Sunday, February 21, 2010

Braided Hair Hat

What's cuter? The chubby cheeked baby or the hat? Absolutely the baby is, but that braided hair hat is pretty darn cute too! To see more pictures of the hat, go HERE to Sew Can Do.


HERE is another darling hair hat with pigtails. Visit Sew Can Do for this one too! While there are no tutorials for these, you may be able to recreate something similar!



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Pecan Wreath (for St. Patty's)

I'm going nuts over this wreath! Made from spray painted pecan, it is versatile and could be changed easily for different seasons and holidays!
The genius behind this wreath is DejaVu Crafts. Go HERE!!!

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Saturday, February 20, 2010

Using Salt in Decorating

HERE is a fun tip for decorating! Fill your vases and apothacary jars with...salt!
That's right, table salt! Doesn't that look great?
Thanks to A Little of This, A Little of That for the tip. Visit to see more pictures!!!

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Beaded Knitted Bangle Bracelet

This is such a fun bracelet. Think of the color combinations you could make with this! Visit Dawdler 101 to learn how to make it HERE.

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Burlap and Fabric Flowers

Looking to embellish a shirt, jeans, bag or lamp? What about your hair? HERE is one option for you! These burlap and fabric flowers are rockin' my world at the moment! Totally darling! Visit The Hahan Family to see how to create them.


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Lego Soap

Don't these just look fun with which to wash your hands? Lego soap is a fantastic idea! Sometimes my kids don't want to wash their hands, but who could refuse to play with legos and a little bit of water!!! Very sneaky!
Go HERE to learn how to make the soap, molds to make soap AND to see the happy picture of legos by the sink. Thanks to Roots and Wings!

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Friday, February 19, 2010

Frost Spray Painted Door

I always want my laundry room door closed (because of the mess inside) even though it has a lot of light coming in from the windows. This would be a perfect door for me. Let's light through, but you can't see the pile of clothes waiting to be washed or sorted. Of course, you could use frosted spray paint on any door, window or glass.
Check out All Thingz Related to see how this was done. Go HERE.

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Paper Clips into Jewelry

You know those cute little paper clippy embellishments you get with wedding announcements or that you put on cards and in scrapbooks. Did you know you can make them into adorable jewelry? I didn't, but now I do thanks to That's My Story. Go HERE to see more.

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Children's Art Work Hanger

If your kids are like mine, they create a ton of artwork!!!
HERE is a great way to display and hang the artwork instead of letting it sit in a pile.
Visit Frills, Fluff and Trucks to see this great idea!

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I SPY/Where's Waldo Valentine's Book

Don't forget to enter the Bits Of Ivory giveaway for $15.00 in stor credit. Go HERE.
What do you do with your kids' used Valentine's?

My daughter received a bunch from pre-school and they both got a bunch from friends. My son was carrying around the Winnie-the-Pooh valentine and my daughter really loved the Cars one. Should I just throw them away? Or let them junk up the house!

"No! I'll make something fun for the kids," I thought.


They really enjoy Where's Waldo books with all the little people to look at and the treasures to find. So I thought I would make an I-Spy/Where's Waldo type book out of their Valentine's!


First, I gathered up all the Valentine's.


Then I cut the words off of each Valentine. I also cut out five 6X6 pieces of cardstock. While I was doing this, my kids insisted on fingerpainting and using water colors:) I decided there were Valentine's my kids (ages 3.5 and 19 months) wouldn't appreciate like Jonas brothers, Twilight and Hannah Montana. Those went in the recycle can with the cut-out valentine words!

Next I pieced together the valentines onto the cardstock trying to make them all fit with as little empty spaces as possible.
When I liked the placement, I got the lovely Mod Podge out and glued the valentines into place. In the empty spaces, I cut out little pictures from Oriental Trading catalog, grocery ads and magazines and glued them on. Some of the pictures overlapped an edge so I trimmed around the edges making it into a square. After the glue dried, my kids had something new to keep them busy!


My kids LOVE their new "toy." Before I could put it in a book, they grabbed the pages and started playing "Find This." Here they are telling each other what to find while sitting on one of our play boxes! Baby was there to help them find it!


