amongst the current craziness. I've been working on collecting alphabet letters for a while now. Last Spring when I was decorating my sister's nursery I bought a book called Babyspace, and one little eighth page photo of an abc wall in the "Living Spaces" section just grabbed me and made the whole book worth the purchase. Last week I got overanxious about the long slow process of finding 26 different letters so I went onto etsy for the remainder of what I needed and (God, I love etsy) I was hooked up within 15 minutes! Okay, so here it is. The abc wall in our front room office.
I covered some with scrapbook papers. Some with transparencies. The Z is covered in a napkin. The F and T are brass stencils (etsy). The B N and W are old marquee letters. The P and Y are off our old Pacific Bay Realty office sign (sentimental). The Q is the real piece of art amongst it all. I got it on Kristine Mays' etsy site (of course!) but treat yourself and go look at the bigger pieces she makes with wire and has shared on her blog. WOW!!! Talk about talent. I have a funny story about the O. We were down in Monterey last week visiting my oldest daughter Erica and her boyfriend, Brian. I guess Brian likes globes because so far Erica has bought him three. We weren't in their house 2 hours when CRASH! the littlest one, up on the big screen tv, fell to the ground and broke clean in half! I said, "HEY! I need that!" Okay. Probably not funny to them, but secretly I'm glad it happened!
Here's my obligatory grandkids pic from Halloween. Yes, making them stand against that pale wall looks like a mug shot, and yes, without the hood up and not holding the laser sword Caleb looks more like he's in a bathrobe than a Jedi costume, but ya gotta admit; they're still awful cute! ;-) God love 'em. They're just kind of a jumble of teeth!
Okay. That's all for today. I'll be back tomorrow to remind you to go vote!
Boy Caleb is sure getting big...have I been following your blog that long?
Posted by: dawn | November 03, 2008 at 06:32 PM
Love that wall! And love the O. And obviously it was meant to be yours!
Posted by: elizabeth | November 03, 2008 at 06:43 PM
I really want to hate you a little bit for all the creativity you accomplish, but then you show those adorable children and I can't.
That cheerleader outfit is just TOO MUCH! Cute!
Posted by: Kathi D | November 03, 2008 at 07:47 PM
I love those letters!!! what a great idea!!!
Posted by: upstatelisa | November 04, 2008 at 05:34 AM
OMG!!! This wall ROCKS!!! It is just the coolest. Love the Halloween photos too. Such precious kiddos.
Posted by: Barbara | November 04, 2008 at 01:59 PM
wow that is so ambitious and with such an amazing result...Jennifer
Posted by: jennifer Paganellli | November 04, 2008 at 10:07 PM
That wall is wonderful! And those kiddos - man are they cute or what!!! Have my PLAY leters I got from you up in Baby Lukes room - I'll have to send you a photo!
Posted by: Cheryl | November 05, 2008 at 07:49 AM
I Love your alphabet wall! I have a wall of H's (Hansen).....and I also have a vintage globe collection, so I think your use of half of the globe is super!
Posted by: natalie | November 05, 2008 at 12:40 PM
I'm always partial to "M's"... but I love the "O" globe the best. So where exactly were you at the time of the globe incident??? Amazing wall art you've created. Love how it looks, and love that some are so sentimental. BEAUTIFUL!
Posted by: happy zombie | November 05, 2008 at 04:50 PM
Oh... and the kids look awesome, and best cheerleader ever! Go Bears!
Posted by: happy zombie | November 05, 2008 at 04:51 PM
what a great wall -hope it keeps you inspired!
Posted by: leeanne | November 10, 2008 at 08:50 PM
Ugh! You are too damn crafty!!! I had to laugh when I read the entire post becase I was quite smitten with the letter O.
And yes, the grandkids are utterly adorable!
Tracy
Posted by: Tracy Nuskey Dodson | November 13, 2008 at 11:41 AM
Super cute babes - love to see them smiling away in their costumes. Love the instant-gratification alphabet including the ill-gotten globe :) Attagirl Jen, you make me proud!
Posted by: Sue McG | November 16, 2008 at 08:27 PM
Love the letters! Looks awesome !!
Posted by: Renee' D. | November 29, 2008 at 08:52 AM