HOMEMADE GIFT IDEA

When our older boys asked us for a white wipe board to help them both stay organized, (yes, I almost had to sit down due to shock), I was elated and all over it.
My friend Adrienne made a huge organizational board for Jamie at our Yaya Gift Exchange and so I used her ideas to make two small ones for the boys for Christmas....
I went to Craft Warehouse and purchased white frames using 40% off coupons. I like their frames because they are wide and really sturdy....

I purchased white board and cork squares. They also have squares of metal, chalkboard, etc... and they all have a sticky back. You attach the squares to foam core...

Beware the squares have different thicknesses so a little trimming might be in order to get them the same height...

We will be attaching a holder for the dry pen on the side and getting clear push pins for the cork.

My boys are not into the fru, fru so we kept it plain.

But if you have girls, you could go crazy with it!

I think frames do wonders with making the ordinary and practical look better and finished....

CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS MADE

by preschoolers ROCK.... Hope your Christmas plans are coming along swimmingly. I actually could use a little more time.....

I WAS BURNING THE MIDNIGHT

oil with my sister last night working on a screen printing project for a co-worker of hers.
Remember this class I took? She took it too and loved it, as I knew she would.
If you want to take a fun class that is inspiring, contact Andy - you'll be so glad you did!
Steph is an uber talented artist and drew this amazing graphic for the project....

We drank Sobe Life Water. Yummy Pomegranate is my fav....

And we screen printed onto a scarf that Steph is making...

We loved the scarf so much we made one for us too....

MY WEE ONES ARE NOT THE

most reverent at church and so when I saw this craft here, I was inspired to make one in the hopes that for the first hour at church my wee ones would be content enough to let me listen to the speakers.... I found our Toy Story DVD so I could make a pattern of Mr. Potato Head...

I cut the pieces with care...

I attached Velcro and decided to sew them on before I made the pieces to make them extra secure...

But all I got was knots of thread and gummed up needles....

I made a pocket on the back to hold all the pieces....

And he looks like a kindergarten sewing project! SERIOUSLY UGLY!

Lach made me feel better because he giggled with excitement (or was he laughing at the sewing job?)

We'll see if this helps the quite factor on our end of the church pew.

Actually, I can see it now. Instead of the wee ones quietly playing with this, they will be throwing the pieces at each other. Uggg.....