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 :)

Post by Taylor Urban : www.itstaylormade.com

Comments

[Catherine]

Oh, I love this so much! Definitely going to embroider one for my son. Love the last rule most of all. I am always making my 7 yr old promise to kiss and hug and call me even when he grows up - I figured a bit of brainwashing might work! ha ha.

[Analaila]

This is soooo adorable and a great idea too! i cant wait to try it out.

[Mamaholt]

I just saw this on Pinterest and LOVE it!

My son is a Finn too (Finnigan) and we're in the south (Austin) as well.

Now I just need to learn to embroider.

Thanks for the adorable idea.

[erin]

I googled for a girl version-how to be a lady wall art-all that came up was naked lady wall art. sigh We need to work on that! :)