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Showing posts with label crafts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crafts. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Made by Me Monday...on Tuesday

Just sharing a silly Christmas stamp I just got. Love, love, love that he's wearing an ugly Christmas sweater.

I wish I had more time but alas... I don't.

Monday, September 17, 2012

Made by Me Monday

What have I been working on?

Sadly nothing.

I'm having crafting withdrawl.

I stop by all your blogs and see all your fantastic creations and I think, "What have I been doing with all my time?"

And then I remember...

I started working full time.

I decided to continue to be the PTO president (a blog post in and of itself).

I'm still the yearbook chair of the elementary.

I am still, for now, covering three school districts and one township for the newspaper.  Starting next month I'm going to have to cut some of these.

My kid is playing soccer every weekend and therefore has to practice twice a week.

My son is in boy scouts and is selling popcorn and getting ready for his big Halloween parade.

My kids are taking musical instrument lessons.

I'm hosting book club this month.

Maybe I'll get some crafting done next week....
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Hump Day Craft post: a handful of thanks

We have quite a few student teachers gracing the halls of our elementary building and two of them are leaving us next week.

Since I am always looking for an excuse to make a craft, I decided to make them each a hand print bouquet.

I really like these spring colors. If you wanna make one here's what you need:

An inexpensive vase. I chose white and used a paint pen to put our school colors of orange and black paw prints on it.

Coordinating card stock.
All the students hand prints.
Green pipe cleaners
A flower punch to make the centers.

The flowers are the kids hands rolled and glued by their thumbs. The fingers are curled back. The pipe cleaner stem is placed in the middle and the punch is put on top.

I added the class photo this year. (not pictured) One side has a goofy pic and one side has a serious pic. I put it on a holder and placed it in the middle of the arrangement.

The tag reads "a handful of thanks".

If there is any interest, perhaps I will make a video tutorial.

Happy hump day
Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Hump Day Craft post: a thank you

Sharing with you a simple card I made to thank some coworkers for their thoughfulness.

I don't remember who makes the turtle stamp, but I just love him. The green cardstock is embossed with the dots cuttlebug folder. Ribbon is from Michaels. He was colored with copic markers.

Thanks for stopping by.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Hump day craft post: sneek peek

I have a bunch of projects all running together right now. Here's a little peak at one of them.

What are you working on? Have any teacher crafts or holiday projects you're working on? Share them with me.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Hump Day Craft Post - Disney Character Shaped Autograph book

Regular readers will most likely recall my fondness for Disney autograph books. I have made at least 30.

So when friends of mine were returning to Disney, I wanted to make the kids a new book. But I wanted it to be a little different.

I asked them who their favorite characters were and attempted to make the books in their shapes.

I was pleasantly surprised by how they turned out.


They are cut from the Disney & friends cricut cartridge at 8 inches. The front and back are mirror images of each other and the pages are blackouts.

I used a cropidile to bind them with a simple key ring. The key ring is embelished with ribbon.

Thanks for visiting.

Monday, September 5, 2011

Made by me Monday: some scrapbook pages

These pictures are all from 2008. I think little G ate more blueberries than he picked.

These lemons were cut using the simple sweet cricut cartridge. I think the boys made about $3.00 that day and they thought they were rich.

Joe Cool. Love these pics of little G.

These last ones are from the first swim in our backyard pool before we joined a much larger one. I may have posted some of these already but I felt like putting a handful of them together for Made By Me Monday.

Thanks for stopping by to visit. For more awesome crafts click on the link below.


Monday, August 1, 2011

Made by Me Monday: first grade bulletin board idea


I am skippin' along with Lou today and posting some items I have cut for one of the first grade teachers in our building.

These sweet little cows are from the create a critter cartridge for the cricut and they are cut at 4 inches. The barns are cut at 4 1/2 inches and the grass strip is 1 1/4 inch by 8 1/2 inches.

The words, which are not pictured, are also at 4 inches and say "First Grade is Something To Moooooooo about."

