Maddox's Wall Hangings

Let me preface this post by apologizing for the picture quality. It is late and I am rushing, so the pix are blurry. I may try to retake them - but I wanted to hang them and post them tonight. Maddox is going to be so excited. Pam http://bibbidi-bobbidi-beautiful.blogspot.com/ - thank you again for this amazing idea, you are such an inspiration. Dollar Store foam board + 3 pieces of dp + tape + Indie Art = instant wall hangings. Hugs & kisses Lil' Dude, Love Sweetie :)

Maddox's Birthday Invite

I decided it was time for Jeff & my extended families to get together again - and the best way is for the kids. Maddox's birthday is in June, so we are going to have family birthday party at our house. Jeff & I made the invites. I knew I wanted to use a pirate map with an "X". My very crafty husband came up with the idea to add the palm tree and the map lines, and the paper choice was his. The map idea was more work than I had planned. Originally I wanted to cut a map with my cricut - but I couldn't find a .cut file or .svg, and all my attempts at tracing were for naught. In the end I found a map I liked with google images, printed it, cut it out, then traced it onto cardboard, and cut it out as a template. I printed all the invtes out on parchment paper. Used my template to trace the map. Cut it out, inked the edges (with different shades of brown), crumpled the map, and added the decorations. The skull was cut from Indie Art, and the palm tree and X are from Life's a Beach. The map lines are freehand.
Maddox hasn't seen the finished product yet - but he was super excited at the concept.
I stuck a random piece of paper across the middle (to block details, sorry) while I would love for you all to join us, there will be more than enough nuttiness with both our families without adding the blog world.

Wall Hangings

I got this inspiration for wall hangings from Pam over at my favorite site She made 10" squares like this using a piece of foam board purchased at the Dollar Store. Put 2 squares together and glue with shims between the layers to make them dimensional. These DIY squares are much more affordable than canvas squares. Pam stretched canvas on her's - but I opted for some 12x12 dp (me & my big ideas specialty cardstock) I decorated the squares with some cricut cuts from the Storybook cart (and lots of glitter on the "R"). I hung them in Rileigh's room and will surprise her next time she is here. I bought 2 sheets of foam board, so I be making 3 squares for my little dude too.

Happy Hands

Every year for Mother's Day the kids give me their handprints. Rileigh & Maddox won't be back until after Mother's Day, so we did handprints this past weekend. Maddox moved his hands mid-print, but it gives the print character. All of Rileigh's prints have the missing palms - it is my favorite part about her prints. Look how big her hands are! They are both getting so big. Thanks angels!

Rileigh's Spring Sing

I am day late posting this - but better late than never. Rileigh's Spring Sing was great. We sat on the wrong side of the room so my pictures aren't great, but Rileigh did a fabulous job. Here are 2 pix of her singing & moving along and using here kazoo...

After her performance we walked around and saw some of her artwork:

Catching up...

Sorry I have not posted in so long. I usually blog while I at work (shhh, don't tell), but I have been so busy there lately that until today, I haven't had any time to blog or browse. At home, Jeff & I have been spending all our free time organizing the garage and the basement, Spring cleaning, and cleaning up the yard (oodles of fun). I have to tell you though - the house looks great. I am really proud of both of us - we have accomplished a lot. Now that everything is put away (labelled of course) there is a whole lot more space.

Lila and Jeff had their birthdays last weekend, so the 3 of us spent a lot of time together. We went on a few bike rides. We started taking Lila to the tennis court to chase balls - she loves it!Lila is 2 now, and officially no longer a puppy!

I am in the process of reorganizing all my craft stuff - I moved it around so now it is all stored together. It will take a while to get it just how I want it, but Jeff is glad all crafty stuff moved out of our bedroom.

I want to share with you one of my favorite blogs: http://bibbidi-bobbidi-beautiful.blogspot.com/ Pam is so creative! Check it out. Whenever Pam has a new post I get so excited, because her stuff is so amazing, she makes it look so easy. Make sure you check out her fireplace makeover. (This is the finished product: http://bibbidi-bobbidi-beautiful.blogspot.com/2010/04/thrifty-treasures-art-and-side-table.html) Also Pam gave her pantry a makeover, and her chalkboard labels are awesome (http://bibbidi-bobbidi-beautiful.blogspot.com/2009/09/pantry-makeover.html)

Also, today I found http://iammommahearmeroar.blogspot.com/ Cheri has tons of great ideas, and she posts often which is awesome! I love her bleach pen T's and can't wait to try them out.

Well, I hope to post more soon. Tonight is Rileigh's Spring Sing at school, so my goal will be to post a picture or 2 of her for tomorrow.

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