bedtime project.

We were able to take the girls bunkbeds apart the other night and so far it has worked wonders for helping them sleep in their own beds at night!  I think it's adorable that they need to be right next to each other.  Hopefully they will outgrow it before college.  Until then, I am happy to let them sleep with their beds so close.  

 With the beds down, there was more wall space to fill.  I had picked up some little embroidery hoops at the thrift store for dirt cheap and hadn't figured out what to do with them.  After the kids were in bed I set to work.  Jeremy was at a study group so I needed something to occupy the time until he came home.  I found some fabric scraps and some leftover lace from Gracie's baptism dress and set to work.  SO easy!  I just put the fabric down, then the lace.  Put the hoop on and tightened it up, trimmed the edges and they were ready.  I love how the fabric underneath peeks out behind the lace.  They aren't matchy matchy fabrics but the lace ties them all together.

 They needed a little something and after playing with a few ideas I came up with this:  I hot glued twine in little lines across the hoop.  It still needed something so I grabbed a few scrapbook pages, cut out the birds and hot glued them on above the twine.  I adore how they came out.  The girls do too.

 I had two empty frames that hadn't been used that matched the wood on the hoops perfectly.  I printed out a few quotes that I felt my girls needed in their room, added a twine bow and called it good.  The second one is my favorite.

 Then I hung them randomly above their beds.  I love it.  So do they.  It's the perfect fit for their bedroom.  I smile every time I go in there.   Because it's cute... and it literally cost me under $5 to put together.