I’ve picked up some new diggs…
looking forward to sharing.
Micah loves Chinese food so I made one for these to
put in his lunch with a note. Unfortunately, the lunch
ladies fit the mold so after lunch it was tossed in the trash.
LillyBean is my source for felt food inspiration…
Although I don’t splurge for wool felt, regular felt from
Michael’s for twenty cents a sheet works just fine for me.
With my camera swinging from a strap on my wrist
at all times my kids must think it’s an extension of my body.
Although I’ve been known to swoon over those fancy shamancy
cameras with the big flashes and long lenses I know at this point
durability is more of the priority. So… over the last few weeks I
have been day dreaming over all the digital possibilities.
Tonight I was able to get the kids in bed and asleep in record
time so I thought I’d play around a bit.
Here’s my CS2 take on the lomo look.
Before
After
And here’s my high contrast photo…
Before
And here’s a look at how I worked out the distracting
background and added a vignette. I also played with it in gray scale.
Before
& the gray scale after
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I consider myself a pretty organized person so…
how the heck did this happen?
1. Vinyl project for Micah & Shane’s room.
2. Snap envelope’s to finish.
3. Cougar clipboard for Micah’s homework
4. Felt fortune cookie (apology/thank you) for my Dad.
5. Quilt backing for baby Jack’s quilt.
6. 3 monkey’s 1/2 done for a LO my mom is putting together.
7. Fairy door for Mallory’s room.
8. Brand new Crocs that I’m selling for my cousin because they didn’t fit her.
9. Pen holder that broke that needs new life.
10. Princess barrette holder for my niece.
11. CD holder that needs to be refurb’d for clear stamps.
12. Tray to refurb.
13. xoxo letters to alter and hang.
14. Paper work to be sorted.
15. Frame that needs a picture.
16. Halloween glitter – not sure yet.
17. A cool box (looks like a bread box) that I want to alter.
18. Jeans I want to add a ruffle to for my God daughter.
19. A pen holder that I want to decorate in a beachy theme
w/a hula dancer for my God daughter.
20. Wooden sign for the front door asking people
not to ring the bell (sleeping babies).
21. Magazine holder to sew to hang on Micah’s bed.
22. Mallory’s dress that needs hemming.
23. A 2GB media card I need to fill with pics for my Mom’s digital frame.
24. Fabric for Micah and Shane’s Halloween costumes.
25. An old napkin holder I want to refurb.
26. Box tops I need to trim.
27. A pattern for felt booties for Mallory.
Guess I’ll start by clearing a space to work…
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Another fun find for Miss Mallory’s Boudoir…
A brown wire 2ft tall dress form turned pretty.
Used my fallback white spray paint, trusty glue gun
some pretty lace, ribbon, coordinating buttons, flowers and
over 150 frost pearls that adorn the base and every
tip of filigree.
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This is for my wonderful, smart, pretty, sweet, giving and
fun Sister in-law, Monica. (Did I mention she reads my site?!)
It measures about 2 feet long so it should hold a ton of bags.
Sometimes to keep from crying over messes
like this you just have to laugh!
And when your 4 year old wants to take up a hobby like this
you just have to chuckle and embrace it.
And while I wonder how I can fill and run a dishwasher twice in a 12 hour
period & vacuum the same area so many times in the same day to
lose count… I find things to make me laugh.
And since my hubby isn’t home to crack jokes and keep me going,
tonight in the wee hour, I seek quirky little funny gadgets such as these:
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Germany has a sweet tradition to celebrate a child’s first day of school.
Parents give their child a Schultüte, a giant paper cone filled with
school supplies and small gifts. It is given to children to make this
anxiously awaited first day of school a little bit sweeter.
Micah’s consisted of
markers, color pencils, transformer folder,
a sucker, tickets which will be used to earn prizes throughout
the year, glue sticks, Spongebob teeth-brushing gear and aside it
his new, very cool and very him, Lego Backpack.
(found at eBags.com)
As long as I can remember I’ve told him,
“Use good manners. Make good choices.”
Hope it sticks. You’ll do great little man..
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I thought I’d try my hand at producing a video…
It was fun (and a bit frustrating at times) figuring out all the
options, but more importantly I’ve learned before inserting
captions (getting the timing and positions just right) music and
title pages, do the video editing first. I wanted to speed up about
30 seconds of this – which may not seem like a lot but if you watch in
it’s entirety you would probably agree. Anyway, I hope to do
an actual tutorial of another project soon.
Hope you’ll join me.
Supplies:
* Locker Hook
* 1 inch strips of fabric, yarn, ribbon,
lace etc. cut to the length you prefer
* Canvas – cut any size or shape you want
for your project. I went with a book cover for
a standard composition book.
* String or yarn
* Darning needle
This is the second season I have followed
So You Think You Can Dance. Last night was the season finale and I
have to say the results were surprising. Good… but surprising.
Out of the top 4 I thought Brandon had it in the bag.
I didn”t see the obsession with Kayla… she’s beautiful and a
great dancer but I could multi-task out of boredom during
all of her dances where I couldn’t with Janet, Randy and Jeanine
(but not until after Jeanine lost her long time partner Phillip was
I impressed with her amazing skills – you were so right on Casey!)
I’m never a part of America’s Votes, I have this thing
where I believe in situations like hers if it was meant to happen, it will happen
and who am I to mess with cosmic forces.
Some of my favorite dances of the season…
(can you tell I was a Janet fan?!)
And my… “What were you thinking dances???”
Congrats Jeanine!
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