Fashion Friday

Happy Friday everyone!  Today I thought I would share with you my idea of fashion. Now, I am slightly obsessed with Pinterest so here are some of my favorite pinterest finds for fashion.

**All images were taken from Pinterest

Well, these outfits pretty much represent me.  I love jeans (very self conscious about my legs), comfy and casual shirts, zip-ups and hoodies, flip flops, ballet flats and my new love, TOMS.  Most of my clothes are grey, blue, white and black with splashes of pink.  I am really trying to add more color and pattern in my closet.  Lately I have been drawn to strips.  I just bought 2 new striped shirts and I LOVE them.

Now that it is summer you will find me in Bermuda shorts, capris or shorts with a tank.  

I hope you liked learning a little about my style.  Feel free to follow me on pinterest!

Quote Canvas Art {Tutorial}

Before Spencer was born I made a subway art canvas for his bedroom.  I did not (and still do not) have a cricut or silhouette to cut the vinyl, but I was able to borrow a cricut from a friend.  This is what I came up with:

I really love how it turned out and every time I go into Spencer's room it makes me smile. I have been wanting to make another canvas for the playroom, but again I do not have a machine. I am obsessed with Pinterest and I came across a way to make a painted canvas using stickers.  My sister had a birthday present to make for her friend and decided she wanted to try and make a quote on a canvas using the method we saw on pinterest.  First she painted the canvas she wanted to color of the words to be:

Then she added the stickers where she wanted them to go.  Before she did that she decided that she wanted some of the words to stand out so she used another color as well. *Sorry it is sideways*

The next step is to paint over the entire canvas with a different color.

The final step is to carefully peal off the stickers.  My sister used a safety pin to help her pull the edges up.

She also added some small rhinestones and little flowers that I had in my supplies to give it more details.  The colors match her friends room and her friend absolutely love it.
Here is a picture of another one she made for herself:

The canvases came in a 2 pack at Walmart for about $8, the stickers were $2.99 per pack (bought 3 packs) at Michaels and they actually ended up being buy 2 get 1 free.  The paints I had on hand, but are under $1 each.  That is $14 for both projects not including all of the supplies I already had on hand.


I hope you are now inspired to make some artwork as a gift or for your house!

Let there be POWER!

Sorry I have been MIA for a few days.  Last week we had a jammed packed week of fun activities then on Friday night we had a crazy storm and we lost power.  Now normally I would not mind losing power for a day or 2, but we were projected to be without power for a week and it was about 97-100 degrees plus humidity making it feel like 105+.  Luckily my parents, who live less than 5 miles away, had power so Saturday morning we packed up the fridge/freezer, some clothes and the kids and headed over to their house.  It was a little cramped at my parents house, but boy did it beat staying at our house.  After only 2 days without power, the power came back on Sunday night.  I am so glad to be back home and I am looking forward to sleeping in my bed.  

Please check back this week for some new posts.  I'll give you some hints... canvas art work, summer bucket list and a little fashion.  

The perfect Baby Shower Gift

Over the past 4 months there have been so many babies being born.  I have had to get gifts for 2 close friends, my sister in law, my cousin, a friend of the family and 6 co-workers all in the past 5 months.  My favorite gift to give is a homemade gift.  I love to craft and I feel like it means more when I make something that is personalized.  Enter the personalized wood letter:

This one I made for the daughter of my son's daycare provider.  She told me the nursery was a pinkish coral color and white.  


Here are some more that I have made:

 This one was for my team member who was doing a grey, pink and white nursery for baby Gia.  She absolutely loved the letters.

 This letter J is for little Jackson, the son of another team member.  

 The letters H, S and W I made 2 summers ago for some fellow teachers.  

This one I made 2 years ago for my cousin's daughter, Jordan.  Jordan was turning 7.  The J, D and N have ribbon and/or flower embellishments and the O,R and A have small rhinestones.  




Now here is something I would like to do.  I would like to start taking orders for personalized letters, whether it be a first initial, all initials or the first name.  The top 3 are made with 9 inch letters.  The bottom 2 are made with letters that are probably about 6 inches, but I have not been able to find them anymore.  I made those letters 2 years ago and I was living in another state.
The price would be $8.50 per letter for the 9 inch.  If you are ordering 5 or more letters, the price would be $7 per letter.
If you are interested in ordering some, please email me at planestrainsandpb@gmail.com










**Sorry for the quality of the pictures. Most of them were taken with my phone.  

Welcome

Hello and welcome to Planes, Trains and Peanut Butter!  I started a blog about 2+ years ago and I did not keep up with it as well as I wanted to because, well, life got in the way.  Well I'm back and I plan to stay more on top of things and I really hope to make some new friends out there in blogland :)


You are probably wondering why I decided to name my blog Planes, Trains and Peanut Butter.  I wanted the name to represent me and my life.  The Planes and Trains are for my 2 amazing little boys, Carson (4) and Spencer (13 months), who love all things transportation.  The Peanut Butter is because my family LOVES Peanut Butter, whether it's a sandwich, a cookie or with a spoon.  I want this blog to showcase my life as a wife, mommy, teacher and crafter.  I also want to include health and fitness and style. Some of the weekly posts I would like to include are Sunday Supper and Friday Fashion.  Sunday Supper would be where I share what my family is eating for dinner. Now that it is summer, we try and grill out at home or at my parents house. Friday Fashion will pretty much be like WIWW (What I Wore Wednesday) if you are familiar with that.  


Well, I have a lot of projects I have been working on lately and I am excited to share them with you this week.  If you like what you see, follow me and share my site with your friends!