Crafty Momma

I have been crafting up a storm the last few days.  There are lots of things that I like, but am not willing to spend the money on OR things that I want and can not find anywhere.  The solution...CRAFTY MOMMA to the rescue.

Don't wanna spend the $$$$ ~ So I have been dying to finish Mason's room, but short of buying a $200 mural that probably won't be able to be reused, I needed other options.  We have a Star Wars theme because, let's be honest I LOVE STAR WARS.  What better idea is there than forcing your loves upon your child in hopes that they will love them too.  We had been prepping Mason in all things Star wars before we ever moved to Oklahoma.   Mason was excited for this room, that honestly doubles as fulfillment of Reid and myself's childhood wish. I had 3 walls done, but kept getting stuck on this one blank wall.  I found a mural on Amazon for $150 plus shipping, but the more I read about it, the less I felt like it would remove from the base housing walls.  There is no way I was spending that money for less than a years decor...well, no way I could convince husband to spend that kind of money especially for such a short time.

Here is the space from the first day:

This is the definition of a blank slate.  I am actually quite startled when I look back at this photo and see how far this house has come.  The biggest addition was a kids loft bed that we bought the boy because A.) it is totally cool and 2.) once again fulfills something I wanted as a kid.  

He loves this bed and the railings solved our problem of the kid falling out of the bed.  We added some shelves around the room and other storage and eventually got to this point:

We covered the bed in 2 flat sheets and then put a bathroom organizer behind his bed for storage.  IKEA shelf with wall stickers from the Falanga's.










My favorite thing is displaying all of our Star Wars treasures that Reid and I have been collecting over the years.  We even slapped a Vader mask over a regular lamp to theme it up.

 

 And then we have our shelves with Phineas and Ferb and friends to watch over the boy as he sleeps.


I have more fun with his rooms than any other.  So, I still had my blank wall left to work on and finally came up with a solution.  I have been saving Mason's Star Wars clothes ever since we got him in hopes of using them for something one day.  Reid found a bunch of canvas' that I had stored away and so the plan came together.  I cut his old shirts up and wrapped them around the canvas.  Luckily K.C. had bought a staple gun the other day, so I was set.

I love being able to display his childhood in this fun way.  I mixed the canvas' with some masks that I bought for costumes and a clock to create this:

His room finally came together and I love it.  We got the shelf from a girl on base for free that was moving to complete the room.  Crazy fun being a Crafty Momma this week.  I will post my other Pinterest project later in the week!