Snowman~Crafty Sisters

Like Krystal I have that "Do you want to build a snowman" song stuck in my head too!
In my house there isn't much shelf space available to it has made me a wall hanger kind of gal.
I love having something seasonal hanging out my front door to greet everyone and this little guy did the trick!

I have always been a doodler and that's how Candace and I really started crafting together.
We'd see all sorts of cute things in stores that were crazy over priced or the image would be on a cute card and we'd think "wouldn't that be cute hanging on my door"?

So with this snowman project I doodled out on a big sheet of packing paper what I wanted out of my snowman project.  Of course I had to ask Candace first since she's my craft co-conspirator!
I cut the main body out of 1/2" MDF so it's not too heavy to hang up.

The hat brim, the carrot nose and the mitten top were cut from 1/8" MDF.  The key to great looking projects is having different textures and thickness.  It's amazing how that snowman nose is so much cuter as a separate piece of wood than just painted on.  It's worth the extra work.

I didn't paper anything this time~can you believe it?  I free handed a few snow flakes on the mitten and some stripes on the top.  The scarf was a piece of fleece that's 50% off this week at JoAnn's.  I drilled two small holes on each mitten side to thread some wire on for easy hanging.  Super easy project I promise!!!

I love it! Can't wait to see what the other gals do!  Thanks for the great theme Krystal!

Snowman built!  Check!  Happy Tuesday everyone!~

Snowman- Sassy Sanctuary

So...

Do you want to build a snowman?!?

Sorry.  Couldn't resist!  (If you haven't seen Frozen yet, you need to.  Its SO cute!)

Anyway, Krystal from Sassy Sanctuary here today to kick off our next round of WYLTC!  We were all itching to create some winter cuteness to fill up the after Christmas emptyness.  And since I got to pick our theme, we will all be sharing some super cute snowmen this week!

Here is mine.

Isn't he cute?!

I was actually inspired by this snowman that I already own.  (It wont let me copy a picture so you'll have to check out the link.  But its a plush snowman that says "families are forever because love never melts."  ahhh!)  I love the cute little saying on the belly and when I came across a sign on Pinterest that read "if kisses were snowflakes I'd send you a blizzard"  I knew I needed to use the quote on a wooden snowman.

The actual snowman is REALLY simple.  You start with a basic shape like this...

(That little block on the back is a trick I use when the wood is to skinny to stand up by itself.)

Then just cut a strip of wood for the brim of his hat and a little carrot nose.

The fun part is paint.  I made this guy right after Christmas and let the glitz of Christmas influence me.  I used LOTS of glitter!  His nose is gold glitter, his hat black glitter, his eyes are black rinestones, and I even glittered the text.

That was a little tricky.  I still used the vinyl stencil method, just instead of painting the text on I used a glittered glue mixture.  It required a bit of touch-up after the stencil was removed but turned out pretty stinkin cute!  Then a ribbon around his neck and he was done!

I think I'll call him Olaf.  ;)

Come back the rest of the week for all the other snowmen.  The WYLTC ladies never disappoint!

Thanks for reading!