Posts Tagged ‘crafts’

After the busy month-o-Christmas, Valentines Day always sneaks up on me. And since Vday is Cora Jane’s birthday as well, I’m about to go into hyper drive!

I made this Valentines Day printable to decorate.

Simple and sweet as all those conversation hearts you’re about to eat!

Get a frame and print this Free Valentines Day Printable…

I got my frame at The Dollar Tree and painted it white for the grew/pink one.

I think red would look great with the red/pink one!

Happy Printing:

Grey and Pink 8.5×11

Grey and Pink in 8×10

Red, white and pink I 8.5×11

Red, white and pink I 8×10

I’m kinda obsessed with making printables now… that and the Amish. So look for more soon!

And don’t forget we are coming out with a new Lid in a couple of weeks. I’m planning the photo shoot now and getting ready to introduce you to the sweetest family ever!!

Dollar store earrings + spray paint = kick a%$ earrings

While walking the aisles of the 99 cent store I came across the cutest wooden earrings. So I bought 10 pairs.

REALLY!

I gave a few as favors at a craft night, kept one wooden and spray painted the rest.

You can do it in minutes too!

You’ll need:

~Earrings (duh)

~Spray paint (double duh)

~Needle nose pliers

~Some sort of drop cloth (I used a paper towel)

1. Use the needle nose pliers to remove all the hardware.

2. Lay the earrings on your drop cloth. Spray. Let dry. Flip. Repeat till you like the color.

3. Use the pliers to reattach the hardware.

I get compliments every time I wear mine… I’ll probably go back and get 10 more pairs.

REALLY!

Side note: I ended up getting my hair colored darker and loved it… but now I think I hate it. Blarg. (me with blonde hair below)

Yesterday’s library storytime craft were these sweet lil’ pumpkins…

So easy to make and I think they would be the perfect Thanksgiving place cards.

You’ll need:

~Tissue paper

~Pipe cleaners

~White paper for the names

~Hole punch

~Scissors

1. Cut tissue paper into 3×5 rectangles.

2. Layer six tissues on top of each other.

3. Accordion fold the tissue pile starting at the short end (about 1/2” between folds), and set aside.

4. Fold the pipe cleaner in half and twist the folded end about an inch down to create the pumpkin stem.

5. Place the fully folded tissues to the top toward the fold.

6. Twist the bottom to secure the tissues.

7. Un-fan the tissues and gently spread out each layer till a nice lil’ round pumpkin is formed.

8. Open up the bottom of the pipe cleaner to make a hidden pumpkin stand.

9. Cut out rectangle name tags and hole punch in the upper left corner.

10. Cut a slit into the upper left corner into the hole punch so the name tag can easily be placed on the pumpkin stem.

How cute would these be with brown pipe cleaners and off white tissue… or brown tissue and yellow pipe cleaners… fun for place settings, a kiddo craft or fun Autumn décor!

Happy Thanksgiving Eve!!

I really can’t believe I’m a mom of 4 kiddos. When I see all of them together I’m a little in awe at the crowd. It really feels like Eli was born yesterday AND that all 4 have been in my life forever.

Does than make sense?

Not really.

Even though it was almost 2 months ago, I have to share our trip home from the hospital, AND how to make custom big brother/sister tees for your kiddos.

Hot Hubby brought the kiddos to the hospital to bring Tess home. The big kiddos were instantly smitten…

Cyrus was… well…

On the way home we stopped off at Souplantation.

People thought we were crazy.

But it was dinnertime and we had to eat. If we had ordered take out or had one one our lovely friends bring us something there would still be some prep and clean up. At Souplantation I just sat there, ate and left.

It makes for a good story too!

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Now about those cute custom tees they are wearing. The boy’s tees are durable heat pressed vinyl. I’m thinking of opening a custom shop.

Thoughts??

To make the ‘big sis’ tee you’ll need: a tee, fabric for the letters (a fat quarter or 1/4 yard of fabric will be plenty!), iron, and fusible webbing (I used Steam-A-Seam).

1. Pick font for your phrase of choice. The font should be simple with thick lines.

2. Print out your letters in the size you want them to be on the tee.

3. You will trace and cut the letters on to the fusible webbing. I recommend following the directions on the package slowly and step-by-step. It’s one of those things that seems super simple then you realize all your letters are backwards! (Ahem)

4. Ironing secures the phrase to the tee. If you want the edges to be super clean, you may want to top stitch around the outer rim of each letter. I didn’t. The Steam-A-Seam sticks very well and is washer/dryer safe. It won’t fray. And it saves an hour of work!

It’s so fun to be creative with the fusible webbing! Think personal Christmas gifts!!! What will you try??

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Oh and it didn’t take long for Cy to fall in love with Tess. In fact he loves her just a bit too much. Lots of hard hugs and slobber kisses. Eeeek!!

I discovered Dragonfly Shops and Gardens after buying a book called Fun and Educational Places to go With Kids and Adults in Southern California. The book is $25.50 (including shipping and tax!), if you get it from the site or retails for $24.95 at book stores. You can get it at Dragonfly Shops and Gardens too! The book is like 3 inches thick and worth EVERY penny! Trust me!

In the book I stumbled across a Fairy Garden Making class.

Ummm, yes please!!

But don’t think that a fairy garden is just for lil’ girls!

See how Eli boy-ified his Fairy Garden…

First you paint the flower pot and make mini birdhouses…

All throughout the class you sprinkle fairy dust into the garden.

And yep, it’s the real deal!! (wink)

Dirt is fun for boys.

Included in the price of the class ($20) is the whole garden (pot, 2 mini plants, arbor, birdhouse, arbor, mini butterfly, frog AND ladybug) and you can buy lil’ extras from the shop if you like. (But I’m sure they can add up so if you take your kiddo you might want to set a limit ahead of time!)

Eli brought superheros and pirates to add to his garden.

The Fairy Garden has officially been Boy-ified!!!

If you head into Dragonfly Shops and Gardens, mention Eli’s Lids and get 20% off.

More on the shop this week!!!

Kids Fairy garden Class details

Held the 1st Saturday of every month

9am

$20 per child (They do Birthday parties too!)

Dragonfly Shops and Gardens

260 North Glassell Street
Orange, CA 92866
Telephone: 714-289-4689

~Shop Hours~
Mon-Sat 10:00–5:00
Sun 11:00–3:00

Dragonfly on Facebook here

The fairy garden class, Dragonfly Hollow on Facebook here

Dragonfly Gardens on Twitter here.

Some other posts from my friend bloggers who came to the class…

Kyla from Funky Polkadot Giraffe

Beckey from Hippo Brigade

Roxanne from On the Rox

Michelle from Life with Dylan

Lindsey from The Modchik Check out this awesome giveaway Dragonfly is offering on Lindsey’s site. I entered!!