May Challenge: Project "Projects" {Mother's Day Fun}

Yesterday I gave you a heads up that while my husband was working on the boy's bedroom project as part of his Mother's Day gift for me, I was working on one for my Mother-in-Law with the kiddos.

You see, Pinterest did it to me again.  It gave me an idea.  It gave me some inspiration.  But let me back up a minute...

My second mom, Deb, is getting a special space in her home just for her and her passion to quilt.  She found an incredible quilting machine, and therefore, they wanted to give her a place to feel happy while using it!

They have all sorts of fun plans for the space, from new floors, paint, cabinets, etc... In fact they had let me know they were going with a bright yellow on the walls.  There are no windows in the space, so the fun bright yellow will keep the room feeling open and happy since it is located down in the lower level of their home.

So, while hanging out on Pinterest one day {like I really have all this extra time laying around to be playing on the most addicting website created}, I saw this magical picture...

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Genius.  My mind was so happy to see such a fun and colorful project that included fabric that I could actually create!  Since I am deathly afraid of sewing machines, this was the perfect way for me to play with fabrics without getting overwhelmed and hurt!  And knowing that my second mom was getting a fabulous new space AND mother's day was here, the light bulb went off!

I ran to the craft store and snagged a handful of embroidery hoops along with stacks of pretty and colorful fabrics, all in colors that I loved to pair up with yellow {since that was the decided wall color}.

I started by ironing each piece of fabric.

Then popped it into the embroidery hoop and pulled all of the edges tight.

Once the fabric was in, I tightened the outside ring of the hoop as absolutely tight as I could, and pulled on the fabric all the way around the loop one more time.

Next, I just flipped the hoop over and trimmed off all of the excess fabric.

And used some hot glue around the rim to hold the remaining fabric down, so the rings would be flush against the walls.

Then they were done, and ready to be given to Deb!  I actually didn't wrap them, because the hubs and I planned on hanging them for her and letting her be surprised upon walking into her new space.

After the rings were created, we got ready for the day, and headed back to my home town to hang out with my mom for awhile.  The boys picked me some pretty flowers....

Yeah, I know, luckiest mom EVER!

We followed mother's day tradition and headed to a local greenhouse to let my mom pick out a hanging basket and flower box flowers, and the boys picked out a couple of pretty non-dandelion flowers for me too!

It's seriously one of my favorite days of the year!  And the weather treated us well which we were so grateful for!

Then, it was back to my husband's mom's house, so we could surprise her with our craft!  Ready to see the finished project up on her cheerful yellow walls?

We had ZERO method to the madness when hanging the hoops.  Zero.  I wanted something random to go with all the random happy colors.

And random it was.  All of her walls were wide open, empty and bare, so we of course chose the largest focal wall so the grouping would be the first thing she saw upon entering the space.  The hubs and his dad just hung them using some little finishing nails...

The fun colors definitely pop against the yellow!

The best part is that she loved it!  {or else she is an incredible actress!}

I have to say the part that makes me really giddy excited is that she can easily expand upon this whenever she would like, as she has a ton of extra space remaining on the walls.  We talked about having her pop a couple of pieces of fabric from each quilt she completes inside a hoop, as a tribute to all of her incredible work.  That's the lovely part of mixing and matching so many bright and colorful patterns, just about anything will continue to compliment the expanding art!

These are the best gifts.  The hand made ones.  I don't know why I don't do it more, but it was such a fun way to spend the morning with the kiddos and so special to hand over something from the heart.  I have a feeling now that I discovered Pinterest, I will become an insane crafting person!

So how was your mother's day?  Anyone else get spoiled with a bouquet of dandelions?  Who else found inspiration on Pinterest or somewhere else on the web to hand make a gift, and what did you make?  Does anyone else have plans to create this incredibly cute embroidery hoop project for a space in your own home?

I decided a little challenge would be fun! This month we are getting all those projects done!  Any project big or small counts!  Wanna join?  Take photos and blog about your awesomeness as you go!  I am hoping to do a giant, "We did it!" celebratory post where we can all link up our project completing success stories at the end of the month!