The next day, I put the pages in a little 6x6 scrapbook. Once again, they resumed "Find This." The reason both their tongues are hanging out is because they think they are dogs. Some days, they don't want to act like people. (I'll have to post the dog bones I sewed for them another day.) Does anyone know how to get Blogger to turn this picture the correct way? There you have it! A little I Spy/Where's Waldo-type book with their favorite characters for an hour of entertainment. Perfect for church or quiet time. Great to develop skills of looking for details and scanning. Just the right thing for my kids. I plan to add to this book and make it more than 5 pages long!!!


Linking to WATF - Works for Me Wednesday, Blue Cricket - Show and Tell, Thrifty Home -Pinching Pennies, ISVC-Celebrate the Holidays, Creations by Kara - Look What I Made , Life In the Pitts - Craft Therapy



Thursday, February 18, 2010

Flowering Balls

My jaw is dropping at the beautfy found in these flowering balls. I'm in love! You must go see this post HERE (there are multiple ideas) and make some this weekend. Thanks to Shoestring Pavilion for linking this to the party!

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Glammed-up Rainboots and Useful Knee Pads

Rainy season is coming!!! Turn a pair of boring or boy rainboots into something feminine and adorable. Check out the tutorial by I Make Stuff. Go HERE.
See those cute little knee pads. I needed some of those for my crawling babies! Where were you then? See how to make these lovelies at Fun With Mama. Go HERE.

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Lil Blue Boo Design Challenge Entries!!!

The day all Lil Blue Boo fans have been waiting for is here!!! The LLB and Dharma Trading Company Design Challenge entries have been posted. Talk about amazing designs. I'm in awe of the creativity and fun in each entry. Watch the slideshow at LLB when you click on the big collage and be inspired. Go HERE.
HERE is one of the entries of the challenge linked to yesterday's party. Love this dress!!! Visit Get Your Craft On to see more about it.

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Party Ideas I'm Loving So Far

Make an army bunker out of the kitchen table. What kid wouldn't love this? Obsessively Stitching has the tutorial HERE.

Use bleach to make personalized t-shirt. This is easier than an applique! I love the ideas of writing names or a number for a birthday party! (Or big brother/big sister when a new baby comes.) Learn this technique at Homemaker. Go HERE.
Make a beautiful necklace with some chains and beads. Go HERE to Kosmic Chai Crafts to learn how.
I love this tip by Wacky Whimsy. She uses a paint shop program to see what rooms would look like painted and how different artwork would look and furniture placement. See her ideas HERE.


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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

The FIRST Whatever Goes Wednesday

Wahoo! After THREE long months of waiting for a button,
Whatever Goes Wednesday is finally here!!!

IT'S TIME TO PARTY!

Wow!!! When I pleaded for someone to make me button, I thought I would get maybe two or three submissions - NOT 19!!! Holy cow, ladies! I'm blown away. Not by just how many I received, but by the quality too! Every single button used the colors from my blog and they were amazing! How funny!!! If you amatuer bloggers can make awesome buttons in an hour or two, why couldn't the first person I asked (who was going to get paid) make me one in 3 months? Frustration!!!

Anyway, I couldn't decide which one I liked the best so I am letting you decide! I am a people pleaser, so it was hard for me to choose which buttons work best for me. PLEASE DON'T BE OFFENDED IF THE BUTTON YOU CREATED IS NOT SHOWN BELOW. I sincerely appreciate your efforts. I am showing the 5 buttons that work best for my blog. (I have one other button in the works for something else and a few of the buttons not listed here are too similar to that one.) Please vote on my sidebar for the button that you thinks would be the best for my party! The one with the most votes will be the official party button starting next week.

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Next order of business is the rules of Whatever Goes Wednesday!

Because I don't really like rules, there really aren't many!!!

Link up....whatever!

A tip, a tutorial, an idea, a project, a recipe.

(Please no businesses/ads/etsy shops.)
Show blogland what you have been upto and what is floating around in your brain and on your blog. Increase your traffic and others by visiting blogs and leaving some loving comments!


Link up a specific post - not to your general blog address.
Write what your idea is first in the title and your blog name next.


I'd love it if you would link back to my blog and let other bloggers know where the party is at!!!

Let's get this party started!!!!!!



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