Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Christmas Pictures
So before the snow flew I took the kids out to an abandoned house on the Rockeyford road and took some pictures for Christmas. I love taking pictures with old run down houses as the background. If anyone is interested this one is for sale.
The house is for sale not the kids.
The house is for sale not the kids.
SNOW!!
Reason #562 I am so thankful to have Mark home!! Yikes I would have taken until Christmas to shovel us out of this. I love our corner lot but this is one of the few downfalls......
Happy Snow Day!!! At least the kids will have a toboggan hill this year.
Happy Snow Day!!! At least the kids will have a toboggan hill this year.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Advent Calander
I was inspired to do this by Ali Edwards blog and she was inspired by Martha Stewart who took credit for an idea one of her worker bee's came up with. So before I show you my version of this recycled idea, thank you nameless Martha worker bee. So without any further adulation for the nameless creators behind Martha here it is......
I used some old jewelry boxes, match boxes from the dollar store, circle tins that were already magnetic, little tins from card sets that were in Christmas crackers and a few paper mache boxes from michaels. The large box with the 24 on it is a large match box from the dollar store the 4 is a wooden number from michaels. I painted some red, some green and covered some with polka dot paper. I left the silver ones alone. I am really liking the red, apple green and black and white polka dot combination. I put magnet also found at the dollar store on the backs and stuck it to the magnetic chalk board. The frame is from an old oil painting my parents bought in Germany, I took out the painting then put in a thin piece of metal that was painted with chalk board paint. It usually has all the kids school crafts and paintings on it. It is a great alternative to the fridge!! So inside the boxes.......
For each day I put an activity a chocolate or a package. If it is a package There is a stamp with a p on it and a package stacked in the table with the day on it . The activities are written on a piece of paper and folded inside a box. I put things like write a letter to Santa, skate at the light park, hot choc and drive around and look at the lights, make cookies, watch a Christmas movie ect. In the packages I put little craft kits I found at michaels or the dollar store. They were all around a dollar. I planned it all out on a calendar first to keep it organized and so I will remember what to get ready for. So there it is our Christmas advent calendar. I will keep all the boxes and stamps to use again next year!!
Thanks for looking, I am going to go straighten out my frame!
I am going to try to take better pictures and post them when we get some sunshine.
I used some old jewelry boxes, match boxes from the dollar store, circle tins that were already magnetic, little tins from card sets that were in Christmas crackers and a few paper mache boxes from michaels. The large box with the 24 on it is a large match box from the dollar store the 4 is a wooden number from michaels. I painted some red, some green and covered some with polka dot paper. I left the silver ones alone. I am really liking the red, apple green and black and white polka dot combination. I put magnet also found at the dollar store on the backs and stuck it to the magnetic chalk board. The frame is from an old oil painting my parents bought in Germany, I took out the painting then put in a thin piece of metal that was painted with chalk board paint. It usually has all the kids school crafts and paintings on it. It is a great alternative to the fridge!! So inside the boxes.......
For each day I put an activity a chocolate or a package. If it is a package There is a stamp with a p on it and a package stacked in the table with the day on it . The activities are written on a piece of paper and folded inside a box. I put things like write a letter to Santa, skate at the light park, hot choc and drive around and look at the lights, make cookies, watch a Christmas movie ect. In the packages I put little craft kits I found at michaels or the dollar store. They were all around a dollar. I planned it all out on a calendar first to keep it organized and so I will remember what to get ready for. So there it is our Christmas advent calendar. I will keep all the boxes and stamps to use again next year!!
Thanks for looking, I am going to go straighten out my frame!
I am going to try to take better pictures and post them when we get some sunshine.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Garland Step by Step
Ok, so here are step by directions for the garland. I included lots of pictures and measurments.......
we used 7 cookie cutters, 4 bells, 7 wooden spools and 11 10inch paper covered wire ( this can be found at the dollar store ) lengths to attach the bells and bobbins. ( I feel like there is a complicated math problem in there some where )Other great items to use would be rusted stars and bells or any ornament you would like to add in. next you will need.......
For the fabric I used 5 diffrent kinds. A note about the fabric, you need to try to find double sided fabric. Gingham and broadcloth are great or any cheaper kind of see through pattern. One side of any pattern will be faded but try to find one you can still see.
