way the name turned out...very original and makes me think PB-inspired for sure :) oh...and thanks for the shout out :)

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  2. I love the name! All the different styles and textures are awesome:)
    I am a new follower.

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  3. Thank you for linking up to my K.I.S.S. blog bash last week. This weeks blog bash is in full swing again, please link up more of your creativity. I am happy to let you know that your ~Family Wall~ is a featured project this week!

    Drop by The Tattered Tag

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  4. Thanks for linking to Creative Juice Thursday. I hope to see you back this week {party starts @ 8pm CST on Wed. night}

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God don't like ugly! Neither do I...so if you dont have something nice to say.....keep it to yourself!