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Hump day craft post: craft room clean up

I am attempting to clean out my craft room. The big brown desk is taking up space that I need so it is getting the boot. I am organizing the paper and getting rid of what I don't use. It is taking FOREVER!

I may have too many cricut cartridges as I am now out of shelf space. Do you think this indicates a problem?

The brown desk was sooooo heavy that even after it was empty I couldnt move it. Hubby had to dismember it and carry it down the steps piece by piece.

I have a new shelving unit up now and I am working on the organizational portion of the project, which is my least favorite part.

You will have to wait until next week to see finshed project.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Hump Day Craft Post: oh crap!

I was playing around with the Cricut Campin' Critters cartridge and just because this port-a-potty skunk made me chuckle I thought I'd cut it out. In my warped mind it would make a clever invitation. You could put a little "Oh Crap" sign on the potty door and on the back you could write "Summer's almost over. Join us for a picnic on ......". You get the picture.

The only thing I don't like about this cartridge is the eyes. I recommend having some googly eyes lying around because the eye cuts from the cart don't look realistic.

Are you sharing a craft today? Leave me a link

ON A PERSONAL NOTE: The biopsy I wrote about last week came back absolutely fine. A big thank you to everyone who left me a supportive comment. You are all awesome!

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Feelin' Crafty Wednesday: Disney Autograph Books



I've posted some of these before.  I made these ones about two weeks ago.  Since March is National Craft Month I thought I'd share with you how they are made.

The plain 6x6 books I got in a stack of 25 from Ebay.  The Tigger and the Pooh are cut using the Pooh and Friends Cricut cartridge.  It's an oldie but a goodie.  I think the Tigger is 3 1/2 inches and the Pooh is 4 inches.  I used the Mickey Font cartridge for the names.  The background papers were part of a DCWV Disney stack. 

I used plain 12x12 paper for the inserts which I cut into quarters.  There are approximately 24 sheets in each book.  Before binding it with the Bind-it-all I slid both the front and the back covers into a page protector and sewed the open end shut using my sewing machine.  That what if there is an unexpected shower the book will be less likely to fall apart. 

The are bound with a 1 inch bind it all o-wire. 

If you make any, shoot me the link.  I'd love to see them.

Happy crafting!

Friday, January 22, 2010

Maybe I should showcase a craft every now and again


It's funny, but when I started this blog I had every intention of posting all sorts of marvelous creations.
Then I started talking about the trials and tribulations of being a mom, being a writer, being a lunch lady.

And this blog became a little bit more true to my life.

chaotic.

disorganized.

random.

Just the way I like it.




Today's featured craft is a paint can that I altered into a New Aunt Survival kit for a fellow writer friend of mine who was over the moon excited about the arrival of her first niece.



The babies are from the New Arrival cricut cartridge and the faces are peachykeen stamps.  I just love, love, love her stamps!

It says and contains:

Cotton Balls...to offer to your brother and sister-in-law when they can’t hear themselves think.

Goldfish cookies to remember to splash and sing!

Candy...to remind you that every child can be sweet (and a little sour).

Kisses...plenty to give and receive

Puzzle Piece...to remind you that you are an important piece in the journey of your niece

Marbles...to replace the ones you’re sure to lose

Band-Aid...to fix all of life’s little hurts

Dum Dums...to remind you to laugh...and be a little silly

Chapstick - to help your family lick any problem that comes their way

Nail Polish - to remember to get a little girly now and then

Aspirin...for when all else fails...take two

Peppermint...to remind you that your job as Aunt is worth a mint.

Congrats on your sweet new niece!

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I'm a 41 year old (gasp) freelance writer, school cafeteria manager, wife and mother. I have three children and one anxious and overweight beagle. I use my blog to make others laugh, to share some cool crafts, to document my lunchlady adventures and to lament about the challenges faced by us all on the journey called life. Thanks for visiting. Please leave some crack...um...I meant some comments.
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