Filed under Holidays

Stars and USA Banner

Stars and USA Banner

The Fourth of July is tomorrow which means we needed to get some Patriotic Items for our cook out done. I had quite a bit scrap fabric laying around and the princess has been asking to make stuff with it.  She suggested we make 4th of July decorations because it would be pretty and fun. … Continue reading

Lavender Easter Wreath

I really wanted to make an Easter Wreath this year.  Altered Pages does a Challenge every month and I always say I get around to it.  This month’s challenge is lavender and I always think of Easter when I hear lavender.  I think it stems from the lavender flowered Easter dress I had as a … Continue reading

Leprechaun Clothes Pin

Leprechaun Clothes Pin

Booga kept saying, “Mom we need Leprechauns to live in our house.” Mom put her thinking cap on and decided to make a Leprechaun Clothes Pin.   Materials: Clothes Pin Pencil Craft Paint in Assorted Colors Paint Brush Fine Tip Permanent Marker Small Google Eyes (optional)

Leprechaun House

Leprechaun House

St. Patrick’s Day is Sunday so I have been trying to create some fun St. Patrick’s Day projects with Booga.  We decided to make a leprechaun house so we could catch a leprechaun. I built the house because a three year waits for no glue to dry, meaning I hot glued it together to expedite the process. … Continue reading

Easy Stocking Hangers

Easy Stocking Hangers

Look Double Post Day – Merry Christmas! Every year I find myself saying every year I am going to buy Stocking Hangers every year when they are on Clearance after Christmas.  Well guess who once again forgot.  I never ever think of them until it is Christmas Eve and I need to hang stockings.  Last … Continue reading

A Very Merry Holiday Steampunk Blog Hop

A Very Merry Holiday Steampunk Blog Hop

Happy Holidays everyone and welcome to my very first Steampunk Project EVER!  Leslierahye has been trying to get me on the Steampunk Bandwagon for close to a year now, I honestly didn’t get it (I still only sort of get Steampunk but I am digging the gear thingies).  I found some washers and gears in the … Continue reading

Flag Day Kid Art

Flag Day Kid Art

Yesterday was Flag Day so I thought it would be really cute to have the kids make flags. Materials: 2 – Blue Card Stock 5″ x 5″ 2 – White Card Stock 8 1/2″ x 11″ Ruler Red Pencil Glue Sick White Ink Pad (I used Studio G Pigment Ink) Red Ink Pad (I used … Continue reading

Batten Down the Hatches here comes Beryl

This is quite an impressive photo and since Beryl has decided to damper our holiday weekend – I decided to blog about it.  Honestly Beryl didn’t put too big of a damper on our weekend because Jeff had to work.  He did have Friday and Saturday off, which was great.  The princess art show was … Continue reading

What I created this weekend

This weekend was fantastic I had so much fun doing the ODD Show Live – National Scrapbook Day Extravaganza we raided over $700 for Charity Wings (thank you so much for helping a wonderful charity!)  I got to finish four scrapbook pages yesterday – huge accomplishment!! The first 3 pages were done using the K&Company … Continue reading

Star Wars Felt Peeps

Star Wars Felt Peeps

Pin It Yes I am well aware I hate Peeps but that doesn’t mean everyone does (including my husband).  Originally these were going to be for our good friend Jamie but I hand sewed these and I couldn’t bring myself to part with them.  I was also informed I have opened a can of worms … Continue reading