Advance apologies for any mistake I might have missed...a certain 11 month old has broken my keyboard and I haven't gotten a new one yet :)
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Delayed Craftiness
So I did this months ago...sigh I suck at blogging...anyways I got these great pictures of Zoe and her friends and I decided that they would be a great way for Zoe to see all her friends. They only problem was in my mind I saw and awesome collage of pictures that could grow with Zoe but finding a frame that fulfilled that desire proved difficult. I found a frame I liked but I didn't like the $30 price tag with it. Target had a 3 pack of 5x7 frames on sale for $5 so I figured why not just glue some together and make my own collage. My next problem was figuring out which glue would be the best to glue the frames together. All I could find online was wood frames and wood glue and clamps...grr I found plastic frames. I finally ended up doing a trial and error with all the glues I had on hand...Mod Podge, Tacky Glue, Super Glue and a glue gun. The glue gun worked the best with the fastest results.
Advance apologies for any mistake I might have missed...a certain 11 month old has broken my keyboard and I haven't gotten a new one yet :)
Advance apologies for any mistake I might have missed...a certain 11 month old has broken my keyboard and I haven't gotten a new one yet :)
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Let's Get Messi!!
Yesterday we broke out an old sheet and some paint and got crafti!!
Zoe had a great time putting her hands and feet in the paint. It was so much fun in Zoe's mind that mommy had to join her...
I'm glad that it waited to rain until after the paint had dried. Now I have a huge sheet covering one wall in my living room...I think I might cut out the best pieces and frame them.
My favorite spot...mommy and Zoe's hands...and mommy's foot
Another Pinterest idea...here's the link:
http://www.playcreateexplore.com/2010/06/sheetfeet-painting.html
Zoe had a great time putting her hands and feet in the paint. It was so much fun in Zoe's mind that mommy had to join her...
I'm glad that it waited to rain until after the paint had dried. Now I have a huge sheet covering one wall in my living room...I think I might cut out the best pieces and frame them.
My favorite spot...mommy and Zoe's hands...and mommy's foot
Another Pinterest idea...here's the link:
http://www.playcreateexplore.com/2010/06/sheetfeet-painting.html
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Yummy Crasftiness
I started with a regular roll of refrigerated crescent rolls and brushed some butter on and then covered with cinnamon and brown sugar.
Then I rolled it all up. I ended up wrapping it in saran wrap and sticking it in the refrigerator.
I cut the 2 rolls that I made in to 8 pieces each and plopped them in to the mini muffin tin. I unfortunately threw my directions away so I had to guess the temp to cook at and the rolls ended up a tad over cooked but they are still very yummy.
Heres the link to the actual recipe:
http://iowagirleats.com/2011/11/23/8-minute-mini-cinnamon-rolls/
Monday, July 30, 2012
More Handi than Crafti today...
I really like the fact that this gives me more room on the pantry shelves and I can't believe I didn't think of this sooner.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Upcoming Christmas Projects
I love Pintrest!! I found these great Christmas time projects and I'm excited to try them out.
1. The Christmas Advent Calender. It's made out of cardstock/scrapbook paper sewn onto fabric. I really like this because I can personalize it to my family and as the babies grow so can the activities.
2. Felt Christmas Tree. A great idea for little ones. I think that this project is the one I'm most looking forward to.
3. Finger Print Snowman Ornaments. This is pretty awesome. These can be done as gift or for your own tree. The kiddies can do one every year
4. Finger Print Lights Christmas Card. I like this but I am horrible about getting Christmas cards in the mail...this maybe a maybe this year.
If anyone is interested in the links let me know...
#2:Felt Christmas Tree
#4: Finger Print Light Christmas Card
1. The Christmas Advent Calender. It's made out of cardstock/scrapbook paper sewn onto fabric. I really like this because I can personalize it to my family and as the babies grow so can the activities.
2. Felt Christmas Tree. A great idea for little ones. I think that this project is the one I'm most looking forward to.
3. Finger Print Snowman Ornaments. This is pretty awesome. These can be done as gift or for your own tree. The kiddies can do one every year
4. Finger Print Lights Christmas Card. I like this but I am horrible about getting Christmas cards in the mail...this maybe a maybe this year.
If anyone is interested in the links let me know...
#2:Felt Christmas Tree
#4: Finger Print Light Christmas Card
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Online Color Test
I was looking at my Facebook feed some weeks ago and I came across a Huffington Post that talked about how well can you see color and they provided a link to test how well you see color. So I go and take the little quiz and score like a 3 or something I don't really remember. I leave the link open so I can see if hubby would take the quiz to. (He hasn't by the way) Anywho, I've take the quiz 3 times now (I think I like torturing myself with it) and this last time I got a 4, which is pretty good considering I've got smudgy fingerprints all over my computer monitor. Looks like I have trouble with red-oranges...
Here's the link to go take the Color IQ Challenge yourself:
http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?pageid=77&lang=en
And here's a link to the Huffington Post article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/26/take-the-color-challenge-_n_1627702.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009
Friday, July 20, 2012
Feeling Crafti
Before |
The crafti bug hit me big yesterday. I was given these awesome wooden letters when my babies were little to decorate for their room. I had originally painted the letters and put pokadots on them....
I was on pintrest and I found the pin that showed scrapbook paper covered letters. I was like ' OMG!! Why didn't I think of that!! ' So I found some scrapbook paper that I felt represented the babies a little bit. I used Modge Podge to glue the paper to the letters and an exaco knife to remove the excess paper. I'm pretty darn excited that I managed to avoid cutting myself with the knife!!
After |
Above their beds |
Poor Ian has nothing else to go with his letters...I'll have to make a trip to JoAnn's or Hobby Lobby to see if I can find some pirate type wood cuts like Zoe's butterflies and flowers.
Here's the link that I used to make the covered letters:
http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/home/whimsical-wall-decor.htm
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