BEADS!!!

 ...so, here's another Pinterest idea!  Melt plastic, CLEAR pony beads at 400 for 20+ minutes!  Wendy & I got a little creative with the designs of these!!  *I will post more pictures of the finished products when I get the holes drilled &me in a 9" pie  hang them outside, they look great!!  We even made some in a 9" pie dish to get some VERY big circles!!

Here is the Pinterest info: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=185741.0

Sweet Summer Treats!

One of my good friends is a Kindergarten teacher and regularly has me make cards for her kiddos.  These ones were inspired by Pinterest (of course) and given out at the end of their summer K-Camp, introducing the new Kindergartners to the school. 

MY VERSION!!

Pinterest Verssion

HAPPY FATHER's DAY

 Calvin made this Earth Day picture in school this year & I thought it would be perfect framed as a Father's Day gift....good thing daddy is a Geologist!!  It turned out super cute & the frames were 60% off at JoAnn's. 

I made daddy a rock covered frame, the frame was $5.99 - 40% coupon at JoAnn's and 2 bags of rocks from the dollar store.  It turned out SUPER cute.  ...but...the clear Elmer's glue I used was not the best idea and hot glue showed up too much, cement paste is my next option.  (Will post if those turn out =)

Matchy-Matchy Continues!

For my sister's birthday I made a few more crafty things to go with her new decor...

...and it all came from 1 fat quarter, with fabric to spare!!

LEGOs!!

So...my OCD has once again found itself in C's room.  Right now his favorite thing to play with is Legos....especially taking the sets his father and I take (sometimes) hours to build...and making his own inventions-only to ask us to rebuild it later.  Thus, the Lego binder was born!  I was tired of misplacing & losing the kit sheets, now they are in one convenient & organized place!!

before organizing....

AFTER!!!

ANGRY BIRDS...and their HAPPY HOUSE

I wanted to do some crafts with C over Spring Break....he didn't, until I said it can be an Angry Birds project!  He was in!!  I rinsed (VERY well) a milk gallon jug & cut a hole in it for entry...then C went to work painting pigs & birds.  (I did the eyes & eyebrows for him, per his insistence that they look EXACTLY like the "real" birds.)  I also used a clear coat on top of it all once it had dries to protect it from the weather.  Inside we provided "bedding" for the birds in the form of yarn & felt scraps (from the wreath pictured below.)

Happy Birthday Nana!!

Jay's mom had a birthday this week & I decided to make her a spring/summer wreath.  

It totaled in at $3!!  The wreath was at the dollar store and each of the butterflies

cost $1 at Michael's. 

 I had the felt & at the last minute added the tulle as "leaves"...now I want one for our house!!