Beer On Tap at Home with Draftmark

Like most men, my husband would love a man cave to claim as his own. I joke that his man cave is our garage where his classic car project resides, but his classic car story is a whole other blog post. When I'm decorating our house, I try and take into consideration my husbands taste and merge our two styles into a home that hopefully is reflecting both our styles. I recently teamed up with Draftmark Home Tap System to surprise my husband with his own tap system at home carving out a little niche in the fridge that's all his. Plus sharing our 100% honest thoughts on the system along with how my husbands man cave would look. To say my husband was excited when our Draftmark Home Tap System arrived was an understatement, it's always fun to pour your own beer like a pro. I was happy the Draftmark Homme Tap System offers one of my favorite beers to drink, Shock Top in their product lineup. Click here to see the selection of beers they offer, remember you must be 21 years and up to enter their site. 

Before loading our Draftmark Home Tap System with Shock Top, we made sure to fully charge the system for six hours along with refrigerating the beer for six hours at the recommended temperature from Draftmark. We also watched the video on Draftmark.com that explains how to load the Draftmark Home Tap System and pour the perfect glass.  

The Draftmark Home Tap System takes up about as much room as a 12 - 24 pack of soda does in the fridge. Sharing this picture of the Draftmark System in our fridge makes me feel like I'm on MTV Cribs minus the fancy champagne bottles. 

I was introduced to Shock Top a few Summers ago when my husband and I were visiting Tahoe, and I loved its Summery taste. Its so much fun to pour myself a glass and cut a few orange slices and enjoy! As I mentioned above, Draftmark Home Tap System sent us their tap system to review, all thoughts are 100% our own. My husband thought it was fun and convenient, and cool to show off to friends pouring them a drink on tap at home. He also likes that it stays fresh for up to 30 days. We had Shock Top in the Draftmark Home Tap System for over two weeks and each pour was good as the first. 

Now back to my husbands man cave and how I would design it. I can totally picture it filled with posters of famous comedians and movies he likes [ all framed of course ] A vintage buffet with a record player on top along with a mini bar. I also picture a small glass front fridge with is Draftmark Home Tap System inside next to pineapple. He loves fresh pineapple. Could your home also use a Draftmark System?

Thank you Draftmark. This post a sponsored post from Draftmark, while I received a free Draftmark system to review all content and experiences shared here are my own. 

5 Ideas for Framing Kids Artwork

My favorite artwork ever, is the kind my youngest brings home from preschool. I think its important to display kids artwork and crafts but in can be tricky, to make sure its done in a thoughtful manner. Kids artwork can get 'lost' on the fridge among coupons and to do lists and lets be honest in the backpack. Adding your child's own artwork in their bedroom is great way to celebrate your child's creativity and adds to the personality of their bedroom. Quick reminder, if your child has a gallery wall in their bedroom, add their artwork to the wall. Nothing gives me the '

sads

' more than gallery walls in kids rooms that doesn't include their artwork! For Gallery wall layout ideas, visit Avery's gallery wall

here

. 

Our little ones, bring home an assortment or varying sizes of artwork from paintings to, 3D Artwork, Windmills and more as I mentioned can be tricky to properly frame. 

Using a mixture of frame sizes and varying artwork, I've put together 5 Ideas for Framing Kids artwork. While sorting though your little ones artwork, involve them in the process and ask which ones they want to frame and place on their walls, it makes the whole project more fun and memorable for them.

Idea # 1 Floating Frame

Use a floating glass gallery frame to float unusual shaped artwork between glass.  This painted butterfly comes to life once placed in a floating frame. 

Idea # 2 Shadow Box Frame

My son recently made a cute Hungry Caterpillar sitting on a leaf at school, using a Shadow Box frame I was able to display his 3D artwork effortlessly. 

Idea # 3 Use a Matte

Kids make THE best abstract artwork. Using a Matte to frame artwork adds instant polish to kids artwork. 

Idea # 4 Skip the Matte

Just like adding a matte to kids artwork, transforms it from a cart project into 'artwork' the same goes with skipping the matte and filling the entire frame with artwork. When framing the artwork below, I cut down the original painting to fit a smaller frame and skipped the matte. The artwork framed without the map, reminds me of framed artwork you would purchase from Minted [ and yes, my little one is an amazing artist. Totally not biased! ] 

Idea # 5 Add a Color Background

My little one created this rainbow cloud, which can be complicated to frame since its an odd size. For this, I skipped the matte and opted to use tissue paper for the background for the artwork to reside on,

I crumpled the tissue paper to give extra depth

  You can also use construction

 paper or Kraft paper for Scrap-booking paper as a backdrop. 

Framing your childs artwork can be very inexpensive, you can find good frame deals at Ikea, Wal-Mart, Target, Marshall's and Home Goods in  wide selection of sizes. Also, look online for coupons for Micheal's Craft store and score big discounts on frames too, they carry a color selection

 of frames along with shadow boxes. All the frames used above where from Ikea, Target and Home Goods. 

Now for the fun part, sorting though your kids artwork and deciding what to frame, remember to include them in the process and create those fun memories together. I hope my 5 Ideas for Framing Kids artwork comes in handy. Whats your favorite to display your kids artwork in a thoughtful frame?