A to Z with a little J

I designed a nursery for my niece, Kaylee, who just arrived last week.  Since my sister in law didn't find out what she was having I had to wait to make the name for the accent wall.  I stumbled on a Pinterest post on how to make new wood look old and thought this would be the perfect opportunity to try it out and I had everything I needed in my cabinets. What you need: White Vinegar Steel Wool Tea Paint Brush First you will want to take a piece of steel wool and put it in a jar with a lid.  Add enough vinegar to cover the top.  Then let it sit for at least 24 hours.  The vinegar and steel wool will interact to create an iron based solution. When you are ready to begin you will steep some very strong tea.  I ended up making a second batch because I missed the part about it being strong.  I'm not sure if that would have made a difference. Once the tea is ready you will paint it onto your wood and let it dry. ...

Going through my posts I came across this one in my drafts that some how never got posted.  This project was completed in January 2012. For my final project for Jameson's Birthday Party I made a Jameson Train.  Surfing Pinterest I came across the yarn wrapped letter tutorials and thought it sounded like fun but needed to be spiced up a bit.  Of course the tutorials always make it sound so much easier than it really is so after much trial and error here is my final product! First I traced and cut out the letters from a cardboard box I had around the house.  I highly recommend using an Xacto knife to cut as many as possible because cardboard and scissors don't get along well. Then using a piece of tape I secured the yarn to the card board and started wrapping horizontally around the letter.  Once I got to the top of the "M" it got a little difficult to keep the yarn on the letter and not slide off.  I just struggled until I finally got it to ...