School time!!

Well this was a big project that I really really wanted to do. It's Mikayla's nap mat. It's the kinder mat that I bought and then I made a cover and added a pillow to it. It was fun, challenging but fun. I didn't have a pattern so it's a bit snug/short...but it seems to work (we'll see how long it lasts) but it's really cute. Mikaya picked out the fabric and we just went from there. I intend to embroider her name on it but I just don't think it's going to happen before school starts...we'll see.

Open it up and viola - cover and pillow :) (and the bottom is always the bottom so her face won't go on the pillow where feet have walked on the floor.... that grosses me out) the top is the top and the bottom is the bottom! always the same.

I just need to add a strap to keep it shut and then it should be all set.

Lets Bowl!!

Let's bowl. I've been wanting to find just the right paper for the LO, here is what I came up with.

28th Sketch

Here is the sketch

I had to rotate the pictures but I'm soooo happy with how this one came out. So out of my "ordinary" but I love it. I used the Cars cricut cartridge to make the sherrif embellie.

21st sketch

Here is the sketch

Here is what I came up with - I had cut my pictures in circles but that LO never worked out so I modified it for this one.... :)

7th Sketch

Here is the sketch I used




And my LO - I had to rotate the pictures.

Mod Podge

Well I love MOD PODGE, I can't find enough to do with it but belive me...I'm learning....and will be playing with it from now on!!!! So many fun things to do with it.

One of my first DIY decorating projects is below, I took some foam board (recycled from work) and cut it to 11x11 squares, I then took my favorite paper stack and covered the foam boards, this section of the wall will not look like this when its done....but here is a start :)

It's Twilight at my house.... Michael did say that I can't hang a poster of Edward.... darn it anyway!!!

LOL

Pomander balls

Mikayla and I have been working on a new project to make some pomander balls for the scrap/game room upstairs....here is another round of my DIY decorating.

So we start with thousands (literally) of coffee filters - take three to four at a time, gather them and staple the bottom.

My extra set of helping hands!


Next we dye them, for the tan ones I used a tea stain and for the pink ones, I used the same tea stain and added red food coloring (they did not stay this dark).

Then because of the humidity here, they took about 3 days to fully dry, then I opened the filters, to make them to make a "flower"

I then took the "flower" and pinned it to a 3 inch styrafoam ball - the more flowers you use, the fuller the ball will be. I used between 25-30 flowers per ball

The finished products....now in real life - they are spaced evenly the picture doesn't show that.