Fabric Flower Tutorial....(I almost got it perfect..dang!)

UMMM ok this has become something that I have wanted to do for awhile, as most of my projects, but no really because I have so much fabric and I like to "embellish" everything I decided to give this a go and include a tutorial! (I promise Allison to add more pictures step by step..heehee!)


Materials:
Template ( I hand drew mine on cardstock)
fabric
scissors
small piece of ribbon
sewing machine or needle and thread
cover button kit
fabric glue

1. Cut out the 4 of the smaller flower and 2 of the larger flower.

2. Cut into each flower where the dotted areas are on my template above...
3. Stack the 2 larger ones on top of eachother and then fold over the 4 smaller ones in half, overlapping them similar to the way I have done here...
and here.....
4. Sew a square making sure you have gotten all ends of flowers... 5. Following the directions on the back of the cover button kit
6. Cut out a circle to fit over mold...7. Firmly press button shell down on fabric into mold...8. Tuck fabric into button shell....9. Place back over tucked fabric; press down firmly10. with pusher to snap into place ...

Pull out button and VOILA! Cute Button!! Glue on to top of flower...(in the middle) oops forgot pic...
Glue on ribbon with fabric glue....
Add your bobby pin like this...(upside down)



And there you go, a really cute simple hair accesorry...I have made several that I am going to use on bags, shoes shirts and belts...totally cute and FUN!

Glitter Nails and Toes! (Thanks Martha!!)

This is fun, all you need is some super fine glitter ( Martha Stewart brand or some from the scrapbook store) and clear nail polish (Out the Door). First paint the nail with the clear polish...

Then sprinkle the glitter on top and kind of flick the finger a little to get the excess glitter off...
Then let dry for a min. add another top coat of clear polish, let dry and then wash hands gently and voila! pretty glitter nails, whew that saved my 25 bucks at the nail salon..LOL!

Puff Painting with the kids!

We decided to do this Sat. morning just for fun. All my kids love to draw so anything that they can put on paper promotes creativity! All you need is these ingredients: flour, salt, water and food coloring.
Separate paste into 3-4 bowls and Just add food coloring .....
Let the kids have fun!

These are still not all the way dry, but it starts to puff up! (Sabrina took these pics!)

A Check off my hubby's list....YEAH!

I have had this for awhile and found it at good ole' Walmart on sale and asked Ray, "Can paint go bad?" (hint hint) Well he got the hint and started to unscrew the door....I was real excited, I think more to just check off something on his "To Do" list! heehee Poor guy has a zillion things to do around our house, I think our house is finally getting OLD, but I love my home and not planning on leaving it!

Lovin' the spraypaint kind...not messy just fuemy! (is that a word?)

This is the door off the hinges before it's makeover... All you do is either strip paint off or sand down the door and then tape off the sides and doorknob hole. Then just spray the chalkboard paint. He sprayed using 1 can first and waited over night, then sprayed with a second can, again and let the door dry a second night.

My guy just looks Hot when he's at work...(wink)

The kids couldn't wait to use their new chalkboard....FUN!
Colton LOVES to draw, maybe it'll save some trees....can I call that Going Green?!

Thanks sweetie, you're the best! I love You!

All things that GLITTER!

So I finally made this in which I have seen on one of my favorite blogs, but she had no tutorial so I figured you can't go wrong with mod podge right? This along with packaging tape I use with everything! So first you get your cup, I got mine at seven eleven and your supplies:



Then you take your cup and paste the mod podge on it like this:
Sprinkle the glitter and let dry. Give it another coat of mod podge and repeat glitter process. (FYI make sure the first application is completely dry, around 2 hours) Also, make sure you leave the top ring of the cup without glitter so you can still put a lid and straw on it!

Then just embellish it with whatever you would like. All of these supplies I had around the house, just not the cup....heehee!

I plan on doing this as a tradition for my girls at school for their birthdays when I come to eat lunch with them, and friends as well....maybe the young women birthdays....FUN!!
The finished project......What do ya think?

Want some Cherry pie in a jar...?

I saw this on another blog a while back and since have forgotten which one it was....so I attempted this on my own. I just took my apple pie crust recipe and filled an open mouth jar with the dough, and then spooned out the cherry pie filling into it, did a little cute heart shape and baked it at 400degrees. It turned out great. I wanted to do these for our family P.I.E. night and freeze these ahead of time and give everyone their own individual pie. Our P.I.E (Personal Interview Evaluation) night is an interview with each of our kids to just discuss one on one any problems they might be having. Our family loves this and so I wanted to start it up again since school has already started. (summers are lazy for us around here!) I feel like football and cheer season not to mention school in general has taken over our life and now Sunday will be our "Monday" FHE etc.. A good friend of mine did this a couple of years ago for an Enrichment and explained a binder type "Family"calendar. I've seen them be called Home Command Binder also. Mine has phone numbers, an address book, Mon-Sunday cleaning list, grocery list with an insert for coupons, my weekly menu for breakfast lunch and dinner, bills to pay etc... It keeps me organized. When I get a chance I will post some pics of my binder.

Anyhow, these would be really cute for a christmas gift or visiting teaching gift as well....mmm...