New product in Etsy Shop!!

It's here!! Scrapblock set for sale in our etsy shop. I am so excited about this, because I really like these scrapblocks. They are so cute. Go check it out

Letters and Shadow Box Picture Frame

I just finished making these letters for my daughter. The wooden letters were only a $1 at Michaels...awesome! I love how they turned out. I think I am going to attach some cute ribbon to the back and hang them on her wall.


I had this shadow box picture frame laying around forever so I decided to try and do something cute with it. I saw the little clothespins at Michaels and had to buy them. They were cheap and so cute! First I drilled two holes on both sides of the frame for the ribbon to go through. Then I painted it blue and put some cute paper on the back. And hung my girls cute pictures with the clothespins. Cute!!

Decoupage Picture Frames

These are a couple of picture frames that I made. I love them!! You can also see them in our etsy shop.

Scrapblocks

I call these SCRAPBLOCKS...

(Probably should have turned the blocks around before I took the picture, so the letters were going the same way)

I finally finished making my scrapblocks. I love them! I saw these in someone's house and attempted to make them myself and it worked. I tried to find a tutorial online on how to make these and I couldn't really find what I was looking for. So I wanted to share with you how to make them if you wanted to. The following is an attempted tutorial.

First, I went and bought a 4x4 from Lowes. Then my husband cut the wood into blocks for me.


Then the sanding began. I tried to sand them by hand, but that made my hand sore and took a long time. So I went and bought a sander. I have to say that I love power tools. The sander was awesome and made the sanding so much easier.


After I sanded the blocks, I wiped off each block so they were clean and there was no more sand dust on them.

Then the fun started! I measured different papers to each side of the block and measured my pictures out. Added embellishments. I used mod podge to glue the papers down and then I put another coat of mod podge over the paper, so it is more durable. I put a letter on each block that spells out "family" when the blocks are all stacked together.

Overall, this is a cute project and I enjoyed making them.

Tutorial Tuesday

Freezer Paper Stencils

I saw these freezer paper stencils on Grace Violet yesterday and she has a link to the tutorial here.

Yeah, the tutorial today is not from me, but I love this idea. It is super cute and easy! At least it looks easy - I have to go buy my freezer paper today and try it out on my kids plain t-shirts.

Chore Chart

When I was looking at Tip Junkie the other day, there was a post all about chore charts. INSPIRATION - my family could use a chore chart to help us stay organized. This is the chore chart that I made. Addi is very excited to stick the chores that she did in the finished pocket. And when she has five chores in the finished pocket, she gets a special treat. I am not sure what yet, but I will think of something. Cam is excited too, she just can't voice it yet :) Now let's see how long we actually use the chore chart!

Switch the days out depending on what day it is

I put everyone's name at the top and then put the different chores on with velcro

All the finished chores are put in the cute finished chore pockets

Picture Frame

Since I bought the wonderful Mod Podge, I had to try it out. I think I have about four projects started...

I bought a plain wooden picture frame from Michaels for a dollar, I do like spending just a dollar!! Then I measured the cardstock for the frame and cut it out. I did use different colored cardstock and then sewed the pieces together with a zigzag stitch. I got that idea from the Grace Violet site.

After that I applied Mod Podge to the frame and put the paper on. Then I did another coat of Mod Podge over the paper.

Then I had to add my own little touches with ribbon and buttons, because I love adding ribbons and buttons to everything!

This is my first attempt at a tutorial so if it didn't make sense, I am so sorry :)

Mod Podge

I discovered Mod Podge and I am now addicted!! I first heard about Mod Podge from Kristin at Grace Violet. She is always using this stuff for a lot of her crafts. And she does have the cutest ideas that always come out so cute!! So I decided to try it out. And it is awesome!! Kristin had a great post on her site about Mod Podge.

Crafty Craziness!

So I have gone into this crafty craziness streak right now. I just want to make something everyday and it is so easy spending hours looking at all these great ideas on everyone else's blogs and sites.

So I had my husband cut these 4x4 squares out and I finished sanding them today. Stay tuned to see what comes of them. I am not quite sure how they will turn out!!

One tip for you: Don't sand in the kitchen, even if the sander has a dust catcher. Dust still gets over EVERYTHING!!!

I also have these two skirts that I am trying to do something with. I'll keep you posted on what happens with this project!! (I might be buying myself a new skirt after this sewing attempt)