You will need thick jute to tie your fabric around I started with 164 inchs then the final project was 96 inchs or about 8 ft (thanks Trisha). This all depends on how close you tie your fabric together. I tied mine as close as I could. I also incorporated 2 kinds of ribbon, I loved the black and white polka dot it really popped the rest of the fabric.
The fabric is cut in 1 inch by 4 inch strips. I started by folding the fabric in half width wise and dividing it 5 times you will end up with 10 4 inch strips which you then cut 1 inch tabs in. I ripped all the fabric not cut so it frayed.
You then tie the ripped fabric onto the jute. I tie untill it reaches the length of my hand then add an embellishment.
To add the embellishments you loop the wire through the bell or cookie cutter around the jut and back trough the bell or cookie cutter.
You then pull the wire tight and use a skewer or the guts of a pen to twirl the rest of the ribbon around.
Last you thread on the wooden spools all of these elements are separated by about a hand length of tied fabric and ribbon. The ribbon I just tied occasionally about two per hands length.
Rinse and repeat for 8 ft and viola!!!!
So there it is the longest post ever!! Thank you to the Tina Meyer and Julia for allowing me to post this while we were crafting. I hope you all enjoy!!
we used 7 cookie cutters, 4 bells, 7 wooden spools and 11 10inch paper covered wire ( this can be found at the dollar store ) lengths to attach the bells and bobbins. ( I feel like there is a complicated math problem in there some where )Other great items to use would be rusted stars and bells or any ornament you would like to add in. next you will need.......
For the fabric I used 5 diffrent kinds. A note about the fabric, you need to try to find double sided fabric. Gingham and broadcloth are great or any cheaper kind of see through pattern. One side of any pattern will be faded but try to find one you can still see.
You will need thick jute to tie your fabric around I started with 164 inchs then the final project was 96 inchs or about 8 ft (thanks Trisha). This all depends on how close you tie your fabric together. I tied mine as close as I could. I also incorporated 2 kinds of ribbon, I loved the black and white polka dot it really popped the rest of the fabric.
The fabric is cut in 1 inch by 4 inch strips. I started by folding the fabric in half width wise and dividing it 5 times you will end up with 10 4 inch strips which you then cut 1 inch tabs in. I ripped all the fabric not cut so it frayed.
You then tie the ripped fabric onto the jute. I tie untill it reaches the length of my hand then add an embellishment.
To add the embellishments you loop the wire through the bell or cookie cutter around the jut and back trough the bell or cookie cutter.
You then pull the wire tight and use a skewer or the guts of a pen to twirl the rest of the ribbon around.
Last you thread on the wooden spools all of these elements are separated by about a hand length of tied fabric and ribbon. The ribbon I just tied occasionally about two per hands length.
Rinse and repeat for 8 ft and viola!!!!
So there it is the longest post ever!! Thank you to the Tina Meyer and Julia for allowing me to post this while we were crafting. I hope you all enjoy!!
Monday, November 23, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
A Great Craft & A Cheesey Riddle
So I made a wreath with everything under the sun on it. Can you guess what it is made out of........
(scroll down for the answer)
It's a dictionary!!! I know that was a real knee slapper!! ( I love the exclamation point, you may have noticed!! ) This may just be my favorite craft of all time. So I will be running this as a class on the 26th, 3rd and the 10th. I can fit 7 per class and the cost will be 25$. All you need to bring is YOU!!! I may try and make the wreath a little smaller. I did the one shown on a 12 inch form and I think I'll go down to 10 inch. I hope you are all enjoying the crafts. I don't think I will be creating anything new so if you would like to do any of the projects that have been on the blog just email me. I will not be running the garland class but I am going to do a step by step tutorial. It is super easy!!
Heres one more picture.....
(scroll down for the answer)
It's a dictionary!!! I know that was a real knee slapper!! ( I love the exclamation point, you may have noticed!! ) This may just be my favorite craft of all time. So I will be running this as a class on the 26th, 3rd and the 10th. I can fit 7 per class and the cost will be 25$. All you need to bring is YOU!!! I may try and make the wreath a little smaller. I did the one shown on a 12 inch form and I think I'll go down to 10 inch. I hope you are all enjoying the crafts. I don't think I will be creating anything new so if you would like to do any of the projects that have been on the blog just email me. I will not be running the garland class but I am going to do a step by step tutorial. It is super easy!!
Heres one more picture.....
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