O sweet blog,

how I have neglected you, I am going to start posting again and gain my following. Jewelry to come soon:)


Cupcakes this month, shark party next month...I havent forgotten you blog, just life that got in the way

Valentine's Day ideas

I have been working like crazy on what Valentine's crafts the kids and I are going to do this year. I will post ideas for you too every day til then but today i one I will definitely be doing!

I got this one off Martha Stewart in her craft section. Its a great craft if you have kids who love to color. If yours are anything like mine you have a ton off broken crayons you can use for this or just pick up a box for less that a buck at the walmart!

Begin with a 12-by-16-inch sheet of waxed paper. Fold it in half along its length; unfold. Deposit wax-crayon shavings (made with a handheld pencil sharpener) evenly but not thickly across one half of the paper. Fold the clean half of the paper over the shavings.

Crimp the three open edges with a 1/2-inch fold to hold the shavings. Protect your ironing surface with kraft paper. Place the waxed paper on the kraft paper, and cover it with another sheet of kraft paper. Iron lightly on medium heat, checking after every few passes. Stop when all the shavings have melted; let cool. Next, trace and cut out hearts of various sizes.

String each heart with a silk thread for hanging.

I will post pics from when I do this at home!

*all photos and instructions from this post are from MarthaStewart.com

Project for Spring

I don't know about you but with three kids under the age of 6 my living room is over run with toys! We have two toy boxes but really what good do they do? They are like these pits that the toys get lost in and when my little angels try to find something everything ends up on the floor.

Well I'm at my wits end with and have decided to get some new kind of organization going. Well after looking and feeling defeated by pricing I stumbled on a blog that saved my life lol.

Fellow blogger Anna has a blog you just have to check out! http://knockoffwood.blogspot.com/

She takes designs from great but expensive stores like potty barn and makes really gorgeous "knock off" versions. She has easy to follow plans and gives you a boat load of confidence!

So this spring I will be attempting her Cameron project for my living room! I am tossing around either doing the basic two book shelves with totes or the full on cabinets with room for my tv.

Sty tuned for which one I go with and check out Anna's blog for more really great ideas!

Hybrid Boot Camp!

How exciting! Scrap Matters is going to be doing this next month nd I can't wait! Hope to see you there!

Blues Clues Party 100bucks or less!

I am so sorry for not getting to this sooner...Holidays hit us hard lol. Well i did make it with 2 bucks to spare.

We had a great party and I will post more pics from the final craft project as well as the blues clues cake I made as soon as I get them off hubs computer.

Final tally for the party: 98.02

See you soon!

Mission: Blues Clues Party 100bucks or less craft project 8

Hey all, if you have been following along I am over half way there for my craft projects and so have only spent 94cents using things I had at home in my craft cabinet.

Craft Project 8: Mailbox

Supplies:

cardboard flap leftover from the side table drawer project

6-8 pieces of purple construction paper

1 piece of pink construction paper

2pieces of poster board

glue

scissors

marker

tape

hole punch

pip cleaner-1 piece

Total Cost:

1.50 for poster board

Step One: the flap we saved from the side table project will be the base of your mailbox. So using it as a guide cut one of your pieces of poster board to be the same length...make sure you have held it up in a curved angle(like a mail box) so you have the right size.

Step Two: cover that piece of poster board with the purple construction paper

Step Three: this part can be a little tricky. You are now going to attach the poster board to your cardboard flap. Curve your paper and fit it to your flap leaving a little to hang over the edge. Fold the access over the flap and tape it down.

Step Four: stand you mail box on its opening and trace around both sides onto your poster board....this is for the front and back flaps of your mail box.

Step Five: I did not cover the back flap I just taped it on since no one will see it. As for the front flap cover it with your purple paper and then as you did with body of your mail box fit it to the front leaving some extra to fold over the bottom. Tape it down to the bottom of your cardboard flap

Step Six: Using your hole punch put two holes on your mail box....one on the top of the body and one on your front door so to speak of your mail box...make sure they align together.

Step Seven: take your pipe cleaner and cut it into two pieces. coming from the inside of your mail box put the pipe cleaner in the top hole coming out the top. tape it to the inside of your mailbox. Curve it with your finger but not too much yet.

Step Eight: Same as the top piece coming from the inside put your second pipe cleaner on the door. Tape it to the inside of the door. Now twist the two pieces together but not too tight if you plan on using to hold birthday cards like I do.

Step Nine: Using your poster board cut two circles and color black ovals on them for eyes. Using your pink paper cut a smile out of it. Glue both of these to the front door of your mail box

Step 10: Using your pink paper cut a flag and then trace that flag onto your poster board. trim it to be a bit smaller than the pink and then glue the two pieces together. Glue your flag to the side of you mail box.

That's it your done I promise!

Here is mine:

So thats it for now. See you next time for Mission: Blue's Clues Party 100 bucks or less!

Total Cost so far:

2.44

Mission: Blue's Clues Party 100bucks or less Craft Projects 6 and 7

OK here we go Craft Projects 6 and 7 both fairly easy!

Craft Project 6: Three large paw prints for the Blues Clues game

Supplies:

template

2 pieces of dark blue paper

marker

scissors

Total Cost:

0 bucks - I had things on hand

If you have been following along and are making other projects you cost is about 7 bucks right now.

Step One: I googled Blue's Clues Paw Prints and got a few options. Picked the one I liked the best then traced the paw off my screen.

Step Two: Using your template make an outline of the paws on your blue paper. Go over it with your marker

Step Three: Cut out your paws!

Here's mine:

Craft Project 7: Goody Bags part 1

Supplies:

bags

1 piece of dark blue paper and 1 piece of light blue paper

marker

glue

scissors

Total Cost:

0 bucks

I had everything on hand

If you need to purchase any thing:

6bags-at 25cents a piece

construction paper--ask a friend or buy a large pack...5bucks

glue at 94cents

Step One: Using the template from the above craft...shrink you template down and trace it.

Step Two: Trace the outer line of your paw on the light blue paper and the inner circles of the paw on the dark blue paper and start cutting!

Step Three: Glue the dark blue parts onto your light blue parts.

Here's Mine:

Step Four: Glue your paw prints onto the front of your goody bags

That's it your done! Now this is the first half of this project I will show you what they look like when filled and what i put in them in a few days.

Here's Mine: