Halloween Ideas

Our Spooky Tree.
It is really easy. Paint and Decorate your pot. Spray paint some twigs or branches. Then tie on Halloween pictures, spooks, and ghosts. Whatever you want with Halloween ribbon. Fill your pot with rocks or sand anything to keep it down. Very cute and easy but I still haven't figured out how I am gonna store and keep it for next year.

My friend Jen A. had these really cute blocks in her house so my sister-in-law and another friend wanted to make some. They made me one and it turned out so cute!!! Thanks so much Jen and Sarah.

It is amazing what you can do with a simple shower block! Here are a couple that I made. The Scarecrow although he is missing his bandana

This says Batty for Halloween but its a little hard to see with the lights in it. The lights are purple!

Happy Haunting.

I made quit a few and are for sale at Sage Creek Bagel. Feel free to stop in and get a bit to eat and buy some Halloween or Fall Decor!


Happy Halloween!!!!

Baby Blocks

For a baby shower I made these blocks that I ordered from Close To My Heart and then you decorate each side. The front says Skyler the babies name. They turned out very cute but were a lot of work.
On one of the other sides it says, " All Boy"

All the colors are the colors that match the babies room. Perfect for a little shelf.

Sew Not For Me!!!

Summer is gone and I have been a slacker at posting but that doesn't mean that I haven't been busy! I discovered something this summer... That sewing is not for me! I have sewn a couple things in my day but have never been very good at it. I finally finished my sons quilt and now my boys beds match and look really cute! I have been working on that project for a while but putting it off cuz I really dis-like sewing! I know that some people do it to relax or for the fun of it but I got a headache the whole time and realized that I clench my jaw and hold my breath while I do it!

My mother-in-law made these really cute pillows that match out of the scraps for each bed. Thanks Carol!





Then for some reason even after I had finished that project I wanted another fun quilt to throw around, take camping or to the park. So I started another quilt! This is more like my style, rag-tie. It doesn't have to be perfect or straight. I don't think I used one pin on this whole thing. For the regular quilter this is probably a mess but I love it and it is perfect for me!

And my boys love it too!

Although they both turned out very cute I packed my sewing machine away and I am gladly bowing out of the sewing world. Good Bye!

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Patriotic Fun

This is my most recent project, Cross Stitch. I have never done it before and so I am a little slower but I wanted it done for the 4th but I will take it with me this week on our family trip and hopefully it will get finished. Surprisingly it isn't as hard as I have always thought it would be, infact it is fun. I might have to do some more.
This is what it will hopefully look like when I am done. Yeah! I am learning something new.

Something fun for the the patriotic weekend or just for the summer, decorate your water bottle. It is easy to spot yours and even let the kids decorate their own so you can reuse it and they know which one is theirs!

Have a Happy and Safe 4th of July!

Cards

Here are a couple of cards that I have recently made that I wanted to put on but just haven't had the chance. This one I really loved the stamp set with silloettes of women. It was a great Mother's Day card but would work with any occasion.
This is a Birthday card we used a couple of ways to texturize the pieces. The brown piece we crumpled into a ball and then flattened it out and sanded the top. We ripped the stripped piece. On the little blue square piece we took a razor or edger and ran it across the edge to distress it. Then the final was running your ink on the edges of the card to scuff it up or distress it also.

This was an easy Father's Day Card. If you had all the pieces cut out you could even let your kids glue them all on the paper and do it themselves. They turned out really cute.

Face Lift

This is my new face lift thanks to Shels Scraps she made it for me. I hope you all love it like I do!

Home Decor

This is what I did with my clipboards. I had a shadow box with the boys pictures in them but I hated changing the picture because it was a hassel. I love this though cuz I can change the pic easily just clip it in.

So I remodeled my kitchen but never finished this one wall I have to decorate. I have been buying things little by little and was just waiting on the hubby to build my shelf. Which he did! I painted it and glazed it to match all my cabinets. You can't tell but I also distressed it or in other words beat the heck out of the shelf so the glaze took to all the dings. It turned out very cute! The metal square thing I got at, All That Stuff In The Barn which is in Midway Utah. I love it cuz I can put up a pic or recipe with cute magnets. The rooster I got at Tai Pan, what more do you have to say about that other than we love Tai Pan! My clock was oak color and I spray painted it, then took sand paper to the edges for a distressed look. This one wall adds so much to my little kitchen. I love it!

Just a Couple of Things

Here is a graduation card that I recently made that turned out really cute. I like the black and white ink cuz it gives it the affect of a chalk board and the little rolled up paper like a certification of graduation. The stamp if you can't read it says, "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their Dreams." -Eleanor Roosevelt

So I have seen these cute sandals and I decided to try them. They are really easy to make it just takes time. I did it with water balloons which were really small and my fingers hurt after a while but it adds some color to the outfit. I kind of feel like a little girl wearing them so they would probably be better for them but since I made them, I am going to wear them!

This is a fun idea that is easy. We did it for our Scrapbook Club and will probably do it in our ward too. Just mod podge paper to a clipboard. Any pattern turns out really cute. We added buttons and ribbon. Also add one long piece of ribbon and tie on a pen, comes in handy. These are a couple that Jen and Alison made. Thanks a lot for your help!

Deal-A-Day Starts June 1st!!!!!!

So I got this email from Close To My Heart and thought that I would share it all with you. They are going to have some awesome deals but they are only available through Close To My Heart Websites. I do not have one but if you are interested here are a couple of websites of other consultants close in the area that you can support. I will be checking up on the deals to see what fun stuff they have available!

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Kitchen Remodel

This mess was not only mine but Reed's also! He painted my garbage can and I loved it so I had a crazy idea that maybe we could do the same thing to the kitchen and Reed was all for it! (He will tell you it was his idea) So this is my kitchen before and within 30 minutes we had it cleared out and all the doors off.

We painted the walls red and it took a couple of coats cuz the first color had really dark purples in it but I love what we ended up with and yes Reed did pick it out. On the doors we cut bead board and glued it down on top of what we already had. We primed all the cupboards and doors and then painted all of them. Afterwards we finished them with a brown glaze.

This was our kitchen during the processes. Reed is taking a rest. Actually he had most of it done by time I came back from being with family! It was awesome. He is such a stud!!!

We also added knobs and handles. This is a finished cupboard up close.

Who knew you can redecorate a whole kitchen around a garbage can.

Finished product! and I love it. Total I think we spent $100