Maci's Name Project

So, I love crafting and doing projects, but I will admit that I am not always the most efficient crafter.  I sometimes, okay, almost always start a project at the kitchen table or on the living room floor that should take a day, maybe two at the most, and it winds up taking me a month!  A few days after I start my project, Matt (my husband), usually asks when the project is going to be finished.  I respond with a generic answer of, "soon".  

Today is the day I vow to finish projects in a timely fashion.  I'm not saying I will finish them in one day; I do have a one month old which will make time consuming projects difficult, but I will get them done within a timely manner.  I think a week is a fair amount of time for a working, mother of one, who has a husband and three dogs to finish her projects.  Anyways, this whole project timelyness thing started from the project I started a month ago.

I was wanting to put Maci's name above her crib, so I started collecting the materials a week after she was born.  I waited until then because we had not decided on her name until she was born.  After buying all the materials, I got started at the coffee table in the living room.  I began using Mod Podge to adhere patterned paper to each letter.  After getting half way done with the M, I decided it was time to take a break, and there it sat for a week, in a neat stacked up pile of course.  We began getting more visitors to see Maci and the project pile was moved to the kitchen table.  We then had visitors for dinner and the project pile moved to the buffet table.  Matt reminds me that this project has been going on for one month and I remind him that we have a one month old who takes up all of my free time!  How could I possibly spend the day Mod Podging when I could be watching her smile or play with her cute little feet?  He got home from work today and said he would occupy her while I worked on it.  He told Maci at the rate I was going it wasn't going to be finished until she was 18 and she probably wouldn't like it by then.  I was determined to finish!



Status when I started the project today.

 

I worked on this project until dinner.  I took a short break to eat and continued working.  This seemed to be taking forever.

Two and a half down, one and a half to go!

I finally finished this evening after several hours of work, but it's done!  I am pretty happy with how the letters turned out.  I think I need some work on my hanging skills, but we'll save that for another day.



So cute above her crib!



I think it really did turn out cute and I got it up before she turned 18.  Let's just hope she appreciates it one day!