Believe Blocks

I made 10 sets of these blocks. I LOVE the way they turned out. I hope that everyone who received a set likes them too.

P.S. Ignore the DVDs in the background. My block set happens to sit in front of my DVDs and I didn't want to move them just to get a picture since they are being pack up tomorrow.

Don't want to spoil the surprise

I've been madly working on my Christmas presents. I'm working on projects every night, but won't post pictures because the people who read this blog most are the people who will be receiving the projects as gifts. Wish me luck meeting the Christmas deadline! I hope to make it.... Next year, I'm doing my Christmas gifts in JULY!

Merry Christmas Frame

Not a great picture, but I LOVE how this frame turned out. I used my CriCut and some vinyl. It works perfect for the FREE picture that I got from Sears. So, so cute. I will hang it next year too!

Christmas Trees

My trees for this Christmas. I love the non-traditional colors. My husband even tolerates the pink. Now I just need to get stockings that match.

It is FINISHED!

Inside and outside views. I love it! I hope my little one loves it too. I guess we'll find out Christmas morning!

Trendy Trees

First Fort Pics

I don't have pics of the front, but here are the sides and back. I have also finished the windows int the inside lining. I put some mesh in the windows to prevent my son from climbing through the windows.

Fort Update

I have cut out the inside, outside, and top of the cardtable for that I'm making for my son. I also cut out the two trees that will be sewn to the outside. I made patterns for the campfire and now I need to get them cut out and sewn on. I'll take pictures when I have a chance...

Want

http://sewmuchado.blogspot.com/2009/02/card-table-playhouse-tutorialette.html

I want to make one. I plan to. I even purchased fabric today. Now I just need time!

*****I have designed the one for my son. The front will have a sign saying "hide out" and a slot for secret messages. One side will have a campfire. One side will have a pine tree with pine cones. The back will have an secret escape hatch hidden behind a tree. I can't wait to get started!

Need ideas on childproofing

My son LOVES to empty the bookshelves. He can only reach the bottom two shelves right now. I have moved things that I don't care if he plays with to the bottom shelves, but I'm tired of picking up endless dvd piles. Any ideas on child proofing the bottom two shelves? I want it to look good and still allow me to access the shelves. Help!

Classroom pet

The fish, named Pythagoras, now lives on the filing cabinet in the back of my classroom. He will be an ongoing project--I have to keep him alive. I'm excited to have a classroom pet and my students think that he is pretty cool. I love the fact that I found an ORANGE betta. I have never seen on that vivid of an orange.

Halloween Table Runner

I made this Halloween table runner yesterday. It is the first table runner I have ever made, so I had no clue what I was doing. I think it turned out well all things considered. And it only took me an hour from start to finish! Now I just need to go pick more pumpkins from my garden to decorate with!

Fun at the Fair

Mini Sesame Street Cards

At card club a few months ago we made these darling Sesame Street cards.

I love them so much that I decided to see if I could make them in mini form. I love the way the mini cards turned out. I was able to use punches that I had on hand. When I showed them to my husband, he even knew who they were supposed to be! Thanks Jen for the original card idea!

I Love You card

My sister is going through a really tough time right now, so I decided to send her a card letting her now that I love her and that I'm there for her. I made two versions. Which do you like better?

Thinking of You cards

I needed to send cards to my family so that I could send them the latest pictures of my son. I needed to send a 5 x 7 picture, so needed a large card. The bottom card measures 5 1/2 x 7 1/4. It is my favorite of the three. I really enjoyed spending some time making cards. I've been super busy with work.

I heart spray paint

I went a bit crazy with the spray paint in my classroom. I painted my personal calculators lime green and my classroom set school bus yellow. I also painted up some hall passes because the hall pass that the school provides tends to wonder out of my classroom to never return.

Magnets For School

I made these magnets and magnetic frames for my filing cabinets at school. It will help me get through my days without my little man.

Scrapbook catch-up

A couple of weeks ago I went to Sam's Club and had 115 pictures printed that needed to be scrapbooked. What a job! I created a total of 23 pages. My camera is M.I.A., so when I get it back, I'll add some pictures.

****I didn't want to take the pages out of the scrapbook, so sorry for the poor images.

New look for an old shelf

Before

After

I found this shelf at a thrift store about 2.5 years ago. It was navy blue and it was missing a post. I finally got around to buying replacement posts. I glued the posts in place and then grabbed my black satin finish spray paint and went to work. I LOVE the way it turned out. It goes so well with my black furniture and black couch in my living room. It hangs right by the front door. It will be nice to have a place to hang keys and bag that I need when running out the door so I don't forget anything.

1st Birthday Invitations

This is the invitation that I made for my son's 1st birthday. I can't believe that he is growing up so fast. The insert has the details for the party. I like how they turned out. I had a hard time getting the button to stay on and I had to break out the glue gun to get it to stay. I'm happy to report that it didn't cost any extra to sent it through the mail even with the button.

Rotating calendar

I have had this rotating calendar for years and I love it! It makes it easy for me to keep track to appointments and such. My mother in law has wanted one since she saw mine.

Well, I figured out how to make one!
I used Microsoft Word to make a week calendar. Then I made 3 more just like it. I printed it out onto white cardstock. Then I backed it with blue. Each week measures 3x10.5 inches. I then took my weeks to Office Max to get laminated with their super thick lamination. I cut out the weeks and attached them to sheets of magnets (after weeks of searching for sheets of magnets big enough I finally found some at Hobby Lobby). I made one for my mother in law too. I'm going to use mine to help plan menus!

**I may take a few days off from this blog so that I can catch up on my son's scrapbook. I had 115 pictures printed today that are supposed to go in the scrapbook...wish me luck!

German Pancakes

German Pancakes
1 cup flour
1 cup milk
1 tsp salt
6 eggs

Heat oven to 400. Place 6 Tbsp of butter into a 9x13 pan and place into oven to melt. Blend flour, milk, salt, and eggs in the blender. Pour into 9x13 pan over melted butter. Bake for 25 minutes. Serve with syrup, jam, honey, powdered sugar, etc. Enjoy!

My baby has a big head!

I needed a hat for my son so we could go camping in the Unitas. I put one of my hats on his head and discovered that his head is almost as big as mine. I used mine as a pattern and just shrunk it a tiny bit. I don't know if he'll keep it on, but at least he has one!

Good use of scraps...

After making all the cards for the reunion I had a huge pile of scraps. I decided to make mini cards (3x3). I just cut everything to the size I needed. Then, I watermarked all the backgrounds with a variety of stamp sets. I love the little flower on each card...I think it adds a nice touch. The birthday card was made from scraps, but it was planned out more than the other cards. I'm selling the cards at the reunion for 50 cents each or 3 for $1. What do you think?

Even more cards for the reunion

These tags are for my mother-in-law. She is making candies and other sweets to sell at the reunion. I though that her goodies would look good with a little tag on top. I whipped out my CriCut and found the the oval fit my stamp perfectly!

I LOVE this card! I think that it turned out great. I love the contrasting orange ribbon around it.

Birtday Card for reunion

For the Family Reunion

My mother-in-law's family is in charge of the family reunion this year. The theme is "Country." They are having an old fashioned country store to sell things to raise money for family history research. We have all been asked to make things to put in the store. I decided to make a variety of cards to sell. These are a few that I've made so far...I've really been enjoying being creative. Now the question is--how much should I charge per card?(Thanks Jen for the inspiration on this card!)

Safety first

My son's changing table has been in the family for over 20 years. It has been handed down from sibling to sibling. It has been recovered many times! Unfortunately it didn't have any rails to prevent the kid from rolling off. The first time my son rolled I caught him before he hit the floor, but the second time I missed. At that point I decided that I HAD TO come up with some way to prevent falls due to rolling. I got a board and had it cut to length. I covered it with batting, fabric, and vinyl. I attached it to the front of the changing table using L brackets. It isn't pretty, but it is doing the job!

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