Superman, Unzipped

If you have seen some of my blog posts in the past, you will know my younger brother LOVES Superman.

His birthday was last weekend, so of course I made his something in Superman theme.

He had asked me about painting him a cup.

Originally, I wanted to make the Superman logo look like it was ripping out of skin,

but I didn't like the way my sketches were turning out.

I ended up decided to make the logo look like it was being unzipped.

He was really happy with it!

Thanks for looking!

Because Brothers can be Superheroes too

My younger brother LOVES Superman!

I racked my brain this past Christmas trying to figure out what I could make him in that theme.

I decided to try my first canvas painting!

I love how it turned out and he was pretty excited about it!

He goes by Skip, so I tied the "S" in Superman to the "S" in Skip.

He made me feel awesome when he told me it looked like a store bought canvas!

(He wasn't sure if that was a compliment or not - but I quickly informed him that it was a huge compliment!)

On the back, one of the things I put was "Because brothers can be superheroes too".

Thanks for looking!

Superman Flower Pot

My Mom and younger brother just moved to a new house.

I had given my Mom several things but was trying to come up with something for my brother.

He absolutely loves Superman.

I have been wanting to try painting flower pots and had bought a smaller one to try before painting bigger ones.

I decided to try painting the smaller one in a Superman theme for my brother.

I love how it turned out!

I made it kind of look like Superman himself, just a portion.

I figured the smaller flower pot would be perfect for change or odds and ins.

My brother really liked it!

Now I am off to paint more!

Superman Pillow

This year I racked and racked my brain trying to figure out 

what to make for my younger brother for Christmas.

After much browsing on Pinterest and through my craft books,

I still didn't have any idea.

I knew that he liked Superman, Cowboys, Tarheels, and frogs.

I couldn't think of anything to do with Cowboys or Tarheels

and I had already made him several frog items.

Finally, between brainstorming with my boyfriend and Mom,

we came up with the idea of a Superman pillow!

Well, I am new to using my sewing machine and don't have a lot of material.

I have quite a bit of felt so I decided to make his pillow out of felt.

And so the process began..

I cut out the diamond shape on yellow then on red.

I hand drew the Superman emblem with maker onto the felt.

I then cut out the emblem out.

I hand used black permanent marker to go around the edges of the logo and add depth.

I used black embroidery hread to hand sew the logo.

I used yellow to hand sew the logo onto the blue of the pillow.

I then used my sewing machine to sew the pillow together and then stuffed!

I love the way it turned out!!