9.28.2012

How To Be A Gentleman



I can't seem to get enough of hand embroidered wall art lately. When I saw THIS PIN a few months ago, I knew I wanted to make something similar for Finn's room. I used it as inspiration but I also changed and added a few rules of my own.

The last rule is totally me... it says "always call your mom". This is my biggest fear of having two boys, I hope they don't turn 18, say bye mom thanks for everything, I'm off to find a new girl then call once every few months. Maybe if I start brainwashing them now they will call me :)

I used iron on vinyl for the small letters but hand embroidered the rest. I printed out a template for the embroidery and then just used a pencil and traced to give myself a guide.

I also traced a border around the outside with pencil.

Then I started to embroider. I find it very relaxing for some reason... I like to sit in bed and do it while I watch TV... Geez how old am I? My husband calls me the youngest old person he knows.

Lastly, I ironed on my vinyl.

I love how it turned out. So far this makes one thing to hang on poor Finn's walls haha.


So do you have any rules to add? I live in Texas y'all, I have to raise gentlemen. Also, does anyone else have sons and want to weigh in on how often they call? Go easy on me :/
Also, I entered this into the Borderline Brilliant Contest, so PRETTY PLEASE vote for me, #14 :)

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6 comments:

  1. omg, this is awesome!!!!! i want one that says "how to be a lady" and there's some kind of line in there about wearing sequins and learning how to apply eyeliner. can you get right on that???

    p.s. don't worry--kyle calls his parents every week! and they text, so i think you'll be fine!

    CucpakesOMG!

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  2. This is soooo cute!! Love the colors and "Don't use bad words" ;) I think we should have an embroidery tutorial at our H-town blogger meet up! Have a great weekend!!

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  3. My husband talks to his mom at least once a week. He has always had a great relationship with his mom.

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  4. Very cute! My father-in-law, (one of two boys) has had a standing phone date with his mom every Saturday at 8 am for many, many years. I am looking forward to the future phone dates many years in the future with my two boys. :)

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  5. Love it! I also made a 'lady version' :)

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    1. do you have a link? i would love to see the lady version!!

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