I have come to realize that me getting a Cricut anytime soon isn’t going to happen. So I have to work with what I have. I have always traced my chipboard letters like a stencil and cut out the letters. It takes a little longer time wise, but I’m fine with that. I just love…
Archives for January 2010
Whatever Wednesday: Clips, headband and bracelets
My good friend just had her first little girl on Monday, so I decided that I wanted to try to make her some bows and headbands. My wonderful sister gave me ribbon about 6 months ago and I was planning on using it on cards and scrapbooking, but I definitely found a better use for…
Tutorial Tuesday: Gift box decorations
One thing I don’t like about decorating for holidays is that I feel like I am constantly putting it up and then taking it down and putting new holes in the walls. Sometimes I just get lazy and don’t decorate for holidays. Well I saw this idea to use gift boxes for holiday decor, so…
Motivate me Monday #3
Thanks to everyone that posted last week! I enjoyed looking at all of them and seeing all the fun creative things you came up with. Here are a few of the things that were posted last week: Colleen painted these amazing doors, if I wish I could paint like that, amazing! Melissa made super cute…
Whatever Wednesday: Rocking Chair Makeover
This is the rocking chair that I bought from a garage sale for my baby’s nursery. It is very comfortable and big, but doesn’t really match the decor in his room. So I painted the chair white and put blue fabric all over it. I then painted some wooden buttons brown and sewed those on….
How to Make a Child’s Tie Out of a Men’s Tie
Does your husband have any ties that he doesn’t wear, that are ruined in the front or just not his style. Then reuse them and make a little baby tie! These are so cute and super easy to make. If you can tie a tie, then you can make this. I love all of boy…
Home Tour with It’s So Very Cheri
Hello everyone. I’m excited to let you know that Cheri from It’s So Very Cheri has let me do a home tour with her today. So if you want to see the before and after pictures of my home, go head over there right now! It’s So Very Cheri
Whatever Wednesday: Thank You Cards
Today is the day that will change from week to week. I may not even post at all, depending on the week. Wednesdays are for projects and crafts that I do that are cute ideas but really don’t need much explaining, or maybe I’ll post pictures of crafts that I want to do from other…
Tutorial Tuesday: Ribbon Bow Tie
One of the hardest things about having three boys is that I can’t make them things to wear. Even if I did sew, a shirt for a boy is not nearly as cute as a dress for a little girl. I love all the headbands that everyone makes but I think that it would be…
Scrapbook Title Page
I’m sure by now, you have guess that I am a scrapbooker. I love it! My mom is and I absolutely loved going through my scrapbooks from when I was growing up. So I of course want that for my kids. Every time my boys get a new scrapbook, I make a title page with…
Menu Planner Tutorial
Is one of your New Year’s resolution to be more organized when it come to planning your weekly menu? Well I have a great project to make that will help. It is a menu planner that holds your menus and your grocery list. Here is how to make it: You will need, 8 1/2″x 10…
Thinking outside the {shoe} box
Happy New Year!! I cannot believe that 2010 is already here, I remember thinking that it seems so far away just a couple years ago and now it’s here! With the new year, we all have our resolutions. If one of your resolutions is to be more organized, I have an easy way to store…