My camera is nekkid and is begging for me to make one of these strap covers! tutorial
Love this pearl and ribbon necklace! tutorial
Must make this DIY Dry Erase Board! tutorial
For the love of mod podge…can’t wait to make one! tutorial
A chalkboard table for my porch….genius! tutorial
Family Rules Canvas, beautiful and my family needs the reminders! tutorial
A Customized Family Tree Wall Vinyl Art tutorial
All are of these are now on my increasingly long crafty to do list!
When I was flipping through my Pottery Barn catalog, I came across these. I loved them. I have so much costume jewelry, as my everyday attire doesn’t really call for anything fancy. A pretty bauble is makes my average jeans and tee look a bit better. I had a white frame sitting around that had the glass broken on it, so I pulled that out and sponge painted different gold and brown tones on it. Then I used cup hooks and a bit of wire and Voile! if I had to do it again, I would use a stronger wire for the earrings as the weight pulled it down quite a bit, but we are snowed in again and it doesn’t bother me bad enough to change it up right now. I am pleased enough of how it turned out. Adds a little something extra to our boring bedroom decor and it helps the jewelry to not constantly getting tangled!
Is requesting her birthday party theme to be Fancy Nancy and Super Mario Brothers. Yes, same event just a mish mash of the two. She is so much like me it is scary. Once she gets an idea in her head there is no stopping her. Brainstorming and praying we can decide on just one theme. Something about Mario and Luigi wearing tutu’s just isn’t jiving!
We have all been so sick here for the last few weeks, so emails and craftiness have just fallen to the wayside. But, besides runny noses I think we are all rounding the bend and are approaching health again! Hubby is at work today and have just had the privilege of just sitting and playing together. It’s the little things that make life better. Lots of laughter and baby kisses were exactly what I needed to get out my funk. Off to read to my babies, I have some crafty ideas for later if I don’t fall asleep early!
Did anyone else grow up singing that sweet little kids Bible song. The songs says:
The Lord is mine and I am His,
His banner over me is love,
The Lord is mine and I am His,
His banner over me is love,
The Lord is mine and I am His,
His banner over me is love,
His banner over me is love.
2. He brought me to His banqueting table, his banner over me is love…
3. He is the vine and we are the branches…
4. Jesus is the rock of my salvation…
This will be the theme of our Valentines Day. I want my kids to know and grasp the love of Christ and that doesn’t just mean loving each other, and knowing God’s love but rather when you get God’s love you need to share it. The banner of love over her bed is a metaphor for that. God’s love and grace covers her and I hope that she can grow up and help others by blanketing them with the overwhelming love of her Heavenly father.
As for the crafty stuff, this was so stinking easy with my Cricut. The ovals are from the tag setting from A Child’s Year and the text is the basic George text. The hole is already there so all I did was string the ribbon through.
I had this canvas leftover from when I let the princess paint away last year. It is not a very good canvas and the paint either sucked right in or refused to stick. It was awkward to work with at best. But, as a first attempt I wasn’t expecting ease. But, note to self, if you paid $1 for a canvas then I should expect the quality to be reflective of that.
I painted the tree first complete with branches and then I cut up magazine clippings from a quilt magazine. I thought it was so neat to have these little flecks of gorgeous fabric. I used a dimensional silicone glue to give it the leaves some presence and stacked a few of them for extra texture. I also used a swatch of some of my favorite Joel Dewberry fabric to make a knot in the tree. At that point, I was extremely happy. Then I pushed my luck. I wanted a bible verse on it as I was putting it on my son’s wall above his light switch and with the tree theme I had picked Ephesians 3:17 which I love. Well, the paint did not want to stick, so I had to go with a different brush. It made it huge and uneven. It would look 100 times better if I had just written it with a sharpie. Oh well. For a first effort I won’t hold it against myself to badly!
I then mod podged it to hold the leaves and give it sheen. It isn’t perfect, but neither am I. But, in the words of Tim Gunn, I had to make it work!
I have never decorated for Valentines Day before. But, this year I seem to be making up for lost time. I am not replacing my wreath, but this is the one I made (aka painted) tonight, but the front door was the best place to photograph it.. It was another one of Alaina and I’s finds from Hobby Lobby from our mommy daughter date night. After painting this all cute and finding a picture that fit that had both kids (still working on this because an autumn picture with rustic colors doesn’t really scream happy love day!) I then realized I don’t have a place to put it. I don’t have a lot of random places to hang things, so this little piece of lovely is now adorning my laundry room. The fact that I am now staying up late every night to work on the months of crafting I have lost out on probably explains why I am decorating my laundry room.
Started on another craft tonight too. It is a Cricut craft, one of my firsts! I am making a banner for what else…Valentines! I guess you could just say that I am feeling the love this year. Hopefully my over crafting/decorating doesn’t get too out of hand. If you see me making arbor day crap, you may need to start an intervention.
I found these plaques in the deep 90% off clearance at Hobby Lobby last night. There were 2 of these and one other one that I fell in love with the weight and scroll work and colors. I wasn’t really in love with the scene. Props to the Virgin Mary, but not really in my decor choices. (I really hope that didn’t come across sacrilegious!) Anyway, the total for the 3 of them after the discount were under $3. I had recently gone through my photo albums and found a few pictures that I loved but didn’t have the right frame or spot for them. So, I took my pictures, scrapbook paper, and some mod podge and went to work.
I love the torn edges and the exposed colors of the old background and of course the images of myself and my kids. The one in the middle was the first time Alaina met Sam. Having him was incredible and holding both of my kids together for the first time completed me. Needless to say, when I move these to my nightstand I won’t be able to go to sleep or wake up without being reminded of how blessed I am that God gave me these two incredible children.
I saw this on Lindsay’s blog last week and I knew that I had to do it. Unfortunately we were amidst a snow storm for a few days and were trapped inside. Hubby didn’t think that braving the roads for a styrofoam heart constituted a necessity at that moment. But, fast forward to today after dinner the princess and I left the boys at home for a quick run to Hobby Lobby. It was supposed to be a really inexpensive craft. But, the darn styrofoam heart cost $50, but if my hubby asks if you bought the wreath you also lots of scrapbook paper, paint, magnets and other assorted crafting “necessities”.
Tutorial was super easy and didn’t take as much fabric as I had cut. So, I may have to make a trip back for another styrofoam heart and do my best to make it out without the extras and make one for my mom.
I mean she won. Not to toot my own horn but I am usually awesome at bowling on the Wii. In fact it is the only thing that I excel at when it comes to video games. In my competitive nature just a few weeks ago I was spouting off my mad skills when it came to bowling and I really did do well. So, tonight the princess and I were playing and the first game went great. She got a 73 and I had a 203. I was feeling pretty confident but the little man was not impressed and he was hungry. So, I picked him up and continued my game holding him. But, it was then the princess’ bowling super powers kicked in and she had 7 strikes and/or spares in a row. I don’t know if I am more proud or embarrassed but as you can see by the picture, she kicked my booty!
And yes, she has rubbed it in all night. She even insisted that I call her Papa (aka my dad) to tell him. I am so sorry, child…you have inherited your mommy’s unfavorable competitiveness when it comes to games. I don’t have an athletic bone in my body so I have to win at everything else. God help me, she is my mini me.
