4th of July wreath

The inspiration for this wreath came from here. Amanda has tons of great ideas. The grapevine wreath is from Dollar Tree. The ribbon is from Michaels (all on sale 30% & 50% off.

Silhoutte Giveaway

Well blog world, I am sure by now you are aware that the Silhoutte is out there, and apparently the newest amazing must have. To help us all get one, there is the amazing opportunity to win one here. With any luck at all I will be the lucky winner. :) Then I will have all sorts of new fantastical creations to share

Another weekday afternoon, and instead of working I am lurking in blog world. Shhh! Welcome back Pam - you know your posts make my day. I decided to check out some of Pam's favorite blogs, and have enjoyed myself. I really like this one and have to agree that to grow your blog you need to visit lots and post a lot (I am pretty good at visiting lots of blogs, it's the posting aspect I am deficient on - which is terrible of me, I should applaud all the people who inspire me, and who make me laugh). Amanda has some great ideas for keeping up with blogging without distancing yourself from your family (btw love Michael Byrd's bathing suit). Also I am enjoying looking here.
Thanks again Pam, and I am glad to see you posting again!

Painted T

Rileigh's firecracker shirt for the 4th

Painted T

I have a new favorite blog, check it out Cheri is very creative, and has so many great projects. She has great instructions too! I copied her Captain America shirt idea for Maddox


Then I used the same idea for shirts for Jeff & I



Rileigh's should be finished tomorrow - then I will show that one off

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.