MME Alphabet Soup Canvas

I am by my very nature, a hoarder of the 10th degree if there is such a thing. Another word could also be pack-rat but that sounds more like I stash garbage all around the house. I like to think of myself as more of a keeper of nice things, and frightened to use them because I no longer have them in my stash at my beck and call should I ever decided (heaven forbid!) to use it. I hoard all things that I love, and perhaps none more so than a little package of Alphabet Soup Playing Cards that Sarah gave me a few years ago from MME.

They looked very nice in my stash and although I have attempted a number of times to use one or two from the set on various projects, I never could quite bring myself to do it. I'm rather grateful now because it meant when the rather brilliant idea of setting them on a canvas came to me, I still had the entire alphabet.

Although it hurt a little to dig into that long preserved stash and adhere them to the canvas (using Mod Podge if you're curious to the method) I calm myself with the knowledge that in a way, I'm still hoarding them, only this time instead of being buried in a place only I can enjoy them, the adorable playing cards are proudly displayed on the wall, in a room that deserves some really cute things. Baby Mosher will make its appearance in August and while I always told myself I was not going to be one of those Mother's who had to have the nursery decorated before baby arrived, I don't quite seem to be fitting into the mold I made for myself. This isn't the first project that I've made that is now adorning the walls of the room, but I'm leaving those projects for another post.

SUPPLIES

My Minds Eye Alphabet Soup Playing Cards

Fine and Dandy Brads

Misc MME Papers

And even though it kind of looks like everything is in the "pink" theme, we don't actually know the gender of the baby. Pink might not be a manly colour, but I figure that if I am getting good enough deals on a few used pink items (namely the Bumboo Seat) before baby arrives, and he's a ... him, he'll be small enough that he won't know the difference, and I'll be so happy about the money I saved, it won't matter to much :) The other projects I'm working on are much more gender neutral. Its just that Sarah gave me the girl Alphabet Soup cards, so really, what was I to do?

I knew I wanted to make something differant for the April Challenge at "Challenge me Happy" and I think this fits well inside the guidelines of "Anything Goes" :) 

Its a blustery day outside, wet, wet snow is falling. I had hoped spring had arrived, but it seems to have missed that memo. Hoping your day is a filled with a little more sunshine, and a little less snow.