I love these colors!!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Little Handbag
So you can make one for you with great directions from here (Little Birdie Secrets), but my source of inspiration actually came from here (Skip to My Lou). I wanted to make one of these for Kyla and found 2 chunky round braclets at a yard sale shortly after finding the idea (for 5 cents each--YEAH). She loves it and has looked for any excuse to pack it with here when we have left the house. It made for a great Christmas Present!
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Nativity Puppets
I filed away this idea from Executive Homemaker last year to make, but bearly got it done for Christmas this year...
With the kids being so little, it doesn't take much before I lose their attention, but these puppets helped to keep them involved in the story of baby Jesus this Christmas. I really wish I'd had my mom paint the faces on, but since I waited to get them together until the last 2 days before Christmas, I didn't really have that option, So the faces aren't that great, but it didn't matter---my kids LOVED them! They wanted to wear them and be a part of the story, so we actually were able to read them the story right out of the bible, which was great! We will definitely be doing this again next year!
With the kids being so little, it doesn't take much before I lose their attention, but these puppets helped to keep them involved in the story of baby Jesus this Christmas. I really wish I'd had my mom paint the faces on, but since I waited to get them together until the last 2 days before Christmas, I didn't really have that option, So the faces aren't that great, but it didn't matter---my kids LOVED them! They wanted to wear them and be a part of the story, so we actually were able to read them the story right out of the bible, which was great! We will definitely be doing this again next year!
Maybe I'll get a door theatre done this year...that's also on my list of things to do.
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Barbie House
My awesome dad made this for my daughter. It was the final gift for Christmas...She was SO excited!! One of the first things she said was "Let's paint it!" Then I got lots of hugs and "thanks" and she said she was going to give Grandpa lots of hugs....she was so happy, then ran off saying, "I've got to get my Barbies" and then spent a while playing with her new barbie house. Thanks Dad!! Isn't it awsome...take a closer look....
Kitchen: Complete with a microwave and dishwasher.
Office: complete with a computer...she loved that!
TV Room: Yep, it has a large flat screen and a DVD player-actually it's probably a blu-ray.
Bedroom:
Dining Room:
Kitchen: Complete with a microwave and dishwasher.
Office: complete with a computer...she loved that!
TV Room: Yep, it has a large flat screen and a DVD player-actually it's probably a blu-ray.
Bedroom:Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Christmas Countdown Modified
So I used white vinyl the first time, but I just put red on and it looks much better! 
Don't you think?
Monday, December 14, 2009
Adding some Christmas Trim
I put this together for a gift exchange I had last weekend....We shared some of our homemade syrups and threw in some pancake mix.
But to give the gift a little more Christmas cheer, I used some modge-podge to add some Christmas paper to the lids of the jars. I was careful to keep the modge-podge on the lid and not on the jar. It added a lot to the look of the gift and was really quite easy and quick...I just had to wait for it to dry.
Don't you just love what a little modge-podge and paper can do?!?
But to give the gift a little more Christmas cheer, I used some modge-podge to add some Christmas paper to the lids of the jars. I was careful to keep the modge-podge on the lid and not on the jar. It added a lot to the look of the gift and was really quite easy and quick...I just had to wait for it to dry.
Don't you just love what a little modge-podge and paper can do?!?Thursday, December 10, 2009
Fleece Hat and Scarf
I had some leftover scraps of fleece from...years ago. I found this pattern on Make It and Love It for this cute hat and with Kyla's winter coat being purple, I put one together for her. It was really fast and easy. 
(yeah, that's Nathan modeling her hat for me...I thought I'd make it a Christmas present)
This isn't anything new, but I finally made one. Super easy....two long strips, sew them together down the center and cut 1 inch apart into the scarf coming to 1/4 inch of the seam.
(yeah, that's Nathan modeling her hat for me...I thought I'd make it a Christmas present)Her head measured 21 inches so I cut two 11 1/2 in. by 8 1/2 inch squares of purple and two 11 1/2 in. by 3 in. for the trim. The pom-pom top I stayed close to the same measurements on her blog.
And then I decided to make her a matching scarf since I had enough left over:
This isn't anything new, but I finally made one. Super easy....two long strips, sew them together down the center and cut 1 inch apart into the scarf coming to 1/4 inch of the seam